Chapter 329 — Chapter 329
218 sections in this chapter.
ORS 329.711 Educational equity advisory committees; rules. (1) Nothing in this section shall interfere with the duties, responsibilities and rights of duly elected school district boards. There shall be established at each school district an educational equity advisory committee
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(2)(a) The duties of an educational equity advisory committee shall include: (A) Advising the school district superintendent about the educational equity impacts of policy decisions; and (B) Informing the school district superintendent when a situation arises in a school of the s…
ORS 329.715 [Formerly 336.765; 1995 c.343 §29; repealed by 2007 c.858 §40]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 329.720 [Amended by 1961 c.522 §2; 1963 c.544 §24; renumbered 330.085]
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ORS 329.725 [Formerly 336.775; repealed by 2001 c.317 §11]
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ORS 329.730 [Amended by 1957 c.310 §6; 1959 c.518 §1; 1961 c.522 §3; repealed by 1963 c.282 §16]
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ORS 329.735 [Formerly 336.780; repealed by 2007 c.858 §40]
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ORS 329.740 [Renumbered 330.115]
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ORS 329.745 [Formerly 336.785; repealed by 2007 c.858 §40]
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ORS 329.750 [Renumbered 330.125]
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATORS (Federal Loans)
ORS 329.752 Determination of school type for purpose of federal loan forgiveness programs. For the purpose of federal loan forgiveness programs offered to teachers, the type of school where a teacher teaches shall be determined as follows
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(1) The school shall be considered a secondary school if the school offers instruction in: (a) Grades 6 through 12, or any part thereof; or (b) Kindergarten through grade 12, or any part thereof, but the teacher is employed for the purpose of teaching any grade from grade 6 throu…
ORS 329.753 [Formerly 342.017; repealed by 1995 c.660 §50]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 329.755 [1955 c.22 §1; 1957 c.89 §3; renumbered 330.135]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 329.756 Materials and assistance provided to employees who qualify for public service loan forgiveness program; calculation of work hours. (1) As used in this section
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(a) “Education employer” means a public charter school, a school district, a community college operated under ORS chapter 341, a public university listed in ORS 352.002, a tribal college or university, as defined in 20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)(3), as in effect on September 25, 2021, and a…
ORS 329.757 [Formerly 348.120; 1999 c.704 §5; 2011 c.637 §106; repealed by 2013 c.747 §203]
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ORS 329.759 Calculation of work hours over duration of employment for purposes of public service loan forgiveness program. (1) A community college operated under ORS chapter 341 or a public university listed in ORS 352.002 that certifies hours worked by a faculty member who teaches for purposes of the public service loan forgiveness program defined in ORS 329.756 must calculate the full-time equivalent work hours engaged in per week by the faculty member who teaches, and determine the periods during which the faculty member who teaches was employed in a full-time capacity, by using the calculation set forth in ORS 329.756 for the entire period of time the faculty member who teaches has been employed at the community college or public university, including any periods of employment that occurred before March 23, 2022
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(2) The method used by community colleges and public universities to calculate the full-time equivalent work hours engaged in per week by a faculty member who teaches, and to determine the periods during which the faculty member who teaches was employed in a full-time capacity, t…
ORS 329.760 [Amended by 1953 c.538 §2; renumbered 330.145]
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ORS 329.765 [Formerly 348.125; 1999 c.704 §6; 2005 c.209 §13; 2011 c.637 §107; repealed by 2013 c.747 §203]
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ORS 329.770 [Amended by 1953 c.513 §3; renumbered 330.155]
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ORS 329.775 [Formerly 348.130; 1997 c.383 §8; 1999 c.704 §7; 2011 c.637 §108; repealed by 2013 c.747 §203]
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ORS 329.780 [Formerly 348.135; 1997 c.28 §1; 1999 c.704 §8; 1999 c.1070 §10; 2011 c.637 §109; repealed by 2013 c.747 §203]
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(Beginning Teacher and Administrator Program)
ORS 329.788 Definitions for ORS 329.788 to 329.820. As used in ORS 329.788 to 329.820
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(1) “Beginning administrator” means a principal or superintendent who: (a) Possesses an administrative license issued by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission; (b) Is employed as a principal or superintendent by a school district; and (c) Has been assigned for fewer than…
ORS 329.790 Findings on teacher and administrator programs. The Legislative Assembly finds that
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(1) The quality of teaching and administration in the public schools is of vital importance to the future of this state; (2) This state has a special interest in ensuring that the induction of beginning teachers and administrators into their profession enhances their professional…
ORS 329.795 Beginning teacher and administrator program established; district and educator network participation; use of grants. (1) The Educator Advancement Council shall establish a beginning teacher and administrator mentorship program to provide eligible beginning teachers and administrators in this state with a continued and sustained mentorship program from a formally assigned mentor
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(2) Any school district or educator network is eligible to participate in the mentorship program. (3) A school district may participate through an educator network or may enter into a partnership with another school district, an institution of higher education, an education servi…
ORS 329.800 Application; content. (1) Each school district or educator network that wishes to participate in the beginning teacher and administrator mentorship program shall submit a formal application to the Educator Advancement Council. The application shall include
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(a) A description of the priorities to be addressed by moneys received by a school district or an educator network for the mentorship program, as described in ORS 329.805 (2); (b) The names of all eligible beginning teachers and administrators employed by the school district or a…
ORS 329.805 Grants-in-aid; rules. (1) Subject to ORS 291.232 to 291.260, the Educator Advancement Council shall distribute grants-in-aid to qualifying school districts or educator networks to offset the costs of beginning teacher and administrator mentorship programs. A qualifying district or educator network shall receive annually an amount that is aligned with evidence-based best practices
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(2) If the funds are insufficient for all eligible proposals, the Educator Advancement Council shall award grants on a competitive basis, taking into consideration: (a) The priorities to be addressed by moneys received by a school district or an educator network, including effort…
ORS 329.810 Training for mentors and beginning teachers and administrators. (1) After consulting with representatives of teachers, administrators, school boards, schools of education, the public universities listed in ORS 352.002 and such others as it considers appropriate, the Educator Advancement Council shall approve training for mentors and beginning teachers and administrators in programs qualifying for grants-in-aid under ORS 329.788 to 329.820
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(2) The training curriculum for mentors shall be based on research and knowledge of the needs of beginning teachers and administrators. (3) Mentors shall be trained to build relationships of trust and mutual collaboration with beginning teachers and administrators. (4) Mentors sh…
ORS 329.815 Mentors. (1) Based on the requirements of ORS 329.788 to 329.820, the selection, nature and extent of duties of mentors shall be determined
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(a) By the school district that is the employer of the teacher or administrator and of the mentor; (b) Jointly by the school district that is the employer of the teacher or administrator and the school district that is the employer of the mentor; or (c) By an educator network, as…
ORS 329.820 Evaluation of programs; donations. (1) The Educator Advancement Council shall be responsible for the regular and ongoing evaluation of implementation and administration of programs under ORS 329.788 to 329.820 and may contract for such evaluation. The council may not expend in a biennium more than 2.5 percent of the total amount of moneys available for the programs on the evaluation of the programs. The evaluation may include assessments of the following
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(a) The effectiveness of the mentorship program in the retention of beginning teachers and administrators in a school district that has participated in the program and in the profession; and (b) Student performance on statewide and other assessments. (2) The council may accept co…
ORS 329.822 [2009 c.802 §1; 2011 c.637 §110; repealed by 2013 c.769 §4]
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(Educator Professional Development Program)
ORS 329.824 Educator professional development program. (1) The Department of Education shall administer an educator professional development program that provides statewide collaborative leadership in educator professional development for prekindergarten through post-secondary education and that emphasizes school improvement. The department shall administer the program with a collaborative group of state, school district, educator, administrator, community college and higher education representatives operating as a unit
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(2)(a) In administering the program described in subsection (1) of this section, the department shall: (A) Develop and maintain a public website for posting and sharing professional development opportunities. (B) Assist local school districts in developing professional developmen…
ORS 329.825 Policy on successful and innovative schools. It shall be the policy of the State of Oregon to promote and encourage successful and innovative schools. Success shall be determined by establishing standards of improvement in student learning and measuring each school’s performance in meeting those standards. Schools that meet those standards will be rewarded with additional tools to further improve student learning. [1997 c.864 §1]
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Note: 329.825 and 329.830 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 329 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
ORS 329.830 Establishment; application; incentive rewards; rules. (1) The State Board of Education shall establish a system of determining successful schools and dispensing appropriate incentive rewards to those schools. The system shall be based on a school being the measurement unit to determine success. School success shall be determined by measuring a school’s improvement over a specific assessment period. The successful schools program shall be voluntary
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(2) A school may submit an application to the Department of Education for the successful schools program. The application shall include a short statement from the school requesting consideration for the successful schools program. The application shall also include a copy of the …
ORS 329.832 [2001 c.861 §1; repealed by 2024 c.95 §50]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 329.834 [2001 c.861 §2; repealed by 2023 c.534 §16]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 329.837 [2001 c.861 §3; 2011 c.731 §21; repealed by 2024 c.95 §50]
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(School District Collaboration Grant Program)
ORS 329.838 School District Collaboration Grant Program; student achievement results; rules. (1) The School District Collaboration Grant Program is established to provide funding for school districts or educator networks established under ORS 342.943 to improve student achievement through the voluntary collaboration of teachers and administrators to design and implement new approaches to
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(a) Career pathways for teachers and administrators; (b) Evaluation processes for teachers and administrators; (c) Compensation models for teachers and administrators; and (d) Enhanced professional development opportunities for teachers and administrators. (2)(a) The Department o…
ORS 329.839 School District Collaboration Grant Account. The School District Collaboration Grant Account is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the School District Collaboration Grant Account shall be credited to the account. Moneys in the School District Collaboration Grant Account are continuously appropriated to the Department of Education for the School District Collaboration Grant Program established by ORS 329.838. [2011 c.706 §3]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 329.840 [2005 c.834 §1; 2011 c.637 §111; 2015 c.245 §40; renumbered 336.851 in 2015]
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(Statewide Education Plans)
ORS 329.841 Statewide education plan for students who are Black or African-American; advisory group; report; grants; rules. (1) For the purposes of this section, “plan student” means a student enrolled in early childhood through post-secondary education who
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(a) Is Black or African-American; and (b) Has experienced disproportionate results in education due to historical practices, as identified by the State Board of Education by rule. (2)(a) The Department of Education shall develop and implement a statewide education plan for plan s…
ORS 329.842 [2005 c.834 §3; renumbered 336.856 in 2015]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 329.843 Statewide education plan for students who are American Indian or Alaska Native; advisory group; report; distribution of funds; rules. (1) As used in this section, “plan student” means a student enrolled in early childhood through post-secondary education who
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(a) Is an American Indian or Alaska Native; and (b) Has experienced disproportionate results in education due to historical practices, as identified by the State Board of Education by rule. (2)(a) The Department of Education shall develop and implement a statewide education plan …
ORS 329.845 Statewide education plan for students who are Latino or Hispanic; advisory group; report; grants; rules. (1) As used in this section, “plan student” means a student enrolled in early childhood through post-secondary education who
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(a) Is Latino or Hispanic, including individuals of Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, South American, Central American or Spanish descent; and (b) Has experienced disproportionate results in education due to historical practices, as identified by the State Board of Education by rule.…
ORS 329.846 Statewide education plan for students who are asylum seekers, refugees or other immigrants; advisory group; report; grants; rules. (1) As used in this section, “plan student” means a student enrolled in early childhood through post-secondary education who
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(a) Is an asylum seeker, a refugee or any other immigrant, regardless of status and as identified by the State Board of Education by rule; and (b) Has experienced disproportionate results in education due to historical practices, as identified by the State Board of Education by r…
ORS 329.847 Statewide education plan for students who are minority gender identity or sexual orientation; advisory group; report; grants; rules. (1) As used in this section, “plan student” means a student enrolled in early childhood through post-secondary education who
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(a) May be lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two-spirit, intersex, asexual, nonbinary or another minority gender identity or sexual orientation; and (b) Has experienced disproportionate results in education due to historical practices, as identified by the State Board o…
ORS 329.849 Statewide education plan for students who are Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander; advisory group; report; grants; rules. (1) As used in this section, “plan student” means a student enrolled in early childhood through post-secondary education who
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(a) Is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander; and (b) Has experienced disproportionate results in education due to historical practices, as identified by the State Board of Education by rule. (2)(a) The Department of Education shall develop and implement a statewide education plan …
ORS 329.850 Duties of Education and Workforce Policy Advisor. (1) The Education and Workforce Policy Advisor, in consultation with the Department of Education, the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, the Bureau of Labor and Industries, the Oregon Business Development Department and the Department of Human Services, shall propose policies and strategies consistent with this chapter
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(2) The Education and Workforce Policy Advisor’s policies and strategies must take into account that: (a) The state must promote innovative thinking with respect to the curriculum and educational delivery system of Oregon public schools; (b) The state must require of all youth a …
ORS 329.855 [Formerly 326.835; 1995 c.660 §42; 1997 c.652 §23; 2001 c.684 §23; 2003 c.303 §12; repealed by 2007 c.858 §40]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 329.860 Outreach to students no longer attending school. Education service districts, school districts or schools, or any combination thereof, may contact any eligible elementary or secondary school student and the student’s family if the student has ceased to attend school to encourage the student’s enrollment in an education program that may include alternative learning options. If the student or the family cannot be located, the name and last-known address shall be reported to the school nearest the address. The school shall attempt to determine if that student or family is being provided services by this state and shall seek to assist the student or family in any appropriate manner. [Formerly 336.157; 1995 c.278 §41; 1995 c.660 §44; 1997 c.652 §24; 2003 c.303 §13; 2007 c.858 §26]
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ORS 329.875 [1993 c.45 §94a; repealed by 2011 c.313 §25]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 329.885 School-to-work transitions and work experience programs; funding; eligibility for grants. (1) It is the policy of the State of Oregon to encourage educational institutions and businesses to develop, in partnership, models for programs related to school-to-work transitions and work experience internships
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(2) From funds available, the Department of Education may allocate to any education service district, school district, individual secondary school or community college grants to develop programs such as those described in subsection (1) of this section. (3) To receive a grant to …