75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 991
 
                         House Bill 3120
 
Sponsored by Representative WHISNANT; Representatives CAMERON,
  ESQUIVEL, FREEMAN, GILMAN, HANNA, HUFFMAN, KRIEGER, MAURER,
  RICHARDSON, SPRENGER, THATCHER, THOMPSON, WEIDNER, WINGARD
 
 
                             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.
 
  Removes restriction on public charter schools offering online
courses that 50 percent or more of students in school must reside
in school district in which school is located.
  Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2009.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to public charter schools; creating new provisions;
  amending ORS 338.125; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 338.125, as amended by section 23, chapter 100,
Oregon Laws 2007, is amended to read:
  338.125. (1) Student enrollment in a public charter school
shall be voluntary. All students who reside within the school
district where the public charter school is located are eligible
for enrollment at a public charter school. If the number of
applications from students who reside within the school district
exceeds the capacity of a program, class, grade level or
building, the public charter school shall select students through
an equitable lottery selection process. However, after a public
charter school has been in operation for one or more years, the
public charter school may give priority for admission to
students:
  (a) Who were enrolled in the school in the prior year; or
  (b) Who have siblings who are presently enrolled in the school
and who were enrolled in the school in the prior year.
  (2)  { - (a) - }  If space is available a public charter school
may admit students who do not reside in the school district in
which the public charter school is located.
    { - (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, if
a public charter school offers any online courses as part of the
curriculum of the school, then 50 percent or more of the students
who attend the public charter school must reside in the school
district in which the public charter school is located. - }
  (3) A public charter school may not limit student admission
based on race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity,
national origin, disability, income level, proficiency in the
English language or athletic ability, but may limit admission to
students within a given age group or grade level.
 
  (4) A public charter school may conduct fund-raising
activities. However, a public charter school may not require a
student to participate in fund-raising activities as a condition
of admission to the public charter school.
  SECTION 2.  { + The amendments to ORS 338.125 by section 1 of
this 2009 Act first apply to the 2009-2010 school year. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2009 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2009 Act takes effect July 1,
2009. + }
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