l9n/ Oregon

2023 Regular Session

Senate Bill 854

Requires each school district board to develop written plan establishing climate change instructional program for kindergarten through grade 12 no later than June 1, 2026.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on June 25, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Requires each school district board to develop written plan establishing climate change instructional program for kindergarten through grade 12 no later than June 1, 2026. Establishes requirements for instructional program. Requires school district board to review and update plan every seven years. Requires Department of Education to establish model plan to provide guidance to school districts and to develop academic content standards for climate change instructional program. Requires Superintendent of Public Instruction to withhold from noncompliant school districts amounts otherwise to be distributed as grants from Student Investment Account. Provides that purposes of grants distributed from Student Investment Account includes meeting requirements for climate change instructional program. Requires eligible applicants to describe in grant application how school district is meeting climate change instructional program requirements. Requires career and technical education programs to integrate climate change instruction to support climate-focused sustainability career pathways.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

Its course

February 2 to June 25, 2023, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action4 actions on 4 days

In the SenateFeb 2 to Jun 25 · stopped143 days

Waiting for a committeeFeb 2 to Feb 31 day

EducationFeb 3 to Jun 25 · stopped142 days

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

In the Senate Feb 2 – Jun 25

  1. Feb 2Introduced
  2. Feb 3Sent to Education
  3. Mar 9Heard in Education
  4. Jun 25Died when the session ended
All 4 actions, as published
  1. Feb 2Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  2. Feb 3Referred to Education.Senate
  3. Mar 9Public Hearing held.Senate
  4. Jun 25In committee upon adjournment.Senate