The Week Ahead

 April 24

• 8:30 a.m. Senate Finance and Revenue Committee holds work session on changing distribution of marijuana money to schools (SB 845).
• 3 p.m. House Education Committee holds informational meeting on closing Oregon’s achievement gap.
• House has third reading on regulating dental screenings in schools (HB 3181 and HB 3353).

April 27

• PACE Day: Safe and Secure Schools offers conference on liability issues important to education institutions.
• State Board of Education meets and considers final draft of Oregon’s plan for the Every Student Succeeds Act.
• The “Oregon Whole Child Summit – Trauma Informed Practice” conference teaches about the importance of trauma informed practices in a school setting.

April 28

• National Education Association board meets.

Items may be added to legislative committee agendas during the week. The Oregon Legislature keeps an updated page of committee agendas at: olis.leg.state.or.us/LIZ/Committees/Meeting/List

- Jake Arnold
Communications and news specialist
jarnold@osba.org