Cindy Hunt, Government and Legal Affairs Manager Oregon Department of Education

Themes Governance Mandate Relief District Boundaries Crumbling

Overview Governance Mandate Relief Special Education Policy Shifts Education Service Districts Charter Schools New Grants

Governance SB 909 Established the Oregon Education Investment Board Directed the board to come back with recommendations for further changes Created Education Investment Officer

Governance SB 909 (cont.) Establishes Early Childhood Council Creates Early Childhood System Director Directs council to analyze early childhood services & align services to child centered outcomes SB 909 Sunsets on March 15, 2016

Governance SB 552 Eliminates separately elected Superintendent of Public Instruction Makes Governor superintendent Directs Governor to appoint Deputy Superintendent Applies when Supt Castillo leaves office

Mandate Relief SB 800 Addressed 28 separate obsolete, redundant or outdated mandates placed on the K-12 public education system SB 560 Allows districts and department more flexibility regarding Continuous Improvement Plans

Special Education SB 3 Changes term “mental retardation” to “intellectual disability” Directs that term should be changed in all IEPs Effective immediately

Special Education SB 170 Includes both day treatment & residential treatment programs within LTCT Adds students placed by school districts and parents into program

Special Education HB 2283 & 2285 Makes significant changes to the statutes related to modified diplomas, extended diplomas, and alternative certificates Effective July 1, 2011

Special Education HB 2283 & 2285 (cont.) Who must give consent for a student to be placed on a path other than a regular diploma. Students on a path other than a regular diploma have the right to pursue their path for the later of 4 years beginning in grade 9, or until age 21 if they are permitted to continue attending school under federal law. Modifies provisions relating to transitional services

Special Education HB 2283 & 2285 (cont.) Districts must have on-site access to appropriate resources to achieve a high school diploma, a modified diploma, an extended diploma or an alternative certificate at each high school in the school district or public charter school. For more information see separate session at conference

Special Education HB 2299 Makes school district where charter school is located responsible for SPED services Distributes state funding to district Establishes timelines for interdistrict and parent notice requirements Adds IEPs to non-discriminatory requirements Effective July 1, 201

Special Education HB 2939 Prohibits use of mechanical restraints, chemical restraint or prone restraint Allows use of physical restraint or seclusion under specific circumstances Directs Department of Education to approve training programs in physical restraint and seclusion. Operative July 1, 2012

Policy Shifts SB 290 Directs State Board to adopt core teaching & administrator standards Directs school boards to include core standards for evaluations of teacher and administrators on and after July 1, 2013 HB 3474 directs TSPC to also adopt performance standards to used during school year

Policy Shifts SB 248 School districts that choose to offer full-day kindergarten will receive full funding beginning in school year Disallows districts to charge tuition for full-day kindergarten in HB 2180 Direct district to submit TAG plans to ODE HB 3197 Requires districts to notify parents in person, directly by telephone or by other means identified by parent by end of school

Policy Shifts HB 3681 Allows student to attend school in district where student does not reside if student receives permission of attending district Student is considered resident of attending district until student graduates or attend a different school district Districts must decide by March 1 each year whether district will allow out of district students to attend SPED services are responsibility of attending district

Policy Shifts HB 3681 (cont.) District may limit number of students District may not discriminate based on race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, national origin, disability, terms of an individualized education program, income level, proficiency in the English language or athletic ability. District may continue to use other forms of interdistrict transfer Sunsets July 1, 2017 but students remain at district

Policy Shift Assessment Budget Note Beginning this school year, writing assessments will only be available to students in grade 11 Part of the approved budget cuts and Legislative changes to the Writing Performance Assessment Read Memorandum No Memorandum No Reference the Oregon Statewide Testing Schedule for more details: s/testschd_1112_final.pdf

Education Service Districts SB 250 Allows school districts to withdraw from certain ESDs Requires ESDs to pass through 90% of ESD formula revenue and local revenues to districts that withdraw. Requires ESDS to continue for school year pass through moneys at same percentage or more as in Reduces the share of total formula revenue that is distributed to ESDs from 4.75% to 4.5% Creates Office of Regional Educational Services within ODE

Education Service Districts SB 27 Requires ESDs to submit annual audit to ODE HB 2280 Allows ODE or Secretary of State to initiate audit of ESD or school district

Charter Schools HB 2029 Applies state laws relating to student education records to charter schools Requires transfer of student education records to school district when charter school closes

Charter Schools HB 2301 Repeals 50% Rule Allows districts to limit total district enrollment in virtual charter schools not sponsored by the district to 3% When district has 3% of total students enrolled at virtual charter school not sponsored by the district, students may appeal to State Board if denied enrollment by district Adds restrictions to virtual charter school board members and employees

Charter Schools HB 3362 Allows charter schools to enter into cooperative partnerships with sponsor and other districts Allows these schools to have less than 25 enrolled students

Charter Schools HB 3417 Charter schools must have budget and accounting system compatible with sponsor system Separates State School Fund calculations to district & charter school

Charter Schools HB 3645 Adds Institutions of Higher Education as possible sponsor Proposals submitted to districts and denied may choose to approach institution of higher education to sponsor or appeal to State Board of Education An institution of higher education may not become a sponsor of charter school operating prior to Effective July 1, 2011 – July 1, 2017 (5-yr sunset)

Grants HB 2800 – Oregon food products and garden- based educational programs HB 3362 – Career and Technical Education SB 252 – CLASS Project 2.0 – Collaboration of teachers and administrators to design and implement new approaches to evaluation and professional development SB 254 – Dual credit programs SB 480 – Afterschool Snack and Meal program

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