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Superintendent warns state accountability and labor bills could affect local control and funding
Summary
Superintendent reviewed pending state bills including an education accountability measure that could give ODE prescriptive authority over struggling districts and flagged SB 916 and HB 3652 as items to watch; district lobbyists expect a $11.36 billion state education fund figure.
The superintendent briefed the board on several state legislative items that could affect the district's operations and finances. He said an education accountability bill under development would give the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) authority to provide prescriptive coaching to districts deemed struggling and, after a period, could expand that intervention and direct how SIA funds are spent. He told the board that in some worst-case conceptions the state could direct up to 25% of a districtgeneral fund spending in specific scenarios, and that superintendents are closely tracking the bill's language.
The superintendent also highlighted Senate Bill 916, which would allow public employees to receive unemployment benefits while striking (with a two-week waiting period for school district employees in that draft), and House Bill 3652, which would make class-size a mandatory subject of bargaining. He cited expectations from lobbyists for a state education fund figure around $11,360,000,000 and recommended the board and administration watch the bills closely as language evolves.
