(2) The State Board of Education shall stimulate the development of nondiscriminatory courses of study or parts of courses to improve instructional effectiveness or efficiency in public elementary and secondary schools in Oregon. The board may direct the Department of Education or contract with appropriate public educational agencies to develop program materials and to establish a mechanism for the purpose of introducing the materials and implementing the techniques.
(3) As used in subsection (1) of this section, "discriminate" has the meaning given "discrimination" in ORS 659.850. [1975 c.423 §§1,2; 1989 c.491 §23; 1993 c.45 §78]