Requires directors of school districts and education service districts, superintendents of schools districts and education service districts, members of public charter school governing bodies and principals of public charter schools to receive specified training. Prescribes requirements of training. ] Requires governing body of public education provider to conduct self-assessment every two years and to use self-assessment to develop and refine professional learning plan for persons in leadership positions of public education provider. Prescribes requirements for professional learning plans. Directs Department of Education to establish advisory group on professional learning and training to assist public education providers with professional learning and training. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2021.
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Declares support for freedom and human rights in Turkey.
Recognizes and honors service members of Oregon National Guard.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on racist history of this country and state. Directs State Board of Education to adopt requirements for instruction. Directs Department of Education to convene advisory group for purposes of assisting State Board of Education in adopting requirements for instruction on racist history and recommending curricula. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Authorizes formation of children's service districts. Authorizes children's service districts to levy property taxes to fund programs that offer children's services. Defines "children's services" as services that support children's total health and well-being provided outside of school hours to individuals not more than 18 years of age. Provides that, if action is filed by taxpayer for real property located within children's service district asserting valid claim that revenue funding project is subject to compression under $5 per $1,000 of real market value cap for purposes of Ballot Measure 5 (1990) as revenue funding project constituting educational services, children's service district shall discontinue project and shall use revenue for project that does not constitute educational services.
Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude in all circumstances. Authorizes court or probation or parole agency to order convicted person to engage in education, counseling, treatment, community service or other alternative to incarceration. Refers proposed amendment to people for their approval or rejection at next regular general election.
Requires student to demonstrate proficiency in civics in order to receive high school diploma. ] Takes effect January 1, 2025. ] Requires students to complete at least one-half credit of civics in order to receive high school diploma. Applies to high school diplomas awarded on or after January 1, 2026.
Modifies laws relating to youth suicide intervention and prevention to include children 5 to 10 years of age. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Alters commissioner composition of Higher Education Coordinating Commission by redesignating five current nonvoting positions as voting positions and by adding one additional position for graduate student attending public university.
Provides that discovery of victim's actual or perceived gender, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation does not constitute reasonable explanation for extreme emotional disturbance for purposes of affirmative defense to murder in the second degree. Provides that person is not justified in using physical force upon other person if person would not have used physical force but for discovery of other person's actual or perceived gender, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.