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Committee votes: Appropriations and several education bills advance; some measures carried over or failed
Summary
On April 2 the Senate Education Committee adopted amendments and recommended referral to Ways & Means or the floor on several bills (including an appropriation for campus resilience and pilots for teacher stipends); one bill to fund Title 1 recess/after-school grants did not pass.
The Senate Education Committee on April 2 considered a large set of education bills. Several measures recorded formal committee action during the hearing day; others were carried over for further work. Below are the committee actions recorded on April 2.
Votes at a glance
- Senate Bill 231 (Campus Resilience Consortium appropriation): Committee adopted the Dash-1 amendment modifying the grantee to the University of Oregon’s Institute for Resilient Organizations, Communities, and Environments, and passed the bill with a “do pass” recommendation and referral to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. The summary language in committee said the bill appropriates $1,526,167 from the General Fund to implement training, mutual-aid agreements and an online resource-sharing center for higher-education emergency management.
- Senate Bill 310 (fact-finder in public education labor disputes): Committee approved a “do pass” recommendation and sent the bill to the floor. The committee noted substantial written opposition in the record and one member stated they could not support it, but the motion passed.
- Senate Bill 717 (pilot stipends for mentors/student-teachers): The committee adopted the Dash‑1 amendment expanding pilot options and then moved the bill with a “do pass” recommendation to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means by prior reference.
- Senate Bill 742 (abbreviated school days; online/telephonic meetings): The committee voted to move SB 742 to the floor with a “do pass” recommendation.
- Senate Bill 745 (abbreviated school days; annual review meetings for terminally ill students): The committee voted to send SB 745 to the floor with a “do pass” recommendation; the bill declares an emergency and takes effect on passage.
- Senate Bill 11‑27 (grants to Title I schools for recess/lunch/after-school activities): A motion to pass and refer SB 11‑27 to Ways and Means failed in committee. The chair announced the bill did not pass in committee; several members cited budget concerns and competing priorities.
Other items: The committee carried over or postponed work sessions and public hearings on many other bills (including SB 5, SB 207, SB 738, SB 314, SB 315, SB 443, SB 4702, SB 5401, SB 7305, SB 980 and SB 1126, among others) for further drafting and stakeholder negotiation.
Roll-call notes: Committee roll calls were recorded on the floor for the motions above. Specific yes/no votes were entered into the record for several members during each motion; the publicly recorded roll-call names included Chair Frederick, Vice Chair Weber, Senator Gelser Fluitt, Senator Robinson, Senator Sullivan, Senator Solman, Senator Nelson (Blue), and others appearing repeatedly in the committee’s recorded roll calls. The committee’s clerk will publish the complete roll-call sheets in the official minutes.
