Bill Text: OR SB545 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to residency requirements of public charter schools; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB545 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-SB545-Introduced.html

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     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
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LC 1106

                         Senate Bill 545

Sponsored by Senator GEORGE (Presession filed.)

                             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.

  Exempts public charter schools established on or before August
1, 2005, from requirement that 50 percent or more of students who
attend school that offers online courses must reside in school
district where school is located.
  Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2011.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to residency requirements of public charter schools;
  amending ORS 338.125; repealing section 13c, chapter 691,
  Oregon Laws 2009; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 338.125 is amended to read:
  338.125. (1) Student enrollment in a public charter school
shall be voluntary. All students who reside within the school
district where the public charter school is located are eligible
for enrollment at a public charter school. If the number of
applications from students who reside within the school district
exceeds the capacity of a program, class, grade level or
building, the public charter school shall select students through
an equitable lottery selection process. However, after a public
charter school has been in operation for one or more years, the
public charter school may give priority for admission to
students:
  (a) Who were enrolled in the school in the prior year; or
  (b) Who have siblings who are presently enrolled in the school
and who were enrolled in the school in the prior year.
  (2)(a)   { - If space is available - }   { + Subject to the
restrictions described in paragraph (b) of this subsection, + } a
public charter school may admit students who do not reside in the
school district in which the public charter school is
located { +  if space is available + }.
  (b)   { - Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection,
if - }  A public charter school  { + that + } offers any online
courses as part of the curriculum of the school  { - , then - }
 { + and that was established after August 1, 2005, must ensure
that + } 50 percent or more of the students who attend the public
charter school   { - must - }  reside in the school district in
which the public charter school is located.
  (3) A public charter school may not limit student admission
based on race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity,
national origin, disability, income level, proficiency in the
English language or athletic ability, but may limit admission to
students within a given age group or grade level.
  (4) A public charter school may conduct fund-raising
activities. However, a public charter school may not require a
student to participate in fund-raising activities as a condition
of admission to the public charter school.
  SECTION 2.  { + Section 13c, chapter 691, Oregon Laws 2009, is
repealed. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + 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 July 1,
2011. + }
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