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Legislative Highlights contains the latest news and information on activities at the Oregon Legislature that affect public education. It is published weekly during Oregon's legislative sessions. [Subscribe to Legislative Highlights]

Recent issues

June 24, 2011 (1,689k )

• Legislature releases ed bill torrent; returns for more next week 
• 14 Senate and House bills passed this week 
• OSBA's Howatt attends mandate relief bill signing 

May 27, 2011 (821k )

• School mandate relief bills go to governor 
• Capital construction funds for K-12 take one step forward 
• Residency addressed for special ed students attending charter schools 
• Ways and Means subcommittee passes PERS-agency budget 
• Culinary bill heard 
• Legislative Highlights schedule changes

May 20, 2011 (1,337k )

• ACTION ALERT: Time is running out for the Legislature to access funds for K-12 
• Facts about the Education Stability Fund 
• Mandate for full-day kindergarten heard in committee 
• June 1 deadline for bills approaches 
• OSBA promotes advocacy with PSU administrator class 
• View May 18 Legislative Webinar recording online; hear Rep. Greg Smith's budget update

May 13, 2011 (1,518k )

• Legislative Webinar: Wednesday, May 18 - Rep. Greg Smith joins OSBA legislative update
• Governor's budget summit; 2011-13 revenue forecase up 
• ACTION ALERT: Now is the time to access $100 million from the Education Stability Fund 
• OSBA's Reid testifies at budget hearing   
• Mandate relief bills heard in House Rules

May 6, 2011 (1,277k )   

• Legislative Webinar: Wednesday, May 18 - Rep. Greg Smith joins OSBA legislative update 
• OSBA members testify at Ways and Means hearing in Bend and Pendleton 
• Senate Judiciary considers ban on all guns in schools 
• Public contracting bill gets another hearing 
• Mandate relief hearing May 9 
• Action Alert: contact your legislators and urge their support of HB 3641 

April 29, 2011 (1,397k )

• Gov. Kitzhaber meets with OSBA officers 
• School board members testify at budget hearings in Medford, Bend and Pendleton
• ACTION ALERT: House Bill 3641  
• Public records law overhaul under consideration 
• Public contracting bills up next week 
• Legislative webinar - Wednesday, May 18 - Register now.

Archive of issues in PDF format

2011-06-24_Legislative_Highlights (.pdf)

2011-05-27_Legislative_Highlights (.pdf)

2011-05-20 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2011-05-13 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2011-05-06 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2011-04-29 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2011-04-22 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2011-04-19 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2011-04-15 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2011-04-08 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2011-04-01 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2011-03-24 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2011-03-18 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2011-03-14 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2011-03-04 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2011-02-18 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2011-02-11 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2011-02-04 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2011-01-14 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2009-06-19 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2009-06-05 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2009-05-22 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2009-05-15 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2009-05-08 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2009-05-01 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2009-04-24 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2009-04-17 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2009-04-10 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2009-04-03 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2009-03-27 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2009-03-20 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2009-03-13 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2009-03-06 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2009-02-27 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2009-02-20 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2009-02-13 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2009-02-06 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2009-01-30 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2009-01-23 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2009-01-16 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2009-01-09 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2008-02-29 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2008-02-15 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2008-02-01 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2007-06-15 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2007-05-18 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2007-05-11 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2007-05-04 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2007-04-27 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2007-04-20 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2007-04-13 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2007-04-06 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2007-03-30 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2007-03-23 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2007-03-16 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2007-03-09 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2007-03-02 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2007-02-23 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2007-02-16 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2007-02-09 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2007-02-02 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2007-01-26 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2007-01-19 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2007-01-12 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)

2007-01-03 Legislative Highlights (.pdf)