Education

House Bill 3025 · Removes the shared responsibility model by which a qualified student, the student's family, the federal government and the state share the cost of education for the student.

Sent April 1, 2025 · Reported out after 63 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 3083 · Directs the governing body of a school to consider the installation of a panic alarm system as part of the policies and procedures relating to school building security.

Sent March 27, 2025 · Reported out after 48 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 2307 · Exempts, until January 2, 2030, lamps purchased by a school district from the prohibition on the sale of certain fluorescent lamps.

Sent March 25, 2025 · Reported out after 55 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 3063 · Provides that a student who is in a hospital educational program shall continue to remain enrolled in the school district in which the student had been a resident prior to being in the hospital educational program only for the purpose of maintaining access to classroom curricula and associated technology.

Sent March 20, 2025 · Reported out after 39 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 1193 · Permits a post-secondary institution of education to provide compensation to a student athlete for use of the student athlete's name, image, likeness or athletic reputation.

Sent March 20, 2025 · Reported out after 25 days · did not pass the Senate

House Bill 2586 · Permits an asylum seeker who is a student at a public university in this state or Oregon Health and Science University to receive an exemption from nonresident tuition and fees.

Sent March 12, 2025 · Reported out after 63 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 3028 · Removes the statutory amounts that the Higher Education Coordinating Commission may charge for determining whether a school may confer or offer to confer a degree upon a person or provide academic credit applicable to a degree.

Sent March 11, 2025 · Reported out after 79 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 5 · Requires the governing board of each public university in this state to adopt a personnel policy that includes institutional standards for faculty qualifications.

Sent March 11, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 108 days

House Bill 2511 · Directs the Department of Education to collect workforce data on all individuals who are employed by a school district or by an education service district.

Sent March 6, 2025 · Reported out after 60 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 2551 · Directs the governing board of a public university to ensure that background information about special campus security officers is requested from the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training and reviewed before commissioning the officer.

Sent March 6, 2025 · Reported out after 53 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 2682 · Directs the Department of Education to establish an advisory committee to study and develop recommendations to modernize the adequate service levels for early intervention and early childhood special education in this state.

Sent March 6, 2025 · Reported out after 60 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 3027 · Permits the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to seek an injunction against a person or career school that is engaged, has engaged or is about to engage in any activity in violation of career school licensure requirements and standards.

Sent March 6, 2025 · Reported out after 74 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 3041 · Modifies the source of law that establishes the Educator Advancement Council from intergovernmental agreement to state statute.

Sent March 3, 2025 · Reported out after 50 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 1109 · Requires specified boards of educational institutions to video record their governing meetings.

Sent March 3, 2025 · Reported out after 39 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 1126 · Requires public elementary school students to be provided with recess time each day.

Sent March 3, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 116 days

Senate Bill 1127 · Authorizes the Department of Education to expend moneys from the Statewide Education Initiatives Account for the purpose of awarding grants to develop and provide educational activities during recess, lunch or after school for Title I elementary schools.

Sent March 3, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 116 days

Senate Bill 1157 · Requires the Department of Education to study methods for improving safety in the public schools of this state.

Sent March 3, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 116 days

House Bill 2514 · Permits an education service district to contract bonded indebtedness for capital costs in excess of limits applicable to component school districts.

Sent February 25, 2025 · Reported out after 85 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

House Bill 2596 · Enacts the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact.

Sent February 25, 2025 · Reported out after 86 days · then passed the Senate, and was vetoed

Senate Bill 1098 · Prohibits discrimination when selecting or retaining school library materials, textbooks or instructional materials or when developing and implementing a curriculum.

Sent February 25, 2025 · Reported out after 29 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 1100 · Allows a public education provider to identify which locations to make tampons and sanitary pads available to students.

Sent February 25, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 122 days

House Bill 2556 · Designates Portland State University as Oregon's Urban Research University.

Sent February 21, 2025 · Reported out after 89 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 1037 · Requires an institution of higher education to provide specified information related to a realistic expectation of income for an individual in a field related to the degree the student seeks to obtain.

Sent February 18, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 129 days

Senate Bill 1045 · Provides that a student enrolled at a career school licensed in this state may receive an Oregon Promise grant.

Sent February 18, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 129 days

Senate Bill 970 · Provides that enrollment in a remote learning program or an online learning program is voluntary.

Sent February 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 143 days

Senate Bill 971 · Directs the Department of Administrative Services to contract with a disability protection and advocacy agency to develop and administer a certification program for educational surrogates.

Sent February 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 143 days

Senate Bill 977 · Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to work with Portland State University and community colleges to establish a post-secondary program for youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Sent February 4, 2025 · Reported out after 69 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 978 · Requires school districts and education service districts to prepare an annual report of the legal processes involved in by the district during the school year, including the legal expenditures of the district for the school year.

Sent February 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 143 days

Senate Bill 979 · Directs the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to conduct a study on ensuring post-secondary educational opportunities for individuals with disabilities.

Sent February 4, 2025 · Reported out after 49 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 980 · Directs the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to study and develop a list of standardized job profiles for unlicensed school jobs.

Sent February 4, 2025 · Reported out after 65 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 981 · Increases the maximum age under which a student may receive a public education.

Sent February 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 143 days

Senate Bill 982 · Authorizes school districts to use public funds for out-of-state placement of students only if specified criteria are satisfied.

Sent February 4, 2025 · Reported out after 51 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 983 · Permits local public officials to participate in discussion and debate and to vote on the adoption of a local budget that includes compensation for the public official or a relative of the public official after announcing an actual conflict of interest.

Sent February 4, 2025 · Reported out after 50 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 948 · Authorizes district school boards to provide for play-based learning during the instructional time of each regular school day for all students who are enrolled in prekindergarten through grade five in the school district.

Sent January 28, 2025 · Reported out after 43 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 953 · Establishes the Task Force on Transitions into Kindergarten.

Sent January 28, 2025 · Reported out after 51 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 882 · Requires course instruction provided as part of a health education curriculum to include information about human development from conception to birth.

Sent January 21, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 157 days

Senate Bill 891 · Establishes the Oregon Empowerment Scholarship Program for the purpose of providing options in education to students of this state.

Sent January 21, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 157 days

Senate Bill 892 · Prescribes information related to courses of study offered by a school district that a district school board must ensure is provided on the school district's website.

Sent January 21, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 157 days

Senate Bill 894 · Requires the Department of Education, in collaboration with the STEM Investment Council, to conduct specified reviews for the purpose of developing and recommending standards by which technology-based competitive student activities may satisfy high school diploma requirements or career and technical education program requirements.

Sent January 21, 2025 · Reported out after 36 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 896 · Establishes the After-School Learning and Enrichment Grant Program.

Sent January 21, 2025 · Reported out after 36 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 905 · Eliminates reporting redundancies required under a Healthy and Safe Schools Plan.

Sent January 21, 2025 · Reported out after 62 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 910 · Prescribes requirements for sharing information, training and guidelines for student athletes related to symptoms of a cardiac event.

Sent January 21, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 157 days

Senate Bill 918 · Requires course instruction provided as part of a health education curriculum to include information about human development from conception to birth.

Sent January 21, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 157 days

Senate Bill 919 · Requires a student to demonstrate proficiency in specified Essential Learning Skills prior to the student being awarded a high school diploma or a modified diploma.

Sent January 21, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 157 days

Senate Bill 933 · Requires school districts to submit specified information to the Department of Education related to talented and gifted children.

Sent January 21, 2025 · Reported out after 50 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 934 · Prescribes requirements for the identification of talented and gifted children.

Sent January 21, 2025 · Reported out after 50 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 141 · Requires specified entities that receive moneys from the State School Fund to measure the outcomes of the students of the entity.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 91 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 207 · Directs the Board of Cosmetology to adopt rules to allow the holder of a provisional certificate to perform in a cosmetology field of practice under the supervision of a practitioner in the same field of practice under certain circumstances.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 87 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives

Senate Bill 211 · Requires the Department of Education to study issues related to wrap-around support services for students.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 212 · Establishes a ratings system for library materials available to young individuals based on appropriateness for different age groups.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 223 · Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to create and distribute memorial plaques to schools in honor of Senator Peter Courtney's contributions in supporting seismic rehabilitation funding.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 40 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 231 · Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to the University of Oregon's Institute for Resilient Organizations, Communities, and Environments for the purpose of implementing emergency response, continuity and recovery initiatives at post-secondary educational institutions in this state.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 302 · Requires the Department of Education to conduct an audit of assessments administered to kindergarteners in public schools.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 87 days · then passed the Senate, and was vetoed

Senate Bill 303 · Requires the Department of Education to study the adequacy of public education in this state for kindergarten through grade 12.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 304 · Requires the Department of Education to study the adequacy of public education in this state for kindergarten through grade 12.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 305 · Requires the Department of Education to study the adequacy of public education in this state for kindergarten through grade 12.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 306 · Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to study higher education.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 307 · Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to study higher education.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 308 · Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to study higher education.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 309 · Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to study health care benefits for part-time faculty members at post-secondary institutions of education.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 310 · Requires only one party to file a petition for a fact finder if the public employer is a public education employer.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 311 · Requires the Department of Education to study the adequacy of state funding for public education in this state.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 312 · Directs the Department of Education to develop and implement a standardized method to be used by school districts, education service districts and the department to electronically create, collect, use, maintain, disclose, transfer and access student data.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 75 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 313 · Directs the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to develop an implementation plan for a statewide collective bargaining process for licensed educators in this state.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 59 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 314 · Directs the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, the Department of Education, the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission, the Department of Early Learning and Care and the Educator Advancement Council to jointly develop a three- to five-year strategic plan for agency collaboration to align, coordinate and strengthen the educator workforce in Oregon.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 87 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 315 · Directs the Department of Education to review, make recommendations and develop best practices related to the recording of student absences and how school districts respond to student absences and to develop a common coding system for school districts to use for student absences.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 84 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 316 · Requires the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to study the method for determining the current service level for the purpose of calculating the amount to appropriate for the State School Fund.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 317 · Increases over time the percentage cap on the amount of moneys that are distributed from the State School Fund to school districts for students eligible for special education as a child with a disability.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 318 · Provides that certain substitute teachers are eligible to enroll in a health benefit plan offered by the Oregon Educators Benefit Board.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 319 · Establishes the Office of Substitute Teachers in the Department of Education to develop, communicate and coordinate best practices and supports for substitute teachers.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 320 · Directs the Department of Education to enter into a contract with a third party to develop and offer online professional development opportunities for substitute teachers in this state.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 321 · Directs the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to establish by rule a substitute teaching license and a restricted substitute teaching license.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 322 · Directs the Department of Education to enter into a contract with a third party to develop and offer online professional development opportunities for substitute teachers in this state.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 323 · Requires a school district and education service district to conduct a cost analysis before extending, renewing or entering a new public contract for the procurement of substitute teacher services.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 324 · Transfers from the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to the Department of Education certain duties, functions and powers related to teaching, administrative and personnel licensure and investigation, school nurse certification and investigation and public charter school teacher and administrator registration and investigation.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 68 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 325 · Requires the Legislative and Policy Research Director to cause to be studied the accuracy of fiscal impact statements that are submitted by school districts to the Legislative Fiscal Office.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 326 · Requires the Department of Education to study the adequacy of public education in this state for kindergarten through grade 12.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 390 · Prohibits the Higher Education Coordinating Commission from making any distributions during the 2025-2027 biennium to the University of Oregon unless the University of Oregon transfers to the commission for distribution to Oregon State University the balance of any receipts received by the University of Oregon from the athletic conference of which the university is a member.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 396 · Requires public universities to establish a common application for undergraduate admission.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 401 · Increases the weight allotted for children in poverty for purposes of State School Fund distributions.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 413 · Directs the governing board of public universities in this state to adopt a policy that limits the enrollment of students who have not established residency in this state to 35 percent of the total student population at that university.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 443 · Appropriates moneys to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to the Area Health Education Center program of Oregon Health and Science University for supporting the Oregon Academy of Family Physicians.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 83 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 446 · Directs the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to study and develop a list of standardized job profiles for unlicensed school jobs.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 456 · Appropriates moneys to the Department of Education for distribution as grants to address the causes of chronic absenteeism.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 75 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 472 · Authorizes an education service district board to determine whether a district school board has violated a requirement regarding actual conflicts of interest.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 478 · Revises the duties of boards of education of community college districts.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 523 · Allows a student with a disability to use transitional services available to students without disabilities when the student's parent or foster parent revokes consent for, or objects to, the student's placement on an abbreviated school day program.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 524 · Excludes certain students from the requirements of an abbreviated school day program.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 541 · Requires school district boards to ensure all schools offer computer science education in all grades.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 83 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 543 · Directs the Department of Transportation to translate student driver education curriculum and student driver instructor curriculum into the Spanish language and post the materials on the department's website.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 544 · Requires vaporizing detection devices to be installed in certain areas of high schools that have 1,000 or more enrolled students.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 562 · Removes the requirement that a student must receive approval from the student's resident school district before enrolling in a virtual public charter school that is not sponsored by the school district if a specified percentage of students in the school district already are enrolled in virtual public charter schools that are not sponsored by the school district.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 581 · Creates the psychology provider incentive program within the Oregon Health Authority to provide financial incentives to students enrolled in approved doctoral programs in psychology who complete courses that provide cultural competency training.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 88 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 604 · Establishes the Strong Start Program within the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for purposes of providing support to first-year and underrepresented students at public universities in this state.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 59 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 618 · Requires school districts to designate athletic competitions and extracurricular sports according to biological sex.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 630 · Establishes the Educational Scholarship Program for the purpose of assisting eligible students to pay for costs of attendance at certain nonpublic schools.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 631 · Directs each school district board to adopt a child sexual abuse prevention instructional program that addresses sex trafficking of children.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 632 · Allows virtual public charter schools to be eligible for grants distributed from the Student Investment Account.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 633 · Removes the requirement that a student must receive approval from the student's resident school district before enrolling in a virtual public charter school that is not sponsored by the school district if a specified percentage of students in the school district already are enrolled in virtual public charter schools that are not sponsored by the school district.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 646 · Allows a student who is a resident of this state to attend any public school of this state.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 647 · Increases to five percent the cap on the percentage of students from school districts who may attend certain virtual public charter schools without the approval of the school district.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 652 · Allows a school district, an education service district or a public charter school to employ a person who is not licensed or registered with the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to teach reading to students.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 653 · Establishes the Task Force to Abolish the Department of Education.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 654 · Authorizes district school boards to establish a policy to encourage students to develop vocational skills by performing maintenance tasks for school districts.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 657 · Requires school district boards to ensure that a specified percentage of expenditures of the school district are paid as compensation to teachers of core academic subjects or manual skills.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 659 · Prohibits the amount of tuition that is waived for qualified students from being reduced by the amount of specified student aid received by the qualified students.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 660 · Requires each school district, education service district and public charter school to ensure that state moneys received by the district or school are used to educate the student for which the moneys are received.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 661 · Repeals the directive to the State Board of Education to review social studies standards.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 669 · Requires a school district that is making reductions in educator staff positions to prioritize seniority when determining which teachers to retain.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 677 · Removes the requirement that menstrual products be provided in public charter schools and in bathrooms designated for males.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 717 · Directs the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to establish a pilot program to provide stipends for student teachers and the educators who mentor student teachers for licensure.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 720 · Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to the Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center to construct and operate the Sunrise Campus Cultural Workforce Center.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 54 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 735 · Provides that abbreviated school day program requirements do not apply to students in public charter schools if certain conditions are met.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 84 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 738 · Changes the age limit and the required period during which certain foster children were in care to be eligible to receive tuition waivers.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 90 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 742 · Allows a student's parent or foster parent to consent to attending an initial meeting regarding an abbreviated school day program placement by telephone or other electronic means.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 81 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 745 · Allows the parent or foster parent of a terminally ill student to consent to meeting once every year to review the student's abbreviated school day program.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 81 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 749 · Directs the Department of Education to establish and administer a pilot program that provides for participatory budgeting by students in the preparation of a school district budget.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 767 · Directs each school district board to adopt a prevention curriculum that addresses child sex trafficking.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 768 · Requires the State of Oregon to contribute a 50 percent match for every donation of $10,000 or more made to the Oregon State University Foundation for the express purpose of supporting agricultural research with emphasis on cereal grains, to the extent moneys are available.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 54 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 784 · Specifies that the statewide standards for dual credit programs include programs in agriculture, forestry and natural resources.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 87 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 785 · Establishes the Agriculture Education Scholarship Program to provide grants to qualified students for the equivalent of the cost of one full-time academic year in a qualified agriculture program that will prepare the student to be an agriculture teacher in a high school in this state.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 87 days · did not pass the Senate

Senate Bill 786 · Requires a public institution of higher education to award academic credit when an enrolled student completed a high school class or participated in a high school program that offered learning and experiences comparable to an introductory communications, public speaking or argumentation course offered at the institution.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 787 · Requires school districts to designate athletic competitions and extracurricular sports according to biological sex.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 796 · Allows the Oregon Board of Accountancy to create a grant program to provide scholarships for students seeking accounting degrees in college or individuals who wish to become certified public accountants in Oregon.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 35 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 802 · Modifies the event to start calculating the 90-day period during which an applicant for a teaching license may be employed in a public school of this state pending evaluation of their application by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 41 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 805 · Reduces the duration of time that the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission is required to wait for verification that attempts were made to resolve a complaint through the processes of the school district before the commission no longer has a duty to investigate the complaint.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 41 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 866 · Requires the Department of Education to study methods for improving the social emotional health of students and staff in public schools.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

Senate Bill 867 · Prescribes sanctions that the Department of Education may impose when an elementary or secondary school or program is found to be in noncompliance with a discrimination prohibition.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 40 days · then passed the Senate, and became law

Senate Bill 868 · Directs the Department of Education to develop a formula and to submit a report related to the calculation of the cost of operating and administering a local, county or regional program of special education.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 60 days · then passed the Senate, and became law