71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 116
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         Senate Bill 38
                  Ordered by the Senate June 20
            Including Senate Amendments dated June 20
 
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Senate Interim Committee on
  Business, Education and Consumer Affairs for Senator Peter
  Courtney)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
    { - Limits number of students served by one school. - }
   { +  Encourages school districts to operate schools that serve
no more than specified numbers of students and to conform to
certain student-to-teacher ratios. + }
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to school size.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) For purposes of this section, 'school'
means a group of students and teachers who remain together for
all of the regular school program, as defined in ORS 339.141. The
program may be in the same school building as other programs.
  (2) The Legislative Assembly finds that schools with lower
enrollment are better able to meet the needs of all students.
School districts are encouraged to operate:
  (a) Kindergarten through grade 5 schools that serve no more
than 400 students.
  (b) Grade 6 through grade 8 schools that serve no more than 500
students.
  (c) Grade 9 through grade 12 schools that serve no more than
800 students.
  (3) The Legislative Assembly also finds that low ratios of
students to teachers are crucial in schools of all sizes. School
districts are encouraged to conform to the ratios of students to
teachers recommended in the Quality Education Model 2000. + }
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