OAR 584-020-0041: Misconduct Reporting Requirements

(1) For purposes of this rule, "chief administrator" means: (a) The superintendent, head teacher, head administrator or person designated by a school district board as district school clerk under ORS 332.515, of a school district, education service district or charter school; (b) The chief administrative officer of public schools administered by the Oregon Department of Education; or (c) The chief administrative officer of a private elementary or secondary school, as long as the chief administrative officer is licensed by the Commission. (2) A chief administrator will report educators described in this subsection regardless if the educator is employed in the chief administrator's district. Subject educators include: (a) Any educator possessing a TSPC-issued license or certification; (b) Any educator holding a charter school registration; (c) Any pre-service candidate enrolled in a public or private school for purposes of program completion pursuant to any program described in division 17 of these administrative rules. (3) A chief administrator will report to the Executive Director within thirty (30) days the name of any person described in subsection (2) above, when the chief administrator reasonably believes the person may have committed any act which may constitute any of the designated acts of gross neglect of duty under OAR 584-020-0040(4), subsections (a) to (s) or any of the designated acts of gross unfitness listed under OAR 584-020-0040(5), subsections (a) to (e).