74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 2274
 
                           B-Engrossed
 
                         Senate Bill 392
                   Ordered by the House May 21
     Including Senate Amendments dated February 13 and House
                           Amendments
                          dated May 21
 
Sponsored by Senators DEVLIN, WALKER
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
  Lowers minimum age for required school attendance.
  Directs State Board of Education to adopt rules ensuring that
child beginning public school for first time be placed { + , in
consultation with child's parent or legal guardian, + } in grade
level appropriate to child's   { - cognitive - }  development.
   { +  Requires board to establish by rule procedures whereby
exemption from compulsory attendance may be granted to parent or
legal guardian of child who is six years of age. + }
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to school attendance; creating new provisions; and
  amending ORS 339.010, 339.020 and 339.030.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 339.010 is amended to read:
  339.010. Except as provided in ORS 339.030, all children
between the ages of   { - 7 - }  { +  6 + } and 18 years who have
not completed the 12th grade are required to attend regularly a
public full-time school of the school district in which the child
resides.
  SECTION 2. ORS 339.020 is amended to read:
  339.020. Except as provided in ORS 339.030, every person having
control of any child between the ages of   { - 7 - }  { +  6 + }
and 18 years who has not completed the 12th grade is required to
send such child to and maintain such child in regular attendance
at a public full-time school during the entire school term.
  SECTION 3.  { + The amendments to ORS 339.010 and 339.020 by
sections 1 and 2 of this 2007 Act first apply to a child who is
between the ages of 6 and 18 years at the beginning of the
2008-2009 school year of the school district in which the child
resides. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + The State Board of Education shall adopt rules
that ensure that a child who is six years of age and beginning
public school for the first time is placed, in consultation with
the child's parent or legal guardian, in a grade level that is
appropriate for the child's development. + }
  SECTION 5. ORS 339.030 is amended to read:
  339.030. (1) In the following cases, children shall not be
required to attend public full-time schools:
  (a) Children being taught in a private or parochial school in
the courses of study usually taught in grades 1 through 12 in the
public schools and in attendance for a period equivalent to that
required of children attending public schools in the 1994-1995
school year.
  (b) Children proving to the satisfaction of the district school
board that they have acquired equivalent knowledge to that
acquired in the courses of study taught in grades 1 through 12 in
the public schools.
  (c) Children being taught for a period equivalent to that
required of children attending public schools by a private
teacher the courses of study usually taught in grades 1 through
12 in the public school.
  (d) Children being educated in the children's home by a parent
or legal guardian.
  (e) Children excluded from attendance as provided by law.
  (2) The State Board of Education by rule shall establish
procedures whereby, on a semiannual basis, an exemption from
compulsory attendance may be granted to the parent or legal
guardian of any child 16 or 17 years of age who is lawfully
employed full-time, lawfully employed part-time and enrolled in
school, a community college or an alternative education program
as defined in ORS 336.615. An exemption also may be granted to
any child who is an emancipated minor or who has initiated the
procedure for emancipation under ORS 419B.550 to 419B.558.
   { +  (3) The board by rule shall establish procedures whereby
an exemption from compulsory attendance may be granted to the
parent or legal guardian of any child who is six years of
age. + }
  SECTION 6.  { + The State Board of Education shall adopt the
rules required by section 4 of this 2007 Act and by ORS 339.030,
as amended by section 5 of this 2007 Act, prior to the beginning
of the 2008-2009 school year. + }
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