74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
HA to A-Eng. SB 318
LC 1501-1/SB 318-A15
HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
A-ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 318
By COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
May 25
On page 1 of the printed A-engrossed bill, line 2, delete '
327.294 and 327.297' and insert '327.290, 327.294, 327.297 and
334.177'.
Delete lines 4 through 26 and delete pages 2 and 3 and insert:
' { + 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, { + education service 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 three
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) 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, { + each education
service 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 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.
' (4) Each biennium the Department of Education shall
{ + issue a + } report to the Legislative Assembly on the grant
program and the results of the grant program.
' (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 { + for a program or school
district + } = the program's or school district's ADMw X (the
total amount available for { - the - } { + distribution to
programs and school districts as + } grants in each
{ - distribution - } { + fiscal + } year : the total
{ - statewide - } ADMw { + of all programs and school
districts that receive a grant + }).
' { + (b) The amount of each grant for an education service
district = the education service district's ADMw X (the total
amount available for distribution to education service districts
as grants in each fiscal year : the total ADMw of all education
service districts that receive a grant). + }
' { - (b) - } { + (c) + } As used in this subsection
{ - : - } { + , + }
' { - (A) - } 'ADMw' means:
' { - (i) - } { + (A) + } For a school district, the
extended weighted average daily membership as calculated under
ORS 327.013, 338.155 (1) and 338.165 (2);
' { - (ii) - } { + (B) + } For the Youth Corrections
Education Program, the average daily membership as defined in ORS
327.006 multiplied by 2.0; { - and - }
' { - (iii) - } { + (C) + } For the Juvenile Detention
Education Program, the average daily membership as defined in ORS
327.006 multiplied by 1.5 { + ; and
' (D) For an education service district, the sum of the ADMw of
the component school districts of the education service
district + }.
' { - (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.
' { + (3) Each fiscal year, the department shall distribute:
' (a) 95.25 percent of the moneys in the fund as grants to
school districts, the Youth Corrections Education Program and the
Juvenile Detention Education Program; and
' (b) 4.75 percent of the moneys in the fund as grants to
education service districts. + }
' { + SECTION 3. + } ORS 327.290 is amended to read:
' 327.290. The Legislative Assembly finds that:
' (1) The state has an interest in ensuring that public
resources for primary and secondary schools are used to achieve
the outcomes established under the Oregon Educational Act for the
21st Century in ORS chapter 329.
' (2) To achieve that purpose, the School Improvement Fund is
established so the state may support activities directly related
to increases in student achievement while still allowing school
districts { + and education service districts + } flexibility in
determining the specific activities necessary to support
students.
' (3) It is the intent of the state in establishing the School
Improvement Fund to link these activities to 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.
' { + SECTION 4. + } ORS 334.177 is amended to read:
' 334.177. { + (1) + } An education service district board
shall expend at least 90 percent of all amounts received from the
State School Fund and at least 90 percent of all amounts
considered to be local revenues of an education service district,
as defined in ORS 327.019, on services or programs that have been
approved by the component school districts of the education
service district through the resolution process described in ORS
334.175.
' { + (2) An education service district board shall expend
100 percent of all amounts received from the School Improvement
Fund on services or programs that have been approved by the
component school districts of the education service district
through the resolution process described in ORS 334.175. + }
' { + SECTION 5. + } { + 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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