As used in ORS § 342.433 to 342.449 and 350.100:

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 342.433

  • Administrator: includes but is not limited to all superintendents, assistant superintendents, principals and academic program directors in public schools or education service districts who have direct responsibility for supervision or evaluation of licensed teachers and who are compensated for their services from public funds. See Oregon Statutes 342.120
  • Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
  • Teacher: includes all licensed employees in the public schools or employed by an education service district who have direct responsibility for instruction or coordination of educational programs and who are compensated for their services from public funds. See Oregon Statutes 342.120

(1) ‘Diverse’ means culturally or linguistically diverse characteristics of a person, including:

(a) Origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa but is not Hispanic;

(b) Hispanic culture or origin, regardless of race;

(c) Origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent or the Pacific Islands;

(d) Origins in any of the original peoples of North America, including American Indians or Alaska Natives; or

(e) A first language that is not English.

(2) ‘Educator’ means a teacher or an administrator. [1991 c.434 § 6; 1993 c.45 § 175; 2013 c.778 § 1; 2015 c.188 § 1; 2021 c.97 § 34]

 

[1977 c.635 § 8; repealed by 1981 c.469 § 6]