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OR HB3037

Bill

Status

Passed

8/7/2025

Primary Sponsor

Unknown

Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Legislative Measures

AI Summary

  • Defines "small ADM school district" as districts with average daily membership under 1,650 students, allowing the State Board of Education to establish minimum grant amounts and the Department of Education to reduce application and reporting requirements for these districts

  • Expands eligibility for High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Act grants, Student Investment Account grants, and early warning system grants to include long-term care and treatment facilities, the Oregon School for the Deaf, Youth Corrections Education Program, and Juvenile Detention Education Program

  • Increases the administrative cost cap for school districts using High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Act funds from 4% back to 5%, and requires grant funding thresholds ($100,000 and $350,000) to be adjusted each biennium for inflation

  • Changes the early warning system grant formula from a flat $3 per student to a weighted average daily membership (ADMw) calculation, distributing the total available funds proportionally among all eligible recipients

  • Extends the deadline for providing English Language Learner program reports to school district boards from September 1 to December 1 each year, and takes effect July 1, 2025 under an emergency declaration

Legislative Description

Relating to state grants awarded by the Department of Education; and declaring an emergency.

Last Action

Chapter 498, (2025 Laws): Effective date July 17, 2025.

8/7/2025

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means6/23/2025
Education6/12/2025
Ways and Means4/3/2025
Education1/17/2025

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