2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 338 - Public Charter Schools
Section 338.005 - Definitions for chapter.


(1) "Applicant" means any person or group that develops and submits a written proposal for a public charter school to a sponsor.
(2) "Public charter school" means an elementary or secondary school offering a comprehensive instructional program operating under a written agreement entered into between a sponsor and an applicant and operating pursuant to this chapter.
(3) "Remote and necessary school district" means a school district that offers kindergarten through grade 12 and has:
(a) An average daily membership (ADM), as defined in ORS 327.006, in the prior fiscal year of less than 110; and
(b) A school that is located, by the nearest traveled road, more than 20 miles from the nearest school or from a city with a population of more than 5,000.
(4) "Sponsor" means:
(a) The board of the common school district or the union high school district in which the public charter school is located that has developed a written charter with an applicant to create a public charter school.
(b) The State Board of Education pursuant to ORS 338.075.
(5)(a) "Virtual public charter school" means a public charter school that provides online courses.
(b) "Virtual public charter school" does not include a public charter school that primarily serves students in a physical location. [1999 c.200 §2; 2007 c.575 §2; 2009 c.691 §1; 2011 c.695 §1; 2012 c.91 §19; 2018 c.72 §5]

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 09 - Education and Culture

Chapter 338 - Public Charter Schools

Section 338.005 - Definitions for chapter.

Section 338.015 - Legislative intent; goals.

Section 338.025 - Rules; waiver of provisions of chapter; exceptions.

Section 338.035 - Establishment requirements; proposal submission timeline; prohibitions.

Section 338.045 - Proposal requirements; technical assistance; buildings.

Section 338.055 - Evaluation process and criteria; appeals; mediation.

Section 338.065 - Terms and form of charter; renewal; appeal.

Section 338.075 - Review of school district board decision; sponsorship by State Board of Education; judicial review.

Section 338.080 - Cooperative agreement to provide educational services.

Section 338.095 - Financial management system; annual report, visit and audit.

Section 338.105 - Termination of charter; appeal; rules; dissolution or closure of school.

Section 338.115 - Applicability of laws; restrictions; powers; student diplomas and alternative certificates.

Section 338.120 - Additional requirements for virtual public charter schools; access to documents.

Section 338.125 - Student enrollment; nonresident students; appeals; written notices.

Section 338.135 - Employees; licensure and registration requirements; collective bargaining; prohibition on waiver of right to sponsor charter school.

Section 338.145 - Responsibility for student transportation services; costs.

Section 338.155 - Distributions of State School Fund amounts; grants available to charter schools.

Section 338.165 - Special education students; payment for services.