Chapter 334 — Chapter 334
96 sections in this chapter.
ORS 334.003 Definitions for chapter. For purposes of this chapter
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(1) “Component school district” means a common school district or a union high school district that: (a) Is located within the territory of an education service district; and (b) Is not withdrawn from the education service district as provided in ORS 334.015. (2) “Education servi…
ORS 334.005 Mission; purpose; accountability. (1) The mission of education service districts is to assist school districts and the Department of Education in achieving Oregon’s educational goals by providing equitable, high quality, cost-effective and locally responsive educational services at a regional level
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(2) An education service district plays a key role in: (a) Ensuring an equitable and excellent education for all children in the state; (b) Implementing the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century; (c) Fostering the attainment of high standards of performance by all students …
ORS 334.010 Creation of education service districts. There is created in each region a district to be known as the education service district to consist of the counties and the area of the common school districts as listed in ORS 334.013, with a governing body thereof to be known as the education service district board. [Amended by 1961 c.153 §1; subsections (3) and (4) enacted as 1961 c.153 §2; 1963 c.544 §29; 1965 c.100 §170; 1977 c.481 §1; 1993 c.784 §2]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.013 Composition of education service districts. (1) Except where the boundaries of an education service district are changed by merger under ORS 334.710 to 334.770 or other provision of law, the education service districts of this state are as follows
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(a) Region 1. Clatsop, Columbia, Tillamook and Washington Counties. (b) Region 2. Multnomah County. (c) Region 3. Marion, Polk and Yamhill Counties. (d) Region 4. Lincoln, Linn and Benton Counties. (e) Region 5. Lane County. (f) Region 6. Douglas County. (g) Region 7. Coos and Cu…
ORS 334.015 Withdrawal of school district; effective date. (1) Notwithstanding ORS 334.010 and 334.013, one or more component school districts of an education service district may withdraw from the education service district
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(2) A school district board may choose to withdraw a school district from an education service district by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the school district board. (3)(a) A school district board that chooses to withdraw a school district from the education s…
ORS 334.017 Interview requirements for school district that withdraws. (1) A school district that withdraws from an education service district as provided by ORS 334.015 and that seeks to fill a vacant position of employment shall interview persons who
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(a) Were employed by the education service district prior to the withdrawal of the school district; and (b) Performed duties similar to the duties that will be performed in the position that the school district is seeking to fill. (2) Nothing in this section requires a school dis…
ORS 334.019 Rejoining of school district; effective date. (1) A school district board that withdrew a school district from an education service district as provided in ORS 334.015 may choose to rejoin the school district to the education service district
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(2) A school district board that chooses to rejoin a school district to an education service district as provided in subsection (1) of this section may rejoin by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the board. A vote described in this subsection must occur no later…
ORS 334.020 [Amended by 1957 c.678 §2; 1963 c.544 §30; 1965 c.100 §171; 1975 c.770 §39; 1993 c.784 §3; 1995 c.611 §6; renumbered 334.013 in 2011]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.022 Prohibition on distinction in state funding between multicounty and single county districts. In adopting any rule relating to the distribution of state funds to education service districts, the State Board of Education shall not make any distinction based on the administrative structure of multicounty education service districts and the administrative structure of single county education service districts. [1993 c.784 §38]
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Note: 334.022 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 334 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation. BOARD OF DIRECTORS (Generally)
ORS 334.025 Number of board members; election; local advisory committees. Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424
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(1) The board of directors of an education service district shall consist of seven, nine or 11 members. (2) In education service districts, not fewer than five of the directors shall be elected, one from each of the zones established under ORS 334.032. At the discretion of the bo…
ORS 334.030 [Repealed by 1957 c.678 §1]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.032 Zones; representation of counties within district. Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424
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(1) The board of directors of an education service district shall divide the education service district into not more than 11 zones as nearly equal in census population as may be practicable, measured along common school district boundary lines except that zones may be establishe…
ORS 334.035 Nomination of candidates. Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424
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(1) In education service districts having a population of less than 550,000 according to the latest federal census, a candidate for the district board shall be nominated in accordance with ORS 255.235 except as provided in this section. When a candidate is nominated from a zone b…
ORS 334.040 [Amended by 1957 c.310 §15; repealed by 1957 c.678 §1]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.045 Election procedure. Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424
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(1) In education service districts, members of the board shall be elected at the time of the regular district election described in ORS 255.335 for the term commencing July 1 as provided in ORS 334.090. For this purpose, a district election shall be held in such districts in thos…
ORS 334.050 [Repealed by 1957 c.678 §1]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.060 [Amended by 1957 c.622 §8; repealed by 1957 c.678 §1]
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ORS 334.070 [Amended by 1957 c.678 §6; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
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ORS 334.080 [Repealed by 1957 c.678 §1]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.090 Term; eligibility; election of successors; vacancies. Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424
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(1) The term of office of director of an education service district shall be four years. (2) The term of office of each director of an education service district shall begin on July 1 next following the date of election. A director shall serve until June 30 next following the ele…
ORS 334.095 Declaration of vacancy in office of director; removal; recall. Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424
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(1) The education service district board shall declare the office of a director vacant when the incumbent: (a) Dies or resigns; (b) Is removed from office or a court declares the election for the office void; (c) Ceases to be a resident of a school district that is located within…
ORS 334.100 Organization of board; meetings; quorum; compensation. (1) Each education service district board shall meet during July and organize by electing one of its members chairperson and one vice chairperson, each of whom shall serve until a successor is elected and qualified. No member shall serve as chairperson for more than two years in succession
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(2) Regular meetings of an education service district board shall be held on meeting dates determined by the board. Special meetings may be held on dates to be determined by the board. (3) Members of the education service district board shall receive no compensation for their ser…
ORS 334.105 Definitions for ORS 334.108 to 334.115
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As used in ORS 334.108 to 334.115, “pilot education service district” means: (1) The Willamette Education Service District; (2) The High Desert Education Service District; and (3) The Northwest Regional Education Service District. [2005 c.828 §10; 2007 c.589 §1; 2010 c.59 §1] Not…
ORS 334.108 Number of board members; election or appointment; zones; selection of successors; vacancies. (1) Notwithstanding ORS chapter 334, the board of directors of a pilot education service district shall consist of nine members as follows
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(a) Five directors shall represent zones established under ORS 334.032 and shall be elected by the boards of the component school districts; and (b) Four directors shall be appointed by the directors described in paragraph (a) of this subsection, including one at-large director a…
ORS 334.110 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.112 Declaration of vacancy in office of director; removal. (1) ORS 334.095 does not apply to a pilot education service district. However, the board of directors of a pilot education service district shall declare the office of a director vacant when the incumbent
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(a) Dies or resigns; (b) Is removed from office or a court declares the election or appointment for the office void; (c) Ceases to be a resident of a school district that is located within the territory of the pilot education service district; (d) Ceases to be a resident of the z…
ORS 334.115 Legislative report. Each pilot education service district shall biennially report to the interim legislative committees relating to education on the governance structure of the board of the pilot education service district prior to October 1 of each even-numbered year. [2005 c.828 §13; 2007 c.589 §4]
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Note: See note under 334.105.
ORS 334.120 [Amended by 1957 c.678 §10; 1963 c.544 §35; 1965 c.100 §183; renumbered 334.225]
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POWERS AND DUTIES
ORS 334.125 Status of board; powers and duties; rules. (1) The education service district is a body corporate
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(2) The education service district board is authorized to transact all business coming within the jurisdiction of the education service district and may sue and be sued. (3)(a) The education service district board shall perform all duties required by law, including but not limite…
ORS 334.127 Title of real property when district ceases or school district withdraws. (1) Whenever an education service district ceases to exist, its real property shall pass to the successor district, which is authorized to treat the property in the same manner as did the predecessor district
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(2) Whenever a school district withdraws from an education service district as provided in ORS 334.015, the school district and education service district shall determine the disposition of any real property of the education service district that is located within the boundaries …
ORS 334.130 [Repealed by 1957 c.678 §1]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.135 [1963 c.544 §50k; 1965 c.100 §184; renumbered 334.235]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.140 [Repealed by 1957 c.678 §1]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.145 Office space provided by county; rent; additional space; purchase of required space; providing space. (1) At the discretion of the county court or board of county commissioners of any county within the education service district, the county may provide space for the board, superintendent and staff of the education service district and may charge the district a reasonable sum as rent for this space
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(2) The board of an education service district may rent such space as may be required when the space offered by the county, if any, is considered to be inadequate. Subject to ORS 334.125 and the funding allocation of the education service district, the board may purchase such req…
ORS 334.150 [Repealed by 1957 c.678 §1]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.160 [Amended by 1963 c.544 §36; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.170 [Repealed by 1957 c.678 §1]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.175 Core services; local service plan. (1) An education service district shall provide regionalized core services to component school districts. The goals of these services are to
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(a) Assist component school districts in meeting the requirements of state and federal law; (b) Improve student learning; (c) Enhance the quality of instruction provided to students; (d) Enable component school districts and the students who attend schools in those districts to h…
ORS 334.177 Expenditure of percentage of amounts received on services. (1) As used in this section, “local revenues of an education service district” has the meaning given that term in ORS 327.019 but does not include any local revenues distributed under ORS 327.019 (8)
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(2) An education service district board shall expend at least 90 percent of all amounts received from the State School Fund and at least 90 percent of all amounts considered to be local revenues of an education service district on services or programs that have been approved by t…
ORS 334.180 [Repealed by 1957 c.678 §1]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.185 Entrepreneurial services and facilities. (1) An education service district may provide entrepreneurial services and facilities to public and private entities and to school districts that are not component school districts of the education service district if
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(a) The services are part of the local service plan developed pursuant to ORS 334.175; (b) The services are provided pursuant to a business plan; and (c) The primary purpose of the services is to address a need of component school districts. (2) An education service district must…
ORS 334.190 [Repealed by 1957 c.678 §1]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.195 [1993 c.766 §4; repealed by 1995 c.798 §4]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.200 [Repealed by 1957 c.678 §1]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.205 [1953 c.390 §2; renumbered 334.510 and then 334.310]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.210 [Amended by 1957 c.678 §18; renumbered 334.520 and then 334.320]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.215 Gifts. (1) An education service district board may accept gifts and bequests of money for the establishment and conduct of child guidance clinics and for any other purpose consistent with the powers and duties of the district
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(2) The board shall deposit any such money received in a special fund and the money shall be expended under the direction of the board for the purposes for which it was donated. [Formerly 343.925; 1993 c.784 §15; 1995 c.611 §16]
ORS 334.217 (1) The State Board of Education by rule shall establish and enforce standards to determine the adequacy of services and facilities provided by the education service districts. In establishing such standards, the state board shall
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(a) Consider the most economic method of providing services and facilities, the quality of the services and facilities according to the best educational standards, and the needs of the students; and (b) Provide a process for a person who resides in the district, or a parent or gu…
ORS 334.219 Report on performance and finances; distribution and accessibility of report. (1) No later than October 1 of each year, the board of directors of an education service district shall produce an annual report related to the performance and the finances of the education service district for the previous school year. The purpose of the report is to provide information to parents, component school districts and the Department of Education and to improve education service districts through greater involvement of persons who are interested in the success of education service districts
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(2) The annual report that is produced as required by this section must include: (a) The size and demographics of the education service district; (b) The number of students served by the education service district, identified by school district; (c) Services provided by the educa…
ORS 334.220 [Renumbered 334.530 and then 334.330]
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PERSONNEL