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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2576
Sponsored by Representative MCINTIRE (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: Creates a task force to study the public education system. (Flesch Readability Score:
61.3).
Establishes the Task Force on the Oregon Public Education System. Requires the task force to
report to the Legislative Assembly at any time within 30 days after its final meeting or at a time
designated by the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Sunsets the task force on December 31, 2026.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to education; and prescribing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. (1) The Task Force on the Oregon Public Education System is established.
(2) The task force consists of 10 members appointed as follows:
(a) The President of the Senate shall appoint five members from among members of the
Senate.
(b) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint five members from among
members of the House of Representatives.
(3) The task force shall conduct an analysis of the effectiveness of this state’s system
of assessments, accountability standards, academic content standards, curriculum standards
and high school diploma requirements.
(4) A majority of the members of the task force constitutes a quorum for the transaction
ofbusiness.
(5) Official action by the task force requires the approval of a majority of the members
of the task force.
(6) The task force shall elect one of its members to serve as chairperson.
(7) If there is a vacancy for any cause, the appointing authority shall make an appoint-
ment to become immediately effective.
(8) The task force shall meet at times and places specified by the call of the chairperson
or of a majority of the members of the task force.
(9) The task force may adopt rules necessary for the operation of the task force.
(10) The task force may presession file legislation in the manner provided in ORS 171.130
for interim committees. All legislation recommended by official action of the task force must
indicate that it is introduced at the request of the task force.
(11) The task force shall report to the Legislative Assembly in the manner provided in
ORS 192.245 at any time within 30 days after its final meeting or at a time the President and
Speaker designate.
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 3571 HB2576
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(12) The Legislative Policy and Research Director may employ persons necessary for the
performance of the functions of the task force. The Legislative Policy and Research Director
shall fix the duties and amounts of compensation of the employees. The task force shall use
the services of continuing legislative staff, without employing additional persons, to the
greatest extent practicable.
(13) All agencies of state government, as defined in ORS 174.111, are directed to assist
the task force in the performance of the duties of the task force and, to the extent permitted
by laws relating to confidentiality, to furnish information and advice the members of the task
force consider necessary to perform their duties.
SECTION 2. Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on December 31, 2026.
SECTION 3.This 2025 Act takes effect on the 91st day after the date on which the 2025
regular session of the Eighty-third Legislative Assembly adjourns sine die.
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