Legislative Highlights

2025 legislative session already under construction

March 8, 2024

The short Oregon legislative session is often described as a sprint. Education advocates will barely have time to catch their breath after Thursday night’s finish before they are training for... Read More

Bills receive ‘A’ for legislative advocates’ efforts

March 4, 2024

With less than a week left in the 2024 session, education advocates are breathing some sighs of relief. There are still some important issues to be settled, such as summer... Read More

OSBA calls on legislative leaders to support summer learning bill, HB 4082

February 26, 2024

NEWS RELEASE With time running out during the current legislative session, the Oregon School Boards Association is lending its full support to House Bill 4082, designed to support students’ academic... Read More

Senate Bill 1552 carries current needs and future dreams

February 26, 2024

OSBA Legislative Services Director Lori Sattenspiel testified Thursday before the Senate Education Committee and Chair Sen. Michael Dembrow (left) on a school bus emissions standard in a bill about stop-arm... Read More

The road to reduced school resources is paved with bills with good intentions

February 20, 2024

The Legislature is full of good ideas that OSBA supports because they will help students and improve schools. Good ideas usually require money, though, and OSBA is careful to monitor... Read More

Bills this year are starting the conversation about the State School Fund in 2025

February 12, 2024

Sometimes a bill isn’t just a bill. Sometimes it’s a launching point. The Legislature’s education committees heard several bills last week that have little chance of passing. The bills’ real... Read More

Will the short 2024 session be haunted by the 2023 walkouts?

February 5, 2024

The current forecast for the short Oregon legislative session, which debuted Monday, Feb. 5, might best be characterized as cloudy with a chance of missed opportunity. Hanging over the session... Read More

Legislature gets moving, pushing school funding forward

June 20, 2023

The Senate Republicans reached a deal with Democrats and went back to work Thursday, June 15. Hundreds of bills that likely would have been left for dead in a special... Read More

Senate Republicans return with a deal to roar session back to life for ‘Go time’

June 20, 2023

The longest legislative walkout in Oregon’s history came to an end Thursday, June 15. Minority Senate Republicans ended their 42-day walkout after striking a deal with majority Democrats on bills... Read More

As legislative session nears closing time, speculation runs rampant

June 12, 2023

The 2023 legislative session is drawing toward an uncertain close. For weeks, Senate Republicans have stayed off the chamber floor, preventing votes on bills. But over the weekend, reports emerged... Read More

Education advocates face down attack on school funding

June 12, 2023

The House passed a $10.2 billion State School Fund last week, generally pleasing education advocates. But the struggle to protect school funding will go on until the last gavel falls... Read More

Staggering amount of education policy work lost if walkout crashes session

June 5, 2023

The legislative walkout continues with no sign of stopping. Just last week, in an interview with KGW8, Senate President Rob Wagner, D-Lake Oswego, reaffirmed his commitment and the commitment of... Read More

Subcommittee approves Oregon Department of Education budget

June 5, 2023

The State School Fund grabs the spotlight, but anyone who has looked at a school district budget knows education funding comes from many different directions. Savvy education advocates also keep... Read More

Legislative Briefs | June 5

June 5, 2023

Closed captioning on televisions Senate Bill 569 What it does: Oregon grants all persons of age the right to full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of any place... Read More

Legislative committee affirms $10.2 billion State School Fund intentions

May 30, 2023

The Joint Ways and Means Education Subcommittee officially bumped up the 2023-25 State School Fund to $10.2 billion on Tuesday, May 30. Education advocates are reasonably pleased because it’s far... Read More

Republican walkout is headed toward unfamiliar territory

May 26, 2023

The Oregon Legislature is on the brink of an unprecedented breakdown because the Senate can’t get anything done. The Oregon Constitution requires two-thirds of each legislative chamber to be present... Read More

Legislative Briefs | May 30

May 26, 2023

PERS change House Bill 2296 What it does: In 2019, Senate Bill 1049 made changes to the Public Employees Retirement System, including allowing PERS retirees to work unlimited hours. That... Read More

As policy committees shut down, contentious bill about abbreviated days moves forward

May 19, 2023

Senate Bill 819, a contentious bill about abbreviated days, was amended and moved out of the House Committee on Education last week on a 4-3 partisan vote. The bill broadly... Read More

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