Bill Text: OR HB3577 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

Oregon House Bill 3577 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to school district property; declaring an emergency.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB3577 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB3577-Introduced.html



     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .

LC 3279

                         House Bill 3577

Sponsored by Representative J SMITH

                             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.

  Directs district school board to provide notice of school
closure to boards of adjacent school districts and to give
priority of use and permission of use of school building to
adjacent school district.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to school district property; creating new provisions;
  amending ORS 332.158; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Section 2 of this 2011 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS chapter 332. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + If a district school board decides to close a
school in the school district, the board shall:
  (1) Inform the boards of adjacent school districts of the
closure;
  (2) Give priority of the use of the school building to an
adjacent school district; and
  (3) Provide written permission required by ORS 332.158, unless
the permission would create an undue hardship on the school
district. + }
  SECTION 3. ORS 332.158 is amended to read:
  332.158. (1) A district school board may lease, purchase,
construct, reconstruct, improve, repair, equip and furnish a
school in another school district and may expend bond proceeds
and other funds available to the board for such purposes if the
board has the written permission of the district school board of
the school district in which the school will be located. The
written permission required by this subsection   { - shall be - }
 { + must be:
  (a) + } Obtained prior to the first day on which students will
attend classes in the school  { - . - }  { + ; and
  (b) Provided if a school is closed, unless provision of the
permission would cause an undue hardship for the school
district. + }
  (2) If a district school board opens a school in another school
district and does not obtain the written permission required by
subsection (1) of this section, the board of the school district
in which the school has been opened may file a complaint with the
Superintendent of Public Instruction. Upon receipt of a
complaint, the state superintendent shall schedule a contested
case hearing pursuant to ORS 183.413 to 183.470. If it is
determined that the written permission required by subsection (1)
of this section was not obtained, the state superintendent shall
withhold the State School Fund grant otherwise allocated to the
district that opened the school in another district until the
written permission is obtained or until some other date as
determined by the state superintendent.
  SECTION 4.  { + This 2011 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2011 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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