Bill Text: OR SB271 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to educator professional development; and declaring an emergency.
Sponsorship: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-21 - Effective date, August 14, 2013. [SB271 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-SB271-Enrolled.html
77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session
Enrolled
Senate Bill 271
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 Chalkboard Project)
CHAPTER ................
AN ACT
Relating to educator professional development; creating new
provisions; amending ORS 329.824; repealing ORS 329.822; and
declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + (1) The Oregon Educator Professional
Development Commission is abolished. On the operative date of
this section, the tenure of office of the members of the Oregon
Educator Professional Development Commission ceases.
(2) All the duties, functions and powers of the Oregon Educator
Professional Development Commission are imposed upon, transferred
to and invested in the Department of Education. + }
SECTION 2. { + (1) The chairperson of the Oregon Educator
Professional Development Commission shall deliver to the
Superintendent of Public Instruction all records and property
within the jurisdiction of the chairperson that relate to the
duties, functions and powers transferred by section 1 of this
2013 Act.
(2) The superintendent shall take possession of the records and
property transferred by the provisions of this section. + }
SECTION 3. ORS 329.824 is amended to read:
329.824. { + (1) The Department of Education shall administer
an educator professional development program that provides
statewide collaborative leadership in educator professional
development for prekindergarten through post-secondary education
and that emphasizes school improvement. The department shall
administer the program with a collaborative group of state,
school district, educator, administrator, community college and
higher education representatives operating as a unit. + }
{ - (1)(a) - } { + (2)(a) + } { - The Oregon Educator
Professional Development Commission established under ORS
329.822 - } { + In administering the program described in
subsection (1) of this section, the department + } shall:
(A) Develop and maintain a public website for posting and
sharing professional development opportunities.
(B) Assist local school districts in developing professional
development plans to meet school improvement objectives.
{ + (C) Develop and share state standards for professional
development programs with appropriate persons.
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(D) Coordinate and align the delivery of professional
development across the state for the purpose of creating a more
uniform and accessible system of support for professional
educators.
(E) Provide recommended evaluative tools for educators to
determine the effectiveness of the delivery of professional
development. + }
(b) The { - commission - } { + department + } is not
restricted to performing the activities described in paragraph
(a) of this subsection.
{ - (2) - } { + (3) + } The website developed and
maintained under this section shall:
(a) Display a calendar of professional development programs
being offered across the state and be categorized by topics.
(b) Post feedback from users of professional development
programs, with an emphasis on identifying successes, challenges
and lessons learned.
(c) Provide contact information for professional development
programs.
(d) Publish professional development standards adopted by the
State Board of Education and relevant national professional
associations to ensure that professional development program
offerings are aligned with quality standards that support best
practices for access to and delivery of professional development.
SECTION 4. { + ORS 329.822 is repealed. + }
SECTION 5. { + (1) Sections 1 and 2 of this 2013 Act, the
amendments to ORS 329.824 by section 3 of this 2013 Act and the
repeal of ORS 329.822 by section 4 of this 2013 Act become
operative on January 1, 2014.
(2) The Superintendent of Public Instruction may take any
action before the operative date specified in subsection (1) of
this section that is necessary to enable the superintendent to
exercise, on and after the operative date specified in subsection
(1) of this section, the duties, functions and powers of the
superintendent under the provisions of section 1 of this 2013
Act. + }
SECTION 6. { + 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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Passed by Senate June 26, 2013
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Robert Taylor, Secretary of Senate
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Peter Courtney, President of Senate
Passed by House June 28, 2013
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Tina Kotek, Speaker of House
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Received by Governor:
......M.,............., 2013
Approved:
......M.,............., 2013
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John Kitzhaber, Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
......M.,............., 2013
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Kate Brown, Secretary of State
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