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2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 9, Chapters 326 - 365
ORS Chapter 334
- 334.003 Definitions.
- 334.005 Mission; purpose; accountability.
- 334.010 Education service districts.
- 334.013 Composition of education service districts.
- 334.015 Withdrawal of school district; effective date.
- 334.017 Interview requirements for school district that withdraws.
- 334.019 Rejoining of school district; effective date.
- 334.020 [Amended by 1957 c.678 2; 1963 c.544 30; 1965 c.100 171; 1975 c.770 39; 1993 c.784 3; 1995 c.611 6; renumbered 334.013 in 2011]
- 334.022 Prohibition on distinction in state funding between multicounty and single county districts.
- Note: 334.022 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 334 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation. (Board)
- 334.025 Number of board members; election; local advisory committees.
- 334.030 [Repealed by 1957 c.678 1]
- 334.032 Zones; representation of counties within district.
- 334.035 Nomination of candidates.
- 334.040 [Amended by 1957 c.310 15; repealed by 1957 c.678 1]
- 334.045 Election procedure.
- 334.050 [Repealed by 1957 c.678 1]
- 334.060 [Amended by 1957 c.622 8; repealed by 1957 c.678 1]
- 334.070 [Amended by 1957 c.678 6; repealed by 1965 c.100 456]
- 334.080 [Repealed by 1957 c.678 1]
- 334.090 Term; eligibility; election of successors; vacancies.
- 334.095 Declaration of vacancy in office of director; removal; recall.
- 334.100 Organization of board; meetings; quorum; compensation.
- Note: Sections 10 and 11, chapter 828, Oregon Laws 2005, provide:
- Sec. 10. Definitions.
- Sec. 11. Board of directors; appointment; election; zones; vacancies.
- Note: Sections 4 and 5, chapter 59, Oregon Laws 2010, provide:
- Sec. 4.
- Sec. 5. Terms of office for directors.
- Note: Sections 12 to 15, chapter 828, Oregon Laws 2005, provide:
- Sec. 12. Declaration of vacancy in office of director.
- Sec. 13. Legislative report.
- Sec. 14. Zones; special election.
- Sec. 15.
- 334.110 [Repealed by 1965 c.100 456]
- 334.120 [Amended by 1957 c.678 10; 1963 c.544 35; 1965 c.100 183; renumbered 334.225] (Powers and Duties of District)
- 334.125 Status of board; powers and duties; rules.
- Note: The amendments to 334.125 by section 7, chapter 705, Oregon Laws 2011, become operative July 1, 2012. See section 8, chapter 705, Oregon Laws 2011. The text that is operative until July 1, 2012, including amendments by section 6, chapter 705, Oregon Laws 2011, is set forth for the user s convenience.
- 334.125. (1) The education service district is a body corporate. (2) The education service district board is authorized to transact all business coming within the jurisdiction of the education service district and may sue and be sued. (3) The education service district board shall perform all duties required by law, including but not limited to: (a) Distribution of such school funds as it is empowered to apportion; (b) Conduct of audits; (c) Duties as district boundary board; (d) Budget and tax levying duties, including the levying of taxes under ORS 280.060; (e) Contracting a bonded indebtedness and levying direct ad valorem taxes on all taxable property within the education service district in the manner that component school districts are authorized to issue bonds and levy taxes under ORS 328.205 to 328.304 and other laws applicable to the issuance of bonds and levying of taxes by school districts; and (f) Creating a county education bond district under ORS 328.304 from a county within the district. (4)(a) In addition to its duties under subsection (3) of this section, an education service district board: (A) May provide services required by the local service plan developed pursuant to ORS 334.175; (B) Except as provided by subparagraph (C) of this paragraph, may provide funds to a component school district to provide services required by the local service plan in lieu of the component school district receiving services from the education service district; (C) Shall provide funds in the manner described in paragraph (b) of this subsection to a component school district to provide services required by the local service plan in lieu of the component school district receiving services from the education service district if: (i) The school district received funds under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph for the 2010-2011 fiscal year; and (ii) The school district requests that the funds be provided as required by this subparagraph; (D) Shall provide funds as specified in ORS 327.019 (9) to a school district located within the territory of the education service district that has withdrawn from the education service district as provided in ORS 334.015; and (E) For the purpose of providing services consistent with the local service plan, may enter into contracts with school districts that have withdrawn from the education service district as provided in ORS 334.015 or that are located outside the territory of the education service district. (b) If an education service district board is required to provide funds to a school district under paragraph (a)(C) of this subsection, the education service district board shall provide the funds as a percentage of the funds available to the education service district under ORS 334.177 that is at least equal to the lesser of: (A) The percentage that the education service district board provided to the school district in the 2010-2011 fiscal year; or (B) The percentage requested by the school district, as provided by paragraph (a)(C) of this subsection. (5) The education service district board may employ and fix the compensation of such personnel as it considers necessary for carrying out duties of the board. (6) In carrying out its duties, the education service district board: (a) May locate, buy, accept by gift or lease such land, buildings and facilities as may be required for district purposes. Leases authorized by this section may be for a term of up to 30 years and include lease-purchase agreements whereunder the district may acquire ownership of the leased property. (b) May acquire personal property by a lease-purchase agreement or contract of purchase for a term exceeding one year. A lease-purchase agreement is one in which the rent payable by the district is expressly agreed to have been established to reflect the savings resulting from the exemption from taxation, and the district is entitled to ownership of the property at a nominal or other price which is stated or determinable by the terms of the agreement and was not intended to reflect the true value of the property. (c) May lease property or sell and convey property of the district as the board considers unnecessary to its purposes. (d) May purchase relocatable structures in installment transactions in which deferred installments of the purchase price are payable over not more than 10 years from the date of delivery of the property to the district and are secured by a security interest in the property. The transactions may take the form of, but are not limited to, lease-purchase agreements. (e) May accept money or property donated for the use or benefit of the district and use the money or property for the purpose for which it was donated. (7) The education service district board may adopt rules it considers necessary to carry out the duties of the board. (8) The education service district may contract with public and private entities for service delivery. (9)(a) The education service district shall work cooperatively with component school districts and review periodically with component school districts the operations of component school districts and shall submit to the component school districts plans for operations that achieve economies and efficiencies through consolidation of various operations of all or some of the districts. The education service district and its component school districts shall submit an annual report on the effectiveness of the consolidation of operations to the State Board of Education. (b) As used in this subsection, operations means services involving transportation, payroll, student records, auditing, legal services, insurance, printing, investment and other similar services.
- 334.127 Title of real property when district ceases or school district withdraws.
- 334.130 [Repealed by 1957 c.678 1]
- 334.135 [1963 c.544 50k; 1965 c.100 184; renumbered 334.235]
- 334.140 [Repealed by 1957 c.678 1]
- 334.145 Office space provided by county; rent; additional space; purchase of required space; providing space.
- 334.150 [Repealed by 1957 c.678 1]
- 334.160 [Amended by 1963 c.544 36; repealed by 1965 c.100 456]
- 334.170 [Repealed by 1957 c.678 1]
- 334.175 Core services; local service plan.
- 334.177 Expenditure of percentage of amounts received on services.
- 334.180 [Repealed by 1957 c.678 1]
- 334.185 Entrepreneurial services and facilities.
- 334.190 [Repealed by 1957 c.678 1]
- 334.195 [1993 c.766 4; repealed by 1995 c.798 4]
- 334.200 [Repealed by 1957 c.678 1]
- 334.205 [1953 c.390 2; renumbered 334.510 and then 334.310]
- 334.210 [Amended by 1957 c.678 18; renumbered 334.520 and then 334.320]
- 334.215 Gifts.
- 334.217 Standards of adequacy of services and facilities; plans for nonstandard districts; effect of failure to comply; sanctions; rules.
- 334.219 Report on performance and finances; distribution and accessibility of report.
- Note: Section 26, chapter 705, Oregon Laws 2011, provides:
- Sec. 26.
- 334.220 [Renumbered 334.530 and then 334.330] (Superintendent)
- 334.225 Superintendent; duties; compensation.
- Note: The amendments to 334.225 by section 28, chapter 705, Oregon Laws 2011, become operative July 1, 2013, and apply to superintendents of education service districts hired before, on or after August 2, 2011. See section 29, chapter 705, Oregon Laws 2011. The text that is operative on and after July 1, 2013, is set forth for the user s convenience.
- 334.225. (1) The education service district board shall employ a superintendent who must hold an administrative license as a superintendent and a certificate described in ORS 342.121 (2)(b). The superintendent shall serve as the board s executive officer, give an official bond or an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an insured institution, as defined in ORS 706.008, and have the duties prescribed by the board and the laws of this state. The board shall fix the term and compensation of the superintendent, provide office room for the superintendent and allow all of the superintendent s necessary traveling expenses. (2) The education service district board shall designate the superintendent as the district clerk. The board may appoint qualified persons as deputies to the superintendent to perform the duties required of the district clerk by law or by the board.
- 334.230 [Amended by 1953 c.429 2; 1957 c.678 19; renumbered 334.540 and then 334.295]
- 334.235 [Formerly 334.135; repealed by 1975 c.770 49] (Budget and Tax Levies)
- 334.240 District budget; budget committee; audits.
- 334.250 [1957 c.678 13(1); 1957 s.s. c.4 1(1); 1965 c.100 186; repealed by 1977 c.840 19]
- 334.260 [1957 c.678 13(2); 1957 s.s. c.4 1(2); 1965 c.100 187; repealed by 1977 c.840 19]
- 334.262 [1977 c.840 12; 1981 c.836 1; 1983 c.610 3; repealed by 1993 c.784 37]
- 334.263 [1977 c.840 13; 1979 c.445 1; repealed by 1983 c.610 8]
- 334.264 [1977 c.840 14; repealed by 1983 c.610 8]
- 334.270 [1957 c.678 13(3); 1957 s.s. c.4 1(3); 1965 c.100 188; 1977 c.840 10; 1993 c.784 33; repealed by 2005 c.209 39]
- 334.280 [1957 c.678 13(4); 1957 s.s. c.4 1(4); 1965 c.100 189; repealed by 1977 c.840 19]
- 334.285 Apportionment of taxes; split between elementary and secondary school purposes.
- 334.290 [1957 c.678 13(5), (6); 1957 s.s. c.4 1(5), (6); 1961 c.356 1; 1965 c.100 190; repealed by 1977 c.840 19]
- 334.293 Direct ad valorem tax required to pay bonds.
- 334.295 [Formerly 334.230 and then 334.540; 1965 c.100 191; repealed by 1977 c.840 19]
- 334.300 [1957 c.678 14; 1963 c.576 41; 1965 c.100 192; repealed by 1977 c.840 19]
- 334.310 [Formerly 334.205 and then 334.510; repealed by 1977 c.840 19]
- 334.320 [Formerly 334.210 and then 334.520; 1973 c.796 50; 1975 c.477 10; 1977 c.2 1; 1977 c.156 1; repealed by 1977 c.840 19]
- 334.330 [Formerly 334.220 and then 334.530; repealed by 1977 c.840 19]
- 334.350 [1957 c.678 15(1); 1965 c.100 196; 1993 c.784 16b; 2003 c.226 14; repealed by 2001 c.695 38]
- 334.353 [1993 c.784 32; repealed by 2001 c.695 38]
- 334.360 [1957 c.678 15(2); 1965 c.100 197; repealed by 2001 c.695 38]
- 334.370 Emergency aid fund.
- 334.380 [1957 c.678 15(3),(4); 1965 c.100 199; 1991 c.780 20; repealed by 2001 c.695 38]
- 334.390 [1957 c.678 15(5); 1965 c.100 200; repealed by 2001 c.695 38]
- 334.400 [1957 c.678 15(6); 1963 c.544 38; 1965 c.100 201; repealed by 2001 c.695 38]
- 334.410 [1957 c.678 16; 1965 c.100 202; 1975 c.770 43; 1997 c.541 374; repealed by 2001 c.695 38]
- 334.450 [1957 c.678 17; 1965 c.100 203; 1983 c.350 183; 1983 c.610 5a; 1987 c.267 75; 1993 c.784 34,35; 1995 c.712 106; 1997 c.541 375; repealed by 2001 c.695 38]
- 334.460 [1983 c.610 5b; 1997 c.541 376; repealed by 2001 c.695 38]
- 334.510 [Formerly 334.205; 1965 c.100 193; renumbered 334.310]
- 334.520 [Formerly 334.210; 1965 c.100 194; renumbered 334.320]
- 334.530 [Formerly 334.220; 1965 c.100 195; renumbered 334.330]
- 334.540 [Formerly 334.230; 1963 c.544 39; renumbered 334.295] (Reorganization of District)
- 334.550 Effects of reorganization.
- Note: The provisions of section 8, chapter 59, Oregon Laws 2010, are substantively identical to the provisions of 334.550. The text of section 8, chapter 59, Oregon Laws 2010, is set forth for the user s convenience.
- Sec. 8.
- 334.690 State board as boundary board; criteria for reorganization; filing boundary change.
- 334.710 Petition; review by state board; notice; hearing.
- Note: Section 24, chapter 705, Oregon Laws 2011, provides:
- Sec. 24.
- 334.720 State board order; effective date.
- Note: See note under 334.710.
- 334.725 [1965 c.100 207; 1983 c.350 187; 1987 c.267 76; 1993 c.784 17,18; 1995 c.712 107; repealed by 2001 c.518 11]
- 334.730 Joint meeting; zoning; election of new directors.
- 334.740 Nomination.
- 334.750 Term of office.
- 334.760 Power of new board prior to existence of new district.
- 334.770 Power of new board generally.
- 334.800 Establishment; director; duties; rules.
- 334.820 Regional Educational Services Account; limitations; transfers.
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