Bill Text: OR HB2644 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to class sizes of students; appropriating money; and declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-8-1)

Status: (Passed) 2013-07-25 - Chapter 651, (2013 Laws): Effective date July 25, 2013. [HB2644 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB2644-Enrolled.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

                            Enrolled

                         House Bill 2644

Sponsored by Representative KOMP, Senator KNOPP; Representatives
  BUCKLEY, CLEM, DOHERTY, FAGAN, FREDERICK, GARRETT, GELSER,
  GREENLICK, HICKS, HOLVEY, HOYLE, KENY-GUYER, NATHANSON,
  WEIDNER, WHISNANT, WITT, Senators BOQUIST, CLOSE, GIROD, KRUSE,
  MONROE, ROBLAN, ROSENBAUM, STARR, STEINER HAYWARD (Presession
  filed.)

                     CHAPTER ................

                             AN ACT

Relating to class sizes of students; appropriating money; and
  declaring an emergency.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

  SECTION 1.  { + (1) As used in this section, 'public education
program' means an education program provided by any of the
following:
  (a) A school district;
  (b) A public charter school;
  (c) An education service district;
  (d) A long term care or treatment facility, as described in ORS
343.961;
  (e) The Youth Corrections Education Program; or
  (f) The Oregon School for the Deaf.
  (2) For each school year, the Department of Education shall
require public education programs to submit the following
information about students in kindergarten through grade 12
classes:
  (a) The total number of students in the classes; and
  (b) The total number of licensed or registered teachers
regularly assigned to the students counted under paragraph (a) of
this subsection.
  (3) By February 1 of the year following the school year
described in subsection (2) of this section, the Department of
Education shall make the information received under subsection
(2) of this section available to:
  (a) The public on the website of the Department of Education;
and
  (b) The Legislative Assembly through annual reports.
  (4) For the purpose of this section, the State Board of
Education shall identify by rule:
  (a) The definition of what constitutes a class for which a
public education program must report;
  (b) The definition of what constitutes regular assignment of
teachers to students for purposes of subsection (2)(b) of this
section;
  (c) The categories of classes for which a public education
program must report; and

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  (d) If possible, the source of an existing data set that may be
used to satisfy the requirements of this section. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Section 1 of this 2013 Act first applies to
information submitted by public education programs for the
2014-2015 school year. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + Section 1 of this 2013 Act becomes operative
January 1, 2014. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + In addition to and not in lieu of any other
appropriation, there is appropriated to the Department of
Education, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2013, out of the
General Fund, the amount of $267,446, which may be expended by
the department for costs incurred by the department related to
section 1 of this 2013 Act. + }
  SECTION 5. { +  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 July 1,
2013. + }
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Passed by House June 27, 2013

    .............................................................
                             Ramona J. Line, Chief Clerk of House

    .............................................................
                                     Tina Kotek, Speaker of House

Passed by Senate July 1, 2013

    .............................................................
                              Peter Courtney, President of Senate

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Received by Governor:

......M.,............., 2013

Approved:

......M.,............., 2013

    .............................................................
                                         John Kitzhaber, Governor

Filed in Office of Secretary of State:

......M.,............., 2013

    .............................................................
                                   Kate Brown, Secretary of State

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