2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 09 - Education and Culture
Chapter 344 - Career and Technical Education; Education Related to Employment
Section 344.257 - "Continuing education" defined for ORS 344.259.
(1) For the purposes of ORS 344.259, "continuing education" means organized instruction to serve the needs of post-secondary students, including but not limited to:
(a) Courses as offered to the regular full-time resident post-secondary student consisting of professional preparatory courses and professional supplementary, technical, academic and professional courses;
(b) Developmental education, consisting of adult basic education, high school completion courses for a high school diploma, instruction to pass approved high school equivalency tests such as the General Educational Development (GED) test, English language learner programs, and remedial instruction;
(c) Educational activities, consisting of adult self-improvement courses and Federal Cooperative Extension Service; and
(d) Hobby and recreation activities.
(2) "Continuing education" for a community college is limited to instruction within district boundaries and instruction outside district boundaries offered under contract. [Formerly 348.450; 1997 c.11 §7; 1997 c.230 §1; 1997 c.249 §107; 2015 c.604 §19; 2017 c.66 §19]