72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 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 2751
 
                         Senate Bill 454
 
Sponsored by Senator MORRISETTE
 
 
                             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 as
introduced.
 
  Requires children between ages of 5 and 7 years who are
enrolled in public school to regularly attend school. Provides
exception for children who are withdrawn from school.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to school attendance; creating new provisions; and
  amending ORS 339.010, 339.020 and 339.030.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 339.010 is amended to read:
  339.010. Except as provided in ORS 339.030, all children { + :
  (1) + } Between the ages of 7 and 18 years who have not
completed the 12th grade are required to attend regularly a
public full-time school of the school district in which the child
resides { + .
  (2) Between the ages of 5 and 7 years who are enrolled in a
public school of a school district are required to attend
regularly a public kindergarten or public full-time school + }.
  SECTION 2.  { + The amendments to ORS 339.010 by section 1 of
this 2003 Act first apply to a child who is enrolled at a public
school at the beginning of the 2004-2005 school year. + }
  SECTION 3. ORS 339.020 is amended to read:
  339.020. Except as provided in ORS 339.030, every person having
control of any child { + :
  (1) + } Between the ages of 7 and 18 years who has not
completed the 12th grade is required to send such child to and
maintain such child in regular attendance at a public full-time
school during the entire school term { + ; or
  (2) Between the ages of 5 and 7 years who is enrolled in a
public school of a school district is required to send such child
to and maintain such child in regular attendance at a public
kindergarten or a public full-time school during the entire
school term + }.
  SECTION 4.  { + The amendments to ORS 339.020 by section 3 of
this 2003 Act first apply to persons having control of any child
who is enrolled in a public school at the beginning of the
2004-2005 school year. + }
  SECTION 5. ORS 339.030 is amended to read:
  339.030. (1) In the following cases, children   { - shall - }
 { +  are + } not
  { - be - }  required to attend public full-time schools:
 
  (a) Children being taught in a private or parochial school in
the courses of study usually taught in grades 1 through 12 in the
public schools and in attendance for a period equivalent to that
required of children attending public schools in the 1994-1995
school year.
  (b) Children proving to the satisfaction of the district school
board that they have acquired equivalent knowledge to that
acquired in the courses of study taught in grades 1 through 12 in
the public schools.
  (c) Children being taught for a period equivalent to that
required of children attending public schools by a private
teacher the courses of study usually taught in grades 1 through
12 in the public school.
  (d) Children being educated in the children's home by a parent
or legal guardian.
  (e) Children excluded from attendance as provided by law.
   { +  (f) Children between the ages of 5 and 7 years who were
enrolled in a public school of a school district and then
withdrawn by a parent or legal guardian after the parent or legal
guardian conferred with the school district. + }
  (2) The State Board of Education by rule shall establish
procedures whereby, on a semiannual basis, an exemption from
compulsory attendance may be granted to the parent or legal
guardian of any child 16 or 17 years of age who is lawfully
employed full-time, lawfully employed part-time and enrolled in
school, a community college or an alternative education program
as defined in ORS 336.615. An exemption also may be granted to
any child who is an emancipated minor or who has initiated the
procedure for emancipation under ORS 419B.550 to 419B.558.
  SECTION 6.  { + The amendments to ORS 339.030 by section 5 of
this 2003 Act first apply to a child who is enrolled at a public
school at the beginning of the 2004-2005 school year. + }
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