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ODE-backed bill would broaden STEM grant eligibility, clarify Oregon School for the Deaf admissions and update school safety drill language
Summary
House Bill 3038 would expand eligible grantees for STEM and related grants, allow students with IEPs or Section 504 plans to enroll at the Oregon School for the Deaf, and consolidate school emergency plan and drill language; ODE told the committee the changes update statute and improve clarity.
Zoe Larmer of the Oregon Department of Education summarized House Bill 3038 at the March 5 hearing, saying the measure makes several targeted statutory updates: it broadens entities eligible for STEM Investment Council grants and aligns STEM programming with regional labor needs; it clarifies funding and statutory language for recovery schools that are public charter schools; it updates Oregon School for the Deaf admissions criteria to allow students with either…
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