Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 581 - OREGON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Division 17 - STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS
Section 581-017-0693 - Latino/a/x and Indigenous Student Success Plan Grant Program: Definitions

(1) "Afro-Latino/a/x" means an individual from Mexican, Central American, South American, or Caribbean communities who identify with African ancestry.

(2) "Central American" means an individual of descent from: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, or Panama, including Black, Afro-Latino/a/x, and Indigenous communities residing in those nations.

(3) "Community-Based Organization" means a nonprofit organization that is reflective of a community or significant segments of a community it seeks to serve.

(4) "Community Voice" means that members representing the community served by the project will be involved in co-constructing the project design, implementation, and/or providing strategic guidance in final decision-making.

(5) "Culturally Specific Organization" means an organization that serves a particular cultural community and is primarily staffed and led by members of that community; these organizations demonstrate: intimate knowledge of lived experience of the community, including but not limited to the impact of structural and individual racism or discrimination on the community; knowledge of specific disparities, barriers or challenges documented in the community and how that influences the structure of their program or service; commitment to the community's strength-based and self-driven thriving and resilience; ability to describe and adapt their services to the community's cultural practices, health and safety beliefs/practices, positive cultural identity/pride, religious beliefs, etc.

(6) "Department" means the Oregon Department of Education.

(7) "Disproportionate" refers to unequal or inequitable differences in access and outcomes that historical and current-day White supremacy has created between certain families, children and students. What is "proportionate," however, must also be critically analyzed and addressed in terms of its values, intent, and ideology.

(8) "Indigenous" means an individual from Mexican, Central American, South American, or Caribbean communities who identify with indigenous or tribal communities from those geographic regions.

(9) "Latino/a/x and Indigenous Student Success Grant" or "Grant" means a grant established by ORS 329.845.

(10) "Latino/a/x and Indigenous Student Success Plan" means the plan established by ORS 329.845 and adopted by the State Board of Education.

(11) "Partnership" means a group of organizations, Tribes, districts or individuals who agree to work together with a common interest and shared vision. In a partnership, there is a high level of trust and 2-way communication, and differences in power and privilege are addressed. Roles and responsibilities on all sides are well-defined and developed with shared authority in decision making. There might be shared space and staff, with expectations and agreements in writing..

(12) "South American" means an individual of descent from: Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Falkland Island including Black, Afro-Latino/a/x, and Indigenous communities residing in those nations.

(13) "Student" means a student enrolled in early childhood through post-secondary education who: