LGBTQ2SIA+ Student Success Plan Rules

(2) “LGBTQ2SIA+” means a term that encompasses multiple gender identities and sexual orientations including lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, transgender, nonbinary, queer, questioning, two-spirit, intersex, and asexual. The plus sign (“+”) recognizes and includes the myriad ways to describe marginalized gender identities and sexual orientations.

(3) “Community-Based Organization” means a nonprofit organization that is reflective of a community or significant segments of a community it seeks to serve.

(4) “Community Voice” means that members representing the community served by the project, including students, will be involved in co-constructing the project design, implementation, and/or providing strategic guidance in final decision-making.

(5) “Culturally Specific Organization” means an organization that serves a particular cultural community and is primarily staffed and led by members of that community; these organizations demonstrate: intimate knowledge of lived experience of the community, including but not limited to the impact of structural and individual discrimination based on gender identity and/or sexual orientation as well as other intersecting oppressions on the community; knowledge of specific disparities, barriers or challenges documented in the community and how that influences the structure of their program or service; commitment to the community’s strength-based and self-driven thriving and resilience; ability to describe and adapt their services to the community’s cultural practices, health and safety beliefs/practices, positive cultural identity/pride, religious beliefs, etc.

(6) “Department” means the Oregon Department of Education.

(7) “Partnership” means a group of organizations, Tribal governments, districts or individuals who agree to work together with a common interest and shared vision. In a partnership, there is a high level of trust and 2-way communication, and differences in power and privilege are addressed. Roles and responsibilities on all sides are well-defined and developed with shared authority in decision making. There might be shared space and staff, with expectations and agreements in writing.

(8)(a) “Plan Student” means a student enrolled in early childhood through post-secondary education who:

(A) May identify as LGBTQ2SIA+; and

(B) Has experienced disproportionate results in education due to historical practices and policies, as may be further identified by the State Board of Education by rule.

(b) For the purposes of this definition, “enrolled” means:

(A) enrollment in a school district K-12 educational program; or

(B) enrollment in a state-funded K-12 educational program, which includes but is not limited to educational programs provided by or in the following institutions: public charter schools, education service districts, long term care and treatment facilities, the Youth Corrections Education Program, the Oregon School for the Deaf, and Juvenile Detention Education Programs.

(1) There is established the LGBTQ2SIA+ Success Plan Grant Program to support Community-Based Organizations, Culturally Specific Organizations, early learning hubs, providers of early learning services, school districts, education service districts, public charter schools, Tribal governments, post-secondary institutions of education, or a consortium of these entities who are working to design, implement, improve, expand, or otherwise revise programs and services for LGBTQ2SIA+ students.

(2) The programs and services to be provided under the Grant must implement one or more of the strategies included in the LGBTQ2SIA+ Student Success Plan.

(3) Subject to available funds, the Department of Education shall award Grants based on a detailed description of proposed programming or services. The programs or services may include:

(a) The scale-up of an existing program or project; and/or

(b) The implementation of a new program or project.

(4) The purpose of the Grant program is to provide funds to applicants that document an understanding of the unique needs of LGBTQ2SIA+ students, have the potential to become exemplar programs, and who create collaborative practices relating to strategies outlined in the LGBTQ2SIA+ Student Success Plan.