Chapter 93 Oregon Laws 2005

AN ACT

HB 2443

Relating to school district boards; creating new provisions; amending ORS 332.016; and declaring an emergency.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. ORS 332.016 is amended to read:

332.016. (1) A person who is an employee of a school district may not serve as a member of the district school board for the district by which the employee is employed.

(2) A person who is an employee of a public charter school may not serve as a member of the district school board of the district in which the public charter school that employs the person is located.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) or (2) of this section, a person who is an employee of a school district or a public charter school may serve as a member of the district school board for the district by which the employee is employed or the district in which the public charter school that employs the person is located if:

(a) The person is employed by the district or public charter school as a substitute school bus driver; and

(b) The district has an average daily membership (ADM), as defined in ORS 327.006, of 50 or less.

(4) A district school board member who was eligible to serve on a district school board under subsection (3) of this section at the beginning of the member’s term of office may continue to serve on the board for the remainder of the member’s term of office regardless of any change to the ADM of the district.

SECTION 2. The amendments to ORS 332.016 by section 1 of this 2005 Act apply to any district school board member who is a member on the effective date of this 2005 Act and to any district school board member whose term of office begins on or after the effective date of this 2005 Act.

SECTION 3. This 2005 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2005 Act takes effect July 1, 2005.

Approved by the Governor May 25, 2005

Filed in the office of Secretary of State May 25, 2005

Effective date July 1, 2005

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