(1) As used in this section:

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(a) ‘Classified school employee’ includes all employees of a school district except those for whom a teaching or administrative license is required as a basis for employment in a school district.

(b) ‘Individualized education program’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 343.035.

(c) ‘School district’ means:

(A) A common school district or a union high school district.

(B) An education service district.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a school district that employs classified school employees who provide significant special education support, as determined under subsection (4) of this section, may not establish, for any purpose, a policy that requires the work day hours of a classified school employee to be fewer than five hours per work day on regular school days when schools are normally in operation and students are present.

(3)(a) A school district may reduce the work day hours of a classified school employee to fewer than five hours per work day if the reduction in hours is at the written request of the employee.

(b) A school district may not coerce or require, as a condition of employment or continuation of employment, a classified school employee to make a request for a reduction in work day hours.

(4) For the purpose of this section, a classified school employee provides significant special education support if 75 percent or more of the employee’s student caseload consists of students who have an individualized education program. [2023 c.592 § 6]

342.626 becomes operative July 1, 2024. See section 7, chapter 592, Oregon Laws 2023.

342.626 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS Chapter 342 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

[Repealed by 1965 c.100 § 456]

[Amended by 1957 c.443 § 1; 1965 c.100 § 369; renumbered 342.513]

[Amended by 1965 c.100 § 373; 1965 c.163 § 1; renumbered 342.545]

[Amended by 1953 c.36 § 2; 1959 c.441 § 1; 1965 c.100 § 374; renumbered 342.553]

[Amended by 1965 c.100 § 387; 2009 c.744 § 4; repealed by 2010 c.105 § 3]

[Amended by 1965 c.100 § 388; 1987 c.503 § 3; repealed by 2010 c.105 § 3]

[Repealed by 1965 c.100 § 456]

[1969 c.266 1,2,3; 1993 c.45 § 186; renumbered 332.544 in 1993]