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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 319
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 as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act creates the Office of Substitute Teachers.(Flesch Readability Score: 71.8).
Establishes the Office of Substitute Teachers in the Department of Education to develop, com-
municate and coordinate best practices and supports for substitute teachers.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to substitute teachers.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. (1) The Office of Substitute Teachers is established in the Department of
Education.
(2) The office shall:
(a) Develop, communicate and coordinate best practices for the recruitment, licensure,
professional development and retention of substitute teachers.
(b) Provide resources and support to school districts for the recruitment, retention and
engagement of substitute teachers.
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 2294