Chapter 334 — Chapter 334
96 sections in this chapter.
ORS 334.225 Superintendent; duties; compensation; termination. (1) The education service district board shall employ a superintendent who must hold an administrative license as a superintendent. The superintendent shall serve as the board’s executive officer, give an official bond or an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an insured institution, as defined in ORS 706.008, and have the duties prescribed by the board and the laws of this state
2.5K chars
(2) The board shall fix the term and compensation of the superintendent, provide office room for the superintendent and allow all of the superintendent’s necessary traveling expenses. A contract for employment of the superintendent may provide for the termination of employment of…
ORS 334.230 [Amended by 1953 c.429 §2; 1957 c.678 §19; renumbered 334.540 and then 334.295]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.231 Employment of classified school employees. (1) As used in this section, “classified school employee” includes all employees of an education service district in a position represented by a collective bargaining unit, except those for whom a teaching or administrative license is required as a basis for employment in an education service district
0.1K chars
(2) A classified school employee shall have the right to be dismissed, demoted or disciplined only for just cause. [2023 c.592 §20; 2024 c.95 §47]
ORS 334.235 [Formerly 334.135; repealed by 1975 c.770 §49]
0.0K chars
BUDGET AND TAX LEVIES
ORS 334.240 District budget; budget committee; audits. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the education service district board shall be subject in all respects to ORS 294.305 to 294.565, except that in addition to other qualifications, members of the budget committee who are not members of the education service district board shall be members of component school district boards within the education service district or shall be designees of a school district board
1.1K chars
(2) Notwithstanding ORS 294.414 and 294.423, a majority of the members of the budget committee of an education service district must consist of members of the component school district boards or designees of a school district board. The budget committee may meet to conduct busine…
ORS 334.250 [1957 c.678 §13(1); 1957 s.s. c.4 §1(1); 1965 c.100 §186; repealed by 1977 c.840 §19]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.260 [1957 c.678 §13(2); 1957 s.s. c.4 §1(2); 1965 c.100 §187; repealed by 1977 c.840 §19]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.262 [1977 c.840 §12; 1981 c.836 §1; 1983 c.610 §3; repealed by 1993 c.784 §37]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.263 [1977 c.840 §13; 1979 c.445 §1; repealed by 1983 c.610 §8]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.264 [1977 c.840 §14; repealed by 1983 c.610 §8]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.270 [1957 c.678 §13(3); 1957 s.s. c.4 §1(3); 1965 c.100 §188; 1977 c.840 §10; 1993 c.784 §33; repealed by 2005 c.209 §39]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.280 [1957 c.678 §13(4); 1957 s.s. c.4 §1(4); 1965 c.100 §189; repealed by 1977 c.840 §19]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.285 Apportionment of taxes; split between elementary and secondary school purposes. (1) Before July 15 of each year, the education service district board shall certify the amount of ad valorem property taxes as provided in ORS 310.060 and the apportionment to the county assessor. The county assessor shall extend the levy on the assessment and tax roll as the levy of the education service district board, applicable at a uniform rate or rates to all taxable property within the education service district, including joint districts in adjacent counties that are included in the district
1.4K chars
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the education service district board shall split its total operating taxes or other ad valorem property taxes into separate portions for elementary and high school purposes where necessary in order to avoid double taxation. The …
ORS 334.290 [1957 c.678 §13(5), (6); 1957 s.s. c.4 §1(5), (6); 1961 c.356 §1; 1965 c.100 §190; repealed by 1977 c.840 §19]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.293 Direct ad valorem tax required to pay bonds. Notwithstanding ORS 334.240 and 334.285, each education service district shall ascertain and levy annually, in addition to all other taxes, a direct ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the education service district sufficient to pay the maturing interest and principal of all education service district bonds promptly when and as the payments become due. The board in each year shall include the taxes in the education service district budget for that year. [1995 c.333 §13; 2005 c.209 §20]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.295 [Formerly 334.230 and then 334.540; 1965 c.100 §191; repealed by 1977 c.840 §19]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.300 [1957 c.678 §14; 1963 c.576 §41; 1965 c.100 §192; repealed by 1977 c.840 §19]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.310 [Formerly 334.205 and then 334.510; repealed by 1977 c.840 §19]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.320 [Formerly 334.210 and then 334.520; 1973 c.796 §50; 1975 c.477 §10; 1977 c.2 §1; 1977 c.156 §1; repealed by 1977 c.840 §19]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.330 [Formerly 334.220 and then 334.530; repealed by 1977 c.840 §19]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.350 [1957 c.678 §15(1); 1965 c.100 §196; 1993 c.784 §16b; 2003 c.226 §14; repealed by 2001 c.695 §38]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.353 [1993 c.784 §32; repealed by 2001 c.695 §38]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.360 [1957 c.678 §15(2); 1965 c.100 §197; repealed by 2001 c.695 §38]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.370 Emergency aid fund. The education service district board may include in its own budget, adopted pursuant to ORS 334.240, an emergency aid fund for use, at the discretion of the board, in aiding school districts within the education service district with emergency expenses unforeseen at the time of making the budget of such districts. The emergency aid fund shall not exceed five percent of the combined budget of all districts included in such education service district. [1957 c.678 §15(2); 1965 c.100 §198]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.380 [1957 c.678 §15(3),(4); 1965 c.100 §199; 1991 c.780 §20; repealed by 2001 c.695 §38]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.390 [1957 c.678 §15(5); 1965 c.100 §200; repealed by 2001 c.695 §38]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.400 [1957 c.678 §15(6); 1963 c.544 §38; 1965 c.100 §201; repealed by 2001 c.695 §38]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.410 [1957 c.678 §16; 1965 c.100 §202; 1975 c.770 §43; 1997 c.541 §374; repealed by 2001 c.695 §38]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.450 [1957 c.678 §17; 1965 c.100 §203; 1983 c.350 §183; 1983 c.610 §5a; 1987 c.267 §75; 1993 c.784 §§34,35; 1995 c.712 §106; 1997 c.541 §375; repealed by 2001 c.695 §38]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.460 [1983 c.610 §5b; 1997 c.541 §376; repealed by 2001 c.695 §38]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.510 [Formerly 334.205; 1965 c.100 §193; renumbered 334.310]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.520 [Formerly 334.210; 1965 c.100 §194; renumbered 334.320]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.530 [Formerly 334.220; 1965 c.100 §195; renumbered 334.330]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.540 [Formerly 334.230; 1963 c.544 §39; renumbered 334.295]
0.0K chars
REORGANIZATION
ORS 334.550 Effects of reorganization. (1) As used in this section
1.2K chars
(a) “Obligations” means all contractual obligations, employment and service contracts and collective bargaining agreements. (b) “Reorganized” means a change in: (A) The boundaries of an education service district, including a merger; or (B) The governance structure of an educatio…
ORS 334.690 State board as boundary board; criteria for reorganization; filing boundary change. (1) Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424, the State Board of Education shall constitute the boundary board for education service districts. In examining any proposal to reorganize education service districts, the state board shall consider whether the proposed district would have the following characteristics
0.8K chars
(a) A student population of at least 10,000 students or would have such a student population in the foreseeable future; (b) The ability to support the staff necessary to provide a wide array of services; (c) Boundaries that reflect the area’s sense of community, and take into acc…
ORS 334.710 Petition; review by state board; notice; hearing. Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424
1.4K chars
(1) If two or more education service districts desire to join together for the purpose of forming one education service district, a petition from each such district shall be presented to the State Board of Education when: (a) Resolutions are presented to each of the education ser…
ORS 334.720 State board order; effective date. (1) At the public hearings conducted pursuant to ORS 334.710, the State Board of Education shall cause to have discussed the effect of the proposed district and any resident of the affected districts may be heard with reference to the proposal
0.5K chars
(2) If, after the hearings, the State Board of Education determines that the proposal is feasible, the board shall order the proposed merger of the districts based on the proposal. (3) When two or more education service districts join together in the manner provided in this secti…
ORS 334.725 [1965 c.100 §207; 1983 c.350 §187; 1987 c.267 §76; 1993 c.784 §17,18; 1995 c.712 §107; repealed by 2001 c.518 §11]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.730 Joint meeting; zoning; election of new directors. Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424
1.3K chars
(1) Immediately after the order to join two or more education service districts together, the boards of directors of all education service districts within the boundaries of the new district shall meet together upon the call of the chairperson of the board of the most populous di…
ORS 334.740 Nomination. Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424, the nomination of a candidate to serve as a director of the new education service district from a zone, when made by a petition, shall be signed by electors registered in the zone in which the candidate is a resident. The nomination of a candidate to serve as a director of the new education service district at large, when made by a petition, shall be signed by electors of the district. A candidate must be qualified to vote in the election in which the individual is a candidate and must be qualified to hold office as a director of an education service district. [1963 c.544 §50f; 1965 c.100 §209; 1973 c.796 §51; 1983 c.83 §69; 1983 c.350 §189; 2001 c.518 §10; 2019 c.449 §35]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.750 Term of office. Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424
0.9K chars
(1) The board of directors of the new education service district shall take office on July 1 of the year following its election. (2) The minority of directors of the new education service district shall serve terms expiring June 30 next following the first regular district electi…
ORS 334.760 Power of new board prior to existence of new district. During the period following their election and prior to the date the new education service district comes into existence, the board of directors of the new education service district may take such action as is essential in order that the new district may carry out its required functions when it comes into existence, including the preparation and adoption of a budget for the new district. Expenditures of the board under this section shall be paid from the budgets of the component education service districts on a prorated basis. [1963 c.544 §50i; 1965 c.100 §211]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.770 Power of new board generally. The board of directors of the new education service district shall have the same duties and exercise the same authority over the district as does the board of directors of every education service district. [1963 c.544 §50g]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.800 [2011 c.705 §31; repealed by 2013 c.577 §5]
0.0K chars
[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 334.820 [2011 c.705 §32; repealed by 2013 c.577 §5]
0.0K chars
_______________