74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 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 1501-1
A-Engrossed
Senate Bill 318
Ordered by the Senate March 16
Including Senate Amendments dated March 16
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 Senate Interim Commission
on Educational Excellence)
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.
Changes student achievement activities for which school
district or program may use School Improvement Fund grant.
Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2007.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to student achievement; amending ORS 327.294 and
327.297; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 327.297 is amended to read:
327.297. (1) In addition to those moneys distributed through
the State School Fund, the Department of Education shall award
grants to school districts, the Youth Corrections Education
Program and the Juvenile Detention Education Program for
activities that relate to increases in student achievement,
including:
{ + (a) Early childhood support including establishing,
maintaining or expanding quality prekindergarten programs and
full-day kindergarten programs; + }
{ - (a) - } { + (b) + } Class size reduction { + with an
emphasis on the reduction of kindergarten through grade 3 class
sizes + };
{ - (b) - } { + (c) + } Increases in instructional
time { + including summer programs and before- and after-school
programs + };
{ - (c) - } { + (d) Mentoring, teacher retention and + }
professional development;
{ - (d) - } { + (e) + } Remediation { + , + } { - and - }
alternative learning { + and student retention + };
{ - (e) Early childhood support; - }
(f) Services to at-risk youth;
{ - (g) Additional instructional materials; - }
{ - (h) Curriculum and instructional support; - }
{ - (i) Services for English as a second language students;
and - }
{ + (g) Programs to improve a student achievement gap between
student groups identified by culture, poverty, language and race
and other student groups;
(h) Vocational education programs;
(i) Literacy programs; and + }
{ - (j) - } { + (j) + } Other { - activities - }
{ + research-based student improvement strategies + } approved
by the State Board of Education
{ - that are shown to have a relationship to increasing student
achievement - } .
(2) { + (a) + } Each school district, the Youth Corrections
Education Program and the Juvenile Detention Education Program
may apply to the Department of Education for a grant.
{ + (b) + } The department shall review and approve
applications based on criteria established by the State Board of
Education. In establishing the criteria, the State Board of
Education shall consider the recommendations of the Quality
Education Commission established under Executive Order 99-16 and
the recommendations of the Quality Education Commission
established under ORS 327.500.
{ + (c) + } The applications shall include the activities to
be funded and the goals of the school district or program for
increases in student performance. The applications shall become
part of the local district improvement plan described in ORS
329.095.
(3) The Department of Education shall evaluate the annual
progress of each recipient of grant funds under this section
toward { + meeting the goals of the school district or program
for increasing student achievement and + }the performance
targets established by the Quality Education Commissions
{ - that have been funded by the Legislative Assembly - } . The
evaluation shall become part of the requirements of the
department for assessing the effectiveness of the district under
ORS 329.085, 329.095 and 329.105. The department shall ensure
school district and program accountability by providing
appropriate assistance, intervening and establishing consequences
in order to support progress toward the performance targets. { +
The department shall establish a program of monetary rewards for
those school districts and programs that show progress toward the
student achievement goals that is beyond the standard
expectations. + }
(4) Each { - biennium - } { + year + } the Department of
Education shall { + issue a + } report { - to the Legislative
Assembly - } on the grant program and the results of the grant
program. { + The report shall include how the grants were
distributed, expected outcomes of the activities funded by the
grants and performance measures for activities funded by the
grants. + }
(5)(a) Notwithstanding ORS 338.155 (9), the Department of
Education may not award a grant under this section directly to a
public charter school.
(b) A school district that receives a grant under this section
may transfer a portion of the grant to a public charter school
based on the charter of the school or any other agreement between
the school district and the public charter school.
(c) A public charter school that receives grant funds under
this subsection shall use those funds for the activities
specified in subsection (1) of this section.
(6)(a) The amount of each grant = the program's or school
district's ADMw X (the total amount available for the grants in
each { - distribution - } { + fiscal + } year : the total
statewide ADMw).
(b) As used in this subsection:
(A) 'ADMw' means:
(i) For a school district, the extended weighted average daily
membership as calculated under ORS 327.013, 338.155 (1) and
338.165 (2);
(ii) For the Youth Corrections Education Program, the average
daily membership as defined in ORS 327.006 multiplied by 2.0; and
(iii) For the Juvenile Detention Education Program, the average
daily membership as defined in ORS 327.006 multiplied by 1.5.
(B) 'Total statewide ADMw' means the total extended ADMw of all
school districts plus the ADMw of the Youth Corrections Education
Program plus the ADMw of the Juvenile Detention Education
Program.
(7) Each school district or program shall deposit the grant
amounts it receives under this section in a separate account, and
shall apply amounts in that account to pay for activities
described in the district's or program's application.
(8) The State Board of Education may adopt any rules necessary
for the administration of the grant program.
SECTION 2. ORS 327.294 is amended to read:
327.294. (1) There is established the School Improvement Fund,
separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by
the School Improvement Fund shall be credited to the fund. Any
moneys in the fund that are not distributed by the Department of
Education in any fiscal year shall be retained in the fund and
may be distributed in the next fiscal year.
(2) The moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the
Department of Education for purposes of the grant program created
by ORS 327.297 { + and the monetary rewards program established
by the department under ORS 327.297.
(3) Each fiscal year, the department may set aside a portion of
the moneys in the fund for monetary rewards for school districts
and programs. After setting aside those moneys, the department
shall determine the total amount available for the grant
program + }.
SECTION 3. { + This 2007 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2007 Act takes effect July 1,
2007. + }
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