72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 527
 
                         Senate Bill 158
 
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Governor Theodore R.
  Kulongoski for the State Commission on Children and Families)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Includes community learning centers as part of services to
children and families system.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to community learning centers; amending ORS 417.725.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 417.725 is amended to read:
  417.725. (1) Key elements of the service system developed and
implemented under ORS 417.705 to 417.797 and 419A.170 are:
  (a) A two-to-seven-year incremental implementation process with
measurable outcomes;
  (b) An implementation process resulting in a voluntary system
based on nurturing human development; and
  (c) A service continuum based on promoting wellness for the
children of Oregon whose parents have given their express written
consent. Family resource centers and   { - family service
centers - }  { + community learning centers as defined in ORS
329.007 + } are a viable, but not the exclusive, structure for
delivering a service continuum.
  (2) If a system of family resource centers and   { - family
service centers - }  { +  community learning centers + } is
selected by a local commission on children and families
established pursuant to ORS 417.760 { +  to deliver services + },
the   { - family resource - }  centers:
  (a) May serve as the prevention arm of the voluntary delivery
system and may   { - be integrated into - }  { +  link and
integrate + } neighborhood-based services with the intent that
services be available to all families who have given their
express written consent to promote their children's wellness;
    { - (b) May serve as the treatment arm of the voluntary
delivery system; - }
    { - (c) - }  { +  (b) + } Shall involve parents in the care
and education of their children;
    { - (d) - }  { +  (c) + } Shall involve the local community
in developing and overseeing family resource center programs { +
and community learning center programs + };   { - and - }
 
    { - (e) - }  { +  (d) + } Shall be consistent with the local
coordinated comprehensive plan { + ; and
  (e) Shall incorporate the requirements specified for community
learning centers under ORS 329.156 + }.
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