74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
HA to A-Eng. SB 198
 
LC 430/SB 198-A6
 
                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                   A-ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 198
 
                    By COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
 
                             May 15
 
  On page 1 of the printed A-engrossed bill, line 2, delete '
348.603 and 348.606' and insert '348.597, 348.603, 348.606 and
348.607'.
  On page 2, delete line 45.
  On page 3, delete lines 1 through 6.
  In line 7, delete '(3)(a)' and insert '(2)(a)'.
  After line 25, insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 4. + } ORS 348.597 is amended to read:
  ' 348.597. ORS 348.594 to 348.615 do not apply to:
  ' (1) An Oregon community college;
  ' (2) A state institution of higher education within the Oregon
University System;
  ' (3) The Oregon Health and Science University;
  '  { +  (4) A school that has conferred degrees under the same
control for five years in Oregon from at least one operationally
separate unit accredited as a separate institution by a regional
accrediting association or its national successor; + }
  '  { - (4) - }  { +  (5) + } A school that, on the date
preceding July 15, 2005, was a school described in ORS 348.594
(2)(d); or
  '  { - (5) - }  { +  (6) + } A school that is exempt from ORS
348.594 to 348.615 under ORS 348.604.
  '  { +  SECTION 5. + } ORS 348.607 is amended to read:
  ' 348.607. (1) The Oregon Student Assistance Commission may, by
rule, impose a fee on a school that applies for an exemption
under ORS 348.604. The amount of the fee may not exceed the
lesser of:
  ' (a) The actual cost to the commission of determining the
school's compliance with the requirements for an exemption under
ORS 348.604; or
  ' (b) Fifty percent of the fee that the commission would impose
on the school under ORS 348.606   { - (3) - }  { +  (2) + } if
the school were applying for approval to offer a bachelor's
degree.
  ' (2) Except as provided in ORS 348.604 or 348.608 or section
6, chapter 546, Oregon Laws 2005, the commission may not impose
requirements for a religious exemption from ORS 348.594 to
348.615.'.
  In line 26, delete '4' and insert '6'.
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