Or. Admin. Code § 581-027-0005 - Definitions
The following definitions and abbreviations apply to rules within OAR Chapter 581, Division 27:
(1) "Acoustics" means the properties or
qualities of a room or building that determine how sound is
transmitted.
(2) "Adjusted Assessed
Property Value per ADM" means the value calculated per OAR 581-027-0010 to
determine the ranking of Districts on the Priority List for Funding.
(3) "Adjusted ADMr" means average daily
membership as calculated under OAR 581-023-0006(5)-(7) reduced by the Average
Daily Membership of virtual public charter schools in the District.
(4) "Adjusted ADMw" means the number of
students in a District as calculated under ORS
327.061 and includes all
weights, and extended Average Daily Membership weighted, as calculated under
ORS 327.013(1)(c)
reduced by the Average Daily Membership of virtual public charter schools in
the District.
(5) "ADM" means
Average Daily Membership.
(6)
"ADMr" or "Resident Average Daily Membership" means average daily membership as
calculated under OAR 581-023-0006(5)-(7).
(7) "Air Quality" means the degree to which
the classrooms are ventilated to avoid high levels of carbon dioxide and the
indoor air is free from pollutants such as radon, asbestos, mold, and
particulate matter.
(8) "Asbestos
Environmental Hazard Assessment" or "Asbestos Management Planning &
Inspections" means an inspection, periodic re-inspection, and surveillance for
asbestos-containing material in accordance with the Asbestos Hazard Emergency
Response Act of 1986 as amended by Public Law 100.368 and subsequent rule
published in the Friday, October 30, 1987, Federal Register ( 40 CFR Part
763).
(9) "Assessed Value" means
the total assessed value of all tangible property within the boundaries of the
District as published by the Oregon Department of Revenue.
(10) "Average Daily Membership" or "ADMw"
means the number of students in a District as calculated under ORS
327.061 and includes all
weights, and extended Average Daily Membership weighted, as calculated under
ORS 327.013(1)(c).
(11) "Campus" means the grounds and buildings
of a school where academic learning takes place.
(12) "Certified Assessor" means an entity or
person who has gone through the process established by the Department that will
certify the entity or person is qualified to perform the work.
(13) "Closing" means the date on which a
District receives some or all of the proceeds of its Local GO Bonds.
(14) "Department" means the Oregon Department
of Education.
(15) "District" or
"Districts" means school districts, as defined in ORS
328.001(3),
that are eligible to apply for a State Matching Grant.
(16) "DOGAMI" means the Oregon Department of
Geology and Mineral Industries.
(17) "Educational Adequacy Review Standards"
means the qualitative measures used to help districts identify elements that
are conducive to a healthy and comfortable indoor learning environment that are
set forth in OAR 581-027-0043.
(18)
"Education Service District" means a district created under ORS
334.010.
(19) "Extended ADMw" means as that term is
described in ORS 327.013(1)(c).
(20) "Facility Assessment" means an
assessment that evaluates one or more facilities in a District according to the
requirements set forth in OAR 581-027-0035.
(21) "First in Time" means that portion of
the Oregon School Capital Improvement Matching Account that is to be awarded to
Districts based on the order in which the Department receives the
applications.
(22) "Funding Cycle"
means the period of time, as determined by the Department under OAR
581-027-0020(3), before and after a May or a November general election during
which the Department will accept applications, issue commitments, award grants,
and finalize grant agreements for State Matching Grants under the OSCIM
Program.
(23) "Gross Square
Footage" means the total square footage of the building as measured by the
outside wall of the building.
(24)
"Guaranteed Tax Base Amount" or "GTBA" means a theoretical tax base of
$1,000,000 per ADM.
(25)
"Guaranteed Tax Rate Amount" means $1,000 which is the GTBA multiplied by 0.001
for $1 of tax per $1,000 of Assessed Value.
(26) "Lighting" means the level of
illumination in a room or building.
(27) "Local GO Bonds" means general
obligation bonds approved by voters for the benefit of a District during the
Funding Cycle for which the District applied for a State Matching
Grant.
(28) "Long-Range Facility
Plan" means a plan that determines the long-range needs and goals of a District
according to the requirements set forth in OAR 581-027-0040.
(29) "Oregon School Capital Improvement
Matching Account" means an interest-bearing account established in the State
Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund, that consists of net
proceeds from Article XI-P bonds issued under Article XI-P (School District
Capital Costs) of the Oregon Constitution.
(30) "Oregon School Capital Improvement
Matching Program" or "OSCIM Program" means the program created by Article XI-P
of the Oregon Constitution and ORS 286A.769 to
286A.806.
(31) "Priority List" means the list created
by the Department each biennium pursuant to ORS
286A.801 and the formula
outlined in OAR 581-027-0010.
(32)
"Radon Environmental Hazard Assessment" means an assessment of a District's
radon exposure as one of the potential environmental hazards to be assessed as
set forth in ORS 332.331.
(33) "Rapid Visual Screening" means the
standard adopted by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries to
assess the seismic hazard potential of K-12 public school buildings.
(34) "School Capacity" means the total number
of students who could be served in a given school building based on one of the
following standards established by the district:
(a) The number of teaching stations, target
number of students per classroom, and a classroom utilization factor to reflect
the amount of time classrooms can be used for teaching each day; or
(b) The number of square feet in a classroom
divided by the number of classroom square feet required per student per grade
level.
(35) "Seismic
Assessment" means an assessment that evaluates one or more facilities in a
District according to the requirements set forth in OAR 581-027-0045.
(36) "State Matching Grant" means the grant
funds provided by the State through the OSCIM Program to match the proceeds of
a District's Local GO Bonds.
(37)
"Students in Poverty" means the number of children, age 5 to 17, in families in
poverty as described by the Small Area Income Poverty Estimate published by the
U.S. Census Bureau.
(38) "Technical
Assistance Grant" means a grant provided by the Department to a District such
that a District can conduct an assessment as described in ORS
326.125 or these
rules.
(39) "Waitlist Ranking"
means the list of Districts not initially awarded a State Matching Grant, based
on either the District's position on the Priority List or the District's First
in Time status, during any Funding Cycle.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: Sec. 2, 5, ORS 783 & ORS Ch. 788
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS Ch. 788 & Sec. 2, 4, 5, ORS 783
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