Chapter 342 — Chapter 342
249 sections in this chapter.
ORS 342.170 [1961 c.439 §11; 1965 c.100 §360; repealed by 1965 c.535 §17]
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ORS 342.173 Effect of employing certain persons; sanctions; rules. Any school district or education service district that employs any person not properly licensed or registered by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission, or licensed by the commission but not assigned in accordance with rules of the commission, shall be subject to sanctions imposed by the commission. A sanction must be imposed according to rules adopted by the commission and is effective unless
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(1) The assignment is made with justification satisfactory to the commission. (2) The person is employed as a teacher by a post-secondary institution that is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, or its successor, and that has a contract with a scho…
ORS 342.174 [1975 c.278 §7; 1987 c.320 §156; 1993 c.45 §167; renumbered 179.405 in 1993]
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(Discipline)
ORS 342.175 Grounds for discipline; reinstatement. (1) The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission may suspend or revoke the license or registration of a commission licensee, discipline a commission licensee, or suspend or revoke the right of any person to apply for a license or registration based on the following
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(a) Conviction of a crime not listed in ORS 342.143 (3); (b) Gross neglect of duty; (c) Any gross unfitness; (d) Conviction of a crime for violating any law of this state or any state or of the United States involving the illegal use, sale or possession of controlled substances; …
ORS 342.176 Complaint process; preliminary investigation; materials confidential; notice. (1)(a) A person may file a complaint with the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission regarding a commission licensee. If a complaint concerns an allegation of sexual conduct that may have been committed by a commission licensee, the complaint process provided by this section does not apply and the commission shall investigate the complaint as provided by ORS 339.390
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(b) Prior to beginning an investigation based on a complaint filed under paragraph (a) of this subsection, the commission may require verification that attempts were made to resolve the complaint through the complaint process of the school district that employs the person against…
ORS 342.177 (1)(a) Hearings under ORS 339.390 and 342.176 shall be conducted by an administrative law judge assigned from the Office of Administrative Hearings established under ORS 183.605
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(b) Any hearing conducted under this section shall be private unless the person against whom the charge is made requests a public hearing. Students attending school in the employing district may not attend any hearing except as witnesses duly subpoenaed to testify with respect to…
ORS 342.180 Appeal. (1) Any person whose license or registration has been suspended or revoked or who has been disciplined, or who has been refused issuance or reinstatement of a license or registration, and is aggrieved at the decision of the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission, may appeal in the manner provided in ORS 183.480
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(2) If the district school board or the public charter school employing the teacher or administrator is aggrieved at the decision of the commission, the board or the school may appeal from the decision in the manner provided in ORS 183.480. (3) Unless the decision of the commissi…
ORS 342.183 Letters of informal reproval. (1) The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission may issue a letter of informal reproval to a person licensed, registered or certified by the commission if
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(a) Following the completion of an investigation, the commission determines that the person has engaged in conduct that affects the person’s ability to be professionally effective, based on standards adopted by the commission by rule; and (b) Subject to subsection (5) of this sec…
ORS 342.185 [1961 c.677 §3; 1965 c.100 §365; repealed by 1973 c.228 §10]
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(Miscellaneous)
ORS 342.187 Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact. The Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact is enacted into law and entered into on behalf of this state with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows
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______________________________________________________________________________ ARTICLE I PURPOSE The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate the mobility of teachers across the member states, with the goal of supporting teachers through a new pathway to licensure. Through this C…
ORS 342.190 [1961 c.677 §4; 1965 c.100 §366; 1973 c.228 §4; repealed by 2015 c.245 §54]
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ORS 342.192 Licensing requirements for out-of-state applicants; rules. (1) The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission may issue a license to an out-of-state applicant if the applicant has met the professional requirements established by rule by the commission and has completed a course of study that is acceptable to the commission
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(2) Applicants granted licenses under this section shall be required to meet all standards required of Oregon teachers, including the requirements of ORS 342.123, not later than two years following the date of initial granting of the license. [Formerly 342.400; 2015 c.245 §15]
ORS 342.195 Teaching licenses based on experience in certain federal programs; rules. (1) An otherwise qualified applicant for a preliminary teaching license shall be granted the license upon payment of the required fees and the showing by proof satisfactory to the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission that
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(a) While the applicant was in the Peace Corps program or was a volunteer under section 603 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-452), the applicant: (A) Completed two years of satisfactory service that emphasized teaching in any preprimary program or in any gra…
ORS 342.197 [Formerly 345.585; 2015 c.647 §18; repealed by 2015 c.245 §54]
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ORS 342.200 Administrative licenses based on professional skills and experience. In order to allow the school districts of the state to take full advantage of various professional skills and disciplines not directly developed through teaching experience or professional education for which teaching experience is a prerequisite, it is the public policy of the State of Oregon that the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission, when considering an applicant for an administrative license, shall consider professional skills, education and experience not directly related to, nor contingent upon, teaching experience or training as a classroom teacher. [1971 c.570 §1; 1973 c.270 §10; 2011 c.609 §7; 2015 c.647 §§19,43]
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ORS 342.202 Administrator comprehensive leadership development system. (1) The Department of Education, in partnership with the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission, shall create a comprehensive leadership development system for administrators licensed under ORS 342.125
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(2) The comprehensive leadership development system must include: (a) A cost-effective plan that requires the coordination of public and private organizations and resources to: (A) Improve the success of this state’s highest needs students; (B) Provide research and technical assi…
ORS 342.203 Publication of list of teachers, administrators and teacher candidates subjected to discipline. (1) The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall regularly publish information online that can be accessed by school districts, public charter schools and education service districts and that includes the following
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(a) All teachers and administrators whose teaching or administrative licenses have been suspended or revoked or who have been reprimanded or placed on probation during the preceding 12 months. (b) All candidates enrolled in approved educator preparation programs under ORS 342.147…
ORS 342.205 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
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ORS 342.208 Model career pathways for instructional assistants to become licensed teachers. (1) The State Board of Education shall develop model career pathways for instructional assistants, as defined in ORS 342.120, to become licensed teachers. The model career pathways must take into consideration the skills and experience attained by an instructional assistant
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(2) The model career pathways must identify: (a) The minimum requirements for an instructional assistant to participate in a career pathway, including the requirement that the instructional assistant have attained at least an associate degree and be currently employed by a school…
ORS 342.210 [Amended by 1955 c.281 §1; 1959 c.433 §1; repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
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ORS 342.215 [Repealed by 1957 c.591 §1]
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ORS 342.216 [1957 c.590 §2; repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
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ORS 342.218 [1961 c.69 §§2,3; repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
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ORS 342.220 [Amended by 1957 c.591 §2; repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
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ORS 342.223 Criminal records check; effect of making false statement; appeal. (1) For the purpose of requesting a state or nationwide criminal records check under ORS 181A.195, the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission may require the fingerprints of
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(a) A person who is applying for a license or registration under ORS 342.120 to 342.430 as a teacher, administrator or personnel specialist if the person has not submitted to a criminal records check by the commission within the previous three years or has remained continuously l…
ORS 342.225 [Amended by 1957 c.591 §3; repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
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ORS 342.227 [1993 c.674 §6; repealed by 2015 c.245 §54]
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ORS 342.230 [Amended by 1957 c.591 §4; repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
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ORS 342.232 [1993 c.674 §6a; 1995 c.67 §41; 1997 c.536 §4; 1999 c.200 §34; 1999 c.1054 §6; 2001 c.407 §6; 2005 c.730 §20; 2007 c.35 §4; 2009 c.437 §2; repealed by 2015 c.245 §54]
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ORS 342.235 [Amended by 1959 c.433 §2; repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
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ORS 342.240 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
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ORS 342.245 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
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ORS 342.250 [Amended by 1957 c.211 §1; repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
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ORS 342.252 [1955 c.281 §3; repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
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ORS 342.255 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
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ORS 342.260 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
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ORS 342.265 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
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ORS 342.270 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
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ORS 342.275 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
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ORS 342.280 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
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ORS 342.285 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
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ORS 342.290 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
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ORS 342.295 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
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ORS 342.300 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
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ORS 342.305 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
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ORS 342.310 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
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ORS 342.315 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
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ORS 342.320 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
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ORS 342.325 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
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ORS 342.330 [Amended by 1953 c.638 §2; 1959 c.400 §4; repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
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