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Committee Hears Support for TSPC Budget; Witnesses Urge IT upgrade and Literacy Positions in House Bill 5037
Summary
At a Feb. 27 public hearing, witnesses and the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission chair backed funding in House Bill 5037 for a new educator licensing and investigations data system and positions to implement literacy standards; lawmakers flagged fee-reserve and investigation-definition concerns.
The Joint Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Education held a public hearing Feb. 27 on House Bill 5037, the budget request for the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC). Witnesses urged the Legislature to fund a new educator licensing and investigations data system and personnel to support implementation of Oregon’s literacy law.
Morgan Allen, representing the Coalition of Oregon School Administrators, told the committee, “we wanted to just offer some brief, strong support for the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission budget contained in House Bill 5037.” Allen said the budget maintains staffing “at the 23-25 legislatively adopted levels” (as stated in testimony) and highlighted two priorities: the procurement…
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