Oregon Statutes 342.173 – Effect of employing certain persons; sanctions; rules
Any school district or education service district that employs any person not properly licensed or registered by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission, or licensed by the commission but not assigned in accordance with rules of the commission, shall be subject to sanctions imposed by the commission. A sanction must be imposed according to rules adopted by the commission and is effective unless:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 342.173
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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.
- 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
(1) The assignment is made with justification satisfactory to the commission.
(2) The person is employed as a teacher by a post-secondary institution that is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, or its successor, and that has a contract with a school district under which the person is teaching at the high school level. The contract shall be approved by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission, including criteria for a person’s qualifications under paragraph (b) of this subsection. The contract shall:
(a) Be for a specific instructional assignment for which the district does not have appropriately licensed personnel either on staff or available to be placed on staff after a reasonably diligent search;
(b) Provide evidence that the person’s qualifications are appropriate for the assignment;
(c) Allow the person to teach no more than two high school units of credit or the equivalent per year; and
(d) Not be valid during a school closure, strike or summer session.
(3) The person is teaching an online course originating outside this state.
(4) The person is employed as provided by ORS § 342.125 (2). [1965 c.100 § 353; 1975 c.278 § 2; 1977 c.635 § 10; 1979 c.307 § 2; 1981 c.469 § 1; 1981 c.663 § 4; 1987 c.401 § 1; 1987 c.503 § 1a; 1989 c.150 § 1; 1989 c.162 § 1; 1989 c.493 § 1; 1991 c.67 § 83; 1991 c.710 § 2; 1991 c.780 22,23; 1997 c.383 § 12; 2013 c.1 § 39; 2015 c.245 § 10; 2017 c.446 § 3; 2018 c.72 § 4]
[1975 c.278 § 7; 1987 c.320 § 156; 1993 c.45 § 167; renumbered 179.405 in 1993]
(Discipline)