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Oregon
Oregon bar on requiring a prospective student to disclose a criminal conviction before an admission decision
In force since .
A sensitive categories rule binding public and private bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
- Obligation class
- Prohibition, Disclosure
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- Do not require a prospective student to disclose whether the prospective student has a criminal conviction before making a final decision on whether to admit the prospective student, except as otherwise required by law (ORS 350.200(1)(a)).
- Include a notification in the materials and websites routinely used by prospective students when deciding whether to apply to a course, apprenticeship, program, major or degree pathway the institution has determined is likely to lead to professional licensure requirements that may exclude individuals with criminal convictions (ORS 350.200(1)(b)).
- Where a course or pathway that applicants apply to directly is exempt under ORS 350.200(2)(a) and the institution denies admission based on a prior criminal conviction, notify the applicant, who may appeal under a formal process the institution establishes (ORS 350.200(2)(b)).
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What record it asks for
Logging duty
ORS 350.200 bars a public or private post-secondary institution from requiring a prospective student to disclose a criminal conviction before the admission decision. It names no log, no record the institution keeps, no audit and no reader of a record.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
ORS 350.200 bars a public or private post-secondary institution of education from requiring a prospective student to disclose whether the prospective student has a criminal conviction before the institution makes a final decision on whether to admit the prospective student.
Materials and websites that the institution creates and prospective students routinely use when deciding whether to apply must carry a notice where the institution has determined that a course, program, major or degree pathway is likely to lead to professional licensure requirements that may exclude individuals with criminal convictions.
The bar does not apply to a course or pathway to which applicants apply directly and where, as the institution determines, individuals with criminal backgrounds are likely to encounter barriers to licensure or practicum placements. An institution that elects to deny admission to such an applicant because of a prior criminal conviction must notify the applicant, who may appeal under a formal process the institution establishes.
Chapter 341, Oregon Laws 2021 (Senate Bill 713), took effect on . Section 1 of chapter 341, Oregon Laws 2021, first applies to applications for the 2022-2023 academic year.
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