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Oregon House passes education technical-fix bill expanding ESD authority and student protections
Summary
The House approved House Bill 4066 on final passage Feb. 11, 2026. Sponsors said the measure makes technical corrections: adds educational service districts to several statutes, authorizes modest stipends for ESD board members, extends certain compliance deadlines, and aligns state law with a federal compact for military students.
The Oregon House of Representatives passed House Bill 4066 on final reading Feb. 11, 2026, after sponsors described the measure as a technical corrections bill for the state education code.
Representative Hudson, the bill sponsor, told colleagues the bill adds educational service districts (ESDs) to two statutes that already affect school districts and allows ESD boards to offer members a stipend of up to $500 per month to encourage community participation in governance. Hudson said the bill also extends the 2025 session's deadline that applied to school districts for compliance with state light‑bulb requirements to include ESDs.
The bill aligns Oregon statute with the model Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children to ensure consistent protections for military students moving between states, Hudson said. It also corrects a rule‑making authority citation (moving it from the Oregon Department of Education to the state board statute), directs Portland State University — rather than the Higher Education Coordinating Commission — to report to the Legislature on a study of farmworker labor standards, updates meeting requirements for the OHSU board of directors to require at least quarterly meetings, and bars student members of the OHSU board from participating in collective‑bargaining discussions that directly affect students.
Representative Hudson urged support, saying the changes clarify statutory language and align state practice with existing policy. There was no extended debate on the floor after sponsors spoke. The clerk opened the voting system; several members were recorded voting aye while at least one member was excused from the floor. The Speaker declared the bill passed after the chair determined it had received a constitutional majority.
The bill will proceed according to the Legislature's enactment schedule. The House resumed other business after the declaration of passage.
