ORS 334.720: State board order; effective date.

(1) At the public hearings conducted pursuant to ORS 334.710, the State Board of Education shall cause to have discussed the effect of the proposed district and any resident of the affected districts may be heard with reference to the proposal. (2) If, after the hearings, the State Board of Education determines that the proposal is feasible, the board shall order the proposed merger of the districts based on the proposal. (3) When two or more education service districts join together in the manner provided in this section, the new district shall come into existence effective May 31 of the year following the order of the State Board of Education issued under subsection (2) of this section. [1963 c.544 §§50c,50d; 1965 c.100 §205; 1983 c.83 §68; 1983 c.350 §186; 2001 c.518 §8]