Title 30, Education and Culture

(1) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prescribe the course of instruction for students enrolled in the school operated under ORS 346.010. The State Board of Education shall determine the procedures for placement, development of services and operation of the school in…

Application for admission to the school operated under ORS 346.010 shall be made to the Department of Education. Application shall be made on forms which are provided by the department. [Amended by 1965 c.100 §446; 1969 c.597 §80i; 1971 c.301 §4; 2007 c.858 §77; 2009 c.562 §30]

For a child who is enrolled under ORS 346.010 and who has an intellectual disability or a developmental disability, the Department of Education shall notify the community developmental disabilities program of the education plan developed in accordance with section 504 of the Reha…

(1) Transportation for pupils attending the school operated under ORS 346.010 is the responsibility of the pupil’s resident school district. The district may provide transportation directly or by agreement with another school district, a public carrier or the Department of Educat…

The State Board of Education may receive, take and hold property, both real and personal for the school operated under ORS 346.010 and may sell, transfer, assign, allot, set over or convey the property pursuant to legislative authority. [1971 c.301 §9; 1989 c.491 §56; 2007 c.858 …

(1) When the Department of Education has in possession or under control, in a bank account or otherwise, funds that are the property of the students enrolled in the school operated under ORS 346.010 or that have been deposited for their use or for expenditure in their behalf, the…

(1) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, every student who is deaf, hard of hearing or deaf-blind and who has been a resident of Oregon for the three years immediately preceding application and who is attending any university, college or other suitable school is eligible to…

The Department of Education shall give the notice required by ORS 332.554 to all classified employees of the Oregon School for the Deaf in the same manner and to the same effect as notice given under ORS 332.554. [1985 c.585 §6; 1991 c.631 §4; 2007 c.858 §81; 2009 c.562 §34]

ORS 346.091 shall be known and may be cited as the Deaf Students’ Bill of Rights. [2023 c.317 §1]

(1) As used in this section, “school district” means a common or union high school district, an education service district, a state-operated school or any legally constituted combination of such entities. (2) The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that children who are deaf,…

As used in ORS 346.110 to 346.270: (1) “Commission” means the Commission for the Blind. (2) “Person who is blind” means a person whose central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with best correction or whose visual acuity, if better than 20/200, is accompanied…

There is created a commission for persons who are blind and for the prevention of blindness, to be known as the Commission for the Blind. The commission shall: (1) Establish and be responsible for the administration of a program or programs for persons who are blind which will pr…

(1) The Commission for the Blind shall be appointed by the Governor and shall consist of the following seven members: (a) Four members who are qualified persons within the legal definition of persons who are blind; and (b) Three members appointed from among the areas of employers…

The Commission for the Blind shall employ an administrator and such other persons as may be necessary and fix their compensation, except as such compensation otherwise may be regulated by law. [Amended by 1973 c.713 §2]

(1) The Commission for the Blind may make and promulgate rules and regulations reasonably necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of ORS 346.110 to 346.270. (2) The commission shall make and enforce reasonable rules and regulations governing the custody, use and preservat…

The Commission for the Blind shall cause to be compiled and maintained as complete as possible a register of persons in Oregon who are blind, which shall describe the extent of blindness, cause of blindness and such other facts in regard to each person so registered as the commis…

(1) The Commission for the Blind may not disclose or use the contents of the register of persons who are blind filed and maintained under the provisions of ORS 346.160, or any records, files, papers or communications for purposes other than those directly connected with the progr…

No person or agency shall solicit, disclose, receive, make use of, or authorize, knowingly permit, participate in or acquiesce in the use of any lists or names for commercial or political purposes of any nature, or for any purpose not directly connected with the administration of…

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 346.165 and 346.167, whenever a person who is blind or blind and deaf requests any public or private agency to exchange with another agency the records of the agency concerning the person making the request, the agency shall furnish the r…

(1) The Commission for the Blind shall maintain a program for the conservation and restoration of sight and the prevention of blindness, the objects of which shall be to inaugurate and cooperate in such measures for the prevention of blindness in Oregon as the commission may deem…

The Commission for the Blind shall maintain a program of vocational rehabilitation services. The object of the program shall be to aid persons with visual impairments in finding employment, to provide such physical restoration as will increase their employability, to establish a …

(1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may, from time to time, as may be necessary, draw a warrant in favor of the Commission for the Blind for a sum not exceeding $1,500 in any one amount, to be used for the purpose of paying for postage, expressage, freight, teleg…

The Commission for the Blind may establish a program of social and educational services for the purpose of ameliorating the condition of persons with visual impairments by providing instruction that will assist them in making the best possible adjustment to conditions resulting f…

The Commission for the Blind shall: (1) Cooperate with the Department of Human Services in the administration of programs for persons who are blind; and (2) When requested by the department, make an investigation of an applicant eligible for programs for persons who are blind and…

In addition to its other powers, the Commission for the Blind may enter into agreements with, join with or accept grants from, the federal government for cooperative research, demonstration projects and personnel training programs. The commission is designated the state agency to…

The Commission for the Blind may receive moneys by gift or bequest and expend the moneys for any of the objects and purposes of the commission under ORS 346.120. Moneys received under this section shall be deposited with the State Treasurer in an account separate and distinct fro…

(1) There is established in the General Fund of the State Treasury an account to be known as the Commission for the Blind Account. Except for funds made available to the Commission for the Blind under ORS 346.270 or deposited pursuant to ORS 346.569, all moneys received by the co…

For the purpose of requesting a state or nationwide criminal records check under ORS 181A.195, the Commission for the Blind may require the fingerprints of a person who: (1)(a) Is employed or applying for employment by the commission; or (b) Provides services or seeks to provide …

(1) The Blind and Visually Impaired Student Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Blind and Visually Impaired Student Fund shall be credited to the Blind and Visually Impaired Student Fund. (2) Moneys in the…

As used in ORS 346.510 to 346.570: (1) “Cafeteria” means a food-dispensing facility: (a) That can provide a variety of prepared foods and beverages; (b) Where a patron may move through a self-service line; (c) That may employ some servers to wait on patrons; and (d) That provides…

(1) For purposes of providing persons who are blind with remunerative employment, enlarging the economic opportunities of persons who are blind and stimulating persons who are blind to greater efforts to make themselves self-supporting with independent livelihoods, persons who ar…

(1) The state shall grant to persons who are blind a priority to: (a) Operate vending facilities in public buildings in this state, unless the vending facilities are: (A) Cafeterias; or (B) Located at a community college or at a visitor venue. (b) Operate vending machines located…

(1) Each agency, department or political subdivision charged with maintaining public buildings or properties shall: (a) Annually notify the Commission for the Blind in writing of any and all existing locations where vending facilities are in operation or where vending facilities …

(1) The Commission for the Blind shall: (a) As the commission determines is necessary, survey public buildings or properties to determine the suitability of the public buildings or properties as locations for vending facilities to be operated by persons who are blind and advise t…

(1) The Commission for the Blind may, in the discretion of the commission or if requested by a vending facility manager licensed under ORS 346.510 to 346.570, aid persons with visual impairments by supplying to a person with a visual impairment materials, equipment or machinery, …

(1) The Commission for the Blind shall ensure the active participation of the commission’s business enterprise consumer committee in the commission’s major administrative, policy and program development decisions that impact the commission’s business enterprise program. (2) The c…

A vending facility operated under the provisions of ORS 346.510 to 346.570 must be used solely for the vending of commodities and articles approved by the Commission for the Blind and by the state agency, department or political subdivision charged with maintaining the public bui…

(1) With written approval from the Commission for the Blind, a vending facility manager may enter into an agreement with a subcontractor included on the list of approved subcontractors described in subsection (4) of this section in order to enable the manager to operate the vendi…

(1) The Commission for the Blind shall adopt by rule a vending facility manager statement of full-time employment with which a vending facility manager shall comply. The statement must describe the responsibilities of a vending facility manager, including, but not limited to, res…

The vending facility manager of each vending facility operated under ORS 346.510 to 346.570 is subject to the provisions of any policies, rules, laws and ordinances that apply within the territory where the vending facility is located, including any laws and ordinances that requi…

The surviving spouse or domestic partner of a vending facility manager who is deceased or who becomes incapacitated by a physical or mental illness may continue to operate the vending facility formerly operated by the original vending facility manager for up to six months after t…

(1) A business enterprise manager who is blind, as described under ORS 346.510 to 346.570, or a person who is blind who is an employee of a private nonprofit Oregon corporation established and authorized by the Commission for the Blind to provide employment to persons who are bli…

(1) The Commission for the Blind shall collect a percentage of net proceeds earned by a vending facility. The moneys collected under this section shall be deposited into the fund established under ORS 346.569. (2) The commission shall determine by rule, and shall state in an agre…

(1) The Commission for the Blind shall establish in the State Treasury a fund from the net proceeds of the operation of vending facilities. Moneys deposited into the fund, including the interest earned, shall be credited to a special checking account, separate and distinct from t…

(1) Those individuals who are operating vending facilities in public buildings or on public properties, as defined in ORS 346.510 prior to August 20, 1957, shall not be affected by ORS 346.510 to 346.570, except and only insofar as provided in ORS 346.530 (2). (2) Any person who …

Violation of ORS 346.167 is a Class C misdemeanor. [Subsection (1) enacted as 1971 c.312 §6; subsection (2) derived from 346.620; 1981 c.771 §2; subsection (3) enacted as 1981 c.771 §6; subsection (4) enacted as 1989 c.336 §5; 1993 c.369 §38; 2003 c.378 §33; 2011 c.597 §185; 2013…