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The Week Ahead

Friday, April 14, 2017
The Week Ahead
April 17, 1 p.m.

Senate General Government and Accountability Committee holds work session on:

  • Posting instructions for accessing records of public meetings (SB 317).

April 17, 1 p.m.

Senate Human Services Committee holds work session on:

  • Limiting districts’ ability to put students in abbreviated day programs (SB 263).

April 17, 3 p.m.

House Education committee holds work session on:

  • Establishing Task Force on the High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Act (HB 2246).

  • Developing ethnic studies standards (HB 2845).

  • Allowing social workers to act as school counselors (HB 3395).

  • Studying how to stabilize school funding
    (HB 3038).

  • Establishing Task Force on Assessments of Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
    (HB 3412).

  • Requiring annual report from Teachers Standards and Practices Commission (HB 3351).

  • Prohibiting education legislation (HB 3208).

  • Creating behavior intervention plans (HB 3318).

  • Convening ELL advisory group (HB 3358).

April 17, 3 p.m.

Senate Workforce Committee holds work session on:

  • Changing PERS rules (SB 559 and SB 560).

April 18, 1 p.m.

House Early Childhood and Family Supports Committee holds possible work session on:

  • Adding kindergarten teachers in high-poverty schools (HB 2957).

April 18, 3 p.m.

House Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee holds work session on:

  • Revising requirements for accelerated college credit programs (HB 2313).

April 18, 3 p.m.

Senate Education Committee holds work session on:

  • Updating references to ESSA (SB 20).

  • Implementing Measure 98 (SB 353).

  • Providing services for charter schools (SB 209).

  • Directing use of school facilities by private tutors (SB 1002).

  • Adding naturalization test questions to diploma requirements (SB 1038).

  • Testing school facilities for environmental hazards (SB 1047).

April 18

Last day for policy committees to move measures introduced in their chamber. The deadline does not apply to Ways and Means, revenue, and rules committees.

Items may be added to 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

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