Oregon Statutes - Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel
- 342.005 [Amended by 1955 c.518 §1; repealed by 1961 c.439 §13]
- 342.007 [1953 c.85 §1; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
- 342.010 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
- 342.015 [Repealed by 1961 c.439 §13]
- 342.017 [1991 c.693 §16; 1993 c.45 §148; renumbered 329.753 in 1993]
- 342.020 [Repealed by 1961 c.439 §13]
- 342.025 [Repealed by 1961 c.439 §13]
- 342.030 [Repealed by 1961 c.439 §13]
- 342.035 [Repealed by 1961 c.439 §13]
- 342.040 [Repealed by 1961 c.439 §13]
- 342.045 [Repealed by 1961 c.439 §13]
- 342.050 [Amended by 1955 c.518 §2; repealed by 1961 c.439 §13]
- 342.055 [Repealed by 1963 c.544 §52]
- 342.060 [Amended by 1957 c.638 §1; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
- 342.065 [Amended by 1955 c.101 §1; renumbered 342.602]
- 342.070 [Amended by 1957 c.638 §2; 1961 c.677 §1; renumbered 342.175]
- 342.075 [Amended by 1961 c.677 §2; renumbered 342.180]
- 342.080 [Repealed by 1961 c.439 §13]
- 342.085 [Amended by 1955 c.214 §1; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
- 342.090 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
- 342.095 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456 and 1965 c.550 §6]
- 342.100 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456 and 1965 c.550 §6]
- 342.105 [Repealed by 1961 c.439 §13]
- 342.110 [Amended by 1961 c.707 §1; repealed by 1961 c.439 §13]
- 342.115 [Repealed by 1961 c.439 §13]
- 342.120 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Administrator” includes all superintendents, assistant superintendents and principals in the public schools or education...
- 342.121 Teacher and administrator licensing; certification from professional organizations; certificate not required.
(1) The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall issue licenses to teachers and administrators who possess the minimum competencies, knowledge and skills to teach and...
- 342.122 Professional Organizations Certification Fund.
(1) There is created the Professional Organizations Certification Fund, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Professional Organizations Certification...
- 342.123 Knowledge of civil rights laws required.
(1) In addition to and not in lieu of any other law or rule or standard established by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission, the...
- 342.125 Types of licenses; charter school teacher and administrator registry; expedited process.
(1) Teaching licenses shall be issued and renewed by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission by the authority of the State of Oregon, subject to...
- 342.126 First aid card required for teaching license; waiver for disability.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, within 90 days after receiving an initial or basic teaching license under ORS 342.125, the...
- 342.127 Fees; basis.
(1) The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall establish and the commission shall collect: (a) A fee not to exceed $100 for evaluation of the...
- 342.130 Certain existing certificates and licenses not invalidated.
(1) Nothing in ORS 342.120 to 342.173 is intended to invalidate the life of any certificate or diploma in effect on June 30, 1965, nor...
- 342.135 Basic, standard and other teaching licenses; basis of renewal; rules.
(1) A teaching license provided for in this section shall qualify its holder to accept any instructional assignment from preprimary through grade 12 for which...
- 342.136 Initial teaching, personnel service and administrative licenses; renewal.
(1) An initial teaching, personnel service or administrative license shall qualify its holder to accept any assignment from preprimary through grade 12 for which the...
- 342.138 Continuing teaching, personnel service and administrative licenses; qualifications for continuing license; renewal.
(1) A continuing teaching, personnel service or administrative license shall qualify the holder to accept any assignments for preprimary through grade 12 for which the...
- 342.140 Administrative license.
(1) An administrative license shall qualify its holder to serve in any administrative assignment for which the holder has completed the professional requirements established by...
- 342.143 Issuance of licenses and registrations.
(1) No teaching, personnel service or administrative license shall be issued to any person until the person has attained the age of 18 years and...
- 342.144 American Indian languages teaching license.
(1) As used in this section, “American Indian tribe” means an Indian tribe as that term is defined in ORS 97.740. (2) The Legislative Assembly...
- 342.145 [1961 c.439 §6; 1965 c.100 §356; repealed by 1965 c.550 §6]
- 342.147 Approval of teacher education institutions and programs; rules.
(1) After considering recommendations of the State Board of Education, the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall establish by rule standards for approval of teacher...
- 342.150 [1961 c.439 §7; 1963 c.173 §1; 1965 c.100 §357; repealed by 1965 c.550 §6]
- 342.153 Proficiency in Braille required for teaching license to provide education to blind students.
(1) Any applicant for a teaching license to provide education to students who are blind, as defined in ORS 343.565, shall be required to demonstrate...
- 342.155 [1961 c.439 §8; 1965 c.100 §358; 1989 c.125 §2; repealed by 1993 c.45 §160]
- 342.160 [1961 c.439 §9; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456 and 1965 c.550 §6]
- 342.165 Commission rules.
(1) Pursuant to ORS chapter 183, the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall adopt rules necessary for the issuance, denial, continuation, renewal, lapse, revocation, suspension...
- 342.167 State board review of rules.
(1) The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall notify the State Board of Education of proposed rules and shall solicit its advice before adoption. (2)...
- 342.169 Required ratio of pupils to staff holders of first aid cards; exceptions; rules.
(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...
- 342.170 [1961 c.439 §11; 1965 c.100 §360; repealed by 1965 c.535 §17]
- 342.173 Effect of employing unlicensed teacher or administrator by certain districts.
(1) Any school district which employs any person not properly licensed by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission and assigned in accordance with the terms...
- 342.174 [1975 c.278 §7; 1987 c.320 §156; 1993 c.45 §167; renumbered 179.405 in 1993]
- 342.175 Grounds for discipline; reinstatement.
(1) The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission may suspend or revoke the license or registration of a teacher or administrator, discipline a teacher or administrator...
- 342.176 Preliminary investigation of complaint; materials confidential; notice.
(1) Upon receipt of a complaint or information that a person has violated ORS 342.143 or 342.175, the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall promptly...
- 342.177 Hearing and decision on charges; notice.
(1)(a) Hearings under ORS 342.176 shall be conducted by an administrative law judge assigned from the Office of Administrative Hearings established under ORS 183.605. (b)...
- 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...
- 342.185 [1961 c.677 §3; 1965 c.100 §365; repealed by 1973 c.228 §10]
- 342.190 Administrative Procedures Act not applicable to proceedings for reinstatement, revocation or suspension.
Except as otherwise specifically provided, ORS chapter 183 does not apply to proceedings under ORS 342.175, 342.177 and 342.180. [1961 c.677 §4; 1965 c.100 §366;...
- 342.195 Teaching licenses based on experience in certain federal programs.
Upon payment of the required fees, an otherwise qualified applicant for an initial or basic teaching license shall be granted the license upon showing by...
- 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...
- 342.203 Circulation of list of teachers and administrators subjected to discipline.
(1) Annually not later than March 1, the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall cause to be circulated among all of the common and union...
- 342.205 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
- 342.210 [Amended by 1955 c.281 §1; 1959 c.433 §1; repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
- 342.215 [Repealed by 1957 c.591 §1]
- 342.216 [1957 c.590 §2; repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
- 342.218 [1961 c.69 §§2,3; repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
- 342.220 [Amended by 1957 c.591 §2; repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
- 342.223 Criminal records check; effect of making false statement; appeal of refusal to issue or renew license or registration.
(1) For the purpose of requesting a state or nationwide criminal records check under ORS 181.534, the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission may require the...
- 342.225 [Amended by 1957 c.591 §3; repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
- 342.227 Issuance of temporary license or certificate pending result of check.
The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission may issue to an individual a temporary license or certificate as a teacher, administrator, personnel specialist or school nurse...
- 342.230 [Amended by 1957 c.591 §4; repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
- 342.232 Employment pending result of check.
(1) A school district, education service district, private school or public charter school may authorize a person described under ORS 326.603 (1)(a), (d) or (e)...
- 342.235 [Amended by 1959 c.433 §2; repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
- 342.240 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
- 342.245 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
- 342.250 [Amended by 1957 c.211 §1; repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
- 342.252 [1955 c.281 §3; repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
- 342.255 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
- 342.260 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
- 342.265 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
- 342.270 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
- 342.275 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
- 342.280 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
- 342.285 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
- 342.290 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
- 342.295 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
- 342.300 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
- 342.305 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
- 342.310 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
- 342.315 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
- 342.320 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
- 342.325 [Repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
- 342.330 [Amended by 1953 c.638 §2; 1959 c.400 §4; repealed by 1965 c.608 §21]
- 342.340 [1965 c.535 §1; 1975 c.278 §3; 1991 c.144 §2; repealed by 1993 c.45 §170]
- 342.350 Commission established; confirmation; term; vacancy; effect of change in circumstances.
(1) There is created a Teacher Standards and Practices Commission consisting of 17 members appointed by the Governor subject to confirmation by the Senate in...
- 342.360 Members; qualifications.
(1) The membership of the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall consist of: (a) Four elementary teachers; (b) Four junior or senior high school teachers;...
- 342.370 [1965 c.535 §5; 1975 c.278 §6; repealed by 1979 c.307 §8]
- 342.380 Organization.
(1) The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall select one of its members as chairperson, and another as vice chairperson, for such terms and with...
- 342.390 Meetings; expenses.
(1) The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall meet at least once every six months at a place, day and hour determined by the commission....
- 342.400 Licensing requirements for out-of-state applicants; reciprocal agreements; rules.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall not issue a license to an out-of-state applicant...
- 342.410 Executive director; employees.
The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall appoint a qualified person as executive director and may, subject to the State Personnel Relations Law, employ persons...
- 342.420 Member’s salary; reimbursement to district.
(1) Membership on the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall not affect a member’s compensation from the employer of the member or any other benefits...
- 342.430 Teacher Standards and Practices Commission Account; use.
On or before the 10th day of each month, the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall pay into the State Treasury all moneys received under...
- 342.433 Definitions for ORS 342.433 to 342.449.
As used in ORS 342.433 to 342.449 and 351.077: (1) “Minority” means a person who is: (a) A person having origins in any of the...
- 342.435 [1977 c.635 §8; repealed by 1981 c.469 §6]
- 342.437 Goals.
The State of Oregon is committed to ethnic-racial equity and, therefore, it is the goal of the state that by the year 2001 the number...
- 342.440 [1971 c.755 §2; repealed by 1973 c.536 §39]
- 342.443 Reports to legislature; comparative data; data collection.
(1) The Education and Workforce Policy Advisor shall report biennially to the Legislative Assembly longitudinal data on the number and percentage of: (a) Minority students...
- 342.445 [1977 c.635 §9; renumbered 342.485]
- 342.447 Plans for recruitment, admission, retention and graduation of minority teachers; rules.
(1) The State Board of Higher Education shall require each public teacher education program in this state to prepare a plan with specific goals, strategies...
- 342.449 Short title.
ORS 342.433 to 342.449 and 351.077 shall be known and may be cited as the Minority Teacher Act of 1991. [1991 c.434 §1]
- 342.450 [1965 c.390 §1; 1969 c.647 §1; repealed by 1973 c.536 §39]
- 342.455 Definition of “school nurse.”
“School nurse” as used in ORS 342.465 and 342.475, means a registered nurse who is certified by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission as qualified...
- 342.460 [1965 c.390 §§2,3; 1969 c.647 §2; 1971 c.755 §3; repealed by 1973 c.536 §39]
- 342.465 Rules; notice if action taken on license.
(1) The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall adopt by rule standards necessary for the issuance, denial, continuation, renewal, lapse or reinstatement of certificates issued...
- 342.470 [1965 c.390 §4; 1969 c.647 §3; 1971 c.755 §4; repealed by 1973 c.536 §39]
- 342.475 School nurses; certificates.
(1) “School nurse” is established as a category of specialization in nursing. (2) The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall issue a certificate as a...
- 342.480 [1971 c.755 §5; repealed by 1973 c.536 §39]
- 342.485 Commission to consult with and advise Oregon State Board of Nursing on school nursing.
The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall consult with and advise the Oregon State Board of Nursing on the qualifications and practices involved in school...
- 342.495 Holder of school nurse certificate qualified to conduct and coordinate health services program.
(1) The holder of a school nurse certificate issued under ORS 342.475 (1) to (3) is qualified to accept employment to conduct and coordinate the...
- 342.505 [Amended by 1955 c.219 §1; 1961 c.383 §1; 1965 c.100 §367; repealed by 1993 c.45 §177]
- 342.508 [1957 c.446 §1; 1965 c.100 §368; 1965 c.608 §20; repealed by 1973 c.298 §9]
- 342.510 [Amended by 1965 c.100 §380; renumbered 342.965]
- 342.513 Renewal or nonrenewal of contracts for following year.
(1) Each district school board shall give written notice of the renewal or nonrenewal of the contract for the following school year by March 15...
- 342.515 [Amended by 1965 c.100 §381; repealed by 1993 c.45 §178]
- 342.520 [Amended by 1959 c.361 §1; 1965 c.100 §382; renumbered 342.970]
- 342.525 [Amended by 1965 c.100 §383; renumbered 342.613]
- 342.530 [Amended by 1965 c.100 §370; 1967 c.324 §1; 1969 c.84 §1; repealed by 1973 c.298 §9]
- 342.535 [Amended by 1965 c.100 §371; repealed by 1969 c.84 §2]
- 342.540 [Amended by 1965 c.100 §372; repealed by 1969 c.84 §2]
- 342.545 Termination of teacher’s contract; release.
(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...
- 342.550 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
- 342.553 Suspension of teaching license for resigning without providing required notice; appeal.
(1) Any elementary or secondary teacher who has entered into a contract to teach in any public school and who resigns the position without first...
- 342.555 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
- 342.560 [Amended by 1955 c.618 §1; 1965 c.100 §384; renumbered 342.975]
- 342.565 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
- 342.570 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
- 342.575 [Amended by 1955 c.618 §2; 1965 c.100 §385; renumbered 342.980]
- 342.580 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
- 342.585 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
- 342.590 [Repealed by 1963 c.544 §52]
- 342.595 [Amended by 1953 c.392 §2; 1961 c.357 §1; 1963 c.211 §1; 1965 c.100 §375; 1975 c.431 §1; repealed by 1977 c.860 §5]
- 342.596 [1957 c.457 §1; 1963 c.122 §1; 1965 c.100 §376; 1965 c.183 §1; 1977 c.860 §3; 1991 c.599 §1; renumbered 332.507 in 1993]
- 342.598 [1965 c.254 §1; renumbered 332.432 in 1993]
- 342.599 [1977 c.826 §3; repealed by 1993 c.45 §180]
- 342.600 [Amended by 1955 c.101 §2; 1961 c.439 §12; 1963 c.544 §50a; 1965 c.100 §378; 1965 c.216 §1; repealed by 1967 c.67 §13 (342.601 enacted in lieu of 342.600)]
- 342.601 [1967 c.67 §14 (enacted in lieu of 342.600); 1975 c.278 §8; 1975 c. 770 §48a; 1981 c.128 §1 repealed by 1983 c.187 §1]
- 342.602 [Formerly 342.065; 1965 c.100 §379; repealed by 1973 c.458 §3]
- 342.603 Administrators; employment contract; health benefits; restrictions.
(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...
- 342.604 [1971 c.519 §2; 1989 c.491 § 28; renumbered 332.534 in 1993]
- 342.605 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
- 342.608 Working hours for licensed personnel; duty-free lunch period required; exception.
(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...
- 342.609 [1977 c.137 §1; renumbered 336.081 in 1993]
- 342.610 Minimum salary for substitute teachers.
(1) Teachers employed as substitute teachers shall not be paid less per day than 85 percent of 1/190th of the salary of a beginning teacher...
- 342.613 Contracts with teachers for return of part of salary prohibited.
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...
- 342.615 [Amended by 1965 c.100 §386; repealed by 1979 c.166 §1]
- 342.617 [1985 c.585 §2; 1993 c.45 §184; renumbered 332.554 in 1993]
- 342.620 [Repealed by 1979 c.166 §1]
- 342.625 [Repealed by 1979 c.166 §1]
- 342.630 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
- 342.635 [Amended by 1957 c.443 §1; 1965 c.100 §369; renumbered 342.513]
- 342.640 [Amended by 1965 c.100 §373; 1965 c.163 §1; renumbered 342.545]
- 342.645 [Amended by 1953 c.36 §2; 1959 c.441 §1; 1965 c.100 §374; renumbered 342.553]
- 342.650 Wearing of religious dress prohibited.
No teacher in any public school shall wear any religious dress while engaged in the performance of duties as a teacher. [Amended by 1965 c.100
- 342.655 Sanctions against teacher violating ORS 342.650.
Any teacher violating the provisions of ORS 342.650 shall be suspended or dismissed from employment by the district school board. The suspension or dismissal is...
- 342.660 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
- 342.663 [1969 c.266 §§1,2,3; 1993 c.45 §186; renumbered 332.544 in 1993]
- 342.665 [Amended by 1961 c.204 §1; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
- 342.670 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
- 342.675 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
- 342.680 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
- 342.685 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
- 342.700 Policy on sexual harassment; posting and availability of policy.
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...
- 342.704 Adoption of school district policies on sexual harassment required; contents; rules.
(1) The State Board of Education shall adopt by rule minimum requirements for school district policies on sexual harassment of students by staff and other...
- 342.708 ORS 342.700 and 342.704 not limitation on or prerequisite for other rights and remedies.
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...
- 342.710 [1971 c.582 §1; repealed by 1973 c.536 §39]
- 342.720 [1971 c.582 §§2,7; repealed by 1973 c.536 §39]
- 342.721 Definitions for ORS 342.723 and 342.726.
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...
- 342.723 Prohibitions on school district employees.
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...
- 342.726 Program on prevention and education; training.
(1) The Department of Education shall work in conjunction with voluntary organizations approved to administer interscholastic activities under ORS 339.430 to develop and implement a...
- 342.730 [1971 c.582 §3; repealed by 1973 c.536 §39]
- 342.740 [1971 c.582 §4; repealed by 1973 c.536 §39]
- 342.750 [1971 c.582 §5; repealed by 1973 c.536 §39]
- 342.760 [1971 c.582 §6; repealed by 1973 c.536 §39]
- 342.770 [1971 c.582 §8; repealed by 1973 c.536 §39]
- 342.780 [1971 c.582 §9; repealed by 1973 c.536 §39]
- 342.782 [1987 c.896 §14; 1989 c.187 §7; repealed by 1993 c.45 §187]
- 342.784 [1987 c.896 §15; renumbered 329.790 in 1993]
- 342.786 [1987 c.896 §§16, 28; 1989 c.187 §8; 1993 c.45 §189; renumbered 329.795 in 1993]
- 342.788 [1987 c.896 §17; 1989 c.187 §9; 1993 c.45 §190; renumbered 329.800 in 1993]
- 342.790 [1987 c.896 §§18, 22; 1989 c.187 §10; 1993 c.45 §191; renumbered 329.805 in 1993]
- 342.792 [1987 c.896 §19; 1993 c.45 §192; renumbered 329.810 in 1993]
- 342.794 [1987 c.896 §20; 1989 c.187 §11; renumbered 329.815 in 1993]
- 342.796 [1987 c.896 §21; 1991 c.67 §84; 1993 c.45 §193; renumbered 329.820 in 1993]
- 342.798 [1987 c.896 §23; repealed by 1989 c.187 §13]
- 342.805 Short title.
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...
- 342.815 Definitions for ORS 342.805 to 342.937.
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...
- 342.825 [1965 c.608 §3; 1973 c.298 §1; repealed by 1977 c.881 §8]
- 342.835 Probationary teacher.
(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...
- 342.840 Determination of length of service for probationary teacher.
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...
- 342.845 Contract teacher; part-time contract teacher; effect of program transfer; administrator contracts.
(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...
- 342.850 Teacher evaluation; personnel file content; rules.
(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...
- 342.855 [1965 c.608 §8; repealed by 1971 c.570 §15]
- 342.865 Grounds for dismissal or contract nonextension of contract teacher.
(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...
- 342.875 Suspension; reinstatement.
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...
- 342.885 [1965 c.608 §10; repealed by 1973 c.298 §9]
- 342.895 Contract teachers; procedure for dismissal or contract nonextension; appeal.
(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...
- 342.905 Appeal procedure; arbitration as alternative.
(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...
- 342.910 Waiver of contract grievance claim if appeal of dismissal decision filed; waiver of certain rights and procedures.
(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...
- 342.915 [1965 c.608 §13; 1971 c.570 §9; 1979 c.668 §5; repealed by 1997 c.864 §29]
- 342.925 [1965 c.608 §14; repealed by 1971 c.570 §15]
- 342.930 Fair Dismissal Appeals Board; rules.
(1) A Fair Dismissal Appeals Board is created, consisting of 20 members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate as provided in...
- 342.934 Procedure for reduction of teacher staff due to funding or administrative decision.
(1) The procedure for reduction in teacher staff positions resulting from the school district’s lack of funds to continue its educational program at its anticipated...
- 342.935 [1965 c.608 §15; repealed by 1971 c.570 §15; see 342.960]
- 342.937 Reimbursement for teacher dismissal costs.
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...
- 342.945 [1965 c.608 §16; repealed by 1971 c.570 §15]
- 342.955 [1965 c.608 §17; 1973 c.298 §8; 1979 c.861 §8; repealed by 1987 c.898 §28]
- 342.960 [1971 c.743 §359; see 342.935; repealed by 1973 c.298 §9]
- 342.961 Internal investigations of employee misconduct or wrongdoing.
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:...
- 342.965 Interchange of teachers.
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,...
- 342.970 [Formerly 342.520; repealed by 1993 c.45 §195]
- 342.975 [Formerly 342.560; 1973 c.270 §16; 1977 c.783 §2; repealed by 1993 c.45 §196]
- 342.980 [Formerly 342.575; 1967 c.67 §15; 1973 c.270 §17; repealed by 1993 c.45 §196]
- 342.982 [1977 c.635 §7; renumbered 342.495]
- 342.985 Qualifications to teach distance learning course.
A person teaching a distance learning course originating in Oregon must: (1) Have a teaching license issued by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission with...
- 342.990 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
Last modified: August 7, 2008