OAR 581-024-0190: Legal Name, Common Name and Annexation

(1) The initial name of a regional education service district for the purposes of section 2(6), chapter 611, Oregon Laws 1995, shall be a unique name agreed upon by the existing board or boards of directors within the region. The agreement shall be evidenced by a resolution or resolutions signed by a majority of the members of each existing board of directors. The resolution or resolutions shall be submitted to the Department of Education not later than January 10, 1996. If the resolution or resolutions are not submitted to the Department by January 10, 1996, the initial name of the regional education service district shall be the acronym ESD, followed by the word “Region” and the corresponding region number specified in ORS 334.020 (1995 Replacement Part). (2) For regions that contain more territory than a single education service district prior to the board’s order of annexation, the surviving district of the annexation for the purposes of section 2(2), chapter 611, Oregon Laws 1995, shall be the district agreed upon by all of the existing boards of directors within the region. The agreement shall be evidenced by a resolution or resolutions signed by a majority of the members of each existing board of directors. The resolution or resolutions shall be submitted to the Department of Education not later than January 10, 1996. If the resolution or resolutions are not submitted to the Department by January 10, 1996, the surviving district shall be the district whose taxing authority, except as to taxes permitted under section 11(3), Article XI of the Oregon Constitution, equals or most closely approximates but is not less than the sum of the tax base amounts for each of the education service districts in the region, as otherwise determined under section 11(2), Article XI of the Oregon Constitution.