Bill Text: OR HB2213 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

Oregon House Bill 2213 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to education; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Unknown

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2213 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB2213-Introduced.html



     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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                         House Bill 2213

Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession
  filed (at the request of Governor John A. Kitzhaber, M.D., for
  Oregon Department of Administrative Services)

                             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.

  Establishes Oregon Task Force on Education.
  Sunsets task force on date of convening of 2015 regular
legislative session.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to education; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The Oregon Task Force on Education is
established.
  (2) The task force consists of 15 members appointed as follows:
  (a) The President of the Senate shall appoint two members from
among members of the Senate.
  (b) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint
two members from among members of the House of Representatives.
  (c) The Governor shall appoint 11 members, including
representatives of school districts, education service districts,
public charter schools, providers of early learning services,
community colleges, public universities, the Department of
Education and the Oregon Education Investment Board.
  (3) The task force shall study, and make recommendations for
improving, the outcomes of public education provided in this
state. The task force shall consider the manner in which
education is provided and funded, and the manner in which
outcomes are measured.
  (4) A majority of the voting members of the task force
constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
  (5) Official action by the task force requires the approval of
a majority of the voting members of the task force.
  (6) The task force shall elect one of its members to serve as
chairperson.
  (7) If there is a vacancy for any cause, the appointing
authority shall make an appointment to become immediately
effective.
  (8) The task force shall meet at times and places specified by
the call of the chairperson or of a majority of the voting
members of the task force.
  (9) The task force may adopt rules necessary for the operation
of the task force.
  (10) The task force 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 than October 1, 2014.
  (11) The Legislative Administration Committee shall provide
staff support to the task force.
  (12) Notwithstanding ORS 171.072, members of the task force who
are members of the Legislative Assembly are not entitled to
mileage expenses or a per diem and serve as volunteers on the
task force. Other members of the task force are not entitled to
compensation or reimbursement for expenses and serve as
volunteers on the task force.
  (13) All agencies of state government, as defined in ORS
174.111, are directed to assist the task force in the performance
of its duties and, to the extent permitted by laws relating to
confidentiality, to furnish such information and advice as the
members of the task force consider necessary to perform their
duties. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Section 1 of this 2013 Act is repealed on the
date of the convening of the 2015 regular session of the
Legislative Assembly as specified in ORS 171.010. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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