SB 5701 authorizes the state to issue bonds and certificates for specific capital projects, including Moda Center improvements and Oregon State University's Cascades Student Health and Recreation Center. It modifies previously approved lottery bonding rules and allocates specific funding amounts for projects like community college renovations, housing programs, corrections facility upgrades, and university building projects. The bill requires the OSU Cascades project to meet apprenticeship, outreach, and benefits standards. It does not create new taxes or fees but allows the state to borrow funds for these named improvements.
Expands the goals and purposes of the Prosperity 10,000 Program. Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to award grants to local workforce development boards to administer the program. Requires local workforce development boards to consider certain factors when distributing funds to certain entities.
Directs the State Board of Education to allow play-based learning to be considered instructional time for students in kindergarten through grade five.
Requires school districts to offer lunch and breakfast to students at no charge, regardless of income. Provides exceptions. Requires school districts that make breakfast accessible at a school site to make breakfast accessible at the school site after the beginning of the day. [ Prescribes nutrition standards for reimbursable meals that are paid for by state sources. ] Takes effect on July 1, 2026.
Directs school districts to adopt policies that provide for the immediate enrollment, school placement and provision of services to homeless students. Directs the Department of Education to designate a state coordinator for the education of homeless students.
Requires participation by the state in a federal program that allows tax credits for contributions by individuals to scholarship granting organizations. Provides directives to the Governor and state agencies to ensure compliance with the federal Workforce Pell Grant program. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to require a portion of surplus revenue that would otherwise be returned to personal income taxpayers to be used for funding public kindergarten through grade 12 education, community colleges and wildfire prevention and suppression, if surplus revenue exceeds a certain threshold. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election.
Requires district school boards to admit all students to all schools and instructional programs of the school district. Prohibits discrimination in education related to immigration or citizenship status. Makes limited exceptions. Adds requirements for model policies prepared by the Attorney General related to immigration enforcement at public schools. Requires school districts and education service districts to [ adopt related policies and procedures and to provide training to district employees related to the policies and procedures ] provide applicable model policies to employees . Takes effect July 1, 2026.
HB 4011 requires Oregon school districts to negotiate class size and caseload limits as mandatory topics during collective bargaining with employee representatives. This applies specifically to schools receiving Title I federal funding under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The bill expands existing bargaining requirements by adding these two specific issues to the list of subjects school districts must discuss with unions. It does not change other topics excluded from mandatory negotiations, such as school calendars or curriculum decisions.
Digest: Tells DELC to provide information to some people who are looking for child care. Allows ODHS to provide that information on behalf of DELC. (Flesch Readability Score 67.7). ] Directs the Department of Early Learning and Care to provide standardized information on all publicly funded early learning and care programs and resources available in this state to people who apply for or are placed on the waitlist for the Employment Related Day Care subsidy program. Allows the Early Learning System Director to delegate this responsibility to the Department of Human Services by interagency agreement with the Director of Human Services. [ Directs the Department of Early Learning and Care, in consultation with the Department of Education and the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission, to review and develop recommendations on background check requirements for publicly funded staff working under the jurisdiction of these agencies and submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education and early learning and care no later than September 15, 2026. ] Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
