Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
Pursuant to ORS
334.125, the district board is
authorized to transact appropriate business and is required to perform certain
duties.
(1) Every district shall
comply with the statutes and rules governing the transaction of public business
to include directives on budgeting and expenditures.
(2) Every district shall comply with Board
adopted administrative rules and applicable statutes.
(3) The district board shall perform all
duties required by law, including but not limited to those identified in ORS
334.125(3) as
follows:
(a) Distribute school funds as it is
empowered to apportion. Distribution shall be done in a timely and accurate
manner;
(b) Conduct of audits
requiring the district to assist component school districts to meet budgeting,
accounting and audit requirements (OAR 581-024-0265), to serve as a public
depository for just completed audits and maintain past audit reports for 20
years;
(c) Serve as district
boundary board as identified in ORS 330.081-330.310 and
OAR 581-024-0252;
(d) Prepare an
annual operating budget in accordance with the local budget section of Chapter
294 of ORS, the local Budget Law, and the chart of accounts contained in the
program Budget and Accounting Manual as adopted by the State Board of Education
and levy taxes as required or permitted by law.
(e) Contract bonded indebtedness in the
manner authorized by statute. Bonds are to be issued pursuant to ORS
328.205 to
328.295 and other laws
applicable to the issuance of bonds; and
(f) Creating a county education bond district
under ORS 328.304 from a county within the
district
(g) Review periodically
with component school districts, their operations, and submit to the component
school districts plans that would achieve economies and efficiencies through
consolidation of various operations of all or some of the component school
districts. The district and its component school districts shall submit an
annual report to the Board on the effectiveness of the consolidation of
operations.
(4)
Districts must comply with the requirements to develop, adopt and approve a
Local Service Plan as set out in ORS
334.175, and OAR 581-024-0285.
The district board must adopt the local service plan and the component district
boards must approve the Local Service Plan by resolution by March 1 of each
year.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
334.217
Stats. Implemented: ORS
334
