Chapter 341 — Chapter 341
275 sections in this chapter.
ORS 341.377 [1971 c.513 §21; repealed by 1973 c.796 §79]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 341.379 Eligibility of electors following certain events. During the period following an election or other action resulting in a boundary change in a district and prior to the date the change becomes effective, the district or districts from which an area will be separated as a result of the boundary change may hold elections for all legal purposes but the electors registered in the area to be separated as a result of the boundary change shall not be qualified to vote in any such election. The election on any measure in such district or districts shall not affect or encumber the area to be separated. [1971 c.513 §22; 1983 c.83 §77]
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ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES (Establishment)
ORS 341.405 Establishment of community college. Upon approval of the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, a community college may be established by a community college district in which all the requirements for formation of the district are met and for which adequate building space, library and suitable laboratory or shop space for the courses to be offered are available or will be available before classes begin. [Formerly 341.520; 1967 c.465 §4; 2013 c.747 §61]
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ORS 341.415 Official name of college. The official name of every community college shall include the words “community college.” [1965 c.19 §1; 1971 c.513 §88]
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ORS 341.420 Procedure for name changes for district or college. (1)(a) Subject to the requirements of subsection (2) of this section, the name of any community college district or community college may be changed by resolution of the district board of education. The district board shall submit the proposed name change to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for its approval or disapproval. If the proposed name change is approved by the commission, it shall be submitted to a public hearing in the district. If the commission disapproves the proposed name change, the district board may rescind its resolution or revise it to reflect a different name which must be submitted to the commission for its approval or disapproval
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(b) If the proposed name is approved by the commission, notice of the hearing shall be given as provided in ORS 341.357. The proposed change shall take effect 21 days after the final adjournment of the public hearing unless a remonstrance is filed under subsection (2) of this sec…
ORS 341.425 [Formerly 341.560; 1971 c.513 §89; 1991 c.757 §6; 1995 c.67 §17; 1997 c.270 §1; 1999 c.147 §§1,2; 2013 c.1 §34; repealed by 2013 c.747 §203]
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ORS 341.430 [2011 c.465 §1; 2012 c.104 §11; 2013 c.1 §35; 2013 c.214 §1; 2015 c.132 §1; renumbered 350.395 in 2017]
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ORS 341.435 [Formerly 341.570; 1971 c.513 §90; repealed by 1995 c.67 §42]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 341.437 [1971 c.513 §74c; 1983 c.121 §1; repealed by 1989 c.261 §4]
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(Programs and Courses)
ORS 341.440 Contracts for educational services. (1) A community college district may contract with another community college district, a common or union high school district, an education service district, a public university listed in ORS 352.002, the Oregon Health and Science University, a private educational institution accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities or its successor or a career school as defined in ORS 345.010 to obtain educational services for students enrolled in the community college of the district. However, the educational services so obtained must meet the standards for educational services provided by the college and the contract price to the college for such services must not exceed the costs that would otherwise be incurred by the college to provide its students the same or similar services
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(2) Educational services for which a district operating a community college may contract include services offered by correspondence and services offered electronically or through telecommunications if such services are accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting association…
ORS 341.441 Academic programs for adults in custody; limitations on programs. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the Department of Corrections may enter into agreements to offer academic programs to adults in custody with
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(a) An academic program at any community college operated under this chapter, including a community college that is located outside of the boundaries of the community college district in which a correctional facility that houses adults in custody is located; (b) A post-secondary …
ORS 341.442 Aviation maintenance program in neighboring state. If a community college offers a program of instruction in aviation maintenance that takes place in a neighboring state at an airport owned and operated pursuant to an agreement between a city in this state and a county in the neighboring state, course work by students in the program shall be deemed to have occurred within this state and may be considered as clock hours of instruction in determining full-time equivalency for purposes of ORS 341.626. [2023 c.154 §2]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 341.445 [1965 c.236 §1; 1967 c.67 §11; 1987 c.474 §7; repealed by 1995 c.67 §42]
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ORS 341.446 Distribution of community college information to public school students. (1) At the beginning of each school year, the Office of Community Colleges and Workforce Development shall make the following information available for distribution to public school students who are in grades 11 and 12
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(a) The academic programs and services provided by community colleges; (b) Recommendations for successful completion of community college programs; and (c) Any other information identified by the office as being necessary to assist students in preparing to succeed in community co…
ORS 341.450 Accelerated college credit programs. Every community college district shall encourage high school students to start early on a college education by
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(1) Implementing a dual credit program, a two-plus-two program or another accelerated college credit program and making at least one such program available to each interested school district that is within the boundaries of the community college district. (2) Collaborating with i…
ORS 341.455 Credit for career school courses; transcripting fee. (1) A community college may give credit for courses or programs taken in a career school. The courses or programs for which credit may be given must meet the standards adopted by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission under ORS 345.325, must be taken at a career school domiciled in this state and must be approved for credit by the Director of the Office of Community Colleges and Workforce Development
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(2) A community college board may charge a transcripting fee to a student for courses taken at a career school and accepted by the community college under subsection (1) of this section. Such a fee is to be set by the board and is to be consistent with other student fees. (3) Tim…
ORS 341.460 Credit for traffic safety education course not permitted. A community college offering a traffic safety education course under ORS 336.795 to 336.815 shall give no credit for completion thereof and time spent by students on such courses shall not be considered as clock hours of instruction in determining full-time equivalency for purposes of ORS 341.626. [1969 c.623 §4; 1995 c.67 §20; 1999 c.328 §14]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 341.463 Courses in American Sign Language. If a board of education of a community college determines that enrollment is sufficient to make an American Sign Language class economically viable and if qualified instructors are available, the board may offer to students courses for credit in American Sign Language. Such courses shall satisfy any second language elective requirement. [1995 c.687 §2]
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Note: 341.463 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 341 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
ORS 341.465 Certificates and associate degrees; rules. (1) The board of a district operating a community college, upon approval of the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, may award certificates and associate degrees indicating satisfactory completion of a course of study offered by the community college
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(2)(a) The board of a district operating a community college may award training certificates indicating satisfactory completion of noncredit courses and programs. (b) Prior to offering a new, noncredit course for a training certificate, the board of a district operating a communi…
ORS 341.470 Mandatory student-initiated fees; resolution of disputes. (1) As used in this section, “mandatory student-initiated fee” means a fee that
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(a) Is initiated by the recognized student government of the community college; (b) Students are required to pay in addition to tuition fees; (c) Is collected by the board of the community college; and (d) Is allocated by the recognized student government of the community college…
ORS 341.475 Student loan fund. A community college district may establish a student loan fund and apply to and receive from the federal government such grants or loans as may be available for such loans. [Formerly 341.815]
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ORS 341.478 Scholarships. (1) In addition to any other scholarships provided by law, the board may award tuition and fee-exempting scholarships in the college to students applying for enrollment or who are enrolled in the college
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(2) Scholarships shall be awarded on the basis of the student’s: (a) Demonstrated ability to profit either from career and technical education or from college transfer courses; and (b) Need for financial assistance. (3) In addition to the qualifications specified in subsection (2…
ORS 341.481 Admission of students. (1) A district shall admit high school graduates who are residents of Oregon and may admit other residents who, in the judgment of the administration of the district, are capable of profiting from the instruction offered in a specific course or program without regard to age. In the case of a student younger than 16 years of age, the college administration shall make the final determination
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(2) Districts may also admit persons who are not residents of the district or of the state, including persons who are not citizens of the United States, if such admission is considered suitable. (3) Upon application of a qualified high school student residing in this state and up…
ORS 341.484 Contracts for reimbursement between college districts; effect of high school student’s enrollment on school funding. (1) In the event of an agreement between two colleges to admit each other’s students, if the student seeking admission to the community college resides within that college’s district, no additional reimbursement shall be required from any college district. However, if the student does not reside within the district, a contract of reimbursement may be entered into between the district and any other district. The contract shall provide for reimbursement to the district for each student in an amount not to exceed the difference between the per student operating expense of the district and the amounts obtained from the student for tuition and fees and obtained from state and federal aid
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(2) By agreement of the contracting districts, the contracts for reimbursement referred to in subsection (1) of this section may provide that payments to the district be based on expenses of the district other than operating expenses. Such payments shall be in addition to the rei…
ORS 341.485 [1965 c.148 §1; 1971 c.513 §91; 1993 c.45 §136; 2009 c.94 §13; renumbered 341.478 in 2013]
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ORS 341.487 Admission of nonresident students at resident tuition rate under certain conditions; exchange procedures; rules. (1) Community colleges in Oregon shall admit students from other states at the same tuition rate assessed against Oregon residents who are residents of the community college district if
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(a) The state in which the student resides agrees to pay and pays its per capita state aid for comparable students in the state to the community college; (b) The state in which the students reside agrees to permit and permits one-for-one full-time enrollment exchange arrangements…
ORS 341.492 Residency for purpose of distribution of state aid. (1) The provisions of ORS 341.487 shall not apply to admissions arranged under ORS 350.750
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(2) For purposes of ORS 341.626, and notwithstanding ORS 341.487, students who are residents of Idaho, Washington, California and Nevada and students admitted pursuant to ORS 350.750 shall be considered as residents of Oregon. [Formerly 341.528]
ORS 341.495 [1965 c.262 §2; repealed by 1993 c.45 §137]
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ORS 341.496 Admission of members of Armed Forces and specified federal agencies and of spouses and dependent children of members; fee and tuition rate. (1) As used in this section
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(a) “Active member of the Armed Forces of the United States” includes officers and enlisted personnel of the Armed Forces of the United States who: (A) Reside in this state while assigned to duty at any base, station, shore establishment or other facility in this state; (B) Resid…
ORS 341.499 Rights of student ordered to active duty; rules. (1) A student at a community college who is a member of the military, a member of the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or a member of the Public Health Service of the United States Department of Health and Human Services detailed by proper authority for duty with the Army or Navy of the United States and who is ordered to federal or state active duty for more than 30 consecutive days has the following rights
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(a) With regard to a course in which the student is enrolled and for which the student has paid tuition and fees, the right to: (A) Withdraw from the course, subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section; (B) Receive a grade of incomplete and, upon release from acti…
ORS 341.502 Credit for room, board, tuition and fees for student ordered to active duty; rules. (1)(a) The amount of the credit specified in ORS 341.499 (1)(b) shall be based on
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(A) The amount of room and board paid by the student for a term that the student does not complete because the student is ordered to active duty; and (B) The amount of tuition and fees paid by the student for a course from which the student withdraws. (b) The amount of the credit…
ORS 341.505 [1965 c.262 §3; 1993 c.45 §138; 1995 c.67 §21; renumbered 341.481 in 2013]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 341.506 Credit for education and training received in Armed Forces. (1) The board of education of each community college district, in consultation with the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, shall develop standards for the community college of the district to implement to give credit for education and training obtained by a person while the person served in the Armed Forces of the United States, as defined in ORS 341.496. The community college must give credit for education and training that meets the standards adopted by the board
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(2) The board of education of a community college district, in consultation with the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, shall develop methods for informing persons who served in the Armed Forces of the United States about how credit may be received as provided by subsection (1) of …
ORS 341.509 Tuition waiver for child, spouse or unremarried surviving spouse of service member. (1) As used in this section
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(a) “Child” means a child, adopted child or stepchild of a service member. (b) “Community college” has the meaning given that term in ORS 341.005. (c) “Qualified student” means a child, a spouse or an unremarried surviving spouse of a service member. (d) “Service member” means a …
ORS 341.510 [1959 c.641 §1; 1961 c.602 §1; 1963 c.483 §9; 1965 c.100 §301; renumbered 341.005]
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ORS 341.515 [1965 c.262 §§4,9; repealed by 1971 c.513 §100]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 341.518 Tuition waiver for students 65 years of age or older; rules. (1) The board of education of a community college district shall direct each community college under its control to waive tuition for any course audited by an Oregon resident 65 years of age or older if
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(a) Space is available in the course for additional students to register after tuition-paying students have registered; (b) The department in which the course is being taught approves; (c) The auditing student is registered for eight credits or fewer per term; and (d) The course …
ORS 341.520 [1959 c.641 §2; 1961 c.602 §2; 1965 c.100 §328; renumbered 341.405]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 341.522 Oregon Promise program; criteria; rules; report. (1) The Office of Student Access and Completion shall administer the Oregon Promise program as provided by this section
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(2) Subject to subsections (7) to (10) of this section, the office shall provide a grant for community college courses to a person who meets the criteria described in subsections (3) to (6) of this section. The grant shall be limited as provided by subsections (7) to (10) of this…
ORS 341.525 [1965 c.262 §§5,6; 1995 c.67 §22; renumbered 341.484 in 2013]
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ORS 341.526 Grant program for first-generation college-bound students; rules. (1) The Office of Community Colleges and Workforce Development and the Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall jointly establish a grant program for the purpose of distributing moneys to community colleges, or any foundations of community colleges, to increase the number of underserved, low-income and first-generation college-bound students who enroll in community college and make progress toward a degree or a certificate
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(2) Moneys distributed under subsection (1) of this section may be used by a community college, or a foundation of a community college, for services that are designed to increase student enrollment, retention and degree and certificate completion, including counseling programs, c…
ORS 341.527 [1977 c.643 §§2,3,4,5; 1995 c.67 §23; 2011 c.637 §123; 2013 c.747 §188; renumbered 341.487 in 2013]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 341.528 [1985 c.698 §§2,4; 1997 c.601 §1; renumbered 341.492 in 2013]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 341.529 [1987 c.162 §5; 1989 c.264 §2; 2003 c.242 §3; 2012 c.106 §5; renumbered 341.496 in 2013]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 341.530 [1959 c.641 §3; 1961 c.602 §3; 1963 c.483 §10; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
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ORS 341.531 [2005 c.170 §2; 2005 c.836 §15; 2011 c.637 §124; 2012 c.106 §6; 2013 c.747 §195; renumbered 341.499 in 2013]
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ORS 341.532 [2005 c.170 §3; renumbered 341.502 in 2013]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 341.533 [2005 c.518 §2; 2011 c.331 §1; renumbered 341.506 in 2013]
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ORS 341.534 [2009 c.344 §2; renumbered 341.518 in 2013]
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(Employees)
ORS 341.535 Qualifications of faculty; appraisal. (1) Community college faculty are not required to have teaching licenses
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(2) Notwithstanding ORS 342.173, community college faculty who provide instruction in cooperation with a school district for academic, career and technical education, school-to-work or other work-related programs under ORS chapter 329 are not required to have teaching licenses. I…