Chapter 519
AN ACT
SB 779
Relating to school district complaint process; and declaring an
emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of
the State of
SECTION 1. (1) The State Board of Education shall adopt
by
rule requirements for the process that a school
district must use when the district receives a complaint pertaining to whether
a school in the district is a standard school as defined in ORS 327.006.
(2) The rules adopted by
the board shall require school districts to establish and implement a process
for the prompt resolution of a complaint and shall require the process to:
(a) Have specific
timelines for the completion of the process by both the district and the person
making the complaint;
(b) Have a specific time
period within which the district must make a final decision on a complaint,
after which the final decision on the complaint may be appealed to the
Superintendent of Public Instruction; and
(c) Recognize that if a
district does not provide a written decision within the specific time period,
failure to provide such a decision will be regarded as the district’s final
decision.
SECTION 2. This 2007 Act being necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is
declared to exist, and this 2007 Act takes effect July 1, 2007.
Approved by the Governor June 20, 2007
Filed in the office of Secretary of State June 21, 2007
Effective date July 1, 2007
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