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House Education committee gives due-pass recommendation to bill changing school fund estimates, adopts biennial split
Summary
The House Education Committee voted to give House Bill 2,140 a due-pass recommendation and referred it to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means during a Feb. 3 work session.
The House Education Committee voted to give House Bill 2,140 a due-pass recommendation and referred the bill to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means during a Feb. 3 work session.
House Bill 2,140, as summarized to the committee, changes how the Oregon Department of Administrative Services and the Legislative Fiscal Office estimate projected costs of programs funded by the State School Fund. The measure also codifies a practice of dividing a district’s State School Fund distribution into two portions: 49% in the first year of each biennium and 51% in the second year. The bill declares an emergency and, if enacted, was described as taking effect July 1, 2025.
“House Bill 2,140 changes the way the Oregon Department of Administrative Services and Legislative Fiscal Office estimate the projected costs of programs funded by the state school fund,” Lisa, a legislative analyst, told the committee. The committee’s vice chair, Representative Dobson, moved the bill with a due-pass recommendation and referral to Ways and Means.
After a brief roll call, committee members recorded the following votes: Representative Halbek—Aye; Representative Hudson—Aye; Representative Winn—excused; Representative Rue East—Yes; Representative Wright—Aye; Representative Dalton—Aye; Representative Matt McPyle—Yes; Representative Chao Nuan—Aye. The clerk announced the motion passed and HB 2,140 will move to Ways and Means.
The committee closed the work session on HB 2,140 immediately after the vote and proceeded to the first public hearing on the agenda. The bill text as discussed directs changes to state estimating practices and the distribution timing but does not by itself appropriate new funds; budgetary effects will be determined in subsequent Ways and Means work.
Votes at a glance: Vice Chair Dobson moved HB 2,140 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation and referral to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means; the motion passed by recorded voice vote with seven members voting yes and one member excused.
The committee did not take final action to enact the bill; the measure will proceed to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means for further fiscal review and any appropriation decisions.
