Oregon Statutes - Chapter 346 - Programs for Persons Who Are Blind or Deaf

• 346.001   [1969 c.597 §80a; repealed by 1971 c.301 §26]
• 346.002   [1969 c.597 §80c; repealed by 1971 c.301 §26]
• 346.003   [1969 c.597 §80e; repealed by 1971 c.301 §26]
• 346.004   [1969 c.597 §80f; repealed by 1971 c.301 §26]
• 346.005   [1969 c.597 §80g; repealed by 1971 c.301 §26]
• 346.010   Training and educational services for children who are deaf or blind.
  (1) Pursuant to rules of the State Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall provide free training and education services in schools located...
• 346.015   Preparing individual education plan prior to placement; consultation; declaration that district cannot provide education; rules.
  (1) Prior to convening a meeting to prepare an individual education plan for a child with mental retardation or a developmental disability for whom placement...
• 346.017   Enrollment of nonresident students in schools permitted.
  (1) Notwithstanding ORS 346.015, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may enroll a student in the schools operated under ORS 346.010 if the student is not...
• 346.019   Educational Facilities Fund.
  (1) There is established an Educational Facilities Fund, separate and distinct from the General Fund. All tuition and fees collected under ORS 346.017 and all...
• 346.020   Course of instruction; personnel; authority over students; rules.
  (1) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prescribe the course of instruction for students enrolled in schools operated under ORS 346.010. The State Board of...
• 346.030   Application for admission.
  Application for admission to the schools operated under ORS 346.010 shall be made to the Department of Education. Application shall be made on forms which...
• 346.035   Annual review of individual education plan for certain children.
  For a child who is enrolled under ORS 346.010 and who has mental retardation or a developmental disability, the Department of Education shall notify the...
• 346.040   [Amended by 1965 c.100 §447; 1971 c.301 §5; 1979 c.639 §1; 1981 c.222 §1; repealed by 1991 c.631 §5]
• 346.041   Resident district responsible for transportation of pupils; Special Education Transportation Revolving Account.
  (1) Transportation for pupils attending schools under ORS 346.010 is the responsibility of the pupil’s resident school district. The district may provide transportation directly or...
• 346.042   [1979 c.639 §3; repealed by 1991 c.631 §5]
• 346.045   [1969 c.58 §1; 1971 c.301 §6; 1979 c.639 §2; 1989 c.491 §55; repealed by 1991 c.631 §5]
• 346.047   Authority of state board to hold property.
  The State Board of Education may receive, take and hold property, both real and personal for any school operated under ORS 346.010 and may sell,...
• 346.049   [1971 c.301 §10; repealed by 1991 c.631 §5]
• 346.050   [Amended by 1965 c.100 §448; 1969 c.597 §80j; repealed by 1971 c.301 §26]
• 346.051   [1971 c.301 §11; 1989 c.491 §57; repealed by 1991 c.631 §5]
• 346.053   [1971 c.301 §12; repealed by 1991 c.631 §5]
• 346.055   Trust account for student funds.
  (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...
• 346.060   [Amended by 1957 c.182 §1; 1959 c.176 §1; 1961 c.484 §1; 1963 c.597 §1; 1965 c.100 §449; 1965 c.469 §1; 1969 c.597 §80k; 1971 c.301 §7; 1971 c.435 §1; repealed by 1973 c.713 §8]
• 346.070   Aid to students who are deaf; rules.
  (1) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, every student who is deaf and who has been a resident of Oregon for the three years...
• 346.080   Notice to employees of reasonable assurance of continued employment; effect of failure to give notice.
  The Department of Education shall give the notice required by ORS 332.554 to all classified employees of the Oregon School for the Deaf and the...
• 346.085   Membership; terms; compensation and expenses.
  (1) There is established a Board of Directors of the Oregon School for the Deaf, consisting of seven members of whom at least four are...
• 346.087   Organization; quorum; meetings.
  (1) The Board of Directors of the Oregon School for the Deaf shall select one of its members as chairperson and another as vice chairperson,...
• 346.089   Duties.
  The Board of Directors of the Oregon School for the Deaf shall: (1) Periodically, in conjunction with the Department of Education, conduct a comprehensive review...
• 346.092   Master plan; reports.
  (1) The Board of Directors of the Oregon School for the Deaf shall adopt a master plan for the Oregon School for the Deaf. The...
• 346.097   Membership; terms; compensation and expenses.
  (1) There is established a Board of Directors of the Oregon School for the Blind, consisting of seven members of whom at least three are...
• 346.099   Organization; quorum; meetings.
  (1) The Board of Directors of the Oregon School for the Blind shall select one of its members as chairperson and another as vice chairperson,...
• 346.101   Duties.
  The Board of Directors of the Oregon School for the Blind shall: (1) Periodically, in conjunction the Department of Education, conduct a comprehensive review of...
• 346.104   Master plan; reports.
  (1) The Board of Directors of the Oregon School for the Blind shall adopt a master plan for the Oregon School for the Blind. The...
• 346.110   Definitions for ORS 346.110 to 346.270.
  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...
• 346.120   Commission for the Blind; purpose.
  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....
• 346.130   Commission members; confirmation; meetings; compensation and expenses.
  (1) The Commission for the Blind shall be appointed by the Governor and shall consist of seven members: (a) Four members who are qualified persons...
• 346.135   [1977 c.731 §3; 1979 c.411 §2; repealed by 1993 c.742 §80]
• 346.140   Administrator and other employees.
  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...
• 346.150   Rules and regulations.
  (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...
• 346.160   Register of persons who are blind.
  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,...
• 346.165   Use of official records.
  (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...
• 346.167   Prohibited uses of records.
  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...
• 346.169   Exchange of public or private agency records.
  (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...
• 346.170   Program for conservation and restoration of sight and prevention of blindness; free eye care.
  (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...
• 346.180   Vocational rehabilitation services.
  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...
• 346.190   Industries for the Blind Program.
  (1) The Commission for the Blind shall establish and maintain a program of industries for persons who are blind. For that purpose, it shall equip...
• 346.200   [Repealed by 1973 c.713 §8]
• 346.210   Supplying materials and equipment to persons with visual impairment.
  The Commission for the Blind may, whenever it deems proper, aid persons with visual impairments or groups of such persons by supplying materials, equipment or...
• 346.220   Preference for products or services of persons with visual impairment in state purchases.
  Whenever any of the products or services, including operation of vending facilities as defined in ORS 346.510, of persons with visual impairments, produced under the...
• 346.230   Commission accounts; funds; appropriations; sales on credit.
  (1) The Commission for the Blind shall keep separate books of accounts for its industries. All negotiable funds received by the commission from the sale...
• 346.235   [1959 c.98 §3; repealed by 1965 c.448 §4]
• 346.240   Payment of incidental expenses of commission.
  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...
• 346.250   Program of social and educational services.
  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...
• 346.260   Cooperation with Department of Human Services.
  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...
• 346.265   Authority to cooperate with and receive grants from federal government.
  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...
• 346.270   Receipt and expenditure of gifts and bequests.
  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...
• 346.280   [Repealed by 1975 c.605 §33]
• 346.290   Commission for the Blind Account.
  (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...
• 346.300   Criminal records checks.
  For the purpose of requesting a state or nationwide criminal records check under ORS 181.534, the Commission for the Blind may require the fingerprints of...
• 346.310   [Repealed by 1973 c.713 §8]
• 346.320   [Amended by 1961 c.484 §3; repealed by 1973 c.713 §8]
• 346.330   [Repealed by 1957 c.190 §2]
• 346.340   [Repealed by 1973 c.713 §8]
• 346.350   [Repealed by 1955 c.112 §1]
• 346.360   [Amended by 1967 c.335 §40; repealed by 1973 c.713 §8]
• 346.370   [Repealed by 1957 c.190 §2]
• 346.380   [Repealed by 1957 c.190 §2]
• 346.390   [Repealed by 1957 c.190 §2]
• 346.510   Definitions for ORS 346.510 to 346.570.
  As used in ORS 346.510 to 346.570, the term: (1) “Operator” means the individual person who is blind and who is responsible for the day-to-day...
• 346.520   Persons who are blind to operate vending facilities in public buildings or on public property; charges prohibited; exception.
  (1) For the purposes of providing persons who are blind with remunerative employment, enlarging the economic opportunities of those persons and stimulating them to greater...
• 346.530   Notice to commission on vending facilities locations; statement of reason for refusal of commission offer.
  (1) Each head of the department or agency in charge of the maintenance of public buildings or properties shall: (a) Periodically notify the Commission for...
• 346.540   Duties of commission with respect to operation of vending facilities; rules.
  (1) The Commission for the Blind shall: (a) Make surveys of public buildings or properties to determine their suitability as locations for vending facilities to...
• 346.550   Commodities and articles that may be sold at vending facilities.
  A vending facility operated under the provisions of ORS 346.510 to 346.570 shall be used solely for the vending of such commodities and articles as...
• 346.560   Operator subject to applicable laws and ordinances.
  The operator of each vending facility operated under the provisions of ORS 346.510 to 346.570 shall be subject to the provisions of any and all...
• 346.565   Participation in state health benefit plan and deferred compensation plan.
  (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...
• 346.570   Rights of persons operating vending facilities prior to August 20, 1957.
  (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,...
• 346.610   Definitions for ORS 346.610 to 346.630.
  As used in ORS 346.610 to 346.630: (1) “Dog guide” means a dog that is wearing a dog guide harness and is trained to lead...
• 346.620   Dog guide in place of public accommodation or on public transportation for person who is blind; liability.
  (1) A person who is blind has the right to have a dog guide with the person, and a trainer has the right to have...
• 346.630   Prohibition against discriminating in renting housing because of dog guide; remedy.
  (1) A landlord, as defined in ORS 90.100, may not refuse to rent a dwelling unit, as defined in ORS 90.100, to a person who...
• 346.640   Definitions for ORS 346.640 to 346.660.
  As used in ORS 346.640 to 346.660: (1) “Person who is deaf” means a person whose hearing disability precludes successful processing of linguistic information through...
• 346.650   Hearing ear dog in place of public accommodation or on public transportation for person who is deaf; liability.
  (1) A person who is deaf has the right to have a hearing ear dog with the person, and a trainer of a hearing ear...
• 346.660   Prohibition against discriminating in renting housing because of hearing ear dog; liability.
  (1) A landlord, as defined in ORS 90.100, may not refuse to rent a dwelling unit, as defined in ORS 90.100, to a person who...
• 346.680   Definitions for ORS 346.680 to 346.690.
  As used in ORS 346.680 to 346.690: (1) “Assistance animal” means any animal trained to assist a person with a physical impairment in one or...
• 346.685   Rights of person with physical impairment and trainer; prohibition on admission charge for animal; access to transportation; liability for damage by animal.
  (1) A person with a physical impairment has the right to have an assistance animal with the person, and a trainer has the right to...
• 346.687   Damages recoverable for harm or theft of assistance animal.
  (1) In addition to and not in lieu of any other penalty provided by state law, a person with a physical impairment who uses an...
• 346.690   Prohibition against discrimination in renting housing because of assistance animal; liability.
  (1) A landlord, as defined in ORS 90.100, may not refuse to rent a dwelling unit, as defined in ORS 90.100, to a person with...
• 346.990   [Repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
• 346.991   Penalties.
  (1) Violation of ORS 346.167 is punishable, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in the county jail for...

Last modified: August 7, 2008