Oregon Statutes 329.025 – Characteristics of school system
It is the intent of the Legislative Assembly to maintain a system of public elementary and secondary schools that allows students, parents, teachers, administrators, school district boards and the State Board of Education to be accountable for the development and improvement of the public school system. The public school system shall have the following characteristics:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 329.025
- Academic content standards: means expectations of student knowledge and skills adopted by the State Board of Education under ORS § 329. See Oregon Statutes 329.007
- Higher education and career path skills: means instruction that provides guidance on:
(a) Applying for jobs, including preparing a resume or filling out a job application and developing job interview skills;
(b) Applying for admission to a post-secondary institution of education, including applying for financial aid and scholarships;
(c) Applying for post-secondary learning and job training opportunities and programs that do not require a four-year degree, including apprenticeships and how to meet the prerequisites for those opportunities and programs;
(d) Developing career-related skills, including improving employability skills, taking advantage of community-based experiential learning and gaining knowledge of career opportunities; and
(e) Seeking assistance, including accessing community resources and acting as a self-advocate for mental, physical and financial well-being. See Oregon Statutes 329.007
- Language arts: includes reading, writing and other communications in any language, including English. See Oregon Statutes 329.007
- Parents: means parents or guardians of students who are covered by this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 329.007
- Personal financial education: means instruction that provides guidance on:
(a) Credit scores, including how to build credit, the costs and benefits of borrowing money on credit and the long-term impacts of high or low credit scores;
(b) Investments, asset building and debt, including how to open a bank account, different types of bank accounts, compound interest, the total cost of loan repayment, comparing investment options and types of investments and understanding different types of retirement accounts;
(c) Strategies for creating a budget, tracking and modifying spending patterns and understanding insurance products, including exploring common costs associated with rentals and home ownership;
(d) Taxes, including accessing tax credits, understanding tax cycles, being familiar with state and federal tax forms and being familiar with federal, state, regional and local taxes; and
(e) Building financial well-being, including evaluating the impact of behavioral economics and the psychology of money, explaining trends in financial health and evaluating consumer skills, including fraud and identity theft prevention. See Oregon Statutes 329.007
- School district: includes common and union high school districts. See Oregon Statutes 328.001
- state board: means the State Board of Education. See Oregon Statutes 329.007
- World languages: includes sign language, heritage languages and languages other than a student's primary language. See Oregon Statutes 329.007
(1) Provides equal and open access and educational opportunities for all students in the state regardless of their linguistic background, culture, race, gender, capability or geographic location;
(2) Assumes that all students can learn and establishes high, specific skill and knowledge expectations and recognizes individual differences at all instructional levels;
(3) Provides each student an education experience that supports academic growth beyond proficiency in established academic content standards and encourages students to attain aspirational goals that are individually challenging;
(4) Provides special education, compensatory education, linguistically and culturally appropriate education and other specialized programs to all students who need those services;
(5) Supports the physical and cognitive growth and development of students;
(6) Provides students with a solid foundation in the skills of reading, writing, problem solving and communication;
(7) Provides opportunities for students to learn, think, reason, retrieve information, use technology and work effectively alone and in groups;
(8) Provides for rigorous academic content standards and instruction in mathematics, science, language arts, history, geography, economics, civics, higher education and career path skills, personal financial education, physical education, health, the arts and world languages;
(9) Provides increased learning time;
(10) Provides students an educational background to the end that they will function successfully in a constitutional republic, a participatory democracy and a multicultural nation and world;
(11) Provides students with the knowledge and skills that will provide the opportunities to succeed in the world of work, as members of families and as citizens;
(12) Provides students with the knowledge and skills that lead to an active, healthy lifestyle;
(13) Provides students with the knowledge and skills to take responsibility for their decisions and choices;
(14) Provides opportunities for students to learn through a variety of teaching strategies;
(15) Emphasizes involvement of parents and the community in the total education of students;
(16) Transports children safely to and from school;
(17) Ensures that the funds allocated to schools reflect the uncontrollable differences in costs facing each district;
(18) Ensures that local schools have adequate control of how funds are spent to best meet the needs of students in their communities; and
(19) Provides for a safe, educational environment. [Formerly 326.715; 1995 c.660 § 4; 1999 c.1029 § 2; 2003 c.303 § 3; 2007 c.858 § 3; 2009 c.101 § 2; 2009 c.843 § 1; 2012 c.91 § 16; 2013 c.15 § 2; 2021 c.178 § 4; 2023 c.564 § 5]
[Repealed by 1957 c.678 § 1]
[Formerly 326.720; 1995 c.660 § 5; 2003 c.303 § 4; repealed by 2007 c.858 § 40]
[Repealed by 1963 c.544 § 52]