The Look Ahead

Monday
8 a.m.: The Joint Ways and Means Education Subcommittee will hold an informational meeting on:

3 p.m.: The House Education Committee will hold a possible work session on:

Providing school safety threat reports (HB 3594).
Funding regional career and technical education programs from the Statewide Education Initiatives fund (HB 3236).
Enacting the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact (SB 279 A).
Adopting data collection standards (HB 3288).
Preserving additional funding for small school districts that merge with one or more school districts (HB 3135).
Modifying requirements for approving a student for a virtual public charter school (HB 3204).
Designating a school civil rights coordinator (HB 2281).
Paying school board members (HB 2753).
Reviewing physical education requirements (HB 3199).
Preparing a tentative budget for funding the State School Fund (HB 2739).
Establishing a Task Force on School Starting Times (HB 2751).
Establishing the Task Force on Health Care Services in Oregon Schools (HB 2959).

Tuesday

8 a.m.: The Joint Ways and Means Education Subcommittee will hold an informational meeting on:

3 p.m.: The House Higher Education Committee will hold a possible work session on:

Increasing the number of Higher Education Coordinating Committee members (HB 3564).
Studying how to best fund public education from kindergarten through post-secondary (HB 2262).

3 p.m.: The Senate Rules Committee will hold a work session on:

3 p.m.: The Senate Education Committee will hold a possible work session on:

Establishing a program to provide high-quality services and improved outcomes through regional centers for special education and related services (SB 633).
Requiring money from the State School Fund to the Talented and Gifted Education Account equal to 1% of the total amount available to school districts (SB 594).
Requiring school districts to submit specified information to the Oregon Department of Education related to talented and gifted children (SB 596).
Studying how to increase access to college and career preparatory instruction (SB 736).
Adjusting school meal program payments (SB 215).
Modifying requirements of the Healthy and Safe Schools Plan related to integrated pest management (SB 426).
Creating drug information curricula supplements (SB 238).
Requiring access to records for staff working with special education students (SB 756).

Wednesday

8 a.m.: The Joint Ways and Means Education Subcommittee will hold an informational meeting on:

3 p.m.: The House Education Committee will hold a possible work session on:

Establishing requirements for approving recovery schools (HB 2767).
Allowing district school boards to enter into an agreement with the superintendent for payment in lieu of 12 months' notice required when the superintendent's employment is terminated without cause (HB 2679).
Requiring school districts to ensure students participate in surveys (HB 2656).
Setting pay requirements for classified employees (HB 2690).
Reimbursing school districts for meal costs (HB 3030).
Studying ventilation and energy efficiency in schools (HB 3031).
Allowing students in grade 11 or 12 to be awarded a high school diploma if the student has received a certificate for passing an approved high school equivalency test (HB 3068).
Requiring school safety threat reports (HB 3584).

Thursday

8 a.m.: The Joint Ways and Means Education Subcommittee will hold a public hearing on:

3 p.m.: The House Higher Education Committee will hold a work session on:

3 p.m.: The Senate Rules Committee will hold a public hearing on:

Modifying the requirements for school board members to file a statement of economic interest (SB 292 A).

3 p.m.: The Senate Education Committee will hold a possible work session on:

Studying improving alignment among state education agencies (SB 275).
Requiring part-time college faculty to be paid the same rate as full-time faculty (SB 416).
Studying the feasibility of collecting course grade history for grades 6-12 (SB 768).
Eliminating State School Fund distributions for facility grants (SB 1002).
Identifying how to respond to secretary of state education audits (SB 1045).
Restoring the penalty for compulsory school attendance violations (SB 48).
Clarifying the education duties of the State Board of Education, the Oregon Department of Education, the superintendent of public instruction and district school boards (SB 290).
Providing that course work in aviation maintenance occurring at an airport in a neighboring state may be included in instruction hours for the Community College Support Fund (SB 482).
Eliminating the restrictions on paying unemployment insurance benefits to certain nonprofessional educational workers (SB 489).
Specifying the contract price at which apprentice utilization requirements apply to qualified contracts with institutions of higher education and school districts (SB 518).
Modifying grant amounts for school-based health centers for inflation (SB 549).

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