ORS 352.218: Affirmative action plan; interview of qualified minority applicants; affirmative defense.

(1) As used in this section, “minority” means: (a) A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa but who is not Hispanic; (b) A person of Hispanic culture or origin; (c) A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent or the Pacific Islands; or (d) An American Indian or Alaska Native having origins in any of the original peoples of North America. (2) Each public university listed in ORS 352.002 shall: (a) Consider and maintain affirmative action plans and goals when reductions in faculty and staff are required as a result of: (A) Reductions in revenue that necessitate discontinuance of the public university’s educational program at its anticipated level; (B) Elimination of classes due to decreased student enrollment; or (C) Reduction in courses due to administrative decisions. (b) Interview one or more qualified minority applicants when hiring a head coach or athletic director, unless the public university was unable to identify a qualified minority applicant who was willing to interview for the position. It is an affirmative defense to a claim of a violation of this paragraph that the public university, in good faith, was unable to identify a qualified minority applicant who was willing to interview for the position. [Formerly 352.380; 2019 c.190 §2; 2021 c.97 §37]