2019 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 09 - Education and Culture
Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts
Section 334.690 - State board as boundary board; criteria for reorganization; filing boundary change.
(1) Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424, the State Board of Education shall constitute the boundary board for education service districts. In examining any proposal to reorganize education service districts, the state board shall consider whether the proposed district would have the following characteristics:
(a) A student population of at least 10,000 students or would have such a student population in the foreseeable future;
(b) The ability to support the staff necessary to provide a wide array of services;
(c) Boundaries that reflect the area’s sense of community, and take into account topography, climate and highway patterns so that there is reasonable access to all areas within the region;
(d) A distance of no more than two and one-half hours’ driving time between the regional office or suboffice and the most remote school; and
(e) At least one publicly supported, post-secondary institution within the region.
(2) For purposes of ad valorem taxation, a boundary change must be filed in final approved form with the county assessor and the Department of Revenue as provided in ORS 308.225. [1993 c.784 §20; 2001 c.138 §15; 2019 c.449 §32]
