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 2274
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         Senate Bill 392
                Ordered by the Senate February 13
          Including Senate Amendments dated February 13
 
Sponsored by Senators DEVLIN, WALKER
 
 
                             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.
 
  Lowers minimum age for required school attendance.
   { +  Directs State Board of Education to adopt rules ensuring
that child beginning public school for first time be placed in
grade level appropriate to child's cognitive development. + }
    { - Takes effect July 1, 2008. - }
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to school attendance; creating new provisions; and
  amending ORS 339.010 and 339.020.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 339.010 is amended to read:
  339.010. Except as provided in ORS 339.030, all children
between the ages of   { - 7 - }  { +  6 + } and 18 years who have
not completed the 12th grade are required to attend regularly a
public full-time school of the school district in which the child
resides.
  SECTION 2. ORS 339.020 is amended to read:
  339.020. Except as provided in ORS 339.030, every person having
control of any child between the ages of   { - 7 - }  { +  6 + }
and 18 years who has not completed the 12th grade is required to
send such child to and maintain such child in regular attendance
at a public full-time school during the entire school term.
  SECTION 3.  { + The amendments to ORS 339.010 and 339.020 by
sections 1 and 2 of this 2007 Act first apply to a child who is
between the ages of 6 and 18 years at the beginning of the
2008-2009 school year of the school district in which the child
resides. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + The State Board of Education shall adopt rules
that ensure that a child who is six years of age and beginning
public school for the first time is placed in a grade level that
is appropriate for the child's cognitive development. + }
  SECTION 5.  { + The State Board of Education shall adopt the
rules required by section 4 of this 2007 Act prior to the
beginning of the 2008-2009 school year. + }
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