Bill Text: OR HB3421 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to school finance; declaring an emergency.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB3421 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-HB3421-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 3564 House Bill 3421 Sponsored by Representative WEIDNER; Representative KENY-GUYER 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 Legislative Assembly to fund kindergarten through grade 12 public education at $6.9 billion for biennium beginning July 1, 2013. Directs Legislative Assembly to increase amount of funding by three percent each biennium for next three biennia beginning July 1, 2015. 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 Legislative Assembly, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2013, shall appropriate, allocate, authorize the expenditure of or otherwise make available an amount equal to $6,900,000,000 for the purpose of funding kindergarten through grade 12 public education in this state. (2) In each of the next three biennia beginning July 1, 2015, the Legislative Assembly shall appropriate, allocate, authorize the expenditure of or otherwise make available an amount equal to three percent more than the amount provided for the immediately preceding biennium for the purpose of funding kindergarten through grade 12 public education in this state. + } 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. + } ----------