Title 30, Education and Culture

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “District school board” means the board of directors of a common school district or a union high school district. (2) “School district” means a common or union high school district. [1965 c.100 §126; 1983 c.350 §…

(1) The directors of a school district in their official capacity shall be known as the district school board. (2) Directors must qualify by taking an oath of office before assuming the duties of office. [1965 c.100 §127; 1983 c.350 §168; 1983 c.379 §5]

Except as otherwise provided for former administrative school districts or under ORS 335.490 or when specified by school district merger proceedings, the board of directors of a school district with a population of less than 300,000, according to the latest federal census, shall …

(1) Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424, a district school board may increase the number of board members from five members to seven members on its own motion, or the district school board: (a) May submit the question to the electors of the school district; or (b) Shall …

The board of directors of a school district with a population of 300,000 or more, according to the latest federal census, shall consist of seven members. [1965 c.100 §131 (enacted in lieu of 332.077); 1967 c.605 §15; 1973 c.796 §41; 1975 c.770 §16]

(1) A person who is an employee of a school district may not serve as a member of the district school board for the district by which the employee is employed. (2) A person who is an employee of a public charter school may not serve as a member of the district school board of the…

Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424: (1) The term of office of director is four years. (2) A person is not eligible to serve as director unless the person is an elector of the district and has resided in the district for the period of one year immediately preceding the e…

Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424: (1) The district school board shall declare the office of a director vacant upon the happening of any of the following: (a) The death or resignation of the incumbent. (b) When an incumbent is removed from office or the election of the…

No later than at the next regular meeting following July 1, the district school board shall meet and organize by electing a chairperson and a vice chairperson from its members. No member shall serve as chairperson for more than four years in succession. [Amended by 1957 c.634 §2;…

The district school board must provide for the time and place of its regular meetings, at any of which it may adjourn to the next succeeding regular meeting or to some specified time prior thereto. Regular and special meetings may be convened upon notice in the manner required by…

A majority of the members of the district school board shall constitute a quorum. A less number may meet and adjourn from time to time and compel the presence of absent members. The affirmative vote of the majority of members of the board is required to transact any business. [Fo…

Any duty imposed upon the district school board as a body must be performed at a regular or special meeting and must be made a matter of record. [Formerly 332.060 and then 332.108; 1993 c.45 §39]

Notwithstanding ORS 192.610 to 192.705 governing public meetings: (1) Any hearing held by a district school board or its hearings officer on any of the following matters shall be conducted in executive session of the board or privately by the hearings officer unless the student o…

All school districts are bodies corporate, and the district school board is authorized to transact all business coming within the jurisdiction of the district and to sue and be sued. Pursuant to law, district school boards have control of the district schools and are responsible …

(1) Any district school board may: (a) Fix the days of the year and the hours of the day when schools shall be in session. (b) Adopt textbooks and other instructional materials as provided in ORS 337.120 and 337.141 and courses of study for the use of such schools as provided in …

(1) The general duties of district school boards are: (a) To cause to be used in the district state blanks, registers and other forms, whenever supplied and required by the state. (b) To perform such other duties as the wants of the district may from time to time demand. (2) The …

Each district school board shall establish rules for the government of the schools and pupils consistent with the rules of the State Board of Education. [Formerly 336.030; 1993 c.45 §42]

A district school board in a school district may enter into agreements to provide auxiliary services and facilities to students, including but not limited to forms of residential care and medical and dental services. Any facility used for residential purposes under this section m…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Native American items of cultural significance” means items or objects that are traditionally associated with a Native American or that have religious or cultural significance to a Native American. (b) “Public school event” means a graduation cer…

(1) A person who meets the requirements under subsection (3) of this section may request a school district to issue the person a high school diploma if the person resides within the boundaries of the school district or is a resident of this state and attended a high school of the…

Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424: (1) Unless specifically provided otherwise, ORS chapter 255 governs the following: (a) The nomination and election of school directors. (b) The conduct of all school district elections. (2) ORS 249.865 to 249.877 govern the recall of …

(1) Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424, in common school districts and union high school districts the directors may be nominated in one of the following methods or a combination thereof: (a) At large by position number by the electors of the district. (b) By zone by el…

(1) Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424, all candidates shall be elected at large in the district unless the district school board provides for election from zones under ORS 332.126. (2) In a district in which directors are elected from zones: (a) The candidate for the o…

Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424: (1) If a majority of the district school board of a zoned common school district or a zoned union high school district so decides, the board may provide that directors of the district school board who are nominated from zones also sha…

(1) Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424, in common school districts and union high school districts, directors may be nominated from zones by resolution of the district school board or if the question of zoning is approved by the electors of the district at the regular d…

Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424, if a common school district or union high school district is zoned, the school board of the district shall divide the district into the necessary number of zones as nearly equal in population, as shown by the latest federal census, as…

Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424: (1) A school board director shall be eligible for reelection in an election subsequent to zoning under ORS 332.128 only if the director resides in a zone which is not otherwise represented on the board. (2) Any vacancy occurring on a …

(1) Each position of school director shall be designated by number as Position No. 1, Position No. 2 and so on. (2) At the first organizational meeting of the board following formation of the district, the chairperson of the board shall assign a position number to each office on …

Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424, at each regular district election described in ORS 255.335, school directors shall be elected for a term of four years to succeed the directors whose terms of office expire on June 30 of that year. All such elections of school directo…

A district school board: (1) May furnish, equip, repair, lease, purchase and build schoolhouses, including high schools, junior high schools, career and technical education schools, gymnasiums, houses for teachers and other employees and like buildings, and locate, buy and lease …

(1) A district school board may lease, purchase, construct, reconstruct, improve, repair, equip or furnish a school in another school district and may expend bond proceeds or other funds available to the board for such purposes if the board has the written permission of the distr…

A school district or education service district: (1) Must provide notification to the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries when the district: (a) Constructs a new school building; or (b) Modifies an existing school building in a manner that may affect the seismic ri…

(1) The district school board may permit the use of school buildings and grounds for civic and recreational purposes, including use for: (a) Supervised recreational activities; (b) Meeting places for discussion of all subjects and questions which in the judgment of the residents …

(1) As used in this section, “large construction project” means a construction project for which a school district must submit the question of bonded indebtedness to the electors of the school district and the total bonded indebtedness for the project is greater than $1 million. …

(1) Whenever it is necessary for any school district to acquire any real property for necessary school purposes, and the owner of the real property and the district school board cannot agree upon the price to be paid therefor, and the damage for the taking thereof, if any, the di…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “School” means a school operated by a school district or a public charter school. (b) “T type light bulb” means a metal halide or mercury vapor light bulb that has an internal mechanism that shuts off the light within 15 minutes after the bulb is …

(1) Any school district may own, possess, manage, operate, control, improve, sell and convey real property used for cemetery purposes where such property is within the school district boundaries and a deed of conveyance was executed and delivered conveying in fee such real proper…

(1) A school district, education service district or public charter school shall develop and adopt a plan, to be known as the Healthy and Safe Schools Plan, for the district or school. The plan must address environmental conditions at the facilities owned or leased by the distric…

(1)(a) A school district, education service district or public charter school shall make the results of any testing conducted under a plan described in ORS 332.331 available to the public no later than 10 business days after receiving the test results. As used in this paragraph, …

(1) The Healthy School Facilities Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Healthy School Facilities Fund shall be credited to the fund. (2) Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Department of…

(1) The Oregon Health Authority shall disseminate information related to elevated levels of radon to each school district in this state. Information disseminated under this section must include: (a) Information about radon and the dangers associated with elevated levels of radon;…

(1) A school district shall develop a plan for testing schools for elevated levels of radon. At a minimum, plans developed under this subsection must: (a) Provide for the testing of radon in any frequently occupied room in contact with the ground or located above a basement or a …

As used in ORS 332.352 to 332.365: (1) “ASHRAE” means the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. (2) “Certified TAB technician” means an individual certified by the Associated Air Balance Council, the National Environmental Balancing Bureau or …

(1) Whenever a school district undertakes indoor HVAC infrastructure improvements using federal and state funds made available to the school district specifically for such purposes, the school district shall expend such funds toward carrying out the provisions of this section. A …

(1) Whenever a school district undertakes indoor HVAC infrastructure improvements using federal and state funds made available to the school district specifically for such purposes, the school district shall expend such funds toward carrying out the provisions of this section. A …

(1) Whenever a school district undertakes indoor HVAC infrastructure improvements using federal and state funds made available to the school district specifically for such purposes, the school district shall expend such funds toward carrying out the provisions of this section. A …

(1) A school district shall require a contractor carrying out work on projects for indoor HVAC infrastructure improvements under ORS 332.352 to 332.365 to: (a) Participate as a training agent in an apprenticeship program registered with the State Apprenticeship and Training Counc…

(1) If a school district completes the work recommended by a mechanical engineer under ORS 332.358, the school district shall, within 30 days of completing the work, submit to the Department of Education an HVAC verification report that includes: (a) The name and address of the s…

The Department of Education may adopt rules as necessary to carry out ORS 332.352 to 332.365. [2023 c.525 §7] Note: See note under 332.352.

If the district school board accepts money and property donated for the purpose of establishing scholarship and loan funds for the post-high-school education of students of the district, then, subject to the conditions of the gift, the board may appoint a scholarship committee wh…