Oregon Statutes 341.579 – Vote on proposed boundary change subject to ORS 341.577; commissions order
(1) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall submit the question of any boundary change pertaining to a community college district subject to ORS § 341.577 to a vote of the electors held the same day in both the original territory and the new territory.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 341.579
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- 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) If the proposed boundary change is defeated in either territory, the same or a substantially similar change shall not be considered until at least 12 months have elapsed from the date of the election at which the proposed change was defeated. If the vote is favorable in both the original territory and the new territory, and subject to determination by the commission that there is a legislative appropriation to the Community College Support Fund established in ORS § 341.620 to support the new district resulting from the boundary change at a level commensurate with support for other community college districts, then the commission shall declare the change effective on the date determined under ORS § 341.565. Implementation of the commission’s order shall take place only if the funds needed to accommodate the impact of annexation on other local education districts are appropriated specifically for that purpose by the Legislative Assembly or allocated by the Emergency Board. [1995 c.357 § 3; 2013 c.747 § 69]
[1959 c.641 § 29; 1963 c.483 § 12; 1965 c.100 § 333; renumbered 341.465]
[1959 c.641 § 30; 1961 c.602 § 7; repealed by 1965 c.100 § 456]
[1959 c.641 26, 27; 1961 c.602 § 8; 1963 c.483 § 13; 1965 c.100 § 336; renumbered 341.535]
EXPANSION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS