(2) If the funds are insufficient for all eligible proposals, the Department of Education shall award grants on a competitive basis, taking into consideration:
(a) The priorities to be addressed by moneys received by a school district or an educator network, including efforts related to:
(A) Increasing the number of culturally and linguistically diverse educators hired; and
(B) Reflecting the demographics of the students of the school district or school districts within the educator network with the demographics of the educators of the school district or school districts within the educator network; and
(b) Whether the school district is a small school district or serves a rural community or whether the educator network serves small school districts or a rural community.
(3) The State Board of Education may adopt such rules as it considers appropriate for the distribution of grants-in-aid under this section.
(4) A school district or an educator network that is determined by the Department of Education to be in violation of one or more of the requirements of ORS 329.788 to 329.820 may be required to refund all grants-in-aid moneys distributed under ORS 329.788 to 329.820. The amount of penalty shall be determined by the State Board of Education. [Formerly 342.790; 2001 c.317 §7; 2007 c.863 §5; 2013 c.521 §1; 2015 c.487 §4; 2017 c.639 §14]