Chapter 327 — Chapter 327
283 sections in this chapter.
ORS 327.810 [2013 c.660 §2; 2013 c.660 §6; 2015 c.774 §§18,68,68a; repealed by 2023 c.534 §16]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 327.815 Guidance and Support for Post-Secondary Aspirations Program; strategic investments for program. (1) The State Board of Education shall establish the Guidance and Support for Post-Secondary Aspirations Program to
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(a) Increase the number of students in the ninth grade who are making satisfactory progress toward a high school diploma, a modified diploma or an extended diploma; and (b) Increase the number of students who earn a high school diploma, a modified diploma or an extended diploma a…
ORS 327.820 Connecting to the World of Work Program; strategic investments for program. (1) The State Board of Education shall establish the Connecting to the World of Work Program to
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(a) Increase students’ proficiency in science, technology, engineering and mathematics; and (b) Connect students to the world of work. (2) To accomplish the purposes of the Connecting to the World of Work Program, the State Board of Education shall identify programs for the distr…
ORS 327.825 Definitions. As used in ORS 327.825 to 327.845
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(1) “Early elementary grades” means any grade from prekindergarten through grade three. (2) “Elementary school” means a school of a school district, or a public charter school, with students in early elementary grades. (3) “High-dosage tutoring” means one-on-one tutoring or tutor…
ORS 327.827 Early Literacy Success Initiative. (1) The Early Literacy Success Initiative is established by ORS 327.825 to 327.845
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(2) The purposes of the initiative are to: (a) Increase early literacy for children from birth to grade three; (b) Reduce early literacy academic disparities for student groups that have historically experienced academic disparities; (c) Increase support to parents and guardians …
ORS 327.829 Uses of Early Literacy Success School Grants; rules. (1) As part of the Early Literacy Success Initiative, the Department of Education shall establish and administer the Early Literacy Success School Grant program
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(2) Under the program, the department shall award annual grants to school districts and to public charter schools that are elementary schools. The grants must be used to implement the purposes of the Early Literacy Success Initiative, as identified in ORS 327.827, by funding the …
ORS 327.831 Eligibility for grants; application requirements; department duties. (1) Any school district or public charter school that is an elementary school may apply for a noncompetitive grant under the Early Literacy Success School Grant program as provided by ORS 327.829 to 327.837
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(2) Grants awarded under ORS 327.833 are not competitive, but a school district or public charter school must comply with the requirements prescribed by ORS 327.829 to 327.837 and by rules adopted by the State Board of Education under ORS 327.829 to 327.837. (3) To be eligible fo…
ORS 327.833 Grant awards; rules. (1) The Department of Education shall award an Early Literacy Success School Grant to an eligible school district or public charter school that applies for a grant as provided by ORS 327.831. Moneys received under this section must be used as described in ORS 327.829 (2)
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(2) A school district with an average daily membership, as defined in ORS 327.006, of 50 or less shall receive a minimum grant award under this section. (3) The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules necessary for the distribution of grants under this section. [2023 c.534…
ORS 327.835 Reporting requirements; rules. (1) Each recipient of an Early Literacy Success School Grant under ORS 327.833 must submit an annual report to the Department of Education
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(2) The report required under this section must include: (a) The school district’s or public charter school’s progress toward achieving the goals established in the early literacy success plan, as described in ORS 327.831 (3); (b) An inventory of literacy assessments, tools, curr…
ORS 327.837 Monitoring by department; department interventions. (1) Based on the reports submitted under ORS 327.835, the Department of Education shall monitor a school district’s or a public charter school’s progress toward achieving the goals established in the early literacy success plan, as described in ORS 327.831 (3)
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(2) The department shall intervene when a school district or public charter school does not meet the goals established in the early literacy success plan. (3) When the department intervenes, as provided by subsection (2) of this section, the department: (a) Shall assist the schoo…
ORS 327.839 Birth Through Five Literacy Plan; purposes; grants; reports. (1) As part of the Early Literacy Success Initiative, the Department of Early Learning and Care shall establish and implement the Birth Through Five Literacy Plan
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(2) The purposes of the plan are to: (a) Expand culturally specific early literacy programs for children from birth through five years of age by: (A) Encouraging family and caregiver engagement; and (B) Providing research-aligned, developmentally appropriate professional training…
ORS 327.841 Birth Through Five Literacy Fund. (1) The Birth Through Five Literacy Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund
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(2) The Birth Through Five Literacy Fund shall consist of: (a) Moneys appropriated or otherwise transferred to the Birth Through Five Literacy Fund by the Legislative Assembly; and (b) Other amounts deposited in the fund from any source. (3) Moneys in the Birth Through Five Liter…
ORS 327.843 Early Literacy Success Community Grant; purposes; grants; rules. (1) As part of the Early Literacy Success Initiative, the Department of Education shall establish and administer the Early Literacy Success Community Grant program
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(2) The purposes of the grant program are to: (a) Expand culturally and linguistically responsive early literacy programs for children in early elementary grades by: (A) Encouraging family and caregiver engagement; and (B) Providing research-aligned professional training and coac…
ORS 327.845 Early Literacy Success Community Grant Fund. (1) The Early Literacy Success Community Grant Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund
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(2) The Early Literacy Success Community Grant Fund shall consist of: (a) Moneys appropriated or otherwise transferred to the Early Literacy Success Community Grant Fund by the Legislative Assembly; and (b) Other amounts deposited in the fund from any source. (3) Moneys in the Ea…
ORS 327.850 Short title. ORS 327.853 to 327.895 shall be known as the High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Act. [2017 c.1 §1]
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Note: 327.850 to 327.895 were enacted into law but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 327 or any series therein by law. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
ORS 327.853 Definitions for ORS 327.853 to 327.895. As used in ORS 327.853 to 327.895
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(1) “Chronic absenteeism” means a student has missed 10 percent or more of school days, including excused, nonexcused and disciplinary exclusion, within a school year. (2) “English Language Learner” has the meaning given that term in ORS 336.079. (3) “High school student” means a…
ORS 327.856 High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Fund; amounts available to fund. (1) The High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund, for the purposes of improving the graduation rates and college and career readiness of all high school students in Oregon. Interest earned by the High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Fund shall be credited to the General Fund
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(2)(a) The Legislative Assembly shall appropriate, allocate or otherwise make available to the High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Fund an amount not less than $800 per high school student per school year. (b) The Department of Education, on behalf of the Stat…
ORS 327.859 Apportionments to school districts; increases in amounts available to fund. (1)(a) Subject to ORS 327.880 and 327.886, the High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Fund shall be apportioned to each school district based on the extended weighted average daily membership of high school students computed
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(A) As provided in ORS 327.013 (1)(c), for common or union high school districts. (B) By multiplying the average daily membership for students in grades 9 through 12 by 2.0, as calculated for the current school year and the previous school year and using the greater amount, for t…
ORS 327.862 Amounts available to fund to be in addition to other amounts available for kindergarten through grade 12 public education. The amounts appropriated, allocated or otherwise made available under ORS 327.856 and apportioned under ORS 327.859 shall be in addition to the total amount the Legislative Assembly would otherwise appropriate, allocate or make available for a biennium for funding kindergarten through grade 12 public education. [2017 c.1 §4]
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Note: See note under 327.850.
ORS 327.865 Portion of funds for career and technical education. (1) A school district shall use a portion of the funds apportioned under ORS 327.859 to establish or expand career and technical education programs in high schools that are relevant to the job market in the community or region the school district serves
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(2) For purposes of this section, establishment or expansion of a career and technical education program includes the purchase of equipment, the construction of facilities and the recruitment, licensing, employment and training of personnel to provide career and technical educati…
ORS 327.868 Portion of funds for college-level educational opportunities for students in high schools. (1) A school district shall use a portion of the amount apportioned under ORS 327.859 to establish or expand college-level educational opportunities for students in high schools
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(2) For purposes of this section, the college-level educational opportunities must include: (a)(A) Advanced placement, International Baccalaureate or comparable college-level courses; or (B) Dual credit and other accelerated college credit programs offered in conjunction with an …
ORS 327.871 Portion of funds for dropout-prevention strategies in high schools. (1) A school district shall use a portion of the amount apportioned under ORS 327.859 to establish or expand dropout-prevention strategies in all high schools
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(2) For purposes of this section, the dropout-prevention strategies must include: (a) Implementing activities designed to reduce chronic absenteeism; (b) Establishing and maintaining data management systems that provide timely reports on students’ grades, absences and discipline …
ORS 327.874 Requirements for use of moneys received by school districts. (1) A school district must use the amount apportioned under ORS 327.859 to establish or expand programs, opportunities and strategies under ORS 327.865, 327.868 and 327.871 and may not use the amount apportioned to maintain programs, opportunities and strategies established prior to December 8, 2016, except when a use is necessary to replace the loss or expiration of time-limited grants or federal funds
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(2)(a) The portion of funds that a school district uses for the purposes of ORS 327.865, 327.868 and 327.871 shall be determined as follows: (A) If a school district receives less than $100,000 for the school year from an apportionment made under ORS 327.859, the school district …
ORS 327.877 School district qualifications for apportionments. To qualify for an apportionment under ORS 327.859, a school district must
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(1) Meet the requirements for eligibility adopted by the State Board of Education under ORS 327.883; and (2) Obtain approval of a biennial plan for the proposed use of the amount apportioned under ORS 327.859. [2017 c.1 §13] Note: See note under 327.850.
ORS 327.880 Failure to meet qualifications; retained apportionments. (1) If a school district applies, but does not qualify for, an apportionment under ORS 327.859 and 327.877, the Department of Education shall
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(a) Retain the amount of the apportionment the school district would have received if the school district had qualified for the apportionment; and (b) Prepare a corrective action plan for the school district; (2) The department may use a portion of an amount retained under subsec…
ORS 327.883 Rules for eligibility requirements, biennial plan guidelines, biennial plan submission deadlines, reporting criteria and audit processes. (1) The State Board of Education shall by rule adopt eligibility requirements, biennial plan guidelines, biennial plan submission deadlines, reporting criteria and audit processes to ensure that amounts apportioned under ORS 327.859 improve students’ progress toward graduation beginning with grade 9, increase the graduation rates of high schools and improve high school graduates’ readiness for college or career
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(2) The requirements for eligibility adopted under subsection (1) of this section must include: (a) The requirement that the biennial plan include: (A) A district needs assessment and an explanation of how the establishment or expansion of career and technical education programs,…
ORS 327.886 Retention of moneys for administrative costs of department. (1) For the biennium beginning July 1, 2017, the Department of Education may retain up to one and one-half percent of the High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Fund for purposes of administering ORS 327.853 to 327.895
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(2) For biennia beginning on or after July 1, 2019, the department may retain up to one and one-quarter percent of the fund for purposes of administering ORS 327.853 to 327.895. [2017 c.1 §10] Note: See note under 327.850.
ORS 327.889 Retention of moneys for administrative costs of school districts. (1) A school district may not use more than five percent of an apportionment under ORS 327.859 for administrative costs
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(2) A school district may not use an apportionment to administer activities not directly related to the programs, opportunities and strategies described in ORS 327.865, 327.868 and 327.871. (3) From the portion of the apportionment used for administrative costs, a school district…
ORS 327.892 Oversight and accountability by department. To ensure the High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Fund improves students’ progress toward graduation beginning with grade 9, graduation rates and college and career readiness, the Department of Education shall
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(1) Monitor the performance of school districts that receive apportionments under ORS 327.859, including students’ progress toward graduation beginning with grade 9, graduation rates, rates of college attendance and need for remedial classes in college; (2) Intervene where necess…
ORS 327.895 Financial and program audits by Secretary of State; reports to Legislative Assembly and Governor. (1) Not later than December 31, 2020, and every two years thereafter, the Secretary of State shall conduct financial and program audits of the uses of the High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Fund and the effectiveness of the fund in achieving the purposes of the fund
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(2) The Secretary of State shall submit the audit reports to the Legislative Assembly and the Governor. [2017 c.1 §11] Note: See note under 327.850. AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
ORS 327.910 Coordination between Department of Education and Oregon FFA Association for agricultural education courses. To increase student achievement and to improve graduation rates, college preparation and career placement for students enrolled in secondary agricultural education courses, the Department of Education shall coordinate with the Oregon FFA Association to
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(1) Enroll each student registered in a grades 9 through 12 school agricultural education program for a minimum of one course per school year of an approved agriculture, science and technology program of study as a member of the National FFA Organization. (2) Provide financial su…
ORS 327.915 Grants to manage programs of study in agricultural science and technology. (1) The Department of Education shall establish and administer a grant program for the purpose of funding extended duty contracts in school districts to allow school district personnel to manage approved programs of study in agricultural science and technology during the summer months between school years
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(2) A school district that applies for a grant under subsection (1) of this section must demonstrate in the application that: (a) Any teacher involved in the summer program of study in agricultural science and technology holds a valid Oregon teaching license, with an endorsement …
ORS 327.990 [Amended by 1957 c.626 §5; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
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