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The Week Ahead

Monday, May 13, 2019
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Monday

11 a.m.: The House will vote on:

  • State School Fund appropriation (HB 5016).
  • A licensing grace period for new teachers (SB 216).
  • Making school board members mandatory reporters of abuse (SB 415A).
  • Requiring a comprehensive district plan on student suicide prevention (SB 52A).
  • Appropriating money for the Student Success Act (HB 5047A).

1 p.m.: The Senate Education Committee will hold an informational meeting on:

  • High school equivalency/GED tests.

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

  • Adding mental or behavioral health to excused absences list (HB 2191).
  • Requiring college textbook affordability plans (HB 2213A).
  • Encouraging partnerships between school districts and post-secondary institutions to offer accelerated college credit programs (HB 2263A).
  • Increasing math, science and career and technical education teachers in eastern Oregon (HB 2457A).
  • Conducting examinations of confidential student records in private sessions (HB 2514A).

1 p.m.: The Senate Health Care Committee will hold a work session on:

  • Requiring cultural competency continuing education (HB 2011).

3 p.m.: The House Education Committee will hold a public hearing on:

  • Charging resident tuition to Alaska Natives and Native Americans who graduate from Oregon high schools (SB 312).
  • Prohibiting districts from restricting access to some learning areas (SB 496A).

3 p.m.: The House Rules Committing will hold a public hearing and possible work session on:

  • Adopting diesel engine emission standards (HB 2007).

Tuesday

8:30 a.m.: The Joint Ways and Means Education Subcommittee will hold an informational meeting on:

  • Measure 98.

3 p.m.: The Joint Ways and Means Capital Construction Subcommittee will hold a public hearing and possible work session on:

  • Changes to the Public Employees Retirement System (SB 1049).

3 p.m.: The House Health Care Committee will hold a public hearing and possible work session on:

  • Establishing the Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Advisory Committee (SB 707A).

5 p.m.: The Joint Committee on Student Success will hold a public hearing on:

  • Establishing a task force on the implementation of electronic transcripts in high school (SB 17A).
  • Giving money to a University of Oregon program that aims to improve high school graduation rates through partnerships between university faculty and high school teachers (SB 739).
  • Reporting on the number of classroom clears (HB 2902A).

5 p.m.: The Joint Committee on Student Success will hold a work session on:

  • Requiring abuse investigations be done by the Teachers Standards and Practices Commission (SB 155).
  • Aligning dual credit programs (SB 800A).
  • Supporting career and technical student organizations (HB 3391).

5 p.m.: The Joint Committee on Student Success will hold a public hearing and possible work session on:

  • Requiring a study to determine the adequacy of Oregon public education (HB 2018).

Wednesday

1 p.m.: The Senate Education Committee will hold an informational meeting on:

  • Science, technology, engineering, math (STEM) education.

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

  • Changing the name of the Oregon Virtual School District to the Oregon Digital Learning Academy (HB 2022A).
  • Adding excused absences for children of military personnel (HB 2556).
  • Renaming the Oregon Youth Conservation Corps as the Oregon Youth Corps (HB 2871A).
  • Allowing students to wear military uniforms to graduation ceremonies (HB 2892).
  • Creating the Oregon Education Support Professional of the Year Program (HB 2964).

3 p.m.: The House Education Committee will hold an informational meeting on:

  • Outdoor school.

3 p.m.: The House Education Committee will hold a public hearing on:

  • Repealing sunset provisions on the Interstate Compact for Educational Opportunity for Military Children (SB 690A).
  • Residency for children of military personnel (SB 802).

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

  • Charging resident tuition to Alaska Natives and Native Americans who graduate from Oregon high schools (SB 312).
  • Prohibiting districts from restricting access to some learning areas (SB 496A).

Items may be added to legislative committee agendas during the week. The Oregon Legislature keeps an updated page of committee agendas.

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