71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
SA to SB 782
LC 3031/SB 782-9
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO
SENATE BILL 782
By COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
May 8
On page 1 of the printed bill, line 2, after the semicolon
insert 'creating new provisions; amending ORS 336.113, 342.123,
342.135 and 342.138;'.
Delete lines 4 through 31 and delete page 2 and insert:
' { + SECTION 1. + } ORS 336.113 is amended to read:
' 336.113. (1) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall
direct the Department of Education to increase efforts to:
' (a) Evaluate the distribution of ethnic, racial and cultural
backgrounds of the public school students of Oregon and the use
of demographic data by school districts for curricula and program
planning as reflected in school districts' consolidated
improvement plans;
' (b) Examine strategies to inform school district boards,
school administrators, teachers, parents of students and the
public about multicultural and diversity laws and policies;
' (c) Identify and review exemplary multicultural curricula for
different grade levels based on the needs of Oregon's public
school students;
' (d) Identify and review strategies to integrate a
multicultural education program with other education programs of
school districts; and
' (e) Evaluate how current laws on diversity and multicultural
education are being implemented and applied at the state and
school district levels.
' (2) The superintendent shall:
' (a) Seek federal and other funds to develop and implement
multicultural education;
' (b) Seek federal and other funds to provide funding and
technical support for school districts to develop and implement
multicultural curricula and educational programs; { - and - }
' (c) Report to the State Board of Education on the funds
available, the success in obtaining funds, the plans to develop
and implement multicultural education and the development of a
system for evaluation { + ; and
' (d) Recommend to the Teacher Standards and Practices
Commission the knowledge, content, skills, competencies and
disposition needed by Oregon teachers, counselors, school
psychologists, administrators and school nurses to demonstrate
multicultural competence and to implement the multicultural
education program described in subsection (1) of this
section + }.
' (3) The superintendent { - may - } { + shall + } appoint
an advisory committee to accomplish the requirements of this
section. The superintendent and the advisory committee shall seek
and incorporate input from the business community, educators and
{ - minority - } representatives { - that - } { + of the
Commission on Asian Affairs, the Commission on Black Affairs, the
Commission on Hispanic Affairs and the Commission on Indian
Services. The superintendent and the advisory committee shall
seek and incorporate input from persons who + } reflect the
demographics and geographic regions of this state.
{ + ' (4) Each school district shall regularly provide
in-service training to school personnel on strategies and
curricula for multicultural education as recommended by the
superintendent under this section. + }
' { + SECTION 2. + } ORS 342.123 is amended to read:
' 342.123. (1) In addition to and not in lieu of any other law
or rule or standard established by the Teacher Standards and
Practices Commission, the commission shall require an applicant
for a teaching license or any renewal thereof demonstrate
knowledge of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX
of the Education Amendments of 1972, and federal statutes
pertaining thereto, as well as state statutes prohibiting
discrimination. { +
' (2) The commission shall require an applicant for an initial
teaching license to demonstrate multicultural competence
appropriate to the license as recommended by the Superintendent
of Public Instruction under ORS 336.113. + }
' { - (2) - } { + (3) + } An applicant shall be required to
demonstrate { + multicultural competence and + } knowledge of
federal and state statutes prohibiting discrimination { + as + }
required by { - subsection - } { + subsections + } (1)
{ + and (2) + }of this section only once.
' { + SECTION 3. + } ORS 342.135 is amended to read:
' 342.135. (1) A teaching license provided for in this section
shall qualify its holder to accept any instructional assignment
from preprimary through grade 12 for which the holder has
completed the professional requirements established by the rules
of the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission.
' (2) A basic teaching license shall be issued on application
to an otherwise qualified person who has completed an approved
teacher education program and meets such other requirements as
the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission may consider
necessary to maintain and improve quality of instruction in the
public schools of the state.
' (a) Holders of the basic teaching license who meet the
requirements of the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to
teach in the regular classroom program of the public schools,
kindergarten through grade nine, may renew the basic license to
qualify them to continue in such teaching by verification of
{ + demonstrated + } successful teaching experience and of
continuing professional development in keeping with Teacher
Standards and Practices Commission rules.
' (b) A holder of the basic teaching license with an
indorsement in art, educational media, foreign language, health,
home economics, industrial arts, music, physical education and
reading may renew the initial basic license by verification of
{ + demonstrated + } successful teaching experience and of
continuing professional development in keeping with Teacher
Standards and Practices Commission rules. This subsection applies
to licenses for preprimary programs and grades 1 through 8 and
shall include grade 9 if the teacher is teaching in a middle
school or a junior high.
' (c) Secondary teachers may teach in the public schools,
grades 5 through 12, in those subject fields in which they have
met the requirements of the Teacher Standards and Practices
Commission.
' (d) The holder of the standard teaching license who meets the
requirements of the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to
teach in the regular classroom program of the public schools in
kindergarten through grade 12 is eligible to renew the standard
license to qualify to continue in such teaching by verification
of { + demonstrated + } successful teaching experience and of
continuing professional development consistent with rules of the
Teacher Standards and Practices Commission.
' (3)(a) A standard teaching license shall be issued on
application to an otherwise qualified person who has completed an
approved teacher education program, has taught on a basic
teaching license for a minimum period of time to be determined by
the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission, and is
recommended for licensing by the approved teacher education
institution or the school district, whichever offered the
program.
' (b) Preparation shall be a planned education program
consisting of courses taken in an approved teacher education
institution or in an in-service training program offered by a
school district for which credit is given by an approved teacher
education institution or some combination of both, in accordance
with rules of the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission.
' (4) { - Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, - }
The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall by rule
adopt dates by which continuing professional development is
required for renewal of a basic or standard teaching
license. { + A portion, to be determined by the commission, of
the professional development required for renewal of a basic or
standard teaching license shall focus on the knowledge, content,
skills, competencies and disposition appropriate to the license
and needed to provide multicultural education as recommended by
the Superintendent of Public Instruction under ORS 336.113. + }
' { + SECTION 4. + } ORS 342.138 is amended to read:
' 342.138. (1) A continuing teaching, personnel service or
administrative license shall qualify the holder to accept any
assignments for preprimary through grade 12 for which the holder
has completed the advanced requirements established by the rules
of the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission.
' (2) A continuing license shall be issued on application for
five years to an otherwise qualified person who has:
' (a) Completed an advanced professional education program
approved by the commission;
' (b) Been employed on an initial license for a minimum period
of time to be determined by the commission in an Oregon public
school or an Oregon private school that meets the standards
adopted by the commission by rule or is registered as a private
school under ORS 345.505 to 345.575; and
' (c) Demonstrated minimum competencies, knowledge and skills
required for the continuing license through an approved teacher
education institution, school district, professional organization
identified in ORS 342.121, or professional assessment approved by
the commission.
' (3) The holder of a continuing license may renew the
continuing license for five years by verification of
{ + demonstrated + } successful teaching experience and
continuing professional development in accordance with the rules
of the commission. { + A portion, to be determined by the
commission, of the professional development required for renewal
of a continuing teaching license shall focus on knowledge,
content, skills, competencies and disposition appropriate to the
license and needed to provide multicultural education as
recommended by the Superintendent of Public Instruction under ORS
336.113. + }
' { + SECTION 5. + } { + (1) The Superintendent of Public
Instruction shall report to the Seventy-second Legislative
Assembly on the progress of implementing the amendments to ORS
336.113 by section 1 of this 2001 Act. The report shall include
the recommendations of the Superintendent of Public Instruction
to the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission under ORS
336.113 (2)(d).
' (2) The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall
report to the Seventy-second Legislative Assembly on the progress
of implementing the amendments to ORS 342.123, 342.135 and
342.138 by sections 2 to 4 of this 2001 Act. + }
' { + SECTION 6. + } { + The amendments to ORS 342.123,
342.135 and 342.138 by sections 2 to 4 of this 2001 Act first
apply to persons applying to the Teacher Standards and Practices
Commission for an initial teaching license or for renewal of a
basic, standard or continuing teaching license on or after July
1, 2003. + }
' { + SECTION 7. + } { + This 2001 Act being necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and
safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2001 Act
takes effect on its passage. + } ' .
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