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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
A-Engrossed
Senate Bill 315
Ordered by the Senate April 11
Including Senate Amendments dated April 11
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the President of the Senate in conformance with pre-
session filing rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part of the President (at the request
of Senate Interim Committee on Education)
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. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards.
Digest: 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 ab-
sences. (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 ab-
sences.
[Requires school districts to report to the department when a student is not considered to have
regularattendance.]
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the recording of student absences.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. (1) The Department of Education shall:
(a) Review, make recommendations and develop best practices related to:
(A) The recording of student absences by school districts; and
(B) School district responses to student absences that exceed 10 days.
(b) Develop a common coding system for school districts to record and report student
absences for the purposes of ORS 339.065, with consideration of the size and geographic lo-
cation of a school district.
(2)(a) Not later than May 31, 2026, the department shall provide a report to:
(A) The interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education; and
(B) The State Board of Education.
(b) The report required under paragraph (a) of this subsection shall:
(A) Summarize the review conducted, the recommendations made and the best practices
developed as described in subsection (1)(a) of this section;
(B) Summarize the common coding system developed as provided by subsection (1)(b) of
this section; and
(C) Recommend any changes in administrative rules and legislation, including identifying
any funding needed for implementation.
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 1574