Legislative Highlights

The Senate and House have more bills scheduled for Monday than they can hear, so they will likely change hearing times and many bills will be carried over to later... Read More

Ensuring that graduates are prepared  HB 2264 What it does:  House bill 2264 would require ODE to conduct a study to determine how best to ensure all high school graduates... Read More

Committee agendas are packed beyond any possibility of hearing all the bills and are changing daily, making a complete calendar listing mostly pointless. Below are a few key bills and... Read More

Bill shapes are starting to emerge from the muck of the 2023 legislative session. A procedural deadline on Tuesday, April 4, is separating the possible from the doomed. A flurry... Read More

The Legislature has made its State School Fund intentions public. Now the public can let the Legislature know what it thinks. A state budget framework released Thursday proposed $9.9 billion for... Read More

Gov. Tina Kotek’s education adviser’s first foray into the Senate Education Committee to present a bill was a doozy. The bombshell Melissa Goff dropped with little warning Thursday would fundamentally... Read More

Transportation costs  House Bill 3014  What it does: Schools face limits on spending State School Fund money on transporting students. HB 3014 would add alternative transportation costs such as public transit... Read More

Bills in policy committees must receive a work session in the chamber they started in by April 4 or they are effectively dead. Committee agendas are packed beyond any possibility... Read More

The first legislative deadline to get bills heard passed Friday, March 17, beginning the visible sifting of bills’ prospects. The next major deadline is the April 4 first chamber deadline to actually... Read More

Education advocates’ most anticipated bill, the State School Fund, has appeared. Oregon legislators are getting a tutorial on exactly what it will pay for. The Joint Ways and Means Education... Read More

Data collection HB 3288 What it does: Student demographic data are collected at the school and district level, flows to the Oregon Department of Education, then on to the U.S.... Read More

Early learning and literacy House Bills 3134, 3198, 3454, 3561 What they do: HBs 3134, 3198, 3454 and 3561 address early learning and literacy. HB 3134 would add phonics as... Read More

After months of speculation, the State School Fund will make its public debut next week. There may be some boos. “The saga continues,” said Lori Sattenspiel, OSBA Legislative Services director,... Read More

School Funding House Bills 5014 and 5015 What it does: The State School Fund is the major source of funding for the general operations of school districts and education service districts. The Oregon Department... Read More

Corporate kicker for schools House Bill 2257   What it does: In 1980, voters approved a legislative plan for a surplus kicker tax refund. In 2012, Ballot Measure 85 required the corporate... Read More

Student inventors  House Bill 2768  What it does: There are few innovation or intellectual property rights programs directed toward K-12 students in Oregon. The programs that are offered for student inventors... Read More

Cybersecurity  House Bill 2049  What it does: Oregon’s local and regional governments, education service districts, school districts, and libraries have recently completed a variety of assessments that identify critical cybersecurity vulnerabilities... Read More

Interscholastic activity fees House Bill 2750  What it does: HB 2750 would prohibit school districts from charging fees for interscholastic activities, including requiring participation in fundraising activities as a condition of... Read More