Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 342.840 (2026)

Determination of length of service for probationary teacher

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342.840 Determination of length of service for probationary teacher. For purposes of determining length of service for a probationary teacher, a teacher employed for 135 consecutive days in any school year shall receive credit for a full year of employment. At least 30 consecutive days of employment in the same district in a successive year shall be sufficient to keep the service intact, and the teacher shall not lose credit for previous probationary years served. [1981 c.299 §3]

Note: 342.840 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly and was added to 342.805 to 342.937 but was not added to or made a part of any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1982–2003 · leading case: Smith v. Salem-Keizer Sch. Dist., 71 P.3d 139 (Or. Ct. App. 2003).

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Smith v. Salem-Keizer Sch. Dist., 71 P.3d 139 (Or. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 10× “ORS 342.840 defines “school year” and provides that, “[flor purposes of determining length of service for a probationary teacher, a teacher employed for 135 consecutive days in any school year shall receive credit for a full year of employment.”

Wesockes v. Powers Sch. Dist. No. 31, 646 P.2d 68 (Or. Ct. App. 1982). “In 1981, the Oregon Legislature enacted ORS 342.840, which states: “For purposes of determining length of service for a probationary teacher, a teacher employed for 135 consecutive days in any school year shall receive credit for a full year of employment.”

Axelsen v. Hillsboro Union High Sch. Dist. No. 3, 898 F. Supp. 719 (D. Or. 1995). · cites it 5× “The majority reasoned: ORS 342.840 provides that a teacher who is employed 135 consecutive days in any school year “shall receive credit for a full year of employment.”

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