Work hour requirements for classified school employees who provide significant special education support

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Classified school employee” includes all employees of a school district except those for whom a teaching or administrative license is required as a basis for employment in a school district. (b) “Individualized education program” has the meaning given that term in ORS 343.035. (c) “School district” means: (A) A common school district or a union high school district. (B) An education service district. (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a school district that employs classified school employees who provide significant special education support, as determined under subsection (4) of this section, may not establish, for any purpose, a policy that requires the work day hours of a classified school employee to be fewer than five hours per work day on regular school days when schools are normally in operation and students are present. (3)(a) A school district may reduce the work day hours of a classified school employee to fewer than five hours per work day if the reduction in hours is at the written request of the employee. (b) A school district may not coerce or require, as a condition of employment or continuation of employment, a classified school employee to make a request for a reduction in work day hours. (4) For the purpose of this section, a classified school employee provides significant special education support if 75 percent or more of the employee’s student caseload consists of students who have an individualized education program.