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Committee hears bill to create statewide school workplace safety reporting system
Summary
Lawmakers and school employees urged creation of a standardized, public-facing online system for reporting school employee workplace incidents to collect consistent data and guide safety improvements. No vote was taken; a public hearing was held.
A House Committee on Education public hearing on March 3, 2025, focused on House Bill 3,357, a proposal to create a standardized, web-based system for reporting workplace safety incidents involving school and education service district employees.
Representative Leslie Munoz, sponsor, said HB 3,357 would direct the Oregon Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Consumer and Business Services, to build an accessible, easy-to-use online reporting method that minimizes duplication and includes safeguards against bias. "We cannot fix what we do not measure," Munoz said, arguing the tool would provide the data lawmakers and district leaders need to identify trends and guide solutions.
The bill drew extensive testimony from classified school employees and union leaders who described barriers to current incident reporting. Terri Harris Jones, OSEA state vice president and a primary school library…
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