Title 30, Education and Culture

(1) As used in this section, “safety threat action” means a response to a safety threat, as identified in ORS 339.405 (2)(a), that: (a) Is initiated by a school in response to a safety threat; and (b) Is not a planned drill. (2) Each school district board shall adopt a policy for…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “School administrator” has the meaning given that term in ORS 419A.305. (b) “School personnel” means a person who is employed by or under contract with a school district, public charter school or private school to provide services to students, inc…

(1) A superintendent of a school district or a superintendent’s designee who has reasonable cause to believe that a person, while in a school, is or has been in possession of a list that threatens harm to other persons, shall notify: (a) The parent or guardian of any student whos…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Cyberbullying” and “harassment, intimidation or bullying” have the meanings given those terms in ORS 339.351. (b) “Local law enforcement contact” means a local law enforcement officer designated by the Department of State Police to be notified wh…

(1) There is created the Center for School Safety within the University of Oregon. The mission of the center shall be to: (a) Serve as the central point for data analysis; (b) Conduct research; (c) Disseminate information about successful school safety programs, research results …

(1) The Center for School Safety shall be governed by a board of directors. The board of directors shall consist of: (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction or a designee of the superintendent; (b) The Director of the Oregon Youth Authority or a designee of the director; (c)…

(1) The University of Oregon may seek and accept contributions of funds and assistance from the United States, its agencies or from any other source, public or private, and agree to conditions thereon not inconsistent with ORS 339.331, 339.333 and 339.339. All such funds are to a…

The Department of Education, in collaboration with the Center for School Safety, shall: (1) Develop recommendations and statewide guidelines designed to improve the learning environment and student achievement and to reduce the dropout rate in the state’s public schools. (2) Iden…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Cyberbullying” has the meaning given that term in ORS 339.351. (b) “Harassment, intimidation or bullying” has the meaning given that term in ORS 339.351. (c) “Suicidal behavior” includes: (A) Self-directed, injurious behavior with an intent to di…

(1) This section shall be known and may be cited as Adi’s Act. (2) In accordance with rules adopted by the State Board of Education in consultation with the Oregon Health Authority, each school district shall adopt a policy requiring a comprehensive district plan on student suici…

Each school campus in a school district, private school campus and public charter school campus shall have on the premises at least one automated external defibrillator. [2010 c.62 §1] (Prohibitions on Discrimination)

(1) As used in this section: (a)(A) “Bias incident” means a person’s hostile expression of animus toward another person, relating to the other person’s perceived race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or national origin, of which criminal investiga…

As used in ORS 339.351 to 339.364: (1) “Cyberbullying” means the use of any electronic communication device to harass, intimidate or bully. (2) “Harassment, intimidation or bullying” means any act that: (a) Substantially interferes with a student’s educational benefits, opportuni…

(1) The Legislative Assembly finds that: (a) A safe and civil environment is necessary for students to learn and achieve high academic standards. (b) Harassment, intimidation or bullying and cyberbullying, like other disruptive or violent behavior, are conduct that disrupts a stu…

(1) Each school district shall adopt a policy prohibiting harassment, intimidation or bullying and prohibiting cyberbullying. School districts shall develop the policy after consultation with parents, guardians, school employees, volunteers, students, administrators and community…

(1) School districts must incorporate into existing training programs for students and school employees information related to: (a) The prevention of, and the appropriate response to, acts of harassment, intimidation and bullying and acts of cyberbullying; and (b) The policy adop…

(1) A school employee, student or volunteer may not engage in reprisal or retaliation against a victim of, witness to or person with reliable information about an act of harassment, intimidation or bullying or an act of cyberbullying. (2)(a) A school employee who witnesses or has…

ORS 339.351 to 339.364 may not be interpreted to prevent a victim of harassment, intimidation or bullying or a victim of cyberbullying from seeking redress under any other available law, whether civil or criminal. ORS 339.351 to 339.364 do not create any statutory cause of action…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Dating” or “dating relationship” means an ongoing social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature between two persons. “Dating” or “dating relationship” does not include a casual relationship or ordinary fraternization between two persons in…

(1) The Department of Education shall provide school districts and, upon request, private schools with posters containing information in both English and Spanish regarding domestic violence and at least one toll-free hotline telephone number that a student may call to obtain info…

As used in ORS 339.370 to 339.400: (1) “Abuse” has the meaning given that term in ORS 419B.005. (2) “Agent” means a person acting as an agent for an education provider in a manner that requires the person to have direct, unsupervised contact with students. (3) “Commission license…

Each school board shall adopt policies on the reporting of suspected abuse and suspected sexual conduct by school employees, contractors, agents and volunteers and the reporting of suspected abuse by students. The policies shall: (1) Specify that abuse and sexual conduct by schoo…

(1) Except as provided in ORS 339.384, before an education provider may hire an applicant for a position with the education provider as a school employee, the education provider shall: (a) Require the applicant to provide: (A) A list of the applicant’s current and former employer…

(1)(a) Not later than 20 days after receiving a request under ORS 339.374 (1)(b), an education provider that has or has had an employment relationship with the applicant shall disclose the information requested. (b) An education provider may disclose the information on a standard…

(1) An education provider may not hire an applicant to be a school employee if the applicant does not comply with the requirements of ORS 339.374 (1)(a). A refusal by the education provider to hire an applicant under this subsection removes the applicant from any education provid…

(1)(a) A school employee shall immediately submit a report as provided by paragraph (b) of this subsection if the school employee has reasonable cause to believe that: (A) A student has been subjected to abuse by another school employee or by a contractor, an agent, a volunteer o…

(1) When the Department of Education receives from the Department of Human Services notification of a report of abuse or receives a report on the outcomes of an investigation of abuse, as provided by ORS 419B.019 or 419B.020, and the notification or report involves a child and a …

(1)(a) When the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission receives a report of suspected sexual conduct that may have been committed by a commission licensee, the commission shall immediately initiate an investigation. (b) An investigation and final determination related to a re…

(1)(a) When the Department of Education receives a report of suspected sexual conduct that may have been committed by a school employee, contractor, agent or volunteer that is not a commission licensee, the department shall immediately initiate an investigation. The department ma…

(1) An education provider may not enter into a collective bargaining agreement, an employment contract, an agreement for resignation or termination, a severance agreement or any similar contract or agreement that: (a) Has the effect of impairing or terminating an ongoing investig…

Nothing in ORS 339.370 to 339.400 creates a new public or private cause of action or precludes an existing cause of action. [2009 c.93 §11]

(1) An education provider shall provide to school employees each school year training on: (a) The prevention and identification of abuse and sexual conduct; (b) The obligations of school employees under ORS 339.388 and 419B.005 to 419B.050 and under policies adopted by the school…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Evacuate” means a procedure used when students and staff need to move from one location to another. (b) “Hold” means a procedure used to keep students and staff in classrooms while a disruption or minor emergency is resolved. (c) “Lockdown” means…

(1) As used in this section, “school” means any: (a) Kindergarten through grade 12 public or private school, including a public charter school; or (b) Educational institution having an average daily attendance of 50 or more students. (2) Every school is required to have emergency…

Upon application of the parent or guardian of the child, or, if the child has attained the age of majority, upon application of the child, a child attending the public school may be excused from school for periods not exceeding two hours in any week for elementary pupils and five…

A school, school district or association, whether public or private, may not deny any grade or high school student the right to participate in interscholastic athletics solely on the ground that the student: (1) Transferred between schools; (2) Attends a public charter school, as…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “High school equivalency program” means a program provided to assist a student in earning a certificate for passing an approved high school equivalency test such as the General Educational Development (GED) test. (b) “High school equivalency stude…

(1) For purposes of the student accounting system required by ORS 339.515, the following definitions shall be used: (a) “Graduate” means an individual who has: (A) Not reached 21 years of age or whose 21st birthday occurs during the current school year; (B) Met all state requirem…

Pursuant to rules of the State Board of Education, the Department of Education shall establish and maintain a student accounting system that has as its minimum goals: (1) Providing a timely accounting of students who withdraw from school before graduating or completing the normal…

(1) In order to meet the goals described in ORS 339.510, the Department of Education shall develop a system of uniform reporting and shall assist school districts in establishing such systems, with appropriate allowances being made for the size of districts and their existing rep…

(1) This section provides the minimum information to be reported on students who withdraw from school prior to becoming graduates and who: (a) Do not transfer to another educational system; (b) Are awarded a certificate of attendance after grade 12; or (c) Move to a transition pr…

As used in ORS 339.650 to 339.665 “traffic patrol” means one or more individuals appointed by a public, private or parochial school to protect pupils in their crossing of streets or highways on their way to or from the school by directing the pupils or by cautioning vehicle opera…

(1) A district school board may do all things necessary, including the expenditure of district funds, to organize, supervise, control or operate traffic patrols. A district school board may make rules relating to traffic patrols which are consistent with rules under ORS 339.660 (…

(1) To promote safety the State Board of Education after consultation with the Department of Transportation and the Department of State Police, shall make rules relating to traffic patrols. (2) A member of a traffic patrol: (a) Shall be at least 18 years of age unless the parent …

(1) The Department of Education and the Department of Transportation shall cooperate with any public, private or parochial school in the organization, supervision, control and operation of its traffic patrol. (2) The Department of State Police, the sheriff of each county or the p…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Asthma” means a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways that requires ongoing medical intervention. (b) “Medication” means any prescription for bronchodilators or autoinjectable epinephrine prescribed by a student’s Oregon licensed health ca…

As used in ORS 339.869 and 339.870: (1)(a) “Medication” means: (A) Medication that is not injected; (B) Premeasured doses of epinephrine that are injected; (C) Medication that is available for treating adrenal insufficiency; and (D) Naloxone or any similar medication that is in a…

(1) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Oregon Health Authority, the Oregon State Board of Nursing and the State Board of Pharmacy, shall adopt: (a) Rules for the administration of prescription and nonprescription medication to students by trained school person…

(1)(a) A school administrator, teacher or other school employee designated by the school administrator is not liable in a criminal action or for civil damages as a result of the administration of nonprescription medication, if the school administrator, teacher or other school emp…

(1) A school administrator, school nurse, teacher or other school employee designated by the school administrator is not liable in a criminal action or for civil damages as a result of a student’s self-administration of medication, as described in ORS 339.866, if the school admin…