Chapter 341 — Chapter 341

ORS 341.005 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires

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ORS 341.009 Policy. The Legislative Assembly finds that

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ORS 341.010 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]

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ORS 341.011 Criminal justice courses eligible for social science cluster; transfer of credit; rules. (1) Each community college operated under ORS chapter 341 that offers a form of associate degree, including an Associate of Arts Transfer degree or an Associate of Science Transfer degree, that either requires or permits a student to take a cluster of courses in the social sciences as part of the course of study necessary to obtain the associate degree may allow any criminal justice course approved by the curriculum committee of the community college to count as an eligible course for the social science cluster portion of the associate degree

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ORS 341.013 Applied baccalaureate degrees; Bachelor of Science: Nursing degrees; approval process; funding; rules. (1) As used in this section

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ORS 341.015 Guidelines for districts. The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall adopt guidelines for the orderly development and management of community college districts, including guidelines for personnel policy formulation, student record keeping and privacy procedures. [1971 c.233 §§1,2; 1987 c.474 §5; 1995 c.67 §3; 2013 c.747 §187; 2015 c.841 §3]

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ORS 341.018 [1975 c.553 §10; 1993 c.45 §131; repealed by 1995 c.67 §42]

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ORS 341.019 Provision of services by district; rules; local advisory committees. (1) All areas within this state shall be served by a community college district. Such services may be provided either

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ORS 341.020 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]

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ORS 341.021 Provision of service outside districts. (1) The Office of Community Colleges and Workforce Development shall invite existing community college districts to submit proposals for the provision of service to an area that has officially indicated its interest in receiving service

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ORS 341.022 Maximum reimbursable enrollments in nondistrict areas. Annual state reimbursable enrollments under an agreement with a nondistrict area shall not exceed 300 full-time equivalent students. [1987 c.191 §4]

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ORS 341.023 [1987 c.191 §5; 1991 c.757 §5; repealed by 1995 c.67 §42]

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ORS 341.024 Rules. The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall adopt rules to implement ORS 341.019 to 341.024. The rules shall provide

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ORS 341.025 Petition for formation of district. (1) Whenever the electors registered in contiguous territory desire the formation of a community college district, they may sign a petition requesting the formation of such a district and present it to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission

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ORS 341.030 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]

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ORS 341.035 [Formerly 341.720; repealed by 1969 c.673 §14]

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ORS 341.037 [1971 c.513 §74b; 1987 c.192 §1; repealed by 1989 c.261 §4]

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ORS 341.039 Formation of community college service district; method to change to community college district. (1) A petition submitted pursuant to ORS 341.025 may specify that the proposed district be organized as a community college service district. The formation of a community college service district shall comply with the provisions of ORS 341.025 to 341.125. A petition affecting a territory that, in the judgment of the Director of the Office of Community Colleges and Workforce Development, will not generate an annual enrollment in excess of 1,000 full-time equivalent students after three years of operation shall be considered to be a petition for the formation of a community college service district

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ORS 341.040 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]

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ORS 341.041 Conversion of certain community college service districts to community college districts. Notwithstanding ORS 341.039 (3) and (4), on July 1, 2001, all community college service districts formed prior to July 1, 1997, shall become community college districts and on and after July 1, 2001, shall operate as community college districts. [2001 c.168 §2]

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ORS 341.043 District boundaries available on commission website. The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall make available to the public on the commission’s website a record of the boundaries of all community college districts and community college service districts in this state. [2023 c.8 §4]

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ORS 341.045 Feasibility study; hearing. (1) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall examine the petition to determine whether it is complete. If the petition is complete and if formation of the district is consistent with the overall plan for all education in the state, the commission shall undertake a study of the feasibility of a community college in the geographical area proposed by the petition, including but not limited to

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ORS 341.050 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]

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ORS 341.055 Hearing; alteration of proposed boundaries. (1) At the time designated in the notice given under ORS 341.045, the Higher Education Coordinating Commission or its authorized representative shall conduct a public hearing on the study and may adjourn the hearing from time to time. The commission may alter the boundaries set forth in the petition submitted under ORS 341.025 to include all territory the residents of which will be materially benefited by formation of the community college district as determined by the study conducted under ORS 341.045. The commission shall not modify the boundaries of the district as set forth in the petition so as to exclude from the district any territory the residents of which will be materially benefited by formation of the district, nor may there be included in the proposed district any territory the residents of which will not be materially benefited

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ORS 341.060 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]

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ORS 341.065 Dismissal of petition; appeal. If, in the opinion of the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, the study conducted under ORS 341.045 and the testimony presented at the hearing or hearings held under ORS 341.055 indicate that the formation of a community college district as petitioned is not warranted under the policies set forth by ORS 341.009, the commission shall order dismissal of the petition. An appeal from this order may be taken within 60 days in the manner provided in ORS 183.480. [1965 c.238 §2; 1967 c.465 §3; 1969 c.673 §4; 1991 c.397 §2; 2013 c.747 §52]

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ORS 341.070 [Repealed by 1957 c.723 §28]

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ORS 341.075 [Formerly 341.750; repealed by 1969 c.673 §5 (341.076 enacted in lieu of 341.075)]

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ORS 341.076 Commission recommendation to legislature; appeal; revision of recommendation; hearing; effect of legislative action. (1) If, upon final hearing under ORS 341.055, the Higher Education Coordinating Commission approves formation of a community college district, with boundaries either as originally presented or as altered pursuant to the hearing, the commission shall make its recommendation to the Legislative Assembly in an order describing the exterior boundaries and the zone boundaries for the election of members of the board of education of the community college district, if any. An appeal from the recommendation may be taken within 60 days in the manner provided in ORS 183.480. If no appeal from this recommendation is filed within 60 days after the date of the recommendation, the recommendation becomes final

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ORS 341.080 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]

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ORS 341.085 Election for formation of district. (1) An election for the purpose of presenting the question of formation of a district and establishing a permanent rate limit for operating taxes and the boundaries of the zones, if the zones were recommended by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, shall be held to submit the question to the electors registered in the proposed district designated in the recommendation of the commission. The election shall be held not sooner than the 90th day after the effective date of the appropriation required by ORS 341.102. The election date shall be uniform throughout the proposed district, and shall be set by the commission on a date specified in ORS 255.345. However, if the question of establishing a permanent rate limit for operating taxes is to be submitted, the election must be held on the same date as the next primary election or the next general election, as determined by the commission

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ORS 341.095 Questions included in election; permanent rate limit for operating taxes; incurring indebtedness; repayment. (1) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall include as a part of the election called for formation of a district the question of a permanent rate limit for operating taxes to finance the district’s share of operating and capital expenses. The rate limit shall be specified by the commission as a result of its study and the hearing held under ORS 341.055. The commission may also include the question of incurring indebtedness to pay organizational expenses of the district between the time the district is approved and the first budget is adopted. If the question of incurring indebtedness is approved, the district may borrow money on its negotiable, short-term, promissory notes in an aggregate amount not to exceed the limit approved at the election and may, notwithstanding ORS 294.338, expend the money without the preparation and adoption of a budget

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ORS 341.102 Payment of formation election expenses. If the Legislative Assembly approves the recommendation submitted under ORS 341.076, 341.565 or 341.579, the Legislative Assembly shall appropriate to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for the purpose of allocation to the Office of Community Colleges and Workforce Development moneys necessary to pay the expenses of the election under ORS 341.085, 341.565, 341.569 or 341.579 (1) if the election is to occur within 24 months of the appropriation or allocation. If the election does not occur within the biennium immediately following the appropriation or allocation, the question shall be brought before the next Legislative Assembly. The state shall fund the election without regard to the outcome of the election. [1969 c.673 §8; 1995 c.67 §8; 1995 c.357 §3a; 1997 c.249 §103; 1999 c.1027 §7; 2001 c.104 §115; 2003 c.574 §2; 2015 c.366 §16]

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ORS 341.105 List of electors. When at the request of the Higher Education Coordinating Commission the county clerk of the principal county, in consultation with county clerks of the affected counties, prepares a list or lists of names and addresses of the electors registered in the proposed district, the Office of Community Colleges and Workforce Development is authorized to pay the charge as determined under ORS 255.305. [Formerly 341.770; 1969 c.673 §11; 1971 c.513 §78; 1973 c.796 §51b; 1983 c.83 §73; 1983 c.350 §196; 1995 c.67 §9; 2013 c.747 §56; 2015 c.366 §17]

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ORS 341.115 Effect of election results. (1) If the vote is in favor of the formation of the community college district and establishes a permanent rate limit for operating taxes for the district, the Higher Education Coordinating Commission

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ORS 341.125 Election of first board. Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424

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ORS 341.135 [Formerly 341.910; repealed by 1971 c.513 §100]

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ORS 341.155 [Formerly 341.912; 1971 c.513 §80; repealed by 1983 c.350 §331a]

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ORS 341.165 [Formerly 341.914; 1969 c.220 §2; 1971 c.513 §81; 1983 c.350 §198; renumbered 341.331]

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ORS 341.175 Adjustment of zone boundaries. Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424, the board shall adjust the boundaries of zones established within a district as necessary to make them as nearly equal in population as is feasible according to the latest federal census. The board also shall adjust boundaries of zones as necessary to reflect boundary changes of the district. [Formerly 341.916; 1969 c.220 §3; 1971 c.513 §28; 1983 c.350 §199; 2019 c.449 §38]

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ORS 341.185 Review of zone boundaries. Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424, any elector of a district aggrieved by the adjustment of or failure to adjust boundaries of a zone pursuant to ORS 341.175 on the basis that population is not as nearly equal as is feasible is entitled to appear before the board at a public hearing to present the case. If the board refuses to make the requested adjustment in the boundaries, the aggrieved elector may appeal from the decision of the board to the circuit court. The appeal shall be by writ of review. [1971 c.513 §29; 1983 c.350 §200; 2019 c.449 §39]

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ORS 341.195 [Subsections (1) and (2) formerly 341.820; subsection (3) formerly 341.880; repealed by 1971 c.513 §100]

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ORS 341.205 [1965 c.100 §321 (enacted in lieu of 341.830); repealed by 1971 c.513 §100]

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ORS 341.210 [Repealed by 1959 c.121 §2]

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ORS 341.215 [Formerly 341.840; repealed by 1971 c.513 §100]

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ORS 341.220 [Repealed by 1959 c.121 §2]

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ORS 341.225 [Formerly 341.850; repealed by 1971 c.513 §100]

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ORS 341.230 [Repealed by 1959 c.121 §2]

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ORS 341.235 [Formerly 341.860; repealed by 1971 c.513 §100]

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ORS 341.240 [Repealed by 1959 c.121 §2]

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