Oregon Statutes 341.025 – Petition for formation of district
(1) Whenever the electors registered in contiguous territory desire the formation of a community college district, they may sign a petition requesting the formation of such a district and present it to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 341.025
- Board: means the board of education of a community college district. See Oregon Statutes 341.005
- community college: means a public institution operated by a community college district for the purposes of providing courses of study limited to not more than two years' full-time attendance and designed to meet the needs of a geographical area by providing educational services, including but not limited to career and technical education programs or lower division collegiate programs. See Oregon Statutes 341.005
- Community college district: includes a community college service district. See Oregon Statutes 341.005
- district: means a district formed under this chapter to operate one or more community colleges or to secure educational services available at a community college. See Oregon Statutes 341.005
(2) The petition must be substantially in the form established by the commission, which shall furnish the petition form. The petition:
(a) Must contain the minimum number of signatures fixed by the commission of 500, or 10 percent of the electors registered in each county or part of a county within the designated territory, whichever is the lesser;
(b) Must designate the boundaries of the territory to be included in the proposed district, which may include all or part of the territory lying within the boundaries of a school district and may be located in more than one county;
(c) Must request that the territory be organized into a district;
(d) May specify or reserve the right to specify the location for the proposed community college or may request the commission to determine the location;
(e) Must specify the method of nomination and election of the board of education of the proposed district from among the methods described in ORS § 341.327; and
(f) Must contain any other information required by rules of the commission. [Formerly 341.710; 1967 c.465 § 5; 1969 c.220 § 1; 1969 c.673 § 1; 1971 c.513 § 73; 1983 c.83 § 71; 1983 c.350 § 194; 1989 c.261 § 1; 1995 c.67 § 5; 2013 c.747 § 48]
[Repealed by 1965 c.100 § 456]
[Formerly 341.720; repealed by 1969 c.673 § 14]
[1971 c.513 § 74b; 1987 c.192 § 1; repealed by 1989 c.261 § 4]