Bill Text: OR HB2494 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

Oregon House Bill 2494 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to school finance; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2494 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB2494-Introduced.html



     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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LC 1553

                         House Bill 2494

Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession
  filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on Revenue)

                             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 Department of Education to conduct evaluation of
weights used for distribution of State School Fund.
  Requires department to submit report to interim legislative
committees no later than October 1, 2013.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to school finance; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The Department of Education shall conduct
an evaluation of the weights identified in ORS 327.013 (1)(c)
that are used for the purpose of distributing the State School
Fund.  The evaluation shall consider whether the weights are
accurate in approximating the relative costs of educating certain
students.
  (2) The department shall submit a report to the interim
legislative committees on education no later than October 1,
2013.  The report shall summarize the evaluation conducted by the
department under subsection (1) of this section and may make
recommendations for legislative changes to the weights. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + 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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