Bill Text: OR HB2289 | 2011 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to education; and declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Unknown

Status: (Passed) 2011-08-02 - Chapter 648, (2011 Laws): Effective date August 2, 2011. [HB2289 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB2289-Engrossed.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 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 1553

                           A-Engrossed

                         House Bill 2289
                  Ordered by the House April 14
            Including House Amendments dated April 14

Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession
  filed (at the request of House 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.

    { - Requires Superintendent of Public Instruction to rate
school performance based on letter grades. Offers parents of
students in schools with letter grade of 'F' opportunity to
receive scholarship for private school. - }
   { +  Establishes Task Force on Accountable Schools for purpose
of recommending for legislation methods of evaluating and
improving student performance.
  Establishes Accountable Schools Task Force Fund. Continuously
appropriates moneys in fund to Legislative Administration
Committee to fund task force. Provides that fund shall consist of
only contributions.
  Becomes operative on date that sufficient contributions are
made to fund task force. Sunsets on date of convening of 2012
regular session of Legislative Assembly.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage. + }

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to education; appropriating money; and declaring an
  emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: + }
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The Task Force on Accountable Schools is
established, consisting of 14 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;
and
  (c) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives shall jointly appoint:
  (A) Two members who are school district superintendents;
  (B) Two members who are school administrators;
  (C) Two members who are teachers;
  (D) One member from a professional education organization;
  (E) One member representing the Department of Education; and
  (F) Two members from education advocacy groups.
  (2) The task force shall develop a plan to improve
accountability practices for schools.
  (3) The task force shall recommend:
  (a) A new student summative assessment to be used in Oregon
schools that:
  (A) Is based on a national standard; and
  (B) Occurs as required by federal law.
  (b) Measures of college and career readiness to be used in
Oregon schools which evaluate:
  (A) Advanced course and dual enrollment completion;
  (B) National and state assessment results;
  (C) Dropout and graduation rates;
  (D) Post-secondary educational participation; and
  (E) Programs to close any achievement gaps.
  (c) A statewide standardized simple performance report and
rating system based on letter grades that includes:
  (A) Absolute student achievement and growth;
  (B) School trends over time; and
  (C) Comparisons to similar schools.
  (d) Implementation of formative testing and instructionally
useful student performance data systems for student achievement.
  (e) Tools, resources and targeted assistance for schools
needing assistance to meet state standards.
  (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 that includes
recommendations for legislation to an interim committee of the
Legislative Assembly related to education as appropriate no later
than January 1, 2012.
  (11) The Legislative Administration Committee shall provide
staff support to the task force.
  (12) Members of the task force who are not members of the
Legislative Assembly 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.  { + The Accountable Schools Task Force Fund is
established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the
General Fund. The Accountable Schools Task Force Fund shall
consist of contributions of moneys from any source, public or
private. Interest earned by the Accountable Schools Task Force
Fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund are
continuously appropriated to the Legislative Administration
Committee for the purposes of section 1 of this 2011 Act. No
moneys from the General Fund may be deposited into the
Accountable Schools Task Force Fund. The Legislative
Administration Committee may accept assistance from any source,
public or private, and may agree to conditions placed on the
moneys not inconsistent with the provisions of section 1 of this
2011 Act. + }

  SECTION 3.  { + Sections 1 and 2 of this 2011 Act become
operative on the date on which sufficient moneys have been
deposited into the Accountable Schools Task Force Fund to allow
the Task Force on Accountable Schools to complete the work tasks
outlined in section 1 (2) and (3) of this 2011 Act. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + (1) Sections 1 and 2 of this 2011 Act are
repealed on the date of the convening of the 2012 regular session
of the Legislative Assembly as specified in ORS 171.010.
  (2) Any moneys remaining in the Accountable Schools Task Force
Fund on the date of the repeal of sections 1 and 2 of this 2011
Act shall be returned to the donor of the funds or, if the donor
cannot be identified, deposited into the General Fund. + }
  SECTION 5.  { + This 2011 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2011 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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