156 sections in this chapter.
ORS 339.005 Definition for ORS 339.040 and 339.125. As used in ORS 339.040 and 339.125, unless the context requires otherwise, “administrative office for the county” means the administrative office of the education service district or of a common school district that includes an entire county. [1965 c.100 §273; 1973 c.728 §3; 1987 c.158 §56; 1991 c.167 §23; 2003 c.226 §17]
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COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE (Temporary provisions relating to policies to improve student attendance) Note: Sections 1 to 3 and 5, chapter 505, Oregon Laws 2025, provide: Sec. 1. Study on statewide initiatives and policies related to attendance; reports. (1) As used in this sect…
ORS 339.010 School attendance required. (1) Except as provided in ORS 339.030, all children between the ages of 6 and 18 years who have not completed the 12th grade are required to regularly attend a public full-time school during the entire school term
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(2) All children five years of age who have been enrolled in a public school are required to attend regularly the public school while enrolled in the public school. (3) For the purpose of subsection (1) of this section, a child is considered to be six years of age if the sixth bi…
ORS 339.020 Duty to send children to school. (1) Except as provided in ORS 339.030, every person having control of a child between the ages of 6 and 18 years who has not completed the 12th grade is required to send the child to, and maintain the child in, regular attendance at a public full-time school during the entire school term
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(2) If a person has control of a child five years of age and has enrolled the child in a public school, the person is required to send the child to, and maintain the child in, regular attendance at the public school while the child is enrolled in the public school. (3) For the pu…
ORS 339.030 Exemptions from compulsory school attendance; rules. (1) In the following cases, children may not be required to attend public full-time schools
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(a) Children being taught in a private or parochial school in the courses of study usually taught in kindergarten through grade 12 in the public schools and in attendance for a period equivalent to that required of children attending public schools in the 1994-1995 school year. (…
ORS 339.035 Teaching by private teacher, parent or guardian; rules. (1) As used in this section, “education service district” means the education service district that contains the school district of which the child is a resident
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(2) When a child is taught or is withdrawn from a public school to be taught by a parent, legal guardian or private teacher, as provided in ORS 339.030, the parent, legal guardian or private teacher must notify the education service district in writing. In addition, when a child …
ORS 339.040 Attendance supervisors. (1) The executive officer of the administrative office for the county shall appoint one person to act as the attendance supervisor for school districts having a school census of less than 1,000 children in the county. The attendance supervisor shall perform duties under the direction of the administrative office for the county. The attendance supervisor shall receive as compensation for services a sum fixed by the governing body of the county and allowed and paid in the same manner as the salaries of county officers are paid
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(2) District school boards of districts having a school census of 1,000 or more children, according to the latest school census, shall appoint attendance supervisors and fix and pay their compensation. (3) The administrative office for the county, upon written application from th…
ORS 339.050 [Amended by 1965 c.100 §278; repealed by 1965 c.136 §1]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 339.055 Duties of attendance supervisors. The attendance supervisor when notified of a truancy or unexcused absence shall investigate the truancy or nonattendance at school. If the child is not exempt from compulsory school attendance, the attendance supervisor shall proceed as provided in ORS 339.080 and 339.090. [Formerly 339.100]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 339.060 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 339.065 Estimates of attendance; irregular attendance; excused absences. (1) In estimating regular attendance for purposes of the compulsory attendance provisions of ORS 339.005 to 339.030, 339.040 to 339.125, 339.137 and 339.420, the principal or teacher shall consider all unexcused absences. Eight unexcused one-half day absences in any four-week period during which the school is in session shall be considered irregular attendance
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(2)(a) An absence may be excused by a principal or teacher if the absence is caused by: (A) The pupil’s sickness, including the mental or behavioral health of the pupil; (B) The sickness of some member of the pupil’s family; or (C) An emergency. (b) In addition to the reasons ide…
ORS 339.070 [Repealed by 1963 c.544 §52]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 339.071 Attendance notification policy. (1) Each district school board shall adopt an attendance notification policy that satisfies the requirements of this section
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(2) An attendance notification policy must: (a) Be implemented by each school in the school district; and (b) Require that each school ensure that a parent or other person in parental relationship to a child is notified by the end of the school day on any day that the child has a…
ORS 339.080 Nonattendance notice to parents, school officials and parole or probation officer. (1) Except as provided in ORS 339.030, in case any parent or other person in parental relation fails to send any child under the control of the parent or other person to the public school, the attendance supervisor, within 24 hours after notification from the proper authority of the failure, shall give formal written notice in person or by registered or certified mail to the parent or other person
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(2) The notice required by subsection (1) of this section must inform the parent or other person in parental relation that: (a) The child must appear at the public school on the next school day following the receipt of the notice. (b) Regular attendance at school must be maintain…
ORS 339.090 Determination of compliance; notice to district superintendent. The attendance supervisor shall determine whether the parent or other person given written notice of attendance requirements has complied with the notice. If the attendance supervisor determines that the parent or other person has failed to comply, the attendance supervisor, within three days after having knowledge of such failure or after being notified thereof, shall notify the district superintendent. [Amended by 1965 c.100 §283; 1993 c.413 §2]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 339.095 Required procedures related to violations of certain school attendance requirements; rules. (1) In addition to any other persons permitted to enforce violations, the school district superintendent or education service district superintendent, or any employee specifically designated by either superintendent, may issue citations for violations established under ORS 339.990 in the manner provided by ORS chapter 153
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(2) Prior to issuing the citation described in subsection (3) of this section to the parent or guardian of a student not regularly attending full-time school, a school district superintendent or education service district superintendent shall: (a) Provide a parent or guardian of …
ORS 339.100 [Amended by 1963 c.544 §47; 1965 c.100 §279; renumbered 339.055]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 339.110 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
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ADMISSION OF STUDENTS
ORS 339.115 Admission of students; waiver; denial. (1) Except as provided in ORS 339.141, authorizing tuition for courses not part of the regular school program, the district school board shall admit free of charge to the schools of the district all persons between the ages of 5 and 19 who reside within the school district. A person whose 19th birthday occurs during the school year shall continue to be eligible for a free and appropriate public education for the remainder of the school year. A district school board may admit nonresident persons, determine who is not a resident of the district and fix rates of tuition for nonresidents
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(2)(a) A district must admit an otherwise eligible person who has not yet attained 21 years of age prior to the beginning of the current school year if the person is: (A) Receiving special education and has not yet received a high school diploma as described in ORS 329.451; or (B…
ORS 339.119 Prohibition of payment as incentive to receive educational services; exceptions. (1) As used in this section, “provider of educational services” means a public charter school, a district school board or a public or private provider of educational services that provides educational services under a contract or the authority of a public charter school or district school board
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(2) A provider of educational services may not offer payment of money or other consideration to a student, to a parent or legal guardian of a student or to another entity for the benefit of a student, parent or legal guardian: (a) In return for the student electing to receive or …
ORS 339.120 [Amended by 1957 c.198 §5; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
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ORS 339.122 Disclosures in promotional materials. (1) As used in this section, “virtual public school” means a public school that
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(a) Provides online courses; and (b) Does not primarily serve students in a physical location. (2) In any advertising or other promotional materials of a virtual public school, including a virtual public charter school as defined in ORS 338.005, the school must clearly state that…
ORS 339.125 Contract for admission of nonresident pupils; costs. (1) The district school board may contract with the district school board of any other district for the admission of pupils in schools of the other district. The contract shall be in writing upon forms furnished by the Department of Education. Expense incurred shall be paid out of the school funds of the district sending such pupils. If the district sending the pupils fails to pay the expense so incurred according to the terms of the contract, the administrative office for the county containing such school district, after satisfactory proof of such failure, shall deduct the amount of the unpaid expense from the amount due the school district at the next regular apportionment. The county treasurer shall pay the amount of the reduced apportionment out of the county school fund
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(2) In case the school district sending the pupils is a joint district, jurisdiction shall be exercised by the administrative office for the county in which the most populous part of such district is situated, according to the latest school census. The office’s action in the matt…
ORS 339.127 Factors prohibited from consideration when giving consent to nonresident student; limitations on consent and advertisements. (1) A district school board that admits nonresident students by giving consent as described in ORS 339.133 (5)(a) may not consider race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, national origin, disability, health, whether a student has an individualized education program, the terms of an individualized education program, income level, residence, proficiency in the English language, athletic ability or academic records when
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(a) Determining whether to give consent; or (b) Establishing any terms of consent. (2) A district school board that is considering whether to admit a nonresident student by giving consent may require only the following information prior to deciding whether to give consent: (a) Th…
ORS 339.128 Factors prohibited from consideration when admitting tuition-paying nonresident student. (1) A district school board that admits nonresident students and charges nonresident students tuition may not consider race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, national origin, disability, health, whether a student has an individualized education program, the terms of an individualized education program, income level, residence, proficiency in the English language, athletic ability or academic records when
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(a) Determining whether to accept a nonresident student; or (b) Establishing the amount of tuition. (2) A district school board that admits nonresident students and charges nonresident students tuition may require a student seeking to attend the schools of the school district to …
ORS 339.129 Education for children in local or regional correctional facilities required; funding; notice to district; access. (1) A school district shall provide or cause to be provided appropriate education for children placed in a local or regional correctional facility located in the school district. The education may be provided by the school district or an education service district
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(2) The school district may claim State School Fund reimbursement under ORS 327.006 to 327.173, 327.348, 327.356 to 327.359 and 327.731 for each child who is in a local or regional correctional facility. (3) A local or regional correctional facility shall notify the school distri…
ORS 339.130 [Amended by 1957 c.198 §6; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
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RESIDENCY
ORS 339.133 Determination of residency of student for school purposes. (1) As used in this section
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(a)(A) “Foster care” means substitute care for children placed by the Department of Human Services or a tribal child welfare agency away from their parents and for whom the department or agency has placement and care responsibility, including placements in foster family homes, fo…
ORS 339.134 Residency of child voluntarily placed outside child’s home and living in substitute care program. (1) Except as provided by subsection (2) of this section, a child whose parent or guardian voluntarily placed the child outside the child’s home with a public or private agency and who is living in a licensed, certified or approved substitute care program shall be considered a resident for school purposes in the school district in which the child resides because of the voluntary placement
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(2) A child whose parent or guardian voluntarily placed the child outside the child’s home with a public or private agency and who is living in a licensed, certified or approved substitute care program shall be considered a resident for school purposes in the school district in w…
ORS 339.135 [1965 c.100 §287; 1967 c.507 §6; repealed by 1993 c.45 §117]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 339.137 Residency of student at youth care center. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a student described in ORS 336.580 shall be considered a resident of the school district in which the student resides by reason of the placement under ORS 336.580 for purposes of distribution of the State School Fund
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(2) For a child described in ORS 336.580 (2)(b), the child shall receive educational services through the Juvenile Detention Education Program as described in ORS 326.695. (3) A student described in subsection (1) of this section must be admitted to the public schools of the scho…
ORS 339.139 Residency of military children; rules. (1) As used in this section
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(a) “Military child” means a child who is in a military family covered by the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, as determined under rules adopted by the State Board of Education. (b) “Military transfer” means the transfer or pending transfer of …
ORS 339.140 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
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TUITION AND FEES
ORS 339.141 Tuition prohibited for regular school program; other programs. (1) For the purposes of this section
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(a) “Public charter school” has the meaning given that term in ORS 338.005. (b) “Regular school program” means the regular curriculum that is provided in the schools of the school district, including public charter schools, and that is provided: (A) As required full-day sessions …
ORS 339.145 [1965 c.100 §288; 1967 c.67 §9; 1971 c.494 §2; repealed by 1993 c.45 §120]
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ORS 339.147 When tuition authorized; waiver of tuition and fees. (1)(a) Notwithstanding ORS 339.141, no district school board or public charter school as defined in ORS 338.005 shall require tuition for courses not part of the regular school program, except for traffic safety education, from a pupil who is a member of a low-income family in an amount in excess of what the low-income family may receive as money specifically to be used for payment of such tuition
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(b) As used in this subsection, “low-income family” means a family whose children qualify for free or reduced price school meals under a federal program, including but not limited to the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, and all their subsequent amend…
ORS 339.150 [Amended by 1957 c.256 §1; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
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ORS 339.155 Prohibitions of certain fees as condition of admission; allowable fees. (1) A district school board or public charter school as defined in ORS 338.005 may not require payment of fees as a condition of admission to those pupils entitled under the law to free admission. However, the following are not considered as conditions of admission
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(a) Pursuant to ORS 339.141, but subject to ORS 339.147, tuition may be charged for courses not part of the regular school program. (b) A charge may not be made for a standard, prescribed textbook but a security deposit may be required, which may be refunded if the textbook is re…
ORS 339.160 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
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ORS 339.165 [1971 c.402 §1; 1973 c.327 §1; 1981 c.404 §1; 1987 c.533 §1; 1989 c.620 §1; repealed by 1991 c.780 §30]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 339.170 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 339.175 [1971 c.402 §2; 1979 c.836 §7; 1985 c.264 §1; 1989 c.620 §2; 1991 c.780 §35; renumbered 336.575 in 1993]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 339.180 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 339.185 [1971 c.402 §3; 1973 c.327 §2; 1979 c.836 §1; 1983 c.731 §8; 1985 c.523 §1; 1987 c.318 §1; 1987 c.533 §2; 1989 c.620 §3; 1991 c.795 §10; repealed by 1991 c.780 §30]
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ORS 339.190 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 339.195 [1987 c.817 §2; 1991 c.780 §36; 1993 c.45 §122; 1993 c.676 §50; renumbered 336.580 in 1993]
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ORS 339.200 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 339.205 [1991 c.833 §1; 1993 c.18 §90; 1993 c.33 §323; renumbered 336.585 in 1993]
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STUDENT CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE
ORS 339.240 Rules of student conduct, discipline and rights; duties of state board and district school boards. (1) The State Board of Education in accordance with ORS chapter 183 shall adopt rules setting minimum standards for pupil conduct and discipline and for rights and procedures pertaining thereto that are consistent with orderly operation of the educational processes and with fair hearing requirements. The rules shall be distributed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction to all school districts
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(2) Every district school board shall adopt and attempt to give the widest possible distribution of copies of reasonable written rules regarding pupil conduct, discipline and rights and procedures pertaining thereto. Such rules must comply with minimum standards adopted by the St…
ORS 339.250 Duty of student to comply with rules; policies on discipline, suspension, expulsion, threats of violence or harm, firearms and physical force; student handbook or code of conduct; enforcement of policies. (1) Public school students shall comply with rules for the government of such schools, pursue the prescribed course of study, use the prescribed textbooks and submit to the teachers’ authority
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(2) Each district school board shall adopt written policies for the discipline, suspension or expulsion of any refractory student. The policies: (a) May allow discipline, suspension or expulsion for conduct that includes, but is not limited to: (A) Willful disobedience; (B) Open …
ORS 339.252 Child with disability continues to be entitled to free appropriate public education if removed for disciplinary reasons; due process procedures. (1) As used in this section, “child with a disability” has the meaning given that term in ORS 343.035
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(2) A child with a disability continues to be entitled to a free appropriate public education if the child has been removed for disciplinary reasons from the child’s current educational placement for more than 10 school days in a school year. (3) A disciplinary removal is conside…