ORS 350.515 Criteria and Measurements For Investments In Professional Forestry Education; Process; Report

• Library: Oregon Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through legislation effective January 1, 2024
• Year: 2023
• Citation: ORS 350.515

(1) The Dean of the College of Forestry at Oregon State University shall solicit the advice of the Forestry Education Council when developing work plans or resource allocation plans affecting professional forestry education. The council shall provide advice to the dean regarding the development of work plans and resource allocation plans affecting professional forestry education upon request of the dean or the President of Oregon State University and at other times as the council deems reasonable or necessary.

(2) The council, in consultation with the dean, shall establish criteria and measurements for Oregon State University to use in determining which investments in professional forestry education to make from any subaccount created as described in ORS 350.520.

(3) The criteria and measurements established under this section shall include, but need not be limited to, standards designed to:

(a) Respond to the professional forestry education needs of forestland owners and managers and forest products manufacturers in this state;

(b) Meet the professional forestry education needs of employees working in the forest and wood products industry cluster in this state by increasing faculty and academic program capacity at the university;

(c) Create additional opportunities for residents of this state to pursue professional education in forest engineering, forest management, forest operations management, renewable material and wood products innovation and other fields important to the advancement of the forest and wood products industry cluster in this state;