Bill Text: OR HB2302 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to admission to public universities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2302 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-HB2302-Introduced.html
77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session
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amended section is new. Matter within { - braces and minus
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LC 2143
House Bill 2302
Sponsored by Representative READ; Representatives DOHERTY,
GREENLICK (Presession filed.)
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.
Guarantees admission to public universities of this state if
students meet certain standards established by State Board of
Education.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to admission to public universities; creating new
provisions; and amending ORS 351.070.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + (1) The State Board of Higher Education shall
establish standards for students of the public schools of this
state to meet to be guaranteed admission to a public university
listed in ORS 352.002.
(2) The standards established by the board may be related to
any combination of grades, assessment scores, behavior,
attendance or any other criteria identified by the board.
(3) The board shall establish guidelines for when information
about the standards established under subsection (2) of this
section is provided to the students of the public schools of this
state. At a minimum, the information must be provided:
(a) For the first time in the third grade; and
(b) In the eighth grade.
(4) If a student graduates from a public high school in this
state and meets the standards established by the board under
subsection (2) of this section, a public university must accept
the student for admission and may not impose any additional
requirements for admission except for the payment of reasonable
application fees. + }
SECTION 2. { + (1) The information described in section 1 of
this 2013 Act must first be provided to students in the 2014-2015
school year.
(2) From the 2014-2015 academic year through the 2018-2019
academic year, a public university may accept students for
admission without imposing any additional requirements if the
students meet the standards established by the State Board of
Higher Education under section 1 of this 2013 Act.
(3) A public university must admit a student as provided by
section 1 (4) of this 2013 Act if:
(a) The student is applying for admission for the 2019-2020
academic year or any following academic year; or
(b) The student received the information described in section 1
of this section when the student was in any grade prior to grade
nine. + }
SECTION 3. ORS 351.070 is amended to read:
351.070. (1) The State Board of Higher Education shall, by
rule, implement a personnel system for the Oregon University
System and may engage in collective bargaining with the
employees. All collective bargaining with any certified or
recognized exclusive employee representative shall be under the
direction and supervision of the Chancellor of the Oregon
University System. The board and the Oregon University System
shall have payroll authority.
(2)(a) The board shall establish competitive procedures for the
purchasing, procurement and contracting of goods, services and
information technology, for the benefit of the Oregon University
System and all the public universities and offices, departments
and activities under the control of the board. The board may also
establish exemptions from the competitive procedures when
appropriate.
(b) The board shall ensure that the hourly rate of wage paid by
any contractor upon all public improvements contracts undertaken
for the board shall not be less than the same rate of wage as
determined by the Bureau of Labor and Industries for an hour's
work in the same trade or occupation in the locality where such
labor is performed. Claims or disputes arising under this
subsection shall be decided by the Commissioner of the Bureau of
Labor and Industries.
(c) The board shall adopt policies and procedures that achieve
results equal to or better than the standards existing on July
17, 1995, regarding affirmative action, pay equity for comparable
work, recycling, the provision of workers' compensation insurance
to workers on contract and the participation of emerging small
businesses and businesses owned by minorities and women.
(3) The board may, for each public university listed in ORS
352.002:
(a) Appoint and employ a president and the requisite number of
employees and prescribe their compensation and tenure of office
or employment.
(b) Demand and receive the interest mentioned in ORS 352.510
and all sums due and accruing for admission and tuition, and
apply the same, or so much thereof as is necessary, to the
payment of the compensation referred to in paragraph (a) of this
subsection and the other current expenses.
(c) Prescribe incidental fees for programs under the
supervision or control of the board found by the board, upon its
own motion or upon recommendation of the recognized student
government, to be advantageous to the cultural or physical
development of students. Fees realized in excess of amounts
allocated and exceeding required reserves shall be considered
surplus incidental fees and shall be allocated for programs under
the control of the board and found to be advantageous to the
cultural or physical development of students by the president
upon the recommendation of the recognized student government.
(d) Upon recommendation of the recognized student government,
collect optional fees for student activities not included in
paragraph (c) of this subsection or ORS 351.063 as authorized by
the president. The payment of such optional fees is at the option
and selection of the student and is not a prerequisite of
enrollment.
(e) Confer, consistent with the mission and programs of each
public university and on the recommendation of the faculty of the
public university, such degrees as usually are conferred by
public universities, or as the faculty deems appropriate.
(f) Prescribe the qualifications for admission { + , which must
incorporate the provision of section 1 of this 2013 Act + }.
(4) Subject to such delegation as the board may decide to make
to the public universities and offices, departments and
activities under its control, the board, for each public
university, office, department or activity under its control:
(a) Shall supervise the general course of instruction therein,
and the research, extension, educational and other activities
thereof.
(b) Shall adopt rules and bylaws for the government thereof,
including the faculty, teachers, students and employees therein.
(c) Shall maintain cultural and physical development services
and facilities therefor and, in connection therewith, may
cooperate and enter into agreements with any person or
governmental agency.
(d) May contract to provide health services at student health
centers.
(e) Shall provide health services at student health centers to
students.
(f) May provide health services at student health centers to
any of the following:
(A) Dependents of students.
(B) Staff.
(C) Faculty.
(g) Shall prescribe and collect charges.
(h) Shall adopt rules relating to the creation, use, custody
and disclosure, including access, of student education records
that are consistent with the requirements of applicable state and
federal law. Whenever a student has attained 18 years of age or
is attending a public university listed in ORS 352.002, the
permission or consent required of and the rights accorded to a
parent of the student regarding education records shall
thereafter be required of and accorded to only the student.
(5) For each public university listed in ORS 352.002, the board
shall provide opportunities for part-time students to obtain
complete undergraduate degrees at unconventional times, which
include but are not limited to early morning and noon hours,
evenings and weekends. In administering these degree programs,
the public university may use any educational facility available
for the use of the public university.
(6) For all public universities listed in ORS 352.002, the
board shall, to the extent feasible and cost beneficial, develop
and implement a common admissions process that permits applicants
to be considered for admission to more than one public
university. { + The admissions process must incorporate the
provisions of section 1 of this 2013 Act. + }
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