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330.003“Merger” and “school district” defined for chapter 330.005Division of state into school districts; definitions for school laws 330.010[Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456] 330.020[Amended by 1963 c.282 §1; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456] 330.030[Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456] 330.040[Amended by 1955 c.386 §1; 1957 c.310 §7; repealed by 1963 c.282 §16] 330.050[Amended by 1961 c.522 §6; 1963 c.282 §14; 1965 c.100 §78; renumbered 330.123] 330.060[Amended by 1963 c.282 §2; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456] 330.080Composition, purpose and duties of district boundary board 330.085[Formerly 329.720; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456] 330.090Mergers 330.092Basis for boundary changes 330.095Request or petition for change or merger; content 330.100[1963 c.282 §13(3),(4),(5),(6),(10); repealed by 1965 c.100 §75 (330.101 enacted in lieu of 330.100)] 330.101Notice; order; remonstrance; election 330.103Effective date of change or merger; administration and operation until end of fiscal year; rights of electors 330.105[1963 c.282 §13(7),(9), §15; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456] 330.106Action by board pending effective date of change 330.107Time for boundary board action; extension 330.110[Amended by 1957 c.310 §8; repealed by 1963 c.282 §16] 330.113Effect of change 330.115[Formerly 329.740; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456] 330.120[Repealed by 1963 c.282 §16] 330.123Division of assets and liabilities 330.125[Formerly 329.750; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456] 330.130[Repealed by 1963 c.282 §16] 330.133Effect of boundary change on electors 330.135[Formerly 329.755; 1965 c.100 §79; repealed by 1989 c.819 §13] 330.140[Repealed by 1963 c.282 §16] 330.145[Formerly 329.760; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456] 330.150[Repealed by 1963 c.282 §16] 330.155[Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456] 330.170[Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456] 330.190[Amended by 1955 c.386 §2; repealed by 1963 c.282 §16] 330.200[Repealed by 1955 c.386 §8] 330.210[Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456] 330.220[Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456] 330.230[Amended by 1957 c.626 §6; 1961 c.148 §1; subsection (2) of 1963 Replacement Part enacted as 1961 c.148 §3; subsection (3) of 1963 Replacement Part enacted as 1961 c.148 §4; 1963 c.544 §25; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456] 330.240[Amended by 1957 s.s. c.12 §1; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456] 330.250[Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456] 330.260[Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456] 330.270[Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456] 330.280[Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456] 330.290[Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456] 330.300[1957 c.89 §1; amended by 1965 c.100 §77; 1965 c.275 §3; renumbered 330.113] 330.310[Formerly 333.124; 1991 c.167 §15; repealed by 2003 c.226 §23] 330.400Notice by publication requirements 330.425[Formerly 330.665; 1995 c.258 §2; 1995 c.607 §72; 2005 c.209 §18; repealed by 2011 c.313 §25] 330.430[Formerly 330.667; repealed by 2011 c.313 §25] 330.435[Formerly 330.765; repealed by 2011 c.313 §25] 330.505[1957 c.619 §1; 1963 c.282 §3; 1963 c.544 §26; 1965 c.100 §80; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.510[1957 c.619 §2; 1961 c.625 §4; repealed by 1963 c.282 §16] 330.515[1957 c.619 §4; repealed by 1963 c.282 §16] 330.520[1957 c.619 §5; repealed by 1963 c.282 §16 and 1963 c.544 §52] 330.523[1957 c.619 §8; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456] 330.526[1957 c.619 §27; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456] 330.528[1957 c.619 §26; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456] 330.530[1957 c.619 §7; 1959 c.423 §1; 1961 c.317 §1; 1963 c.282 §4; 1965 c.100 §81; 1965 c.261 §1; 1973 c.448 §1; 1983 c.83 §50; 1983 c.284 §4; 1983 c.350 §140a; 1985 c.201 §1; 1989 c.491 §15; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.533[1959 c.423 §3; 1961 c.285 §1; 1965 c.100 §96; renumbered 330.665] 330.535[1957 c.619 §9; 1965 c.100 §82; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.540[1957 c.619 §10; 1983 c.812 §3; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.543[1983 c.812 §2; 1985 c.364 §4; 1989 c.491 §16; 1989 c.819 §11; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.545[1957 c.619 §11; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456] 330.547[1965 c.621 §4; 1989 c.491 §17; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.550[1957 c.619 §12; 1963 c.282 §5; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.552[1959 c.423 §4; 1965 c.100 §83; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.555[1957 c.619 §13; 1963 c.282 §6; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.557[1963 c.282 §12; 1979 c.772 §21; 1989 c.491 §18; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.560[1957 c.619 §14; 1963 c.282 §7; 1989 c.491 §19; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.565[1957 c.619 §15; 1963 c.282 §8; 1983 c.812 §4; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.570[1957 c.619 §16; 1963 c.282 §9; 1983 c.812 §5; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.575[1957 c.619 §17; 1965 c.100 §84; repealed by 1983 c.812 §6] 330.580[1957 c.619 §18; 1961 c.414 §7; repealed by 1963 c.282 §16] 330.585[1957 c.619 §19; 1965 c.100 §85; 1965 c.261 §2; 1973 c.796 §27; 1983 c.83 §52; 1983 c.350 §141; 1983 c.812 §7a; 1985 c.364 §3; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.587[1961 c.435 §2; repealed by 1983 c.350 §331a] 330.590[1957 c.619 §20; 1965 c.100 §86; 1965 c.261 §3; 1973 c.796 §28; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.595[1957 c.619 §21; 1965 c.100 §87; 1965 c.261 §4; repealed by 1973 c.796 §79] 330.598[1961 c.414 §1; 1965 c.100 §88; 1965 c.261 §5; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.600[1957 c.619 §22; 1959 c.423 §5; repealed by 1961 c.414 §9] 330.601[1961 c.414 §2; 1965 c.100 §89; 1965 c.261 §6; 1983 c.83 §53; 1983 c.812 §8; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.603[1961 c.414 §3; 1965 c.100 §90; 1965 c.261 §7; 1983 c.83 §54; 1983 c.350 §144; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.605[1961 c.414 §4; 1965 c.100 §91; 1965 c.261 §8; 1983 c.83 §55; 1983 c.350 §145; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.607[1961 c.414 §5; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.609[1961 c.414 §6; 1965 c.100 §91a; 1967 s.s. c.8 §5; 1983 c.812 §9; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.610[1957 c.619 §23; 1961 c.414 §8; 1965 c.100 §92; 1965 c.261 §9; 1983 c.350 §146; 1985 c.565 §58; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.620[1957 c.619 §24; repealed by 1963 c.282 §16] 330.625[1957 c.619 §25; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456] 330.630[1957 c.619 §2; 1961 c.625 §2; subsections (4) and (5) of 1961 Replacement Part enacted as 1961 c.625 §3; subsections (6) and (7) of 1961 Replacement Part formerly part of 327.069; repealed by 1963 c.282 §16] 330.632[1959 c.423 §15; repealed by 1963 c.282 §16] 330.635[1957 c.619 §41; 1965 c.100 §93; 1983 c.284 §9; 1983 c.350 §147; 1991 c.167 §16; renumbered 330.400 in 1991] 330.640[1957 c.619 §41a; 1965 c.100 §94; repealed by 1983 c.350 §331a] 330.645[1957 c.619 §42; repealed by 1963 c.282 §16] 330.650[1957 c.619 §29; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456] 330.660[1957 c.619 §30; 1959 c.423 §6; 1961 c.602 §17; 1965 c.100 §95; 1973 c.522 §2; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.665[Formerly 330.533; 1967 c.315 §1; 1973 c.448 §2; 1977 c.57 §1; 1983 c.350 §148; 1987 c.7 §1; 1991 c.167 §17; renumbered 330.425 in 1991] 330.667[1983 c.350 §150; 1991 c.167 §18; renumbered 330.430 in 1991] 330.670[1957 c.619 §36; 1959 c.423 §7; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.680[1957 c.619 §31; 1959 c.423 §8; 1965 c.100 §97; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.690[1957 c.619 §32; 1959 c.423 §9; 1965 c.100 §98; 1971 c.47 §6; 1983 c.284 §5; 1983 c.350 §153a; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.700[1957 c.619 §33; 1959 c.423 §10; 1965 c.100 §99; 1973 c.796 §29; 1974 s.s. c.45 §4; 1975 c.770 §10; 1983 c.350 §154; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.710[1957 c.619 §34; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.720[1957 c.619 §35; 1965 c.100 §100; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.730[1957 c.619 §37(1),(3); 1965 c.100 §101; 1967 c.605 §2; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.740[1957 c.619 §37a; 1965 c.100 §102; 1967 c.605 §3; 1971 c.47 §7; 1983 c.350 §155; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.750[1957 c.619 §37(2); 1967 c.605 §4; 1983 c.350 §156; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.760[1957 c.619 §38; 1959 c.423 §11; 1961 c.229 §1; 1965 c.100 §103; 1971 c.47 §8; 1983 c.83 §58; 1983 c.350 §157; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.765[1983 c.350 §143; 1991 c.167 §19; renumbered 330.435 in 1991] 330.770[1957 c.619 §40; 1959 c.423 §12; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456] 330.772[1983 c.350 §152; 1987 c.7 §2; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.775[1959 c.423 §14; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.780[1957 c.619 §39; 1965 c.100 §104; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.790[1963 c.262 §§1,2,3; 1973 c.827 §27; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.800[1965 c.101 §1; 1983 c.83 §59; 1983 c.350 §158; repealed by 1991 c.167 §28] 330.990[Subsection (2) of 1963 part formerly 329.990; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]

Chapter 330 — Boundary Changes; Mergers

ORS 330.005 Division of state into school districts; definitions for school laws

(1)

For public school purposes, this state is divided into subdivisions known as school districts.

(2)

For purposes of the school laws of this state, unless the context requires otherwise:

(a)

“School district” includes a common school district, a joint school district and a union high school district.

(b)

“Common school district” means a school district, other than a union high school district, formed primarily to provide education in all or part of kindergarten through grade 12 to pupils residing within the district.

(c)

“Joint school district” means a common or union high school district with territory in more than one county.

(d)

“Union high school district” means a school district, other than a common school district, that is responsible for education in high school grades but not in primary grades, formed in accordance with ORS 335.210 to 335.485 (1963 Replacement Part).

(e)

“Governing body of the county” means the county court, the board of county commissioners or the unit of government designated by the county charter to exercise the power or duty prescribed in the section in which the term occurs.

(f)

“Most populous district” means the school district that has the largest number of pupils in average daily membership, as defined in ORS 327.006.

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