Bill Text: OR HB2912 | 2013 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to career and technical education; appropriating money; and declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-2)

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-14 - Chapter 745, (2013 Laws): Effective date August 14, 2013. [HB2912 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB2912-Engrossed.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 1904

                           A-Engrossed

                         House Bill 2912
                  Ordered by the House March 11
            Including House Amendments dated March 11

Sponsored by Representatives DEMBROW, REARDON, Senator ROSENBAUM;
  Representatives BARNHART, DOHERTY, GALLEGOS, HOLVEY, HUFFMAN,
  JOHNSON, NATHANSON, Senators BEYER, HASS

                             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 Department of Education, Department of Community
Colleges and Workforce Development and Bureau of Labor and
Industries to develop and implement long-term goals that
establish joint advisory committees related to career and
technical education { +  and that address barriers inhibiting
student movement from high schools to post-secondary school
programs and workforce + }.
  Directs departments and bureau to prepare and submit report to
interim legislative committees on education, no later than
December 1, 2013, on progress toward meeting  { + joint advisory
committee + } goal.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to career and technical education; creating new
  provisions; amending ORS 344.125; and declaring an emergency.
  Whereas career and technical education provides a clear and
proven path to student success in school and, subsequently, in
work; and
  Whereas the Seventy-sixth Legislative Assembly recognized the
need for a renewed commitment to career and technical education
through its overwhelming, bipartisan support for the
establishment of the Career and Technical Education
Revitalization Grant Program by chapter 682, Oregon Laws 2011;
and
  Whereas federal law requires high schools and community
colleges to maintain industry advisory committees for their
technical education programs; and
  Whereas high school and community college career and technical
education advisory committees serve a critical role in fostering
seamless transitions to college and careers and develop relevant,
in-demand technical skills for students; and
  Whereas it is important that these advisory committees include,
when appropriate, representatives of business, industry,
organized labor, education and economic development; and

  Whereas having joint high school and community college advisory
committees would make more effective use of resources and
volunteer advisors, would create clearer articulation and
pathways between high school programs and college programs, would
ensure that current industry workforce needs are being met and
curriculum is kept current, and would increase opportunities for
internships and apprenticeships for students in the programs,
leading to greater employment in the region; and
  Whereas few regions are currently using joint advisory boards
for the high schools and community colleges in the region; now,
therefore,
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 344.125 is amended to read:
  344.125. (1) Representatives from the Department of Education,
the Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development
and the Bureau of Labor and Industries shall meet at least four
times each year for the purpose of promoting collaboration
between the agencies on issues related to career and technical
education.
  (2) Issues to be addressed by the agencies shall include the
development and implementation of long-term goals that:
  (a) Ensure that career and technical education programs are
available at the public schools of this state, are founded on
partnerships with business and industry and receive appropriate
investments of time, money and other resources.
  (b) Develop regional centers of partnerships between public
schools, community colleges,   { - state institutions of higher
education - }  { +  public universities + }, businesses, unions
and other entities and ensure that every student of this state
has access to a regional center in person or online.
   { +  (c) Establish joint advisory committees that include
representatives of public schools, community colleges, public
universities, businesses and unions to:
  (A) Make more effective use of resources;
  (B) Create clear articulation and pathways between high school
programs and post-secondary school programs;
  (C) Ensure that current industry workforce needs are being met
and curriculum is kept current; and
  (D) Increase opportunities for internships, apprenticeships and
other opportunities that may lead to employment in the region.
  (d) Address academic requirements and regulatory barriers that
inhibit successful movement of students in career and technical
education from high schools to post-secondary school programs and
the workforce. + }
    { - (c) - }   { + (e) + } Implement accelerated college
credit programs that allow students to move seamlessly from
public schools to post-secondary education or training to the
workforce.
    { - (d) - }   { + (f) + } Increase professional development
opportunities for teachers and learning opportunities for
students through industry mentorships, internships, summer
programs, after-school programs and career-based student
leadership opportunities.
    { - (e) - }   { + (g) + } Establish partnerships between
public and private entities for the purpose of educating
students, parents, teachers, school advisors, policymakers and
the general public about the benefits and opportunities related
to career and technical education.
  (3) The agencies identified in subsection (1) of this section
shall make a joint report each year to the appropriate
legislative committees concerning progress on the development and
implementation of the goals described in subsection (2) of this
section and may submit recommendations for legislation that will
promote opportunities related to career and technical education.

  SECTION 2.  { + (1) The Department of Education, the Department
of Community Colleges and Workforce Development and the Bureau of
Labor and Industries shall prepare a report that:
  (a) Identifies any joint advisory committees that have been
established as described in ORS 344.125 (2)(c); and
  (b) Describes the efforts and effectiveness of the joint
advisory committees in increasing collaboration between public
schools, community colleges, public universities, businesses and
unions.
  (2) The report described in subsection (1) of this section must
be submitted to the interim legislative committees on education
no later than December 1, 2013. The report may be submitted with
the annual report required under ORS 344.125 (3) as long as the
report is submitted by December 1, 2013. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + 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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