Oregon 2025 Regular Session All Bills
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB314
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Refer
4/14/25
Refer
4/14/25
The Act tells some agencies to create a strategic plan for the educator workforce in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1). [Digest: The Act tells the TSPC and EAC to create a plan for people to become licensed as educators in different ways. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.6).] [Directs the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission and the Educator Advancement Council to jointly develop a strategic plan for nontraditional pathways to licensure for educators in this state.] [Requires the commission and the council to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education no later than July 1 of each even-numbered year.] 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. Directs the agencies to include an analysis of progress toward meeting the goals of the strategic plan in specific biennial reports required under the Educators Equity Act.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB315
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Report Pass
4/11/25
Engrossed
4/15/25
Refer
4/16/25
Report Pass
5/7/25
Enrolled
5/14/25
Passed
5/22/25
Chaptered
6/6/25
Passed
6/6/25
Tells ODE to take actions, and to develop a common coding system, for student absences. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). [Digest: Tells ODE to take actions about how school districts record and respond to student absences. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5).] Directs the Department of Education to review, [and] 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. [Requires school districts to report to the department when a student is not considered to have regular attendance.].
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB316
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Directs DAS to study the method to calculate the current service level for the State School Fund. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1). 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. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education not later than September 15, 2026.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB317
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Raises the cap on the amount of state moneys that a school district may receive for a student who is a child with a disability. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.0). 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. Directs the State Board of Education to adopt workload standards for personnel providing special education and related services. Allows a school district to be eligible for a higher percentage cap if the school district complies with the standards. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB318
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act says that substitute teachers can enroll in a health benefit plan with OEBB. The Act says that the teacher has to pay 10 percent of the premiums. The Act says that the teacher's home district has to administer the plan for the teacher and pay the rest of the premiums, but the district will be paid back by OEBB. The Act says that a district has to keep old health care benefits for teachers who cannot enroll in an OEBB plan. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.6). Provides that certain substitute teachers are eligible to enroll in a health benefit plan offered by the Oregon Educators Benefit Board. Requires the substitute teacher to pay 10 percent of the premiums for the plan. Requires the substitute teacher's chosen home district to administer the plan for the substitute teacher and pay the remaining premiums, subject to reimbursement by the board. Requires a district to maintain legacy health care benefits for substitute teachers who are not eligible to enroll in a health benefit plan offered by the board. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB319
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act creates the Office of Substitute Teachers. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.8). Establishes the Office of Substitute Teachers in the Department of Education to develop, communicate and coordinate best practices and supports for substitute teachers.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB32
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Report Pass
3/28/25
Engrossed
4/3/25
Refer
4/10/25
Report Pass
5/6/25
Enrolled
5/8/25
Passed
5/19/25
Chaptered
6/6/25
Passed
6/6/25
This Act makes OHCS post data on low-income public housing on its webpage. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.9). [Digest: The Act tells OHCS to study housing. (Flesch Readability Score: 90.9).] [Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to study housing. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to housing not later than September 15, 2026.] Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to post information about publicly supported housing on the department's webpage. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB320
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act would make the ODE enter into a contract with a third party to offer training to substitute teachers in the state. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). 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. Requires the department to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education no later than September 15, 2026.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB321
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act would make the TSPC create by rule two types of licenses for people who want to be a substitute teacher. The Act would make the TSPC create by rule a way for people with a restricted substitute teaching license to get a regular substitute teaching license. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.8). Directs the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to establish by rule a substitute teaching license and a restricted substitute teaching license. Requires the commission to establish by rule an expedited process for persons with a restricted substitute teaching license to obtain a substitute teaching license. Directs the commission, in consultation with the Oregon Substitute Teachers Association, to report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education no later than December 15, 2025. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB322
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act would change the law in several ways to support substitute teachers in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.2). 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. Directs the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to establish by rule a substitute teaching license and a restricted substitute teaching license. Requires the commission to establish by rule an expedited process for persons with a restricted substitute teaching license to obtain a substitute teaching license. Provides that certain substitute teachers are eligible to enroll in a health benefit plan offered by the Oregon Educators Benefit Board. Requires the substitute teacher to pay 10 percent of the premiums for the plan. Requires the substitute teacher's chosen home district to administer the plan for the substitute teacher and pay the remaining premiums, subject to reimbursement by the board. Requires a district to maintain legacy health care benefits for substitute teachers who are not eligible to enroll in a health benefit plan offered by the board. Establishes the Office of Substitute Teachers in the Department of Education to develop, communicate and coordinate best practices and supports for substitute teachers. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB323
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act makes some education entities take certain steps when contracting for a substitute teacher. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). 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. Requires a district school board or education service district board to make publicly available on its website the current contract, proposed contract and cost analysis. Requires a district school board and education service district board to address as an agenda item an extended, renewed or new contract at its next regular meeting, provide notice and opportunity for members of the public to testify and make publicly available on its website copies of the extended, renewed or new contract and cost analysis. Directs the Department of Education to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education and the Legislative Administration Committee no later than September 15 each year. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB324
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Refer
3/26/25
Refer
3/26/25
Moves some duties, functions and powers of state education from TSPC to ODE. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). [Digest: Moves certain duties, functions and powers of state education from TSPC and EAC to ODE. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8).] [Transfers certain duties, functions and powers related to teaching, administrative and personnel licensure from the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to the Department of Education. Retains commission duties, functions and powers related to licensure standards and licensee discipline.] [Directs the Department of Education to establish the Educator Advancement Council.] 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. Retains with the commission duties, functions and powers related to licensure standards, licensee discipline and rulemaking. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB325
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Directs LPRO to conduct a study on fiscal impact statements that are made by school districts. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). 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. Directs the director to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education not later than September 15, 2026.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB326
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
Directs ODE to study the state of education in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.6). Requires the Department of Education to study the adequacy of public education in this state for kindergarten through grade 12. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education not later than September 15, 2026.
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Oregon 2025 Regular Session
Oregon Senate Bill SB327
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/17/25
The Act is about what happens when a person does not pay a vet for treating an animal. The Act says that a vet may not keep the animal because the person has not paid for the treatment. (Flesch Readability Score: 78.4). Prohibits a veterinarian from requiring the owner of an animal treated by the veterinarian to surrender the animal on the basis that the owner has not paid for the treatment.