Section 342.626 - [Operative 7/1/2024] Work hour requirements for classified school employees who provide significant special education support(1) As used in this section:(a) "Classified school employee" includes all employees of a school district except those for whom a teaching or administrative license is required as a basis for employment in a school district.(b) "Individualized education program" has the meaning given that term in ORS 343.035.(c) "School district" means: (A) A common school district or a union high school district.(B) An education service district.(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a school district that employs classified school employees who provide significant special education support, as determined under subsection (4) of this section, may not establish, for any purpose, a policy that requires the work day hours of a classified school employee to be fewer than five hours per work day on regular school days when schools are normally in operation and students are present.(3)(a) A school district may reduce the work day hours of a classified school employee to fewer than five hours per work day if the reduction in hours is at the written request of the employee.(b) A school district may not coerce or require, as a condition of employment or continuation of employment, a classified school employee to make a request for a reduction in work day hours.(4) For the purpose of this section, a classified school employee provides significant special education support if 75 percent or more of the employee's student caseload consists of students who have an individualized education program.Added by 2023 Ch. 592, § 6 342.626 becomes operative July 1, 2024. See section 7, chapter 592, Oregon Laws 2023.
342.626 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 342 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.