2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 348 - Student Aid; Education Stability Fund; Planning
Section 348.605 - Restrictions and duties of exempted schools.

(a) Award more than 25 percent of the credit toward a degree for noninstructional activities, such as challenge examinations and professional or life experiences;
(b) Represent that the school is:
(A) Approved by the State of Oregon; or
(B) Accredited by an organization unless the organization is recognized as an accreditor by the United States Department of Education; or
(c) Pay a faculty member a commission or otherwise base a faculty member’s compensation on the faculty member’s recruitment of students to the school.
(2) A school that obtains an exemption under ORS 348.604 or that, on July 14, 2005, met the criteria and followed procedures to obtain a religious exemption adopted by rule by the Oregon Student Access Commission and that offered only degrees with approved titles in theology or religious occupations shall:
(a) Preserve official transcripts for all faculty members and students;
(b) Notify the Higher Education Coordinating Commission if a faculty member or administrator at the school has:
(A) Been convicted of a felony; or
(B) Violated a state or federal law related to the operation of a school;
(c) Place in any course catalog that is available to students or to the public a notice that states: "(Name of school) has been granted exempt status by the State of Oregon to offer theological and/or religious occupations degrees.";
(d) If the school closes, return to students tuition payments for the current term on a prorated basis;
(e) If the school provides placement services to a student, describe the placement services clearly and accurately to the student and avoid giving unrealistic expectations of placement to the student; and
(f) If an administrator claims to possess an academic degree:
(A) Ensure that the administrator possesses the academic degree that the administrator claims to possess; and
(B) Require that the degree is from a school that, at the time of the conferral of the degree, was accredited by a federally recognized accrediting organization, held an exemption under this section, or was a school that, on July 14, 2005, met the criteria and followed procedures to obtain a religious exemption adopted by rule by the Oregon Student Access Commission and offered only degrees with approved titles in theology or religious occupations. [2005 c.546 §3; 2011 c.353 §3; 2011 c.637 §182]
Note: See second note under 348.597.

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