Oregon Environmental Council v. Oregon State Board of Education

Petitioners seek the invalidation of the Board of Education’s amended rule, OAR 581-11-072, placing the textbook Get Oregonized on the list of approved texts for the state’s public elementary schools. The essence of petitioners’ objections to the book is that, in their view, it teaches that nature and the environment exist to be exploited by human beings. They contend that the Board and the State Textbook Commission erred by approving the book and placing it on the list without following contested case procedures. They argue alternatively that, if the adoption of a rule rather than a…