Bill Text: OR HB2222 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to early learning services; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Unknown

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2222 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB2222-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .

LC 727

                         House Bill 2222

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

                             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.

  Directs Early Learning Council to develop and implement process
for requesting proposals from entities to become community-based
coordinators of early learning services. Requires council to
adopt rules to implement coordinated delivery of early learning
services through community-based coordinators of early learning
services.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to early learning services; creating new provisions;
  amending section 77, chapter 37, Oregon Laws 2012; repealing
  sections 15, 77a and 77b, chapter 37, Oregon Laws 2012; and
  declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. Section 77, chapter 37, Oregon Laws 2012, is amended
to read:
   { +  Sec. 77. + } (1) As used in this section,
'community-based coordinator of early learning services' means
counties, cities, school districts, education service districts,
community colleges, public universities, private educational
institutions, faith-based organizations, nonprofit service
providers, tribes and any other entity that meets the minimum
criteria to be a community-based coordinator of early learning
services, as determined by  { + rules adopted by + } the Early
Learning Council.
  (2) The Early Learning Council shall implement and oversee a
system that coordinates the delivery of early learning services
to the communities of this state through the use of
community-based coordinators of early learning services.
  (3) The system implemented and overseen by the council must
ensure that:
  (a) Providers of early learning services are accountable;
  (b) Services are provided in a cost-efficient manner; and
  (c) The services provided, and the means by which those
services are provided, are focused on the outcomes of the
services.
    { - (4) An entity may become a community-based coordinator of
early learning services by submitting to the council an
application that demonstrates the following: - }

   { +  (4) The Early Learning Council shall develop and
implement a process for requesting proposals from entities to
become community-based coordinators of early learning services.
Successful proposals submitted under this subsection must comply
with criteria and requirements adopted by the council by rule,
including but not limited to: + }
  (a) The entity is able to coordinate the provision of early
learning services to the community that will be served by the
entity.  { + To meet this requirement, + } an entity may
 { - make the demonstration required by this paragraph by
submitting - }   { + submit + } evidence that local stakeholders,
including but not limited to service providers, parents,
community members, county governments, local governments and
school districts, have participated in the development of the
 { - application - }  { +  proposal + }.
  (b) The services coordinated by the entity will be in alignment
with the services provided by the public schools of the community
that will be served by the entity.
  (c) The entity will make advantageous use of the system of
public health care and services available through county health
departments and other publicly supported programs delivered
through, or in partnership with, counties.
  (d) The entity has a governing body or an advisory body that:
  (A) Has the authority to initiate audits, recommend the terms
of a contract and provide reports to the public and to the Early
Learning Council on the outcomes of the provision of early
learning services to the community served by the entity.
  (B) Has members selected through a transparent process.
  (e) The entity will collaborate on documentation related to
coordinated services with public and private entities that are
identified by the Early Learning Council as providers of services
that advance the early learning of children.
  (f) The entity will serve a community that is based on the
population and service needs of the community.
  (g) The entity is able to raise significant funds from public
and private sources to support early learning services
coordinated by the entity.
  (h) The entity meets any other qualifications established by
the Early Learning Council { +  by rule + }.
  (5) The Early Learning Council may   { - develop - }  { +
adopt by rule + }  { +  additional + } requirements   { - in
addition - }  to the requirements described in subsections (3)
and (4) of this section that an entity must meet to qualify as a
community-based coordinator of early learning services. When
developing the  { + additional + } requirements { +  under this
subsection + }, the council must use a statewide public process
of community engagement that is consistent with the requirements
of the federal Head Start Act.
  (6) When determining whether to designate an entity as a
community-based coordinator of early learning services, the Early
Learning Council shall balance the following factors:
  (a) The entity's ability to engage the community and be
involved in the community.
  (b) The entity's ability to produce outcomes that benefit
children.
  (c) The entity's resourcefulness.
  (d) The entity's use, or proposed use, of evidence-based
practices.
  (7) The Early Learning Council may alter the lines of the
territory served by a community-based coordinator of early
learning services only to ensure that all children of this state
are served by a community-based coordinator of early learning
services.
  (8) An entity designated as a community-based coordinator of
early learning services may not use more than 15 percent of the

moneys received by the entity from the Early Learning Council to
pay administrative costs of the entity.
   { +  (9) The Early Learning Council shall adopt rules to
implement the provisions of this section. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + In adopting rules to establish criteria and
requirements for entities that have submitted proposals to become
community-based coordinators of early learning services under the
amendments to section 77, chapter 37, Oregon Laws 2012, by
section 1 of this 2013 Act, the Early Learning Council shall
include the criteria and requirements included in the report
required by section 15, chapter 37, Oregon Laws 2012, as reviewed
and approved by the Legislative Assembly. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + Sections 15, 77a and 77b, chapter 37, Oregon
Laws 2012, are repealed. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + 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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