ORS 332.018
Term of office

  • qualifications
  • stipend and expenses

Except as provided in ORS 255.400 (Definitions for ORS 255.400 to 255.424) to 255.424 (Notice requirements to bring action):

(1)

The term of office of director is four years.

(2)

A person is not eligible to serve as director unless the person is an elector of the district and has resided in the district for the period of one year immediately preceding the election or appointment.

(3)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

A district school board may choose to provide each director who is a voting member of the board with a stipend in an amount determined by the board, not to exceed $500 per month, as adjusted based on changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, West Region (All Items), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor.

(b)

If the district school board provides a stipend, the board:

(A)

Must allow individual directors to choose to not receive the stipend; and

(B)

May provide, in addition to the stipend, reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred or paid by the director in the performance of the duties of the director.

(c)

If the district school board does not provide a stipend, the board must provide reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred or paid by the director in the performance of the duties of the director.

(d)

A stipend provided to a director constitutes part of the director’s official compensation package for purposes of ORS 244.040 (Prohibited use of official position or office), but a director who receives a stipend is not considered an employee of the school district. [1975 c.770 §13; 1983 c.350 §168a; 1983 c.379 §6; 2019 c.449 §30; 2023 c.321 §1]
Note: Section 2, chapter 321, Oregon Laws 2023, provides:
Sec. 2. Notwithstanding ORS 332.018 (Term of office) (3)(a), as amended by section 1 of this 2023 Act, the first adjustment of the stipend amount may not occur until July 1, 2024. [2023 c.321 §2]

Source: Section 332.018 — Term of office; qualifications; stipend and expenses, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors332.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).

Attorney General Opinions

Failure to reregister as no bar to circulating nominating petitions, (1972) Vol 36, p 117

332.002
Definitions for chapter
332.005
Directors as district school board
332.011
Number of directors of districts under 300,000
332.012
Method for increasing number of board members
332.015
Number of directors of districts of 300,000 or more
332.016
Employees ineligible to serve as directors
332.018
Term of office
332.030
Vacancy in office of director
332.040
Officers
332.045
Board meetings
332.055
Quorum
332.057
Duties to be performed at meetings on record
332.061
Hearing to expel minor students or to examine confidential records
332.072
Legal status of school districts
332.075
Powers of board
332.105
General duties of board
332.107
Rules for school government
332.111
Auxiliary services
332.112
Prohibition related to wearing of Native American items of cultural significance
332.114
Issuance of diplomas to veterans
332.118
Election laws applicable
332.122
Nomination of directors
332.124
Election at large unless zoned
332.126
Election from zones
332.128
Establishing zones for purpose of nominating directors
332.132
Zoning process
332.134
Reelection after zoning
332.136
Election of directors by position numbers
332.138
Election of directors
332.155
Land
332.158
Creation of school in another school district
332.163
Notices related to seismic risk category of school
332.172
Use of school buildings and grounds for civic and recreational purposes
332.176
Large construction projects
332.182
Condemnation of realty for school purposes
332.207
Light fixtures
332.210
Districts controlling cemeteries
332.331
Healthy and Safe Schools Plan
332.334
Tests of schools under plan
332.337
Healthy School Facilities Fund
332.341
Provision of information to school districts about elevated levels of radon
332.345
Tests of schools for elevated levels of radon
332.352
Definitions for ORS 332.352 to 332.365
332.354
Ventilation verification assessment
332.356
Carbon dioxide monitors and alarms
332.358
HVAC assessment report
332.361
Contractor requirements for indoor HVAC infrastructure improvements
332.363
HVAC verification report
332.365
Rules
332.385
Gifts for scholarships and loans
332.405
Transportation
332.415
Transportation of students attending private or parochial schools
332.427
Availability of district vehicles for public transportation purposes
332.432
Insurance, medical and hospital service contracts covering school employees
332.435
Liability insurance
332.437
Insurance reserve fund
332.445
Regulation of vehicles on school property
332.505
Employment and compensation of personnel
332.507
Sick leave for school employees
332.515
Chief administrative officer as district school clerk
332.525
Bonds for personnel
332.531
Law enforcement agency
332.534
Standard form for reporting salaries and other benefits
332.544
Employment of classified school employees
332.554
Notice of reasonable assurance of continued employment
332.585
Determination of student census by school districts
332.745
Acquisition of interest in intellectual properties
332.750
Transactions involving intellectual property exempt from certain bidding requirements
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