1. Public Education in Oregon
1859 Oregon State Constitution
1862 County Superintendent Position Created
1873 First Appointed State Superintendent: Sylvester C. Simpson
1874 First elected State Superintendent:
L.L. Rowland
1940 Superintendent of Public Instruction becomes a nonpartisan elected office
1990 Ballot Measure 5 is approved
1991 HB 3565 is passed by the Legislature
1995 HB 2991 is passed by the Legislature
2005 Legislature adds to diploma requirements
2007 HB2263 alters the state accountability system
2008 State board adopts new diploma requirements
2011 SB909 Creates Oregon Education Investment Board

3. Oregon Constitution, 1859 Article VIII:
Section 3. System of common schools. The Legislative Assembly shall provide by law for the establishment of a uniform, and general system of Common schools.
Section 4. Distribution of school fund income. Provision shall be made by law for the distribution of the income of the common school fund among the several Counties of this state in proportion to the number of children resident therein between the ages, four and twenty years. —

4. Sylvester Simpson, Oregon’s First Superintendent of Public Instruction
The first Superintendent of Public Instruction was born in Missouri. Brought to Oregon by his parents in 1846, he graduated from Willamette University where he studied law. Besides being ODE's first State Superintendent from , he became private secretary to Governor Stephen Chadwick, He practiced law in Salem and Portland before moving to California where he continued his law practice.

5. Oregon’s First Elected Superintendent, 1874
L.L. Rowland, a medical professor at Willamette University and Oregon's first elected Superintendent of Public Instruction. He was also a noted preacher and elder at the Salem Christian Church.

6. Superintendent Position becomes Non-Partisan Election, 1940
Rex Putnam served as ODE Superintendent of Public Instruction for nearly 25 years. He began his career teaching in Springfield and served as superintendent at Redmond and Albany. In 1937, he was appointed to fill a vacancy as Superintendent of Public Instruction and was elected to the position in He was then re-elected another five terms.

7. First Female Superintendent, 1990-99
Norma Paulus attended Burns Union HS. She graduated from Willamette Law School in She served as a State Representative from and as Secretary of State from Her occupational background included work as an appellate lawyer and legal secretary. She also served on the Northwest Power Planning Council from

8. First Latina Superintendent, 2002 to present
Susan Castillo was born in Los Angeles on August 14, She received a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Oregon State University. The first Hispanic woman in the Oregon Legislative Assembly, Castillo served in the Oregon State Senate from 1997 to 2002.

9. Expansion of Regulation
professional positions, one of which was the superintendent
professional positions in addition to the superintendent and six clerical and statistical assistants.
professional positions in addition to the superintendent, 9 in vocational education and 4 in vocational rehabilitation
professional positions and 38 clerical assistants in general education; 6 professional employees and 4 clerical assistants in general education, 6 professional employees and 4 clerical assistants in the education of physically handicapped, 12 professional and 12 clerical positions in vocational education, and professional and 13 clerical in vocational rehabilitation.
Current 267 employees and 87 temporary employees plus the 24 hour teaching and supervisory staff of the School for the Deaf organized in four units: Finance and Administration; Assessment and Information; Student Learning and Partnerships; and Educational Innovation and Improvement

10. Local Control vs. Consolidation
School Districts in Oregon
School Districts and Education Service Districts in Oregon

11. Oregon Constitution, 1991 Article IX
Section 11b. Property tax categories; limitation on categories; exceptions. (1) During and after the fiscal year , taxes imposed upon any property shall be separated into two categories: One which dedicates revenues raised specifically to fund the public school system and one which dedicates revenues raised to fund government operations other than the public school system. The taxes in each category shall be limited as set forth in the table which follows and these limits shall apply whether the taxes imposed on property are calculated on the basis of the value of that property or on some other basis:
MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE TAXES For Each $ of Property’s Real Market Value
Fiscal Year                   School System            Other than Schools
              $15.00                         $                  $12.50                         $                  $10.00                         $                   $ 7.50                         $                    $ 5.00                         $ and thereafter

12. Oregon Constitution, 1997 Article XI
Section 11. Property tax limitations on assessed value and rate of tax; exceptions. (1)(a) For the tax year beginning July 1, 1997, each unit of property in this state shall have a maximum assessed value for ad valorem property tax purposes that does not exceed the property’s real market value for the tax year beginning July 1, 1995, reduced by 10 percent.       (b) For tax years beginning after July 1, 1997, the property’s maximum assessed value shall not increase by more than three percent from the previous tax year.

13. Oregon Constitution, 2000 Article VIII
Section 8. Adequate and Equitable Funding. (1) The Legislative Assembly shall appropriate in each biennium a sum of money sufficient to ensure that the state’s system of public education meets quality goals established by law, and publish a report that either demonstrates the appropriation is sufficient, or identifies the reasons for the insufficiency, its extent, and its impact on the ability of the state’s system of public education to meet those goals.       (2) Consistent with such legal obligation as it may have to maintain substantial equity in state funding, the Legislative Assembly shall establish a system of Equalization Grants to eligible districts for each year in which the voters of such districts approve local option taxes as described in Article XI, section 11 (4)(a)(B) of this Constitution. The amount of such Grants and eligibility criteria shall be determined by the Legislative Assembly. [Created through initiative petition filed Oct. 22, 1999, and adopted by the people Nov. 7, 2000]
      Note: Added to Article VIII as unnumbered section by initiative petition (Measure No. 1, 2000) adopted by the people Nov. 7, 2000.

14. Current Oregon System Shift from locally funded to state funded system
Dependent primarily on the state income tax which is the least stable of property, income or consumption taxation
Local property taxes are capped at $5 per $1000 and growth is capped at 3%
“Kicker” Law requires that revenue surplus above 2% must be returned to the taxpayer
Structural Instability

25. Structure of Governance
US Constitution
Oregon Legislature
Oregon Revised Statutes
Office of the Governor
Gov. John Kitzhaber
House Education Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Education and Workforce Development Committee
Higher Ed Subcommittee
State Board of Education
Oregon Administrative Rules
State Board of Higher Education
Oregon Administrative Rules
Oregon Department of Education
Superintendent of Public Instruction Susan Castillo
Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development
Commissioner Cam Preus
Oregon University System
Chancellor George Pernsteiner
197 Local School Boards
17 Community College Presidents and Boards
3 Large Campuses Presidents
UO, OSU, PSU
4 Regional Campuses Presidents
WOU, SOU, EOU, OIT
20 ESD Boards
Youth Corrections, Special Schools, Early Childhood, Long Term Care and Treatment

26. Committee Structure House Senate Education and Workforce Development
Membership: Sara Gelser, Co-Chair Matt Wingard, Co-Chair Jason Conger, Co-Vice Chair Lew Frederick, Co-Vice Chair Michael Dembrow John E Huffman Betty Komp Julie Parrish
Education and Workforce Development
Membership: Mark Hass, Chair Frank Morse, Vice-Chair Suzanne Bonamici Larry George Chip Shields

27. How Does a Bill Become Law?

28. Key Players Oregon Education Association (OEA)
Confederation of Oregon School Administrators (COSA)
Oregon School Boards Association (OSBA)
Oregon School Employees Association (OSEA)
Oregon University System (OUS)
Chalkboard Project
Stand for Children
Oregon Parent Teacher Association (OPTA)
Northwest Center for Educational Options
Oregon Department of Education (ODE)
Oregon Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development (CCWD)

29. Current Hot Topics
Budget and revised revenue forecast. Approved $5.577B +$100M from Education Stability Fund; total $5.7B. $1B short of Essential Budget Level.
SB909-Governor’s restructuring plan—Oregon Investment Board
SB242-Creates the Higher Education Coordinating Commission
SB552/HB2934-Create an appointed State Superintendent of Public Instruction
SB290 Alter teacher and principal evaluation process-core teacher standards-multiple performance measures
SB252-collaboration fund to support redesign of professional development
HB3619 (Feb. 2010) -Support a System for Professional Development throughout a professional’s career phases
“Florida Bills” teacher evaluation, mandatory retention, relaxed licensure

30. Questions?