l9n/ Oregon

2024 Regular Session

Senate Bill 1551

Waives the requirement that an otherwise eligible Oregon Promise grant recipient must have completed high school within six months of enrolling in certain community college courses for those individuals who completed high school or its equivalent during a specified period.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Ways and Means Committee on March 7, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

<b>Digest: The Act allows certain people to get or keep a grant for college. (Flesch Readability Score: 83.0).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act allows certain people to get a grant for college. (Flesch Readability Score: 80.3).</i>] Waives the requirement that an otherwise eligible Oregon Promise grant recipient must have completed high school within six months of enrolling in certain community college courses for those individuals who completed high school or its equivalent [<i>in 2020 or 2021</i>]<b> during a specified period</b>. <b>Provides a similar waiver of continued eligibility requirements for existing grant recipients.</b> Applies the waiver to grants awarded in the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 academic years. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Its course

February 5 to March 7, 2024, 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 action7 actions on 5 days

In the SenateFeb 5 to Mar 7 · stopped31 days

Waiting for a committeeFeb 5 to Feb 50 days

EducationFeb 5 to Feb 1611 days

Ways and MeansFeb 16 to Mar 7 · stopped20 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 16

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

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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 5 – Mar 7

  1. Feb 5Introduced
  2. Sent to Education
  3. Feb 8Heard in Education
  4. Feb 13Heard in Education
  5. Feb 16Education recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
  6. Sent to Ways and Means
  7. Mar 7Died when the session ended
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Feb 5Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  2. Feb 5Referred to Education, then Ways and Means.Senate
  3. Feb 8Public Hearing held.Senate
  4. Feb 13Work Session held.Senate
  5. Feb 16Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.)Senate
  6. Feb 16Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.Senate
  7. Mar 7In committee upon adjournment.Senate