Oregon Administrative Code

715-013-0064 Signature Research Center Funds (1) Definitions (a) The “Higher Education Coordinating Commission” or “HECC” is the body established by ORS 351.715 and appointed by the Governor. (b) “Oregon Growth Business’ is defined in ORS 284.701(3) as an individual, group of ind…

715-013-0066 Dispute Resolution Center Funds (1) Definitions (a) “Dispute Resolution Account” is an account established in the state treasury by ORS 36.145 to appropriate funds for the purposes outlined in ORS 36.135, 36.175 and 36.179 to the University of Oregon and Portland Sta…

715-013-0070 Capital Improvement and Renewal (CIR) Distribution (1) Preamble. The objective of this rule is to provide a funding distribution framework to allocate to the public universities Capital Improvement and Renewal (CIR) funding that is approved by the Oregon Legislature.…

715-013-0075 Public University Capital Construction Projects (1) Purpose: The Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) is charged with determining the strategic investments in the state’s public universities necessary to achieve state post-secondary goals. This incl…

715-015-0005 Collection and Reporting of Sexual Orientation Data Public universities listed in ORS 352.002 shall collect, report, and retain voluntarily submitted information on the sexual orientation, gender and gender identity, and legal sex of students and employees in a manne…

715-015-0011 Requiring the collection and reporting of data on student-parents (1) Community colleges governed under ORS 341 and public universities listed in ORS 352.002 shall annually collect, update, report, and retain student-submitted information that identifies whether a st…

715-017-0002 Definitions (1) For this purposes of this rule, “adult” means a person age 25 to 64. (2) The educational attainment goal for adult Oregonians who are not currently enrolled in a kindergarten through grade 12 school, an institution of higher education or another post-…

715-017-0005 Definitions (1) For the purposes of this rule, the following definitions apply: (a) "Dual Credit" means secondary and postsecondary credit awarded for a course offered in a high school, which course is sufficiently similar to the college or university course as to en…

715-020-0005 State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement Approval, Denial, Appeal (1) This rule applies to any school that participates in or seeks to participate in the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA), an interstate reciprocity agreement for authorization of progr…

715-025-0001 Transfer Council Terms (1) The Transfer Council is established, consisting of 15 voting members appointed by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, and one non-voting, ex-officio member. (2) The term of a member of the Council begins on the date established by…

715-025-0005 DEFINITIONS (1) Common Course – A course identified as having similar content and competencies, including any course subject to articulation as an equivalent course, between two or more institutions, or a course proposed by the Transfer Council for which a Common Cou…

715-025-0010 SELECTION OF MAJORS FOR MAJOR TRANSFER MAP CURRICULUM ARTICULATION POLICY DEVELOPMENT (1) Not later than August 31 of each calendar year, the Commission, in consultation with the Transfer Council, shall determine the major courses of study for development as a CAP. (…

715-025-0015 INSTITUTIONAL PARTICIPATION IN MAJOR TRANSFER MAP CURRICULUM ARTICULATION POLICY DEVELOPMENT (1) Prior to the development of a CAP, the Commission shall, in consultation with institutions, determine which institutions offer programs that may be subject to the require…

715-025-0020 MAJOR TRANSFER MAP CURRICULUM ARTICULATION POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND CONTENT (1) Not later than December 31 of the year the Commission determines a CAP shall be developed for a major course of study, the Transfer Council shall appoint and charge a subcommittee for such …

715-025-0025 TRANSFER COUNCIL ACTION (1) The Transfer Council shall vote to recommend to the Commission the adoption or substantive modification of a CAP. A recommendation of the Council consists of the majority of voting members. Two or more members of the Council disagreeing wi…

715-025-0030 DECLARATION OF LACK OF TIMELY PROGRESS (1) The Commission may declare lack of timely progress is being achieved if the Council fails to make a recommendation to the Commission within one year from the date the subcommittee is charged by the Council with the developme…

715-025-0035 COMMISSION CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF MAJOR TRANSFER MAP CURRICULUM ARTICULATION POLICIES (1) The Commission shall consider the adoption or modification of a CAP based on the work and recommendations of the Transfer Council. (2) The Commission may return a CAP rec…

715-025-0040 EFFECT OF MAJOR TRANSFER MAP CURRICULUM ARTICULATION POLICY ADOPTION ON INSTITUTIONS (1) All institutions offering a program leading to a two-year certificate, associate degree, or bachelor’s degree, excluding an applied baccalaureate degree, that is the subject of a…

715-025-0045 PROGRAM TERMINATION An institution may terminate a program subject to a CAP. It shall notify the Council at the time the termination decision is made, and shall ensure students enrolled in the affected program pursuant to the CAP at the time of termination are provid…

715-025-0050 ANNUAL REVIEW OF ADOPTED MAJOR TRANSFER MAP CURRICULUM ARTICULATION POLICIES The Transfer Council shall annually review adopted CAPs for the purpose of ongoing alignment between institutions. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 350.395 & ORS 350.429 Statutes/Other Impleme…

715-025-0055 MODIFICATION OF MAJOR TRANSFER MAP CURRICULUM ARTICULATION POLICY (1) An institution considering any change to a course or curriculum, including the creation of a new academic program, that impacts or may be impacted by an adopted CAP, shall notify the Transfer Counc…

715-025-0060 EXEMPTION FROM PARTICIPATION IN A CAP (1) An institution may submit a request that a program offered by the institution be exempt from CAP requirements, if the institution offers a program similar in title, but where the areas of foci in upper division coursework div…

715-025-0065 SELECTION OF COMMON COURSES FOR DEVELOPMENT (1) Not later than August of each calendar year the Transfer Council, in consultation with the Commission, shall approve a plan for the development and ongoing alignment of Common Course Numbering Articulation Policies (CCN…

715-025-0070 INSTITUTIONAL PARTICIPATION IN COMMON COURSE NUMBERING ARTICULATION POLICY DEVELOPMENT (1) Once the Transfer Council has approved a Common Course Numbering Articulation Policy (CCNAP) development plan, the Commission shall notify institutions in writing. Notification…

715-025-0075 COMMON COURSE NUMBERING ARTICULATION POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND CONTENT (1) A Common Course Numbering Articulation Policy (CCNAP) shall be developed for each common course prior to approval by the Transfer Council. (2) A CCNAP shall specify a uniform number of credits aw…

715-025-0080 TRANSFER COUNCIL ACTION ON COMMON COURSE NUMBERING ARTICULATION POLICIES (1) The Transfer Council shall approve a sufficient number of Common Course Numbering Articulation Policies (CCNAP) in each calendar year as necessary to make sufficient progress toward the esta…

715-025-0085 DECLARATION OF LACK OF TIMELY PROGRESS FOR COMMON COURSE NUMBERING ARTICULATION POLICY DEVELOPMENT (1) If the Transfer Council has not approved one or more Common Course Numbering Articulation Policies (CCNAP) listed in the annual plan adopted by the Transfer Council…

715-025-0090 POSSIBLE COMMISSION ACTION ON COMMON COURSE NUMBERING ARTICULATION POLICIES The Commission may take the following actions related to the development and approval of Common Course Numbering Articulation Policies (CCNAP): (1) In accordance with OAR 715-025-0065(3), inc…

715-025-0100 EFFECT OF COMMON COURSE NUMBERING ARTICULATION POLICY ADOPTION ON INSTITUTIONS (1) All institutions shall participate in the common course numbering system. (2) Institutions offering a course for which a Common Course Numbering Articulation Policies (CCNAP) has been …

715-025-0105 COMMON COURSE NUMBERING ARTICULATION POLICY COURSE TERMINATION (1) An institution may terminate a course subject to a Common Course Numbering Articulation Policy (CCNAP). It shall notify the Transfer Council at the time the termination decision is made. (2) An instit…

715-025-0110 REVIEW OF ADOPTED COMMON COURSE NUMBERING ARTICULATION POLICIES (1) The Transfer Council shall ensure the ongoing alignment of courses subject to Common Course Numbering Articulation Policies (CCNAP) between institutions. (2) Any CCNAP approved by the Higher Educatio…

715-025-0115 OFFERING OF NEW OR MODIFICATION OF EXISTING COURSES BY INSTITUTIONS (1) An institution shall notify the Transfer Council when it is seeking: (a) to offer a course that is similar in course description and course learning outcomes to a course for which there is an ado…

715-025-0200 TRANSFER SUCCESS MEASURES; INSTITUTIONAL REPORTING (1) Each community college and public university listed in ORS 352.002 shall submit an annual report to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission that shall allow the Commission to evaluate the effectiveness and i…

715-030-0001 Definitions For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply. (1) “Complainant”: For the purposes of ORS 350.345, the term "complainant" means a student or employee who was the target of sexual misconduct. (2) “Completion rate”: The number of students wh…

715-030-0005 Survey Development Proposed additional institution-specific questions shall be submitted to the commission for consideration by the Sexual Misconduct Survey Council within 60 days of submission. The Council shall ensure questions do not require the disclosure of any …

715-030-0010 Survey of Enrolled Students; Information to be Posted on Website (1) Each institution of higher education shall administer a sexual misconduct survey within two academic years from the date the commission first distributes the survey to the institutions. Each subsequ…

715-030-0011 Maximizing survey response rates (1) Institutions shall implement survey solicitation, recruitment and dissemination practices that will encourage students to respond to the survey. In implementing these practices, institutions shall adhere to trauma-informed framewo…

715-030-0012 Protecting student anonymity (1) Institutions shall remove personally identifiable information not required by ORS 350.337 from an individual’s responses to the survey. (2) Institutions must store, access, and preserve survey data with secure procedures matching the …

715-030-0015 Required Employment of Certified Advocate, Qualifications, Duties, and Exceptions (1) An institution shall employ at least one certified advocate as part of an institution-based qualified victim services program unless the institution: (a) does not have an institutio…

715-030-0020 Required Memorandum of Understanding and Exceptions (1) Each institution of higher education shall enter into and maintain a memorandum of understanding with a community-based domestic and sexual violence advocacy agency that is in the same county as the institution.…

715-030-0025 Waivers from the Requirements to Partner with Local Community-based Domestic and Sexual Violence Advocacy Agency (1) An institution may submit a request that it be exempted or partially exempted from the requirements of OAR 715-030-0015 and 715-030-0020 if, despite r…

715-030-0030 Required Training for Students and Employees of Institution; Contents of Training. (1) An institution shall maintain a list of the individuals with the qualifications required by ORS 350.343(a) to provide guidance to establish annual primary prevention and awareness …

715-030-0035 Student Waiver from Certain Requirements for Institution-sponsored Programs or Activities; Qualifications for Waiver; Confidentiality of Personal Information. (1) A student who, while enrolled at an institution, has experienced sexual misconduct may request a waiver …

715-030-0040 Report Relating to Sexual Misconduct; Contents. (1) For the purposes of ORS 350.345(2)(a), a report of sexual misconduct made to a Title IX coordinator or equivalent official includes any report made by a student or employee of the institution, regardless of whether …

715-045-0001 Definitions The following definitions apply to OAR Chapter 715 Division 045, unless otherwise indicated by the context: (1) "Ability to benefit" is a term used in reference to federal Title IV federal student aid regulations and the methods of determining whether a s…

715-045-0003 Fingerprinting of Subject Individuals in Schools Accepting Enrollment of Minors (1) Faculty, agents of a career school, individuals who hold positions of authority and control in any career school accepting enrollment of persons under the age of 18, and any agents of…

715-045-0006 Application for Private Career School License (1) Any person, partnership, association, corporation, or Limited Liability Company desiring to function as a private career school as defined in ORS 345.010 shall submit an application for its first approval year on form…

715-045-0007 License Fees (1) License Renewal Fee. Before renewing a career school license issued under ORS 345.010 to 345.450, the Commission shall collect a non-refundable annual license fee based on the fee schedule below. (a) In-State Schools: Gross Tuition Income Range — Fee…

715-045-0008 Advanced Deposits Prior to the beginning of classes, no private career school shall require from an enrollee an advance deposit in excess of twenty (20) percent of the total tuition and fees: (1) Schools that offer short term programs designed to be completed in one …

715-045-0009 Instructional Programs (1) All schools shall: (a) Offer programs of quality, content and duration, that are based on specific industry standards or an occupational task analysis, and with appropriate entrance criteria, instructional materials, staff, equipment and fa…