Oregon Statutes - Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education

• 332.002   Definitions.
  As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “District school board” means the board of directors of a common school district or...
• 332.005   Directors as district school board; oath.
  (1) The directors of a school district in their official capacity shall be known as the district school board. (2) Directors must qualify by taking...
• 332.010   [Amended by 1955 c.386 §7; 1957 c.634 §1; 1961 c.281 §1; repealed by 1965 c.100 §128 (332.011 enacted in lieu of 332.010)]
• 332.011   Number of directors of districts under 300,000.
  Except as otherwise provided for former administrative school districts or under ORS 335.490 or when specified by school district merger proceedings, the board of directors...
• 332.012   Method for increasing number of board members.
  (1) A district school board may increase the number of board members from five members to seven members on its own motion, or the district...
• 332.015   Number of directors of districts of 300,000 or more.
  The board of directors of a school district with a population of 300,000 or more, according to the latest federal census, shall consist of seven...
• 332.016   Employees ineligible to serve as directors; exception.
  (1) A person who is an employee of a school district may not serve as a member of the district school board for the district...
• 332.017   [1965 c.100 §132; repealed by 1977 c.474 §3]
• 332.018   Term of office; qualifications; expenses.
  (1) The term of office of director is four years. (2) No person shall be eligible to serve as director unless the person is an...
• 332.019   [1973 c.796 §77; 1975 c.770 §17; 1983 c.350 §169; 1985 c.565 §59; repealed by 1995 c.258 §11]
• 332.020   [Repealed by 1993 c.45 §37]
• 332.030   Vacancy in office of director.
  (1) The district school board shall declare the office of a director vacant upon the happening of any of the following: (a) The death or...
• 332.040   Officers; term.
  No later than at the next regular meeting following July 1, the district school board shall meet and organize by electing a chairperson and a...
• 332.045   Board meetings.
  The district school board must provide for the time and place of its regular meetings, at any of which it may adjourn to the next...
• 332.050   [Amended by 1953 c.299 §2; 1957 c.634 §3; 1961 c.281 §4; renumbered 332.105]
• 332.055   Quorum; transaction of business.
  A majority of the members of the district school board shall constitute a quorum. A less number may meet and adjourn from time to time...
• 332.057   Duties to be performed at meetings on record.
  Any duty imposed upon the district school board as a body must be performed at a regular or special meeting and must be made a...
• 332.060   [Renumbered 332.108 and then 332.057]
• 332.061   Hearing to expel minor students or to examine confidential medical records; exceptions to public meetings law.
  Notwithstanding ORS 192.610 to 192.690 governing public meetings: (1) Any hearing held by a district school board or its hearings officer on any of the...
• 332.065   [Formerly 332.430; 1965 c.100 §138; repealed by 1993 c.45 §40]
• 332.070   [Renumbered 332.255]
• 332.072   Legal status of school districts.
  All school districts are bodies corporate, and the district school board is authorized to transact all business coming within the jurisdiction of the district and...
• 332.075   Powers of board.
  (1) Any district school board may: (a) Fix the days of the year and the hours of the day when schools shall be in session....
• 332.077   [Formerly 332.450; repealed by 1965 c.100 §130; (332.015 enacted in lieu of 332.077)]
• 332.080   [Repealed by 1957 c.634 §13]
• 332.085   [1953 c.424 §2 (332.085 enacted in lieu of 332.390); 1955 c.357 §1; renumbered 332.125 and then 328.565]
• 332.090   [Repealed by 1957 c.634 §13]
• 332.100   [Amended by 1953 c.474 §7; renumbered 336.045 and then 336.630 and then 339.875 in 1993]
• 332.105   General duties of board.
  (1) The general duties of district school boards are: (a) To cause to be used in the district state blanks, registers and other forms, whenever...
• 332.107   Rules for school government.
  Each district school board shall establish rules for the government of the schools and pupils consistent with the rules of the State Board of Education....
• 332.108   [Formerly 332.060; 1965 c.100 §137; renumbered 332.057]
• 332.110   [Renumbered 332.145]
• 332.111   Auxiliary services.
  A district school board in a school district may enter into agreements to provide auxiliary services and facilities to students, including but not limited to...
• 332.114   Issuance of diplomas to veterans.
  (1) A person who meets the requirements under subsection (3) of this section may request a school district to issue the person a high school...
• 332.115   [Repealed by 1957 c.634 §13]
• 332.118   Election laws applicable; duties of Secretary of State; requirements for petitioners.
  (1) Unless specifically provided otherwise, ORS chapter 255 governs the following: (a) The nomination and election of school directors and local school committee members. (b)...
• 332.120   [Renumbered 332.165]
• 332.122   Nomination of directors; qualifications.
  (1) In common school districts and union high school districts the directors may be nominated in one of the following methods or a combination thereof:...
• 332.124   Election at large unless zoned; plurality in zones; reelection from zones; procedure when no nominee to fill zone vacancy; duration of appointments.
  (1) All candidates shall be elected at large in the district unless the district school board provides for election from zones under ORS 332.126. (2)...
• 332.125   [Formerly 332.085; 1965 c.100 §62; renumbered 328.565]
• 332.126   Election from zones.
  (1) If a majority of the district school board of a zoned common school district or a zoned union high school district so decides, the...
• 332.128   Establishing zones for purpose of nominating directors.
  (1) In common school districts and union high school districts, directors may be nominated from zones by resolution of the district school board or if...
• 332.130   [Amended by 1965 c.100 §169; renumbered 332.770]
• 332.132   Zoning process.
  If a common school district or union high school district is zoned, the school board of the district shall divide the district into the necessary...
• 332.134   Reelection after zoning.
  (1) A school board director shall be eligible for reelection in an election subsequent to zoning under ORS 332.128 only if the director resides in...
• 332.135   [Formerly 332.320; 1965 c.100 §158; renumbered 332.505]
• 332.136   Election of directors by position numbers.
  (1) Each position of school director shall be designated by number as Position No. 1, Position No. 2 and so on. (2) At the first...
• 332.138   Election of directors; term.
  At each regular district election described in ORS 255.335, school directors shall be elected for a term of four years to succeed the directors whose...
• 332.140   [Amended by 1959 c.526 §1; 1963 c.544 §27; renumbered 336.085]
• 332.142   [Formerly 331.060; renumbered 330.133 in 1993]
• 332.145   [Formerly 332.110; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
• 332.150   [Amended by 1957 c.310 §11; repealed by 1957 c.634 §13]
• 332.155   Land; buildings; lease-purchase agreements; equipment and services.
  A district school board: (1) May furnish, equip, repair, lease, purchase and build schoolhouses, including high schools, junior high schools, professional technical schools, gymnasiums, houses...
• 332.158   Creation of school in another school district by district school board; written permission.
  (1) A district school board may lease, purchase, construct, reconstruct, improve, repair, equip and furnish a school in another school district and may expend bond...
• 332.160   [Repealed by 1953 c.56 §2]
• 332.162   [1965 c.130 §2; repealed by 1993 c.45 §48]
• 332.165   [Formerly 332.120; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
• 332.170   [Renumbered 332.175]
• 332.172   Use of school buildings and grounds for civic and recreational purposes; fee; rules.
  (1) Subject to ORS 330.430, the district school board may permit the use of school buildings and grounds for civic and recreational purposes, including use...
• 332.175   [Formerly 332.170; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
• 332.176   Large construction projects; safety improvements.
  (1) As used in this section, “large construction project” means a project for which a school district must submit the question of bonded indebtedness to...
• 332.180   [Amended by 1961 c.575 §5; renumbered 332.235 and then 332.435]
• 332.182   Condemnation of realty for school purposes.
  (1) Whenever it is necessary for any school district to acquire any real property for necessary school purposes, and the owner of the real property...
• 332.190   [Amended by 1965 c.100 §146; repealed by 1989 c.216 §1]
• 332.200   [Amended by 1957 c.310 §12; renumbered 336.055 and then 336.105]
• 332.205   [Formerly 332.400; 1965 c.100 §156; renumbered 332.445]
• 332.207   Light fixtures.
  (1) As used in this section: (a) “School” means a school operated by a school district or a public charter school. (b) “T type light...
• 332.210   Districts controlling cemeteries.
  (1) Any school district may own, possess, manage, operate, control, improve, sell and convey real property used for cemetery purposes where such property is within...
• 332.215   [Formerly 332.370; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
• 332.220   [Renumbered 332.265]
• 332.225   [Formerly 332.240; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
• 332.230   [Amended by 1963 c.136 §1; renumbered 332.275]
• 332.235   [Formerly 332.180; 1965 c.100 §155; renumbered 332.435]
• 332.240   [Renumbered 332.225]
• 332.245   [Formerly 332.330; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
• 332.248   [1953 c.626 §1; renumbered 332.285]
• 332.250   [Repealed by 1953 c.626 §9]
• 332.252   [1953 c.626 §2; renumbered 332.290]
• 332.255   [Formerly 332.070; 1965 c.100 §147; 1971 c.98 §2; repealed by 1993 c.45 §50]
• 332.256   [1953 c.626 §3; 1957 c.310 §13; renumbered 332.295]
• 332.260   [Repealed by 1953 c.626 §9]
• 332.262   [1953 c.626 §4; renumbered 332.300]
• 332.265   [Formerly 332.220; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
• 332.266   [1953 c.626 §5; renumbered 332.305]
• 332.270   [Repealed by 1953 c.626 §9]
• 332.272   [1953 c.626 §6; renumbered 332.315]
• 332.275   [Formerly 332.230; 1965 c.100 §148; 1967 c.350 §1; repealed by 1975 c.771 §33]
• 332.280   [Repealed by 1953 c.626 §9]
• 332.285   [Formerly 332.248; 1965 c.100 §149; 1965 c.123 §1; repealed by 1975 c.771 §33]
• 332.290   [Formerly 332.252; repealed by 1975 c.771 §33]
• 332.295   [Formerly 332.256; 1965 c.100 §150; repealed by 1975 c.771 §33]
• 332.300   [Formerly 332.262; 1965 c.100 §151; repealed by 1975 c.771 §33]
• 332.305   [Formerly 332.266; 1965 c.100 §152; repealed by 1975 c.771 §33]
• 332.310   [Repealed by 1957 c.634 §13]
• 332.315   [Formerly 332.272; repealed by 1975 c.771 §33]
• 332.320   [Amended by 1957 c.634 §4; renumbered 332.135 and then 332.505]
• 332.325   [1971 c.234 §2; repealed by 1993 c.45 §51]
• 332.330   [Amended by 1957 c.634 §5; renumbered 332.245]
• 332.340   [Amended by 1957 c.634 §6; renumbered 336.225 and then 336.035]
• 332.350   [Amended by 1957 c.634 §7; renumbered 336.285 and then 336.125]
• 332.360   [Amended by 1957 c.634 §8; renumbered 336.073]
• 332.370   [Amended by 1957 c.634 §9; renumbered 332.215]
• 332.375   [1965 c.147 §2; repealed by 1993 c.45 §52]
• 332.380   [Amended by 1957 c.634 §10; 1963 c.131 §1; renumbered 332.155]
• 332.385   Gifts for scholarships and loans.
  If the district school board accepts money and property donated for the purpose of establishing scholarship and loan funds for the post-high-school education of students...
• 332.390   [Repealed by 1953 c.424 §2 (332.085 enacted in lieu of 332.390)]
• 332.400   [1961 c.570 §§1,2,4,5; renumbered 332.205 and then 332.445]
• 332.405   Transportation; board and room; pedestrian facilities.
  (1) The district school board shall provide transportation for pupils or combinations of pupils and other persons to and from school-related activities where required by...
• 332.410   [Amended by 1957 c.634 §11; renumbered 332.045]
• 332.415   Transportation of students attending private or parochial schools.
  Whenever any district school board lawfully provides for transportation for pupils attending public schools, all children attending any private or parochial school under the compulsory...
• 332.420   [Renumbered 332.055]
• 332.425   [Formerly 338.070; repealed by 1993 c.45 §54]
• 332.427   Availability of district vehicles for public transportation purposes.
  (1) A district school board may enter into contracts whereby motor vehicles operated by, or under lease with, the district for transportation of school children...
• 332.430   [Amended by 1957 c.634 §12; renumbered 332.065]
• 332.432   Insurance, medical and hospital service contracts covering school employees; self-insurance.
  (1) As used in this section, “remedial care” includes services rendered by a person licensed to practice one or more of the healing arts within...
• 332.435   Liability insurance; self-insurance program for liability; medical and hospital benefits for students.
  Any district school board may enter into contracts of insurance for liability or operate a self-insurance program for liability covering all activities engaged in by...
• 332.437   Insurance reserve fund.
  Any school district board by resolution may establish an insurance reserve fund by making transfers from the district’s general fund. Transfers to the insurance reserve...
• 332.440   [Renumbered 332.075]
• 332.445   Regulation of vehicles on school property; rules.
  (1) As used in this section, “vehicles” means and includes all motor vehicles as defined in ORS 801.360 and every other mechanical device in or...
• 332.450   [Renumbered 332.077]
• 332.460   [Repealed by 1953 c.56 §2]
• 332.470   [Formerly 336.500; 1975 c.770 §26; repealed by 1977 c.146 §2]
• 332.505   Employment and compensation of personnel; written personnel policies.
  (1) A district school board may: (a) Employ a superintendent of schools and necessary assistant superintendents for the district and fix the terms and conditions...
• 332.507   Sick leave for school employees; other leave.
  (1) As used in this section: (a) “School employee” includes all employees of a public school district or an education service district. (b) “Sick leave”...
• 332.510   [Amended by 1953 c.135 §3; repealed by 1965 c.100 §159 (332.511 enacted in lieu of 332.510)]
• 332.511   [1965 c.100 §160 (enacted in lieu of 332.510); repealed by 1969 c.541 §4]
• 332.515   Chief administrative officer as district school clerk; deputies.
  The district school board shall designate the chief administrative officer of the district as district school clerk, but if there is no such officer the...
• 332.520   [Amended by 1953 c.135 §3; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
• 332.525   Bonds for personnel.
  (1) The persons authorized to handle district funds, including the person designated to be custodian of district funds under ORS 328.441, shall be bonded in...
• 332.530   [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
• 332.531   Law enforcement agency; personnel as peace officers.
  (1) The district school board of any school district may establish a law enforcement agency and employ such personnel as may be necessary to insure...
• 332.534   Standard form for reporting salaries and other benefits.
  In reporting the compensation of school district employees, the Department of Education shall prepare a standard form for the purpose of reporting the salary plus...
• 332.535   [1973 c.357 §1; repealed by 1993 c.45 §58]
• 332.540   [Amended by 1953 c.512 §2; 1957 c.198 §1; 1963 c.544 §28; 1963 c.570 §1b; renumbered 332.705]
• 332.544   Procedure for demoting or dismissing classified school employees.
  (1) As used in this section, “classified school employee” includes all employees of a public school district except those for whom a teaching or administrative...
• 332.545   [Amended by 1957 c.198 §2; renumbered 332.710]
• 332.550   [Renumbered 332.715]
• 332.554   Notice of reasonable assurance of continued employment; when sent; effect of failure to give notice.
  (1) Each school district shall give an individual, written notice of reasonable assurance of continued employment to all classified school employees who are to perform...
• 332.570   [Renumbered 332.720]
• 332.575   [1971 c.294 §9; renumbered 326.355 in 1993]
• 332.580   [Repealed by 1953 c.234 §2]
• 332.585   Determination of student census by school districts.
  The district school board may conduct a student census to determine the number of pupils between the ages of 4 and 20 resident within the...
• 332.590   [Amended by 1957 c.198 §3; 1963 c.570 §1c; renumbered 332.725]
• 332.593   District school board policies governing student travel services.
  Each district school board shall adopt policies governing the solicitation and sale of travel services to students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12. The policies...
• 332.595   [1971 c.294 §10; 1973 c.827 §28; 1979 c.836 §4; 1981 c.404 §2; 1987 c.533 §3; 1989 c.342 §2; 1993 c.749 §1; renumbered 339.133 in 1993]
• 332.600   [Amended by 1957 c.198 §4; renumbered 332.730]
• 332.610   [Amended by 1957 c.622 §4; repealed by 1963 c.544 §52]
• 332.620   [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
• 332.630   [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
• 332.640   [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
• 332.650   [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
• 332.660   [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
• 332.670   [Repealed by 1963 c.544 §52]
• 332.680   [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
• 332.705   [Formerly 332.540; 1965 c.100 §162; repealed by 1971 c.294 §12]
• 332.710   [Formerly 332.545; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
• 332.715   [Formerly 332.550; 1965 c.100 §163; repealed by 1971 c.294 §12]
• 332.720   [Formerly 332.570; 1965 c.100 §164; repealed by 1971 c.294 §12]
• 332.725   [Formerly 332.590; 1965 c.100 §165; repealed by 1971 c.294 §12]
• 332.730   [Formerly 332.600; 1965 c.100 §166; repealed by 1971 c.294 §12]
• 332.745   Acquisition of interest in intellectual properties.
  (1) Any school district or education service district may develop or acquire interests in intellectual property of any kind, whether patentable or copyrightable or not,...
• 332.750   Transactions involving intellectual property exempt from certain bidding requirements.
  The district school board or education service district board may determine the terms and conditions of any transaction authorized by this section and ORS 332.745...
• 332.760   [1965 c.100 §168; 1981 c.391 §12; repealed by 1997 c.541 §268]
• 332.770   [Formerly 332.130; repealed by 1975 c.770 §49]
• 332.790   [1969 c.451 §1; renumbered 339.860 in 1993]
• 332.810   [Formerly 341.310; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
• 332.820   [Formerly 341.320; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
• 332.830   [Formerly 341.330; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
• 332.840   [Formerly 341.340; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
• 332.990   [Subsection (5) of 1963 Replacement Part enacted as 1961 c.570 §3; parts renumbered 336.990; subsection (8) of 1963 Replacement Part derived from 341.990; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]

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