Bill Text: OR SB1539 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the Task Force on Virtual School Governance; declaring an emergency.

Sponsorship: Unknown

Status: (Failed) 2012-03-05 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB1539 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2012-SB1539-Introduced.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2012 Regular Session

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LC 246

                        Senate Bill 1539

Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of  Senate Interim Committee
  on Education and Workforce Development for the Task Force on
  Virtual School Governance)

                             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 Virtual School Governance for purpose
of recommending governance structure for virtual education that
is provided statewide.
  Sunsets task force on date of convening of 2013 regular session
of Legislative Assembly.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the Task Force on Virtual School Governance; and
  declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The Task Force on Virtual School Governance
is established.
  (2) The task force shall consist of nine members appointed as
follows:
  (a) The President of the Senate shall appoint two members from
among the members of the Senate.
  (b) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint
two members from among the members of the House of
Representatives.
  (c) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall appoint one
member to represent the Department of Education.
  (d) The Governor shall appoint the following four members:
  (A) Two members who represent virtual education;
  (B) One member who is a parent of a student enrolled in a
virtual public charter school; and
  (C) One member who is a parent of a student who is receiving a
virtual education from a provider that is not a virtual public
charter school.
  (3) The task force shall recommend a governance structure for
virtual education that is provided statewide. The recommended
governance structure must:
  (a) Be based on the findings made by the State Board of
Education, as provided by chapter 72, Oregon Laws 2010; and
  (b) Address a variety of methods and sources by which virtual
education is provided, including:
  (A) Part-time and full-time virtual public charter schools; and
  (B) One or more online courses that are provided by a private
entity or by a school district, an education service district or
another public entity.
  (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 appointing
authority 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, 2012.
  (11) The Legislative Administration Committee shall provide
staff support to the task force.
  (12) Members of the task force who are not members of the
Legislative Assembly are not entitled to compensation, but may be
reimbursed for actual and necessary travel and other expenses
incurred by them in the performance of their official duties in
the manner and amounts provided for in ORS 292.495. Claims for
expenses incurred in performing functions of the task force shall
be paid out of funds appropriated to the Legislative
Administration Committee.
  (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 2012 Act is repealed on the
date of the convening of the 2013 regular session of the
Legislative Assembly as specified in ORS 171.010. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2012 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2012 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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