Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
A Standard Education for Oregon Students is comprised
of:
(1) Common Curriculum Goals. The
Common Curriculum Goals consist of:
(a)
Essential Learning Skills. The Essential Learning Skills are those skills
essential to learning and necessary for understanding in the subject matter
areas. The skills are: Reading, writing, speaking, listening, mathematics,
reasoning and study skills;
(b)
Common Knowledge and Skills. The Common Knowledge and Skills consists of facts,
concepts, principles, rules, procedures and methods of inquiry associated with
the following subject matter areas:
(A)
Language Arts;
(B)
Mathematics;
(C) Health
Education;
(D) Science
Education;
(E) Physical
Education;
(F) Social
Studies;
(G) Music;
(H) Art;
(I) Personal Finance;
(J) Second Language and Culture
(proposed);
(K) Career
Education.
(2)
Professional - Technical Education. Occupational preparation which blends the
interests and aptitudes of students with the skills and experience needed to
become employed, sustain economic independence and enter advanced education and
training.
(3) Education Programs
Mandated by State or Federal Law and Selected Other State Requirements
Presently Constituted:
(a) The approximately
30 programs mandated by state statutes are in two categories, instruction and
support. They include a diverse range of requirements such as protection of
trees and shrubs, commemorating women in history, providing free textbooks,
programs for talented and gifted students, transportation and properly
maintained buildings and grounds;
(b) The three federally mandated programs
are: The Asbestos Hazard Emergency Act of 1986, as amended; The Individuals
With Disabilities Act,
PL
101-476, that all children with disabilities have
an opportunity for a free appropriate public education; The Family Education
Rights and Privacy Act, PL 93-380, as amended by PL 93-568, that imposes
certain requirements and restrictions on the release of student
records;
(c) The following state
requirements contained in OAR chapter 581, division 022:
(A) Goals for Elementary and Secondary
Education;
(B) Graduation
Requirements;
(C) Education of
Talented and Gifted;
(D) Required
Days of Instruction;
(E) Required
Instructional Time;
(F)
Kindergarten Programs;
(G)
Standardization;
(H) Alternative
Education Program;
(I) Special
Education Program;
(J) Library
Media Skills Instruction.
(4) Character Education. Character Education
is the process of helping students develop and practice the core ethical values
that our diverse society shares and holds important. These values include, but
are not limited to, respect, responsibility, caring, trustworthiness, justice
and fairness, and civic virtue and citizenship.
(5) Student Activities under the auspices of
the secondary schools, which include the following:
(a) Student Government;
(b) Preparation of School Publications; e.g.,
newspaper, yearbook, literary magazine;
(c) Drama;
(d) Performing Music/Dance Groups;
(e) Interscholastic Athletics;
(f) Intramurals;
(g) Rally Squad/Dance Team/Flag
Line;
(h) Competitive Speech and
Debate;
(i) Instruction
program-related clubs or organizations; e.g., Distributive Education Club of
America, Future Business Leaders of America, Future Farmers of America, Home
Economics Related Occupations, Vocational Industrial Clubs of
America.
(6)
International Understanding. International Understanding represents the
knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to live effectively in a world
possessing limited natural resources and characterized by ethnic diversity,
cultural pluralism and an increased interdependence. Such knowledge, skills and
attitudes are developed through broad exposure to international content in all
subject areas and through learning a second language.
(7) Support Services Necessary to Provide a
Standard Education for Oregon Students:
(a)
Student Services:
(A) Improving
attendance;
(B)
Counseling;
(C) Providing health
services;
(D) Treating students
with speech and hearing disabilities;
(E) Providing library, audio/video,
television and computer learning.
(b) Staff Services:
(A) Measuring student achievement;
(B) Developing curriculum and training
staff.
(c) Administrative
Services:
(A) Administering the district and
individual schools;
(B) Planning,
research, processing of data.
(d) Business Services:
(A) Budgeting, payroll, inventory, internal
audit;
(B) Buying and storing of
supplies;
(C)
Printing.
(e)
Transportation Services:
(A) Providing
home-to-school transportation for both students with and students without
disabilities;
(B) Transporting
students to co-curricular activities.
(f) Food Services: Offering students
nutritional lunches and breakfasts;
(g) Operation and Maintenance Services:
Keeping buildings, equipment and grounds safe, working and in good
condition.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
326.400,
326.410 &
336.067
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
336.067
