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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 982
Sponsored by 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 sets forth standards for a school district to be allowed to place a student in
another state. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.2).
Authorizes school districts to use public funds for out-of-state placement of students only if
specified criteria are satisfied. Creates exceptions. Authorizes the Department of Human Services
to charge school districts for licensing-related costs.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to out-of-state residential placements of students; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. (1) As used in this section:
(a) “Child-caring agency” has the meaning given that term in ORS 418.205.
(b) “Public funds” means moneys drawn from the State Treasury or any special or trust
fund of the state government, including any moneys appropriated by the state government
and transferred to any public body, as defined in ORS 174.109, and any other moneys under
the control of a public official by virtue of office.
(2) A school district may use public funds to place a student of any age in an out-of-state
child-caring agency only if:
(a) The out-of-state child-caring agency satisfies the licensing criteria under ORS 418.321
(1)(a) and (2);
(b) The school district has a current contract with the child-caring agency; and
(c) The school district’s contract with the child-caring agency, at a minimum:
(A) Requires the child-caring agency to provide the school district with a current list of
every entity for which the child-caring agency is providing placement services at the time
the contract is executed;
(B) Requires the child-caring agency to provide the school district with the notification
described in ORS 418.321 (3)(b)(B) no later than 15 days after accepting placement of a child
from a new entity; and
(C) Satisfies the requirements under ORS 418.321 (3)(b)(C) to (O).
(3) The school district shall review the school district’s contract with an out-of-state
child-caring agency prior to placing a student with the child-caring agency.
(4) The provisions of this section do not apply to the out-of-state residential placement
of a student in a public education program if the program meets the standards of an equiv-
alent program in this state and the program is designated as a state school for the deaf or
a state school for the blind.
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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(5) The Department of Human Services may charge a school district for the department’s
costs associated with the licensing, investigation and oversight of an out-of-state child-caring
agency in which the school district places a student under this section.
SECTION 2. Section 1 of this 2025 Act applies to placements of students in out-of-state
child-caring agencies on or after the effective date of this 2025 Act.
SECTION 3.This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect
on its passage.
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