The Look Ahead

Monday

11 a.m. | The House will convene to vote on:

• Identifying economically disadvantaged students for Student Investment Account distributions (HB 2060). 

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

• The Oregon Department of Education (SB 5513). 

• The State School Fund (SB 5514). 

3:15 p.m. | The Senate Education Committee will hold a public hearing on:

• Studying the identification of talented and gifted children (SB 478). 

• Modifying requirements of plans of instruction for talented and gifted children (SB 486). 

• Studying instruction provided to talented and gifted children (SB 487).
  

Tuesday

11 a.m. | The House will convene to vote on:

• Exempting from construction taxes residential housing being constructed to replace housing destroyed or damaged by fire or other emergency event (HB 2607). 

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

• Authorizing the Oregon Department of Education to disburse or expend money (HB 2057). 

• Excluding from criminal records checks conducted by the Oregon Department of Education certain persons who have submitted to criminal records checks conducted by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (HB 2058). 

• Allowing students enrolled in earning a General Educational Development certificate to participate in interscholastic activities (HB 2817). 

• Establishing a Task Force on Education Pathways (HB 3236).

• Requiring education providers to prohibit the use or display of any symbols of hate on school property or in education programs (HB 2697). 

1 p.m. | The House Education Committee will hold a public hearing and possible work session on:

• Clarifying terminology for who may be investigated or disciplined by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (HB 2136). 

• Requiring each school district to evaluate students’ instructional needs because of COVID-19 school closures (HB 2962).

• Directing the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to adopt educator preparation program standards relating to teacher candidate evaluations (HB 3354). 

• Requiring school districts to provide information about services and placements available for children who are deaf, hard of hearing or blind (HB 3183). 

1 p.m. | The House Rules Committee will a work session on: 

• Requiring state agencies to reduce public records request fees by 50% if the request is made in the public interest and requiring state agencies to entirely waive fees if the public records request is in the public interest and narrowly tailored (HB 2485). 

Wednesday

11 a.m. | The Senate will convene to vote on:

• Providing that the Public Employees Retirement System Board may charge public employers accrued earnings for late payment of employee and employer contributions to the individual account program (SB 113). 

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

• The Oregon Department of Education (SB 5513). 

• The State School Fund (SB 5514). 

3:15 p.m. | The Senate Education Committee will hold a public hearing on:

• Requiring school boards to ensure that a specified percentage of school district expenditures are paid as compensation to teachers of core academic subjects or manual skills (SB 804). 
• Directing the Oregon Department of Education to establish a pilot program that enables school districts to deliver mental health screenings to students in grades 9-12 (SB 782).

3:15 p.m. | The Senate Education Committee will hold a work session on:

• Studying the identification of talented and gifted children (SB 478). 
• Modifying requirements of plans of instruction for talented and gifted children (SB 486). 
• Studying instruction provided to talented and gifted children (SB 487)
• Directing the Oregon Department of Education to study the most effective methods to diversify the educator workforce (SB 232). 
• Requiring students to demonstrate proficiency in civics in order to receive a high school diploma (SB 513). 
• Establishing a Task Force on Social Studies Standards (SB 702). 
• Requiring community colleges to allow each criminal justice course to be an eligible course for the social science cluster portion of an associate degree (SB 416). 
• Establishing a Task Force on Public Charter School Overview (SB 624). 

Thursday

1 p.m. | The House Education Committee will hold a public hearing and possible work session on:

• Altering eligibility requirements and formula for establishing Oregon Opportunity Grants (HB 2093). 

• Establishing that career and technical education is provided through a seamless system that begins at secondary school level and progresses to post-secondary career and technical education institutions, community colleges and apprenticeship programs (HB 2989). 

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

• Establishing the Task Force on Student Success for Underrepresented Students in Higher Education (HB 2590). 

• Requiring each public university and community college to prominently display mandatory fees charged (HB 2542). 

• Requiring each public university and community college to prominently display total costs of all required course materials and fees for no less than 75% of total courses (HB 2919). 

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