Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 581 - OREGON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Division 22 - STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Section 581-022-2307 - Educational Equity Advisory Committees
Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 581-022-2307
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) The following definitions apply to Oregon Administrative Rule 581-022-2307:
(a)
"Parent" means one or more of the following persons:
(A) A biological or adoptive parent of a
student;
(B) A foster parent of a
student,
(C) A legal guardian,
other than a state agency;
(D) An
individual acting in the place of a biological or adoptive parent (including a
grandparent, stepparent, or other relative) with whom a student lives, or an
individual who is legally responsible for a child's welfare; or
(E) A surrogate parent who has been appointed
in accordance with OAR 581-015-2320, for school-age children, or 581-015-2760
for preschool children.
(b) "Student" means a school-aged
individual.
(c) "Community Member"
means:
(A) a representative of a
community-based organization that serves the local community;
(B) a representative of a culturally specific
organization that serves the local community;
(C) a representative of an organization that
regularly partners with the school district to network resources and assist
students in meeting state and local standards, and prepare students for post
high school transitions; or
(D) a
resident of the local community capable of representing underserved community
voices
(d)
"Underrepresented" refers to communities, groups, families and students that
due to systemic barriers and intersectional oppression have been excluded and
limited proportionate access to the dominant or mainstream educational system
despite efforts to participate. This includes students of color, tribal
students, English language learners, LGBTQ2SIA+ students, students experiencing
and surviving poverty and houselessness, students with disabilities,
women/girls, and students from rural communities.
(e) "Underserved" refers to communities,
groups, families and students that the dominant or mainstream educational
system has historically and currently excluded, impacted, marginalized,
underserved and/or refused service due to institutionalized and intersectional
racism and systemic oppression. This includes students of color, tribal
students, English language learners, LGBTQ2SIA+ students, students experiencing
and surviving poverty and houselessness, students with disabilities,
women/girls, and students from rural communities.
(2) There shall be established at each school district an educational equity advisory committee.
(a) For school districts with an average
daily membership of 10,000 or more, the school district is required to first
convene an educational equity advisory committee by September 15,
2022.
(b) For school districts with
an average daily membership of 10,000 or less, the school district is required
to first convene an educational equity advisory committee by September 15,
2025.
(3)
(a) An educational equity advisory committee
shall be selected by the school district board and school district
superintendent and must be composed of parents, employees, students and
community members from the school district.
(b) The school district superintendent is
responsible for coordinating the member nomination process and proposing
finalists to the school district board.
(c) The school district board is responsible
for appointing members from those proposed by the superintendent, and ensuring
that membership is primarily representative of underserved student
groups.
(d) For the purpose of
selecting members, the school district board and school district
superintendent:
(A) May not deny members
based on language;
(B) May not deny
members based on immigration status;
(C) May not deny members based on protected
class, including age, disability, national origin, race, color, marital status,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity;
(D) May not appoint a voting member of the
school board or the school district superintendent to an educational equity
advisory committee; and
(E) Must
ensure that the composition of an educational equity advisory committee
elevates underrepresented parent, employee, student, and community member
voices.
(e) The school
district board and school district superintendent, in consultation with the
educational equity advisory committee, shall fill vacancies on the committee in
the same manner as original appointments.
(f) The school district board, in
consultation with the educational equity advisory committee, must select at
least one member of the educational equity advisory committee to serve on the
school district budget committee. A budget committee is not required to include
a member of the educational equity advisory committee of the school district
until a vacancy on the budget committee occurs by a member who is not also a
member of the school district board.
(g) Each school district, in consultation
with the educational equity advisory committee, is required to provide
sufficient support to educational equity advisory committee members to
participate in meetings, including, but not limited to, access to
district-managed emails, translation and interpretation services, and relevant
public meeting and security trainings.
(4) The duties of an educational equity advisory committee shall include:
(a)
Advising the school district board and the school district superintendent about
the educational equity impacts of policy decisions; and
(b) Informing the school district board and
school district superintendent of the larger district-wide climate and the
experiences of underserved student groups, and advising the board and
superintendent on how best to support.
(A)
Informing the school district board and school district superintendent when a
situation arises in a school of the school district that negatively impacts
underrepresented students, and advising the board and superintendent on how
best to handle that situation.
(B)
Informing the school district board and school district superintendent when a
situation arises in a school of the school district that positively impacts
underrepresented students, and advising the board and superintendent on how
best to replicate within the district.
(C) Considering whether such situations are
unique to the school or indicative of a district-wide trend, and advising on
how best to handle that trend.
(5)
(a) An
educational equity advisory committee may consider topics that the educational
equity advisory committee deems critical to its ability to represent and
elevate educational equity impacts to student experience in the
district.
(b) An educational equity
advisory committee may consider topics submitted by the school district board
and school district superintendent.
(c) An educational equity advisory committee
may select a single member to serve as an advisor to the school district board,
for the purpose of providing updates and acting as a liaison between the
educational equity advisory committee and the school district board and school
district superintendent.
(d) An
educational equity advisory committee may prepare an annual report that:
(A) Includes, but is not limited to the
following information:
(i) The successes and
challenges the school district has experienced in meeting the educational
equity needs of students in the school district; and
(ii) Recommendations the committee made to
the school district board and school district superintendent, and the actions
that were taken in response to those recommendations;
(B) Is made available by being:
(i) Distributed to the parents of the
students of the school district;
(ii) Posted on the school district's website;
(iii) Presented to the school
district board in an open meeting with adequate opportunity for public comment;
and
(iv) Sent to the State Board of
Education.
(e)
The Oregon Department of Education shall review all submitted reports and
annually prepare a summary for the State Board of Education. Members of the
State Board of Education shall have access to all submitted
reports.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 329.711
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 329.711
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