Title 30, Education and Culture

(1) This chapter shall be known as the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century. (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 appropr…

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (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 administ…

(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 …

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 t…

(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. (b) The review and revision conducted under this section sh…

(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: (a) Posting a link to the electronic voter registration website maintained by the Secretary of State on th…

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]

(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 an…

(1) Each school district shall make available to the students of the school district the following informational surveys: (a) A survey administered by the Department of Education that is designed to assist the department in gathering information about the education experiences of…

(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. (2) The advisory committee convened under this section must include representatives of school distri…

(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…

(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…

(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. (2) The superintendent shall include in the school district and school performance reports d…

(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. (2) The Oregon Report Card shall include information on the following: (a) Data required by the federal Every Student…

(1) As used in this section: (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) …

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 bu…

(1) As used in this section: (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, transmis…

(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. (2) Within available funding, the Department of Early Learning and Care, in conjunction with other or…

(1) Community learning centers shall promote identification and coordination of existing resources including, but not limited to, the following services and activities: (a) Before-school and after-school enrichment activities linked with the school curriculum; (b) Youth developme…

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 b…

(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 nec…

(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. (b) In …

(1) As used in this section: (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…

(1) As used in this section, “early childhood care and education” includes early childhood behavioral and mental health services. (2) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission and the Department of Early Learning and Care shall jointly administer a scholarship program and a gr…

(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: (a) Assist…

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 incom…

(1)(a) The Early Learning Council shall adopt rules for the establishment of the Oregon Prenatal to Kindergarten Program. (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 …

(1) The Department of Early Learning and Care shall report to the Legislative Assembly on the merits of continuing and expanding the Oregon Prenatal to Kindergarten Program or instituting other means of providing early childhood development assistance. (2) The department’s report…

(1) The Department of Early Learning and Care, in coordination with the Early Learning Council and in collaboration with the Educator Advancement Council created by ORS 342.940, shall establish and implement policies and practices to achieve vigorous and comprehensive early child…

Subject to the approval of the Superintendent of Public Instruction: (1) The district school board of any school district in which there are resident children who are three years of age or older but who have not attained compulsory attendance age and who are not enrolled in a kin…

(1) The district school board of every school district operating any elementary schools may establish a child development specialist program. (2) If a district school board establishes a child development specialist program, the school district must meet the following requirement…

(1) The State Board of Education by rule shall establish guidelines for implementation of ORS 329.255, including but not limited to qualifications for child development specialists and procedures for community coordination of efforts. Such qualifications and procedures shall not …

(1) The Department of Education shall prepare operating guides for child development programs and for student-parent programs applicable to programs under this section that are consistent with requirements imposed by the State Board of Education. (2) The Department of Education s…

As used in ORS 329.395 to 329.425: (1) “Child development program” means an educational program funded by ORS 329.395 to 329.425 that conforms to standards adopted by the State Board of Education and that consists of an education component and a child care component. (2) “Teenage…

(1) The Department of Education shall prepare operating guides for child development programs and for teenage parent programs applicable to programs under ORS 329.395 to 329.425 that are consistent with requirements imposed by the State Board of Education. (2) The department shal…

(1) An approved school district child development program shall be entitled to receive a grant not to exceed $50,000. (2) An approved school district teenage parent program shall be entitled to receive a grant not to exceed $25,000. (3) A district may receive grants under both su…

(1)(a) At or before grade 12, a school district or public charter school shall award a high school diploma to a student who completes the requirements established by subsection (2) of this section. (b) A school district or public charter school shall award a modified diploma to a…

(1) Except as provided by subsection (2) of this section, a school district employee or volunteer may not post, publish or otherwise make publicly available in a nonsecure setting any personally identifiable information in relation to the specific or comparative results of a perf…

(1) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Student Assessment Bill of Rights. (2) As used in this section: (a) “Adult student” means a student of a public school or a public charter school who is 18 years of age or older or who is emancipated pursuant to ORS 419B.550…

(1) As allowed by federal law, the Department of Education shall ensure that standardized summative assessments are administered in the schools of this state to the minimum extent practicable while still appropriately and effectively assessing the academic achievement of the stud…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Content-based assessment” means testing of the understanding of a student of a predetermined body of knowledge. (b) “Criterion-referenced assessment” means testing of the knowledge or ability of a student with respect to some standard. (c) “Perfo…

The State Board of Education shall adopt guidelines for the best practices of administering statewide assessments of students. The guidelines must provide that a student who is in any grade from kindergarten through grade eight and who has met or exceeded state standards on a tes…

(1) The Department of Education shall contract with a nonprofit entity to administer a nationally normed assessment, in collaboration with the department, to all students in grade 10 who are enrolled in a public school. The purpose of the assessment is to predict the success of s…

(1) Within the State of Oregon’s kindergarten through grade 12 education system, proficiency for students in American Sign Language shall be in accordance with rules adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to ORS chapter 329 and any other applicable state or federal law.…

(1) The Department of Education shall develop academic content standards for Oregon Studies and shall prepare materials to support teacher training and classroom instruction in Oregon Studies. (2) In the development of the academic content standards in Oregon Studies and in the p…

(1) The Department of Education shall: (a) Develop a curriculum relating to the Native American experience in Oregon and make the curriculum available to school districts; and (b) Provide professional development to teachers and administrators relating to the curriculum. (2) The …

(1) School districts must provide instruction about the Holocaust and genocide. (2) Instruction required under this section must be designed to: (a) Prepare students to confront the immorality of the Holocaust, genocide and other acts of mass violence and to reflect on the causes…

(1)(a) Every public school student in kindergarten through grade five, and every public school student in grade six at a school that teaches kindergarten through grade six, shall participate in physical education for the entire school year for at least 150 minutes during each sch…

(1) The Department of Education shall collect data from school districts on: (a) The number of minutes of physical education that are provided to students in kindergarten through grade eight in each public school within the district, as calculated on a weekly basis or an average …

Prior to February 1 of each odd-numbered year, the Department of Education shall report to the Legislative Assembly on the data collected under ORS 329.498 for the prior two school years. [2007 c.839 §2] Note: See note under 329.498.