Chapter 327 — Chapter 327
283 sections in this chapter.
ORS 327.065 [Amended by 1953 c.444 §11; 1953 c.711 §4; 1955 c.766 §2; 1957 c.328 §1; 1959 c.397 §1; 1961 c.537 §1; repealed by 1963 c.570 §33]
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ORS 327.067 [1957 c.219 §3; 1961 c.537 §2; repealed by 1963 c.570 §33]
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ORS 327.068 [1957 c.642 §§4,7; 1959 c.388 §7; repealed by 1963 c.570 §33]
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ORS 327.069 [1957 c.620 §1; 1959 c.388 §8; 1961 c.625 §1; part renumbered 330.630; repealed by 1963 c.570 §33]
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ORS 327.070 [Amended by 1957 c.658 §3; renumbered 327.032]
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ORS 327.071 [1977 c.840 §7a; repealed by 1983 c.610 §8]
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ORS 327.072 [Amended by 1957 c.612 §12; 1963 c.570 §4; 1965 c.100 §21; 1969 c.625 §5; 1973 c.750 §8; repealed by 1991 c.780 §30]
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ORS 327.074 [Amended by 1965 c.100 §26; renumbered 327.097]
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ORS 327.075 [Formerly 327.028; 1969 c.625 §6; 1977 c.840 §7; 1979 c.277 §7; 1991 c.780 §14; 1993 c.61 §6; repealed by 1993 c.690 §6]
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ORS 327.076 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
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ORS 327.077 Remote small elementary school and small high school determination; effect; waiver; merger. (1) For purposes of this section
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(a) The “adjusted average daily membership” or “ADMa” for an elementary school is the average daily membership for the school, but no less than 25. (b) The “adjusted average daily membership” or “ADMa” for a high school is the average daily membership for the school, but no less …
ORS 327.080 [Amended by 1957 c.612 §13; 1963 c.570 §5; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
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ORS 327.081 [1993 c.61 §14; 1995 c.649 §5; repealed by 2001 c.695 §38]
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ORS 327.082 [1973 c.707 §6; repealed by 2011 c.704 §13]
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ORS 327.085 [Repealed by 1957 c.612 §6 (327.018 enacted in lieu of 327.085)]
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ORS 327.088 Post-graduate scholar programs; use of State School Fund moneys. (1) As used in this section, “post-graduate scholar” means a student who
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(a) Has been in grades 9 through 12 for more than a total of four school years; and (b) Has satisfied the requirements for a high school diploma or a modified diploma as provided in ORS 329.451. (2) A school district may establish a program under this section to allow: (a) A post…
ORS 327.090 [Amended by 1959 c.388 §10; 1963 c.570 §6; 1965 c.100 §27; repealed by 1991 c.780 §30]
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ORS 327.091 [1957 c.626 §8; repealed by 1963 c.570 §33]
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ORS 327.092 [1957 c.626 §9; repealed by 1963 c.570 §33]
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ORS 327.093 [1957 c.626 §10; repealed by 1963 c.570 §33]
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ORS 327.094 [Subsections (1) and (2) enacted as 1957 c.626 §13; subsection (3) of 1957 Replacement Part enacted as 1957 s.s. c.2 §4(3); 1959 c.388 §11; 1963 c.570 §7; 1965 c.100 §25; subsection (4) enacted as 1971 c.22 §3; 1989 c.456 §1; repealed by 1991 c.780 §30]
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(Administration of Distributions)
ORS 327.095 Percentages and time of payment of apportionments to school districts. (1)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, funds due school districts under ORS 327.008 and 327.013 shall be paid approximately 16-2/3 percent on July 15, approximately eight and one-third percent on the 15th day of each of the months of August, September, October, November, December, January, February, March and April and the balance on May 15. An equitable apportionment based on the most recent data available shall be made on the installment dates prior to May 15. If such payments are too high or too low, appropriate adjustments shall be made in the May 15 payments
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(b) Pursuant to rules adopted by the State Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may specify an alternative date for making an apportionment if a human-created disaster or a natural disaster affects the ability of the Department of Education to make an appo…
ORS 327.097 Apportionment where district changed. Where any territorial or organizational change in a school district has occurred between the date of the report and the apportionment, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall make the payment on an equitable basis to the districts the territory or organization of which has been changed. [Formerly 327.074]
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ORS 327.099 Adjustment of distribution within fiscal year. (1) The Department of Education shall adjust the distribution to a school district to reflect the difference between the estimated level of local revenues to the district under ORS 327.011 and the projected level of those same local revenues used to calculate the State School Fund apportionment to the district. The adjustment shall be incorporated in the May 15 apportionment to the district in the distribution year
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(2) The department shall adjust the May 15 apportionment to a school district in the distribution year to reflect an ADMw of the district equal to the higher of the ADMw of the prior year or the adjusted ADMw for the December quarter. Adjusted ADMw for the December quarter shall …
ORS 327.100 [Repealed by 1963 c.570 §33]
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ORS 327.101 Adjustment of distribution between fiscal years. (1) Each fiscal year, the distribution to a school district under ORS 327.008 and 327.013 shall be adjusted to fully reflect the difference between the apportionment due to the district for the prior fiscal year under ORS 327.008 and 327.013, and the amounts actually distributed to the district in the prior fiscal year under ORS 327.008, 327.013 and 327.099. The adjustment shall be made to the May 15 apportionment to the district
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(2) No consideration shall be made in the adjustment made under subsection (1) of this section for any penalties, forfeitures or additional receipts of State School Fund moneys, except when expressly directed by law. (3) An amount of funds equal to the sum of all negative adjustm…
ORS 327.102 [2007 c.519 §1; renumbered 327.162 in 2025]
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ORS 327.103 [Formerly 327.032; 1989 c.491 §5; 1991 c.693 §32; 1995 c.660 §47a; 2003 c.390 §§1,3; 2009 c.184 §4; renumbered 327.158 in 2025]
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ORS 327.105 [Repealed by 1963 c.570 §33]
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ORS 327.106 [1991 c.393 §3; 1995 c.659 §2; 1997 c.521 §13; 2011 c.704 §4; renumbered 327.161 in 2025]
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ORS 327.108 [2016 c.109 §2; 2017 c.66 §32; 2017 c.726 §16; renumbered 327.088 in 2025]
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ORS 327.109 Procedure if school district or charter school alleged to be involved in religious activity; complaint, investigation, finding; effect. (1) Upon receipt from a citizen of Oregon of a complaint that on its face is colorable that a school district or public charter school sponsors, financially supports or is actively involved with religious activity, the Superintendent of Public Instruction or the superintendent’s designated representative shall undertake promptly a preliminary investigation of the facts alleged in the complaint
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(2) If, after the preliminary investigation, the superintendent finds that there is a substantial basis to believe that the school district or public charter school sponsors, financially supports or is actively involved with religious activity, the superintendent shall: (a) In th…
ORS 327.110 [Amended by 1955 c.537 §1; repealed by 1957 c.322 §1]
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ORS 327.115 [Amended by 1955 c.385 §1; 1959 c.388 §13; repealed by 1963 c.570 §33]
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ORS 327.120 Correction of errors in apportionments. The Superintendent of Public Instruction may correct, in a succeeding year, any errors in apportionment by the withholding of the amount of an overapportionment or by the payment of an underapportionment from funds to be apportioned
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ORS 327.125 Superintendent to administer statutes related to state financing of education; board rules. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall administer the provisions of ORS 327.006 to 327.173, 327.348, 327.356 to 327.359 and 327.731. The State Board of Education shall adopt all necessary rules not inconsistent with ORS 327.006 to 327.173, 327.348, 327.356 to 327.359 and 327.731 to carry into effect the provisions of those statutes. [Amended by 1963 c.570 §8; 1965 c.100 §29; 1989 c.491 §6; 1991 c.780 §17; 2007 c.846 §14; 2013 c.735 §§10,11; 2021 c.355 §7]
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ORS 327.127 Minimum grant amounts, grant applications and grant reporting requirements for small school districts. (1) As used in this section
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(a) “Small ADM school district” means a school district that has an average daily membership, as defined in ORS 327.006, of less than 1,650. (b) “State-funded grant” means a grant awarded by the Department of Education from funds appropriated or allocated by the Legislative Assem…
ORS 327.128 Disbursement and expenditures of moneys appropriated or allocated to Department of Education. (1) The Department of Education shall disburse and expend moneys in a manner that is consistent with the intended purposes for which the moneys were appropriated or allocated to the department
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(2) If moneys are appropriated or allocated to the department and provisions for the intended disbursement or expenditure of the moneys are not provided in statute, in agreement or by any other means related to the appropriation or allocation, the department may disburse or expen…
ORS 327.130 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
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ORS 327.133 Reports by districts. (1)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, each school district, other than an education service district, shall file with the Superintendent of Public Instruction
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(A) By July 15 of each year, an annual report covering the school year ending on the preceding June 30; and (B) By January 15, of each year, a December quarterly report covering the quarter of the current school year commencing October 1 and ending December 31. (b) Pursuant to ru…
ORS 327.134 Collection of information about district employees by department. (1) The Department of Education shall collect the same information that the department uses to administer ORS 327.013 (1)(b)(B) for all individuals who are employed by a school district or by an education service district
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(2) Upon receipt of a request to collect the information described in subsection (1) of this section, the school district or education service district shall in a timely manner provide the requested information to the department. [2025 c.75 §1] Note: 327.134 was enacted into law …
ORS 327.135 [Amended by 1955 c.660 §27; 1957 c.612 §15; repealed by 1963 c.570 §33]
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ORS 327.137 Audit reports filed with department; effect of failure to file or insufficiency of report. (1)(a) Every common or union high school district or education service district shall file a copy of its audit report with the Department of Education within six months of the end of the fiscal year for which the audit is required. The audit report shall include
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(A) Information necessary for the computation required in the administration of ORS 327.006 to 327.173, 327.348, 327.356 to 327.359, 327.731, 328.542 and 530.115 and this section; and (B) If the district is a sponsor of any public charter schools, a copy of each annual audit forw…
ORS 327.140 [Amended by 1955 c.314 §1; 1957 c.612 §17; repealed by 1963 c.570 §33]
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ORS 327.141 [2011 c.647 §1; renumbered 327.174 in 2025]
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ORS 327.145 [Amended by 1957 c.626 §4; repealed by 1963 c.570 §33]
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ORS 327.147 Increased allocation when union high school district becomes common school district. (1) When a union high school district becomes a common school district, as described in ORS 335.505, the common school district shall be entitled to an increased allocation, based on the total average daily membership, as defined in ORS 327.006, of the new common school district as follows
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(a) An additional 15 percent in the first year of operation as a common school district; (b) An additional 10 percent in the second year of operation as a common school district; and (c) An additional five percent in the third year of operation as a common school district. (2) Th…
ORS 327.150 [Amended by 1955 c.314 §2; repealed by 1963 c.570 §33]
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ORS 327.152 Increased allocation when certain merger occurs. (1) If a school district responsible for education in kindergarten through grade 12, that does not operate a high school, merges with a district providing education in kindergarten through grade 12, the district providing the education shall be entitled to an increased allocation, based on the average daily membership of the former district, as follows
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(a) An additional 15 percent in the first year of operation of the merged district; (b) An additional 10 percent in the second year of operation of the merged district; and (c) An additional five percent in the third year of operation of the merged district. (2) The amounts autho…
ORS 327.155 [Repealed by 1955 c.314 §3]
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