ORS 343.186: Employee and volunteer reports and sharing of information; prohibition on certain nondisclosure agreements; prohibition on actions related to sharing of certain information.

(1) A school district may not prohibit or discourage a school employee or school volunteer from: (a) Participating in good faith in interviews with individuals designated by the Department of Education, law enforcement, a court or any other entity involved in the investigation of a complaint under ORS 343.165; (b) Making a good faith report of a violation of state or federal law involving special education and related services; (c) Sharing information in good faith with the student or the student’s parent about the services provided or not provided to the student under this chapter; (d) Reporting in good faith concerns about inappropriate restraint, seclusion or corporal punishment of a student to the student’s parent, the school, law enforcement, a court or other authorities; (e) Making a report of suspected abuse or neglect, including abuse or neglect that happens at a school, to law enforcement or the Department of Human Services; or (f) Reporting a suspected violation of the rights of a child with a disability or the rights of any other disabled person within the school district to the state protection and advocacy system. (2) A school district may not require a student, parent, school employee or school volunteer to sign a nondisclosure agreement related to: (a) Any violations of law or policy by the school district or by the a school employee or school volunteer involving special education and related services; (b) The resolution of a complaint, including a complaint concerning the services provided for the student; (c) Injuries sustained by a student, including injuries sustained due to the inappropriate use of seclusion or restraint; or (d) The death of a student. (3) A school district may not otherwise cause a parent or student to believe the school district will reduce or revoke services from a student or impose a financial penalty on a parent or student due to the parent or student’s good faith public or private disclosure of information about any settlement or resolution to a dispute or complaint or about the experience of the parent or student with the school district. [2023 c.189 §5]