Bill Text: OR SB252 | 2011 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to education collaboration grant program; appropriating money; and declaring an emergency.
Sponsorship: Unknown
Status: (Passed) 2011-08-03 - Effective date, August 2, 2011. [SB252 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2011-SB252-Enrolled.html
76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session
Enrolled
Senate Bill 252
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 General Government)
CHAPTER ................
AN ACT
Relating to education collaboration grant program; appropriating
money; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + Sections 2 and 3 of this 2011 Act are added to
and made a part of ORS chapter 329. + }
SECTION 2. { + (1) The School District Collaboration Grant
Program is established to provide funding for school districts to
improve student achievement through the voluntary collaboration
of teachers and administrators to design and implement new
approaches to:
(a) Career pathways for teachers and administrators;
(b) Evaluation processes for teachers and administrators;
(c) Compensation models for teachers and administrators; and
(d) Enhanced professional development opportunities for
teachers and administrators.
(2)(a) The Department of Education shall administer the grant
program established by this section and may provide technical
expertise to school districts applying for or receiving a grant
under this section.
(b) For the purpose of providing technical expertise, the
department may enter into contracts with nonprofit entities that
have experience in designing and implementing approaches that are
similar to the approaches described in subsection (1) of this
section.
(c) The department may expend no more than five percent of the
amount appropriated to the department for the grant program to
pay for the administrative costs incurred by the department under
this section, including any costs related to contracts described
in paragraph (b) of this subsection.
(3) Each school district may apply to the department for a
grant under this section. Prior to applying for a grant, the
school district must receive the approval to apply for the grant
from:
(a) The exclusive bargaining representative for the teachers of
the school district or, if the teachers are not represented by an
exclusive bargaining representative, from the teachers of the
school district;
(b) The chairperson of the school district board; and
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(c) The superintendent of the school district.
(4)(a) Funding for the grant program established by this
section shall be provided through the School District
Collaboration Grant Account established by section 3 of this 2011
Act.
(b) For the purpose of a grant awarded under this section:
(A) Grant Amount = School district ADMw X (the total amount
available for distribution during a fiscal year through the
School District Collaboration Grant Program : the total ADMw of
the school districts that receive a grant for the fiscal year
through the School District Collaboration Grant Program).
(B) ADMw shall be calculated as provided by ORS 327.013,
338.155 (1) and 338.165 (3).
(c) Moneys received by a school district under this section
must be separately accounted for and may be used only to provide
funding for the purposes described in the application submitted
by the school district.
(5) The department shall accumulate, evaluate and publish
student achievement results of school districts receiving grants
under this section to determine the effectiveness of the
approaches implemented by the school districts under the grant
program.
(6)(a) Except as provided by paragraph (b) of this subsection,
the State Board of Education may adopt any rules necessary for
the implementation of the grant program established by this
section.
(b) The board may not adopt any rules that establish statewide
standards for the design and implementation of the approaches
described in subsection (1) of this section. + }
SECTION 3. { + The School District Collaboration Grant Account
is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from
the General Fund. Interest earned by the School District
Collaboration Grant Account shall be credited to the account.
Moneys in the School District Collaboration Grant Account are
continuously appropriated to the Department of Education for the
School District Collaboration Grant Program established by
section 2 of this 2011 Act. + }
SECTION 4. { + This 2011 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2011 Act takes effect July 1,
2011. + }
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Passed by Senate June 20, 2011
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Robert Taylor, Secretary of Senate
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Peter Courtney, President of Senate
Passed by House June 21, 2011
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Bruce Hanna, Speaker of House
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Arnie Roblan, Speaker of House
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Received by Governor:
......M.,............., 2011
Approved:
......M.,............., 2011
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John Kitzhaber, Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
......M.,............., 2011
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Kate Brown, Secretary of State
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