Oregon Statutes 342.143 – Issuance of licenses and registrations
(1) A teaching, personnel service or administrative license, or public charter school registration, may not be issued to any person until the person has attained the age of 18 years and has furnished satisfactory evidence of proper educational training.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 342.143
- Administrative license: means a license issued under ORS § 342. See Oregon Statutes 342.120
- Administrator: includes but is not limited to all superintendents, assistant superintendents, principals and academic program directors in public schools or education service districts who have direct responsibility for supervision or evaluation of licensed teachers and who are compensated for their services from public funds. See Oregon Statutes 342.120
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Teacher: includes all licensed employees in the public schools or employed by an education service district who have direct responsibility for instruction or coordination of educational programs and who are compensated for their services from public funds. See Oregon Statutes 342.120
(2) The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission may require an applicant for a teaching, personnel service or administrative license or for registration as a public charter school teacher or administrator to furnish evidence satisfactory to the commission of good moral character, mental and physical health, and such other evidence as the commission may deem necessary to establish the applicant’s fitness to serve as a teacher or administrator.
(3) Without limiting the powers of the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission under subsection (2) of this section:
(a) A teaching, personnel service or administrative license, or a public charter school registration, may not be issued to any person who:
(A) Has been convicted of a crime listed in ORS § 163.095, 163.107, 163.115, 163.185, 163.235, 163.355, 163.365, 163.375, 163.385, 163.395, 163.405, 163.408, 163.411, 163.415, 163.425, 163.427, 163.432, 163.433, 163.435, 163.445, 163.465, 163.515, 163.525, 163.547, 163.575, 163.670, 163.675 (1985 Replacement Part), 163.680 (1993 Edition), 163.684, 163.686, 163.687, 163.688, 163.689, 164.325, 164.415, 166.005, 166.087, 167.007, 167.008, 167.012, 167.017, 167.057, 167.062, 167.075, 167.080, 167.090, 475.808, 475.810, 475.812, 475.818, 475.820, 475.822, 475.828, 475.830, 475.832, 475.848, 475.852, 475.868, 475.872, 475.878, 475.880, 475.882, 475.888, 475.890, 475.892, 475.904 or 475.906.
(B) Has been convicted under ORS § 161.405 of an attempt to commit any of the crimes listed in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.
(C) Has been convicted in another jurisdiction of a crime that is substantially equivalent, as defined by rule, to any of the crimes listed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph.
(D) Has had a teaching, personnel service or administrative license, or a public charter school registration, revoked in another jurisdiction for a reason that is substantially equivalent, as defined by rule, to a reason described in ORS § 342.175 and the revocation is not subject to further appeal. A person whose right to apply for a license or registration is denied under this subparagraph may apply for reinstatement of the right as provided in ORS § 342.175 (4).
(b) The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission may refuse to issue a license or registration to any person who has been convicted of:
(A) A crime involving the illegal use, sale or possession of controlled substances; or
(B) A crime described in ORS § 475C.005 to 475C.525.
(4) In denying the issuance of a license or registration under this section, the commission shall follow the procedure set forth in ORS § 342.176 and 342.177. [1965 c.100 § 352; 1971 c.743 § 357; 1973 c.270 § 7; 1979 c.744 § 14; 1987 c.158 § 58; 1987 c.503 § 6; 1993 c.45 § 158; 1993 c.301 § 6; 1993 c.603 § 2; 1995 c.446 § 8; 1995 c.768 § 14; 1997 c.383 11,11a; 1999 c.199 § 8; 1999 c.308 § 1; 2005 c.708 § 52; 2007 c.575 § 11; 2007 c.869 § 10; 2007 c.876 § 8; 2009 c.386 § 4; 2011 c.151 § 11; 2011 c.524 § 21; 2011 c.681 § 7; 2013 c.591 § 11; 2015 c.245 § 6; 2017 c.21 § 50; 2019 c.635 § 21]