70th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--1999 Regular Session
Enrolled
Senate Bill 1329
Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ELECTIONS (at the request of
Senator Brady Adams)
CHAPTER ................
AN ACT
Relating to education; creating new provisions; amending ORS
326.310 and 329.105; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 329.105 is amended to read:
329.105. (1) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall
collect data and produce annual school district and school
{ - profiles - } { + performance reports + } containing
information on
{ - demographics, student performance in schools, student
access to educational opportunities and staff characteristics
described in this chapter. In addition, school district profiles
shall include a concise budget report of the school district,
including revenue and expenditures of the district. - } { +
student performance, student behavior and school characteristics.
(2)(a) In consultation with representatives of parents,
teachers, school district boards and school administrators, the
State Board of Education shall adopt, by rule, criteria for
grading schools. Such criteria shall take into account both
overall performance and improvement in performance. The
Superintendent of Public Instruction, based on the criteria
adopted by the State Board of Education, shall assign a grade to
each school for student performance, student behavior and school
characteristics and also shall assign an overall grade to the
school. The grades shall include classifications for exceptional
performance, strong performance, satisfactory performance, low
performance and unacceptable performance.
(b) The grades received by a school shall be included in the
school district and school performance reports.
(c) If a school is within the low performance or unacceptable
performance classification in any category, the school shall file
a school improvement plan with the Superintendent of Public
Instruction and with the school district board and the 21st
Century Schools Council for the school. + }
{ - (2) - } { + (3) + } The Superintendent of Public
Instruction shall notify the public and the media by
{ - September - } { + January + } 30 of each year { - as to
the availability of - } { + that + } school district and school
{ - profiles - } { + performance reports are available + } at
{ + schools and + } school
{ - district - } { + districts + } and { + at the + }
Department of Education { + website and + } offices. The
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superintendent shall also include notice that copies of school
{ + and + } district { - and school self-evaluations - }
{ + improvement plans + } can be obtained from { - the - }
{ + school and + } school
{ - districts - } { + district offices + }. { + Each school
district shall send a copy of the school district and applicable
school performance reports to each parent of a child enrolled in
a public school in the school district. + }
SECTION 2. { + The amendments to ORS 329.105 by section 1 of
this 1999 Act shall apply to school district and school
performance reports produced by the Superintendent of Public
Instruction after the effective date of this 1999 Act. + }
SECTION 3. ORS 326.310 is amended to read:
326.310. Except as provided by ORS 326.041, 326.051, 326.375,
341.005, 341.015, 341.440, 341.455, 341.626, 341.655 and 341.933,
the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall exercise, under
the direction of the State Board of Education, a general
superintendence of school officers and the public schools. In
carrying out the duties of office, the Superintendent of Public
Instruction shall:
(1) Act as administrative officer of the State Board of
Education.
(2) Act as executive head of the Department of Education and
direct and supervise all activities of the department.
(3) Assist all district school boards, education service
district boards and county school boards in answering questions
concerning the proper administration of the school laws, the
rules of the State Board of Education and the ministerial duties
of school officers and teachers. The decision of the
superintendent shall guide school officers and teachers in the
performance of their duties relating to the matters decided. The
superintendent may submit any question to the State Board of
Education which shall then decide the question.
(4) Obtain and compile such statistical information relative to
the condition and operation of the public schools as the
superintendent or the state board may consider advisable for the
advancement of education and for the information of the state
board { + and the public + }.
(5) Appoint, subject to the State Personnel Relations Law and
with the approval of the State Board of Education, such personnel
as may be necessary for the performance of the duties of the
office of the superintendent. The Superintendent of Public
Instruction may designate one or more suitable persons to sign or
countersign warrants, vouchers, certificates or other papers and
documents requiring the signature of the superintendent.
(6) Administer and supervise adult education programs in the
public elementary and secondary schools.
(7) Perform such other functions as may be necessary to the
performance of the duties of the superintendent.
SECTION 4. { + This 1999 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 1999 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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Passed by Senate July 15, 1999
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Secretary of Senate
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President of Senate
Passed by House July 19, 1999
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Speaker of House
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Received by Governor:
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Approved:
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Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
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Secretary of State
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