1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session House Bill 2737 Sponsored by Representative HUDSON (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: Directs ODE to conduct a study to help school districts that transport students who live outside of the district. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.3). Requires the Department of Education to conduct a study to identify methods for assisting school districts that are required to provide transportation to students who do not live in district boundaries. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to student transportation. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. (1) The Department of Education shall conduct a study to identify methods for assisting a school district that provides transportation to any student who lives outside of the boundaries of the school district but for whom the school district is responsible for transporting because of requirements under state or federal law to maintain the school of origin for the student. (2) The study conducted under this section shall review: (a) Methods for a school district to reduce the administrative and financial impact of providing transportation described in subsection (1) of this section; (b) Methods for a school district to provide transportation for a student described in subsection (1) of this section who needs individual transportation; and (c) The attendance data for student populations that are transported across district boundaries as described in subsection (1) of this section. (3) The department shall submit a report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, and may include recommendations for legislation, to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education no later than September 15, 2026. SECTION 2. Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027. 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 2096