74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
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LC 543
 
                         House Bill 2039
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on
  Education)
 
 
                             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.
 
  Specifies that statutes and rules that apply to school district
boards, school districts or public schools do not apply to small
schools. Provides exceptions.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to small schools.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) As used in this section, 'small school '
means:
  (a) A school that qualifies as a remote small elementary school
under ORS 327.077.
  (b) A school that qualifies as a small high school under ORS
327.077.
  (2) Statutes and rules that apply to school district boards,
school districts or other public schools do not apply to small
schools. However, the following laws do apply to small schools:
  (a) Federal law;
  (b) ORS 192.410 to 192.505 (public records law);
  (c) ORS 192.610 to 192.690 (public meetings law);
  (d) ORS 297.405 to 297.555 and 297.990 (Municipal Audit Law);
  (e) ORS 181.534, 181.539, 326.603, 326.607 and 342.232
(criminal records checks);
  (f) ORS 337.150 (textbooks);
  (g) ORS 339.141, 339.147 and 339.155 (tuition and fees);
  (h) ORS 659.850 and 659.855 (discrimination);
  (i) ORS 30.260 to 30.300 (tort claims);
  (j) Health and safety statutes and rules;
  (k) The statewide assessment system developed by the Department
of Education for mathematics, science and English under ORS
329.485 (1);
  (L) ORS 329.045 (academic content standards and instruction);
  (m) Any statute or rule that establishes requirements for
instructional time provided by a school during each day or during
a year;
  (n) ORS 339.250 (12) (prohibition on infliction of corporal
punishment); and
  (o) ORS 339.370, 339.372 and 339.375 (reporting of child
abuse).
 
  (3) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, a school
district board may specify that statutes and rules that apply to
school district boards, school districts or other public schools
may apply to a small school within the school district. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Section 1 of this 2007 Act first applies to the
2008-2009 school year. + }
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