Bill Text: OR HB3238 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to education; declaring an emergency.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB3238 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-HB3238-Introduced.html
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 1894 House Bill 3238 Sponsored by 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 as introduced. Establishes Task Force on Achievement Gaps. Sunsets task force on date of convening of 2015 regular session of Legislative Assembly. Declares emergency, effective on passage. A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to education; and declaring an emergency. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. { + (1) The Task Force on Achievement Gaps is established. (2) The task force consists of members appointed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The superintendent shall appoint members who represent administrators, teachers, school districts, education service districts and other groups identified by the superintendent. (3) The task force shall identify methods for improving the student achievement gap between student groups identified by culture, poverty, language, race and other student groups. (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 superintendent 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, and may include recommendations for legislation, to the interim legislative committees on education no later than October 1, 2014. (11) The Department of Education shall provide staff support to the task force. (12) Members of the task force are not entitled to compensation or reimbursement for expenses and serve as volunteers of 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. { + Section 1 of this 2013 Act is repealed on the date of the convening of the 2015 regular session of the Legislative Assembly as specified in ORS 171.010. + } 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. + } ----------