Title 30, Education and Culture

No district shall enter into a contract with any teacher whereby the teacher shall return to the district any part of the salary of the teacher. If any board and teacher enter into such contract, the contract is void and the teacher’s teaching license shall be revoked. [Formerly …

(1) Sickness or other unavoidable circumstances which prevent the teacher from teaching 20 school days immediately following exhaustion of sick leave accumulated under ORS 332.507 shall be sufficient reason for the school board to place the teacher on leave without pay for the re…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Administrator” means a person who is employed as an administrator or is performing administrative duties, regardless of whether the person is required to have a license, and includes but is not limited to superintendents, assistant superintendent…

(1) Upon notice from a district school board of the resignation of a person who is licensed by or registered with the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission, the commission may discipline the person if the person entered into a written contract to work in a public school and …

(1) School boards shall fix the working hours for full-time and part-time licensed staff members. They shall direct that full-time staff members be provided a time for a 30-minute continuous duty-free lunch period during the regularly scheduled lunch hours. (2) Any school princip…

(1)(a) A teacher employed as a substitute teacher may not be paid less per day than 85 percent of 1/190th of the statewide average salary of a beginning teacher who holds a bachelor’s degree. (b) The Department of Education shall compute the statewide average salary of a beginnin…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Classified school employee” includes all employees of a school district except those for whom a teaching or administrative license is required as a basis for employment in a school district. (b) “Individualized education program” has the meaning …

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Classified school employee” includes all employees of a school district except those for whom a teaching or administrative license is required as a basis for employment in a school district. (b) “Individualized education program” has the meaning …

(1) The State Board of Education shall establish by rule the ratio of the number of pupils to the number of staff members who must hold current, recognized first aid cards in each school. (2) In order to attain or maintain the ratio set under subsection (1) of this section, the d…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Education workforce” means licensed and classified staff who are: (A) Employed by a public education provider; or (B) Under contract to provide services to a public education provider. (b) “Public education provider” means: (A) A school district;…

It is the policy of the State of Oregon that sexual harassment will not be tolerated in schools. A school district shall adopt a policy on sexual harassment for students and staff members that meets the requirements of ORS 342.704. A school district shall make the sexual harassme…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “District” includes a school district, an education service district and a public charter school. (b) “Without consent” means an act performed: (A) Without the knowing, voluntary and clear agreement by all parties to participate in the specific ac…

Nothing in ORS 342.700 and 342.704 is intended to limit or operate as a prerequisite to pursuing any rights or remedies provided under other statutes or the common law. [1997 c.272 §3] Note: See note under 342.700.

As used in ORS 342.723 and 342.726: (1) “Anabolic steroid” includes any drug or hormonal substance chemically or pharmacologically related to testosterone, all prohormones, including dehydroepiandrosterone and all substances listed in the Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004. “An…

A school district employee may not: (1) Knowingly sell, market or distribute an anabolic steroid or performance-enhancing substance to a kindergarten through grade 12 student with whom the employee has contact as part of the employee’s school district duties; or (2) Knowingly end…

(1) School districts shall include information on anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing substances, including prevention strategies, strength-building alternatives and the understanding of health food labels, in health and physical education curricula for kindergarten throu…

ORS 342.805 to 342.937 shall be known as the Accountability for Schools for the 21st Century Law. [1965 c.608 §1; 1971 c.570 §2; 1977 c.881 §1; 1997 c.864 §26]

As used in ORS 342.805 to 342.937 unless the context requires otherwise: (1) Notwithstanding ORS 342.120, “administrator” includes any teacher the majority of whose employed time is devoted to service as a supervisor, principal, vice principal or director of a department or the e…

(1) The district board of any fair dismissal district may discharge or remove any probationary teacher in the employ of the district at any time during a probationary period for any cause considered in good faith sufficient by the board. The probationary teacher shall be given a …

For purposes of determining length of service for a probationary teacher, a teacher employed for 135 consecutive days in any school year shall receive credit for a full year of employment. At least 30 consecutive days of employment in the same district in a successive year shall …

(1) A contract teacher shall not be subjected to the requirement of annual appointment nor shall the teacher be dismissed or employed on a part-time basis without the consent of the teacher except as provided in ORS 342.805 to 342.937. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this s…

(1) The district superintendent of every school district, including superintendents of education service districts, shall cause to have made at least annually but with multiple observations an evaluation of performance for each probationary teacher employed by the district. The p…

(1) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission, shall adopt core teaching standards to improve student academic growth and learning by: (a) Assisting school districts in determining the effectiveness of teachers and administr…

(1) No contract teacher shall be dismissed or the teacher’s contract nonextended except for: (a) Inefficiency; (b) Immorality; (c) Insubordination; (d) Neglect of duty, including duties specified by written rule; (e) Physical or mental incapacity; (f) Conviction of a felony or of…

Whenever a district superintendent has reason to believe that cause exists for the dismissal of a contract teacher on any ground specified in ORS 342.865 (1)(b) to (f), and when the district superintendent is of the opinion that immediate suspension of the teacher is necessary fo…

(1) Contract teachers shall be employed by a school district pursuant to two-year employment contracts. (2) Authority to dismiss or not extend a contract teacher is vested in the district school board subject to the provisions of the fair dismissal and contract extension procedur…

(1) If the district school board dismisses the teacher or does not extend the contract of the contract teacher, the teacher or the teacher’s representative may appeal that decision to the Fair Dismissal Appeals Board established under ORS 342.930 by depositing by certified mail a…

(1) Any teacher who files an appeal of a dismissal or nonextension of a contract decision with the Fair Dismissal Appeals Board, upon motion of the school district, shall be required to waive any contract grievance claim regarding the same dismissal or nonextension of a contract …

(1) The Fair Dismissal Appeals Board is created, consisting of 24 members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate as provided in ORS 171.562 and 171.565. (2)(a) The membership of the board shall be as follows: (A) Six members must be administrators in com…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Competence” means the ability of a teacher to teach a subject or grade level based on consideration of any of the following: (A) Teaching experience within the past five years related to the subject or grade level; (B) Educational attainments, wh…

The Superintendent of Public Instruction may reimburse any school districts for all or part of the costs reasonably related to a dismissal of a contract teacher or nonextension of a contract teacher’s contract, or appeal therefrom under ORS 342.805 to 342.937, provided that the s…

(1) As used in this section and ORS 342.943, “educator” means a person who is: (a) A teacher, an administrator or another school employee who is employed to provide instruction or support to students in early childhood education or in kindergarten through grade 12; or (b) Enterin…

(1) The Educator Advancement Council shall establish a system of educator networks, including prescribing characteristics of educator networks and selecting the entities to serve as educator networks. (2) An entity is eligible to sponsor an educator network if the entity: (a) Is …

(1) The Educator Advancement Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Educator Advancement Fund shall be credited to the Educator Advancement Fund. (2) Moneys in the Educator Advancement Fund are continuously a…

Notwithstanding any other law, a district school board may conduct internal investigations of alleged employee misconduct or wrongdoing at any time. [1997 c.864 §17] Note: 342.961 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter …

A district school board may provide for the interchange of teachers with school districts of other states or countries. Teachers exchanged shall teach one year, the year’s service outside the state being credited to them as service in the district in which they are regularly empl…

(1) There is created the Educator Preparation Improvement Fund, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Educator Preparation Improvement Fund shall be credited to the fund. (2) The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission may accept from an…

(1) The Department of Education shall create an Oregon Education Support Professional of the Year Program. (2) Each year, in collaboration with the Oregon State Lottery Commission, the Department of Education shall honor and recognize at least one outstanding education support pr…