Chapter 589 Oregon Laws 2005
AN ACT
SB 364
Relating to education task force; appropriating money; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of
Oregon:
SECTION
1. (1) The Workforce 2005 Task
Force is created for the purpose of examining career and professional technical
education in grades 7 through 12 and higher education as a unified system that
integrates education with workforce and economic development.
(2)
The Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, the Chancellor of the Oregon University System, the
Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Commissioner for Community College
Services shall jointly appoint the members of the task force as follows:
(a)
Four members from business and industry;
(b)
One member who serves as a regional professional technical education
coordinator;
(c)
One member from the State Workforce Investment Board;
(d)
One member who serves as a chairperson of a local workforce investment board;
(e)
One member who serves as an instructor or administrator of a professional
technical education program at a public institution of higher education;
(f)
One member who serves as an instructor or administrator of a professional
technical education program at a private institution of higher education;
(g)
One member who serves as an instructor or administrator of a professional
technical education program at a community college;
(h)
Two members who serve as instructors of a professional technical education
program at a high school;
(i)
One member from the Employment Department;
(j)
One member from the Economic and Community Development Department;
(k)
One member from the Office of Professional Technical Education at the
Department of Education;
(L)
One member from the Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development;
(m)
One member who serves as the Education and Workforce Policy Advisor; and
(n)
One member from the Department of Human Services.
(3)
The duties of the task force include:
(a)
Reviewing available funding sources to determine the amount of moneys that
should be appropriated to adequately fund career and professional technical
education in grades 7 through 12 and in higher education;
(b)
Reviewing and reporting data about the two-plus-two program and about student
success in career and professional technical education programs, and making
recommendations about changes in the programs and the names of the programs so
that the programs and names greater reflect the strong natural ties between
education and workforce and economic development;
(c)
Examining and making recommendations for innovative and cost-effective funding
models of career and professional technical education programs and associated
student leadership programs at high schools, community colleges and public and
private institutions of higher education;
(d)
Examining the ability to access high-quality career and professional technical
education programs at high schools, community colleges and public and private
institutions of higher education;
(e)
Reviewing existing investments in distance education and making recommendations
for building new partnerships that increase the capacity for delivering
high-quality career and professional technical education across the state;
(f)
Reviewing the status of teacher education programs and making recommendations
for establishing quality teacher education programs for professional technical
education teachers; and
(g)
Working in groups based on teacher endorsement areas for the purpose of
identifying practices that lead to high student performance in each endorsement
area and identifying the barriers and costs for implementing those practices.
(4)
A majority of the members of the task force constitutes a quorum for the
transaction of business.
(5)
Official action by the task force requires the approval of a majority of the
members of the task force who are present.
(6)
The task force shall elect one of its members to serve as chairperson.
(7)
If there is a vacancy for any cause, the appointing authorities shall make an
appointment to become immediately effective.
(8)
The task force shall meet at times and places specified by the call of the
chairperson or of a majority of the members of the task force.
(9)
The task force may adopt rules necessary for the operation of the task force.
(10)
The task force shall report its findings and recommendations to the
Seventy-fourth Legislative Assembly and to any interim committee related to
education in the manner provided by ORS 192.245 no later than October 1, 2007.
(11)
The Department of Education shall provide staff support to the task force.
(12)
Members of the task force are not entitled to compensation or reimbursement for
expenses, and serve as volunteers on the task force.
(13)
All agencies of state government, as defined in ORS 174.111, are directed to
assist the task force in the performance of its duties and, to the extent
permitted by laws relating to confidentiality, to furnish such information and
advice as the members of the task force consider necessary to perform their
duties.
(14)
The Department of Education may accept contributions of moneys and assistance
from the United States Government or its agencies or from any other source,
public or private, and agree to conditions placed on the moneys not
inconsistent with the duties of the task force.
(15) All moneys received by the Department of Education under subsection (14) of this section shall be paid into the State Treasury and deposited in the General Fund to the credit of the Department of Education. The moneys are continuously appropriated to the Department of Education for the purposes of carrying out the duties of the task force.
SECTION 2. There is appropriated to the Department of Education, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2005, out of the General Fund, the amount of $83,411 for the purposes of carrying out the duties of the Workforce 2005 Task Force.
SECTION 3. Section 1 of this 2005 Act is repealed on January 2, 2008.
SECTION 4. This 2005 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2005 Act takes effect on its passage.
Approved by the Governor July 20, 2005
Filed in the office of Secretary of State July 20, 2005
Effective date July 20, 2005
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