Chapter 986 Oregon Laws 1999

Session Law

AN ACT

SB 164

Relating to community college out-of-district services; creating new provisions; amending ORS 341.019 and 341.317; and repealing ORS 341.021, 341.022 and 341.024.

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

SECTION 1. ORS 341.019 is amended to read:

341.019. (1) All areas within this state shall be served by a community college district. Such services may be provided either:

(a) Directly by formation of a community college district; or

(b) Indirectly [by contract] with an existing community college district.

(2) The Office of Community College Services shall fix responsibility for serving each area that is not within a community college district. Where feasible, each area shall be a whole county or a group of counties or that part of a county not already in a community college district.

[(3) In order to obtain the services described in subsection (1)(b) of this section, residents of a nondistrict area must indicate their interest in receiving services by requesting formation of a local advisory committee and seeking the advice and counsel of the Office of Community College Services.]

(3) Students residing outside of community college districts may be used to determine the number of full-time equivalent students for purposes of reimbursement under ORS 341.626.

[(4) The State Board of Education by rule shall establish standards for determining when there is sufficient interest among the residents of a nondistrict area to warrant appointment of a local advisory committee.]

[(5) When the Office of Community College Services has made the determination under subsection (4) of this section, the office and the interested residents of the nondistrict area shall apply jointly to the governing body of the county for the appointment of a local advisory committee.]

[(6) Upon application, the governing body of the county shall appoint a local advisory committee and shall insure that the committee is broadly representative of the nondistrict area.]

[(7) If the nondistrict area involves two or more counties, the governing body of each county shall appoint members to the local advisory committee in proportion to the number of county residents within the nondistrict area.]

[(8) The governing body of a county making appointments under subsection (6) or (7) of this section shall not be obligated to fund any part of the budget described in ORS 341.021 (3).]

[(9) The duties of the local advisory committee shall include, but need not be limited to, advising the officials of the community college district serving the nondistrict area on the educational needs of the area.]

[(10) As used in ORS 341.019 to 341.022, "community college district" includes a community college service district.]

SECTION 2. ORS 341.317 is amended to read:

341.317. (1) Reimbursement from the Community College Support Fund established in ORS 341.620 may be made available to community colleges that deliver educational services to inmates confined to the state-operated correctional facilities and to locally operated correctional facilities. Such reimbursement shall be distributed as directed in ORS 341.626 and the rules of the State Board of Education.

(2) The State Board of Education shall review and approve services to correctional institutions at least once biennially.

[(3) The enrollment limitation, as provided by ORS 341.022, does not apply to persons receiving services under this section.]

[(4)] (3) Reimbursement from the Community College Support Fund established in ORS 341.620 may not be made available to community colleges for delivering educational services to inmates confined in federal prisons. Neither shall local property taxes be used to support such services. A host community college shall support such services through a contractual arrangement with the Federal Government.

SECTION 3. ORS 341.021, 341.022 and 341.024 are repealed.

SECTION 4. The repeal of statutes by section 3 of this 1999 Act and the amendments to ORS 341.019 and 341.317 by sections 1 and 2 of this 1999 Act become operative on July 1, 2001, if the State Board of Education determines that the appropriations required to meet the fiscal impact of the repeal of statutes by section 3 of this 1999 Act and the amendments to ORS 341.019 and 341.317 by sections 1 and 2 of this 1999 Act are made during the regular session of the Seventy-first Legislative Assembly.

SECTION 5. During the 1999-2001 biennium, the Office of Community College Services shall develop a transition plan for the implementation of the repeal of statutes by section 3 of this 1999 Act and the amendments to ORS 341.019 and 341.317 by sections 1 and 2 of this 1999 Act. The plan shall include a method for counting students residing outside of a community college district for purposes of reimbursement under ORS 341.626 beginning with the 2001-2003 biennium.

Approved by the Governor August 20, 1999

Filed in the office of Secretary of State August 23, 1999

Effective date October 23, 1999

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