2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 9, Chapters 326 - 365
ORS Chapter 339
339.141 Tuition prohibited for regular school program; other programs.

(1) For the purposes of this section:

(a) Public charter school has the meaning given that term in ORS 338.005.

(b) Regular school program means the regular curriculum provided in the required full-time day sessions in the schools of the district, including public charter schools, for grades 1 through 12 and the school program for kindergarten during the period of approximately nine months each year when the schools of the district or public charter schools are normally in operation and does not include summer sessions or evening sessions.

(c) Tuition means payment for the cost of instruction and does not include fees authorized under ORS 339.155.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, district school boards and public charter schools may establish tuition rates to be paid by pupils receiving instruction in educational programs, classes or courses of study, including traffic safety education, which are not a part of the regular school program. Tuition charges, if made, shall not exceed the estimated cost to the district or public charter school of furnishing the program, class or course of study.

(3) Except as provided in ORS 336.805 for traffic safety education:

(a) No tuition shall be charged to any resident pupil regularly enrolled in the regular school program for special instruction received at any time in connection therewith.

(b) No program, class or course of study for which tuition is charged, except courses of study beyond the 12th grade, shall be eligible for reimbursement from state funds. [Formerly 336.165; 1999 c.200 31; 1999 c.328 12]