Chapter 329 — Chapter 329
218 sections in this chapter.
ORS 329.005 Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century; duties of department; evaluation by legislature. (1) This chapter shall be known as the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century
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(2) The Department of Education shall be the coordinating agency for furthering implementation of this chapter. This chapter shall be subject to review by the Legislative Assembly. (3) The appropriate legislative interim committee shall: (a) Develop the form and content expected …
ORS 329.007 As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise
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(1) “Academic content standards” means expectations of student knowledge and skills adopted by the State Board of Education under ORS 329.045. (2) “Administrator” includes all persons whose duties require an administrative license. (3) “Board” or “state board” means the State Boa…
ORS 329.010 [Repealed by 1957 c.678 §1]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 329.015 Educational goals. (1) The Legislative Assembly believes that education is a major civilizing influence on the development of a humane, responsible and informed citizenry, able to adjust to and grow in a rapidly changing world. Students must be encouraged to learn of their heritage and their place in the global society. The Legislative Assembly concludes that these goals are not inconsistent with the goals to be implemented under this chapter
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(2) The Legislative Assembly believes that the goals of kindergarten through grade 12 education are: (a) To equip students with the academic and career skills and information necessary to pursue the future of their choice through a program of rigorous academic preparation and car…
ORS 329.020 [Repealed by 1957 c.678 §1]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 329.025 Characteristics of school system. It is the intent of the Legislative Assembly to maintain a system of public elementary and secondary schools that allows students, parents, teachers, administrators, school district boards and the State Board of Education to be accountable for the development and improvement of the public school system. The public school system shall have the following characteristics
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(1) Provides equal and open access and educational opportunities for all students in the state regardless of their linguistic background, culture, race, gender, capability or geographic location; (2) Assumes that all students can learn and establishes high, specific skill and kno…
ORS 329.030 [Repealed by 1957 c.678 §1]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 329.035 [Formerly 326.720; 1995 c.660 §5; 2003 c.303 §4; repealed by 2007 c.858 §40]
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ORS 329.040 [Repealed by 1963 c.544 §52]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 329.045 (1)(a) In order to achieve the goals contained in ORS 329.025, the State Board of Education shall regularly and periodically review and revise its Common Curriculum Goals, performance indicators and diploma requirements
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(b) The review and revision conducted under this section shall: (A) Include Essential Learning Skills and rigorous academic content standards in mathematics, science, language arts, history, geography, economics, civics, higher education and career path skills, personal financial…
ORS 329.049 Plan to encourage voter registration and voting; incorporation into Essential Learning Skills; rules. (1) Each school district that includes a public high school shall adopt a plan to encourage students to register to vote and vote in elections, including but not limited to
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(a) Posting a link to the electronic voter registration website maintained by the Secretary of State on the Internet home webpage, if any, of each public high school; and (b) Making materials developed by the Secretary of State relating to voting and voter registration readily av…
ORS 329.050 [Repealed by 1963 c.544 §52]
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ORS 329.055 [Formerly 326.735; repealed by 1995 c.660 §50]
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ORS 329.060 [Repealed by 1963 c.544 §52]
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ORS 329.065 Adequate funding required. Nothing in this chapter is intended to be mandated without adequate funding support. Therefore, those features of this chapter which require significant additional funds shall not be implemented statewide until funding is available. [Formerly 326.740]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 329.070 [Repealed by 1963 c.544 §52]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 329.075 Statewide implementation; rules; duties of department. (1) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules, in accordance with ORS 183.750 and ORS chapter 183, as necessary for the statewide implementation of this chapter. The rules shall be prepared in consultation with appropriate representatives from the educational and business and labor communities
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(2) The Department of Education shall be responsible for implementing the provisions of this chapter. Actions by the department to fulfill this responsibility and to increase student achievement may include, but are not limited to: (a) Developing academic content standards; (b) U…
ORS 329.077 [1995 c.660 §30; 2001 c.448 §1; repealed by 2007 c.858 §40]
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(Assessing Effectiveness of Schools and Districts)
ORS 329.078 Informational surveys; notice; ability to decline participation. (1) Each school district shall make available to the students of the school district the following informational surveys
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(a) A survey administered by the Department of Education that is designed to assist the department in gathering information about the education experiences of students in this state, including information on learning, opportunities to learn and school culture and climate; and (b)…
ORS 329.079 Advisory committee on education accountability framework. (1) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall convene an advisory committee to explore options for expanding or revising the education accountability framework in this state
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(2) The advisory committee convened under this section must include representatives of school districts, teachers’ unions and post-secondary institutions of education. (3) The advisory committee convened under this section must review accountability programs in other states and m…
ORS 329.080 [Repealed by 1963 c.544 §52]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 329.085 Assessment of schools and school districts required; report; standards. (1) To facilitate the attainment and successful implementation of educational standards under ORS 326.051 (1)(a) and 329.025, the State Board of Education or its designee shall assess the effectiveness of each public school, public charter school and school district. The findings of the assessment shall be reported to the school or school district within six months
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(2) The board shall establish the standards, including standards of accessibility to educational opportunities, upon which the assessment is based. (3) On a periodic basis, the board shall review school and school district standards and credit and performance requirements. The bo…
ORS 329.090 [Repealed by 1963 c.544 §52]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 329.095 School district and school self-evaluations; local district continuous improvement plans; technical assistance. (1)(a) The Department of Education shall require school districts and schools to conduct self-evaluations and to periodically update their local district continuous improvement plans. Except as provided by paragraph (b)(C) of this subsection, the department may not require school districts or schools to conduct self-evaluations or to update their local district continuous improvement plans more frequently than biennially
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(b) The department may require a school district to: (A) File, periodically, or at the department’s request, its local district continuous improvement plan with the department; (B) Notify the department of any substantial changes, as defined by rule of the State Board of Educatio…
ORS 329.100 [Repealed by 1963 c.544 §52]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 329.105 School district and school performance reports. (1) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall collect data and produce annual school district and school performance reports to provide information to parents and to improve schools
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(2) The superintendent shall include in the school district and school performance reports data for the following areas, for each school or district, that are available to the Department of Education from the most recent school year: (a) Data required by the federal Every Student…
ORS 329.110 [Repealed by 1963 c.544 §52]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 329.115 Oregon Report Card. (1) Prior to December 1 of each year, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall issue an Oregon Report Card on the state of the public schools of this state
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(2) The Oregon Report Card shall include information on the following: (a) Data required by the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (P.L. 114-95, 129 Stat. 1802); and (b) Any other data identified by the Department of Education as required by federal law. (3) In addition to the in…
ORS 329.119 Implementation of proficiency education; advisory committee. (1) As used in this section
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(a) “Proficiency education” means a practice of student-centered education that is based on the following principles: (A) Students learn in a personalized environment and advance upon demonstrated mastery of industry, state or national standards; (B) Measurable learning objective…
ORS 329.120 [Repealed by 1963 c.544 §52]
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(Parental and Community Participation)
ORS 329.125 Policy on parental and community participation. The Legislative Assembly recognizes that students in public elementary and secondary schools can best reach the levels of performance expected under the provisions of this chapter with parental and community participation in the education process. It is, therefore, recommended but not required that
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(1) School districts provide opportunities for parents or guardians to be involved in establishing and implementing educational goals and to participate in decision-making at the school site; (2) Employers recognize the need for parents or guardians and members of the community t…
ORS 329.130 [Repealed by 1963 c.544 §52]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 329.145 [Formerly 326.785; 2012 c.37 §37a; repealed by 2021 c.631 §63]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 329.150 [Formerly 326.790; 1995 c.660 §15; 2001 c.759 §3; 2012 c.37 §84; 2019 c.395 §3; repealed by 2021 c.631 §63]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 329.153 [Formerly 336.005; repealed by 2021 c.547 §35]
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(Education Programs That Provide Services for Children and Families)
ORS 329.155 Standards for education programs and programs providing services for children and families; interagency coordination. (1) As used in this section
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(a) “Families” means groups of individuals related by blood, marriage or adoption, or individuals whose functional relationships are similar to those found in such associations. The family’s purpose is the security, support, nurturance, love, transmission of values and facilitati…
ORS 329.156 Creation; requirements; technical assistance. (1) The Department of Education and the Department of Human Services shall support the development and implementation of a network of community learning centers across the state
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(2) Within available funding, the Department of Early Learning and Care, in conjunction with other organizations that provide training and technical assistance to schools or community programs, shall provide training and technical assistance to promote the development and impleme…
ORS 329.157 Identification and coordination of existing resources. (1) Community learning centers shall promote identification and coordination of existing resources including, but not limited to, the following services and activities
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(a) Before-school and after-school enrichment activities linked with the school curriculum; (b) Youth development and service learning activities; (c) Child care programs; (d) Mentoring and tutoring programs; (e) Parent literacy and adult education programs; (f) Prenatal and earl…
ORS 329.159 [2001 c.759 §7; repealed by 2011 c.313 §25]
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(Early Childhood Education)
ORS 329.160 Policy on early childhood and parenting education; funding goal. It is the policy of this state to implement programs for early childhood education, for parenting education including instruction about prenatal care, for child-parent centers and for the Oregon Prenatal to Kindergarten Program. The Oregon Prenatal to Kindergarten Program shall be operated in coordination with the federal Head Start program in order to avoid duplication of services and so as to ensure maximum use of resources. The state shall continue funding the Oregon Prenatal to Kindergarten Program with a goal to have full funding for all eligible children. [Formerly 326.810; 1995 c.660 §17; 2007 c.858 §10; 2023 c.547 §7]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 329.165 Development of long-range plan for serving children and families. (1) The Department of Early Learning and Care, in consultation with the Early Learning Council, shall develop a long-range plan for serving eligible children and their families and shall report to each odd-numbered year regular session of the Legislative Assembly on the funds necessary to implement the long-range plan, including but not limited to programming costs, salary enhancements, infrastructure and other continuous quality improvement costs. The department shall determine the rate of increase in funding for programs necessary each biennium to provide service to all children eligible for the Oregon Prenatal to Kindergarten Program
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(2) Each biennial report shall include but not be limited to estimates of the number of eligible children and families to be served, projected cost of programs and evaluation of the programs. [Formerly 326.813; 1995 c.660 §18; 2007 c.858 §11; 2011 c.545 §41; 2013 c.624 §3; 2019 c…
ORS 329.170 [Formerly 326.600; 2001 c.831 §15; 2005 c.209 §10; 2013 c.624 §4; 2019 c.646 §1; 2021 c.631 §25; repealed by 2023 c.547 §35]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 329.172 Preschool Promise Program; grants and contracts; report. (1)(a) The Preschool Promise Program is established. The Department of Early Learning and Care shall administer the Preschool Promise Program as provided by this section. The Preschool Promise Program shall expand preschool options available to the children of this state
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(b) In administering the Preschool Promise Program, the Department of Early Learning and Care shall identify local entities as provided under subsection (3) of this section within the region served by each Early Learning Hub to serve as a preschool provider that meets the eligibi…
ORS 329.175 Oregon Prenatal to Kindergarten Program; funding; providers. (1) As used in this section
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(a) “Oregon Prenatal to Kindergarten Program” means the program for which the Department of Early Learning and Care allocates, awards and monitors state funds to provide comprehensive health, education and social services to children and their parents or other key family members,…
ORS 329.180 [Formerly 326.610; repealed by 2001 c.831 §30]
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ORS 329.181 Scholarship and grant programs for early childhood care and education; rules. (1) As used in this section, “early childhood care and education” includes early childhood behavioral and mental health services
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(2) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission and the Department of Early Learning and Care shall jointly administer a scholarship program and a grant program designed to ensure that there is an adequate supply of highly qualified early childhood care and education professiona…
ORS 329.183 Oregon Prenatal to Kindergarten Program Trust Fund; charitable checkoff eligibility. (1) The Oregon Prenatal to Kindergarten Program Trust Fund is established as a fund in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the trust fund shall be credited to the trust fund. The primary purposes of the trust fund are to
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(a) Assist eligible children with comprehensive services, including educational, social, health and nutritional development, to enhance their chances for success in school and life; (b) Provide scholarships awarded to current and prospective early childhood care and education pro…
ORS 329.185 Expansion of Oregon Prenatal to Kindergarten Program. When the federal Head Start program provides funding for programs for eligible children at or greater than the 1990-1991 per child level, eligibility for the state-funded Oregon Prenatal to Kindergarten Program shall be expanded to include programs for children whose family income exceeds the federal Head Start limits or who are in an underserved or unserved age category. After determining the increase in income limits or age level that would make children most in need of state programs eligible for them, the Department of Early Learning and Care may direct expenditure of any unexpended or unobligated funds appropriated for the biennium for eligible children to be expended for the additional children considered to be most in need. In the following biennium, the department shall include the cost of any added program for the children most in need in its biennial budget. [Formerly 326.815; 1995 c.660 §19; 2001 c.831 §18; 2013 c.624 §8; 2021 c.631 §30; 2023 c.547 §§12,13]
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Note: 329.185 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 329 by legislative action but was not added to 329.172 to 329.200. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
ORS 329.190 [Formerly 326.615; 1999 c.39 §5; 2001 c.831 §19; 2007 c.858 §13; 2012 c.37 §40; 2013 c.624 §9; repealed by 2021 c.631 §63]
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ORS 329.195 Rules for Oregon Prenatal to Kindergarten Program; applications to be provider. (1)(a) The Early Learning Council shall adopt rules for the establishment of the Oregon Prenatal to Kindergarten Program
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(b) Rules adopted under this section specifically shall require: (A) Performance standards and operating standards that are at a level no less than the level required under the federal Head Start program guidelines. (B) Processes and procedures for recompetition that are substant…