ORS 329.901 Collection of student and teacher information; report; rules

As used in this section, “public education program” means an education program provided by any of the following:

A school district;

A public charter school;

An education service district;

A long term care or treatment facility, as described in ORS 343.961;

The Youth Corrections Education Program;

The Oregon School for the Deaf; or

An approved recovery school, as defined in ORS 336.680.

For each school year, the Department of Education shall require public education programs to submit the following information about students in kindergarten through grade 12 classes:

The total number of students in the classes; and

The total number of licensed or registered teachers regularly assigned to the students counted under paragraph (a) of this subsection.

By February 1 of the year following the school year described in subsection (2) of this section, the Department of Education shall make the information received under subsection (2) of this section available to:

The public on the website of the Department of Education; and

The Legislative Assembly through annual reports.

For the purpose of this section, the State Board of Education shall identify by rule:

The definition of what constitutes a class for which a public education program must report;

The definition of what constitutes regular assignment of teachers to students for purposes of subsection (2)(b) of this section;

The categories of classes for which a public education program must report; and

If possible, the source of an existing data set that may be used to satisfy the requirements of this section.