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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2912
Sponsored by Representative EVANS (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: Requires a teacher of a course that is part of a dual credit program to take graduate
level course work for the course.(Flesch Readability Score: 76.8).
Establishes minimum education requirements for high school teachers of dual credit courses.
Takes effect July 1, 2026.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to accelerated college credit programs; creating new provisions; amending ORS 340.300; and
prescribing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 340.300 is amended to read:
340.300. (1) As used in this section, “accelerated college credit programs” includes dual credit
programs, two-plus-two programs, advanced placement programs and International Baccalaureate
programs.
(2) Each school district shall:
(a) Provide students in grades 9 through 12 with accelerated college credit programs including,
but not limited to, accelerated college credit programs related to language arts, mathematics and
science;or
(b) Ensure that students in grades 9 through 12 have online access to accelerated college credit
programs including, but not limited to, accelerated college credit programs related to language arts,
mathematics and science.
(3) A school district shall ensure that a teacher of a course that is part of a dual credit
program has completed a minimum of 27 quarter hours of graduate level course work rele-
vant to the course. The requirement of this subsection does not apply to career and technical
educationcourses.
SECTION 2. The amendments to ORS 340.300 by section 1 of this 2025 Act first apply to
courses taught during the 2026-2027 school year.
SECTION 3.This 2025 Act takes effect on July 1, 2026.
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.
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