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
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 3470
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         Senate Bill 870
                   Ordered by the House May 13
             Including House Amendments dated May 13
 
Sponsored by Senator NELSON, Representatives JENSON, G SMITH
 
 
                             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.
 
  Requires  { + Joint Boards of Education, with representatives
of + } Blue Mountain Community College, Treasure Valley Community
College and Eastern Oregon University to   { - collaborate to
develop plan to provide - }   { + study feasibility of
providing + } instruction on semester basis. { +  Requires report
to State Board of Education and State Board of Higher Education
by February 29, 2004. + }
    { - Directs Commissioner for Community College Services and
State Board of Higher Education to ensure appropriated moneys are
delivered to college in reasonable manner regardless of whether
college provides instruction on semester basis or quarterly
basis. - }
   { +  Requires State Board of Higher Education to decide by
June 30, 2004, whether Eastern Oregon University will provide
education on semester basis. Requires report to Seventy-third
Legislative Assembly. + }
  Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2003.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to instruction on a semester basis in higher education;
  and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The Joint Boards of Education, in
collaboration with representatives of Blue Mountain Community
College, Treasure Valley Community College and Eastern Oregon
University, shall form a working group to conduct a study of the
feasibility of providing instruction on a semester basis at Blue
Mountain Community College, Treasure Valley Community College and
Eastern Oregon University.
  (2) The working group shall report its findings to the State
Board of Education and the State Board of Higher Education no
later than February 29, 2004. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) Not later than June 30, 2004, the State
Board of Higher Education must:
  (a) Decide whether Eastern Oregon University will provide
instruction on a semester basis; and
 
 
  (b) If the board decides that Eastern Oregon University will
provide instruction on a semester basis, approve the provision of
instruction on a semester basis.
  (2) The State Board of Higher Education shall report the
decision made under subsection (1) of this section to the
Seventy-third Legislative Assembly in the manner provided by ORS
192.245 no later than February 1, 2005. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2003 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2003 Act takes effect July 1,
2003. + }
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