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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3611
Sponsored by Representative NELSON
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 about tests given in public schools. (Flesch Readability
Score: 67.7).
Requires the Department of Education to study the adequacy of assessments administered in
public schools. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legisla-
tive Assembly related to education not later than September 15, 2026.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to assessments.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. The Department of Education shall study the adequacy of assessments ad-
ministered in the public schools of this state. 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 Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.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 3995