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District told Senate Bill 141 could trigger ODE coaching and, ultimately, budget oversight
Summary
Staff warned that Senate Bill 141 establishes six accountability matrices and that, after multi-year escalation, the Oregon Department of Education could be assigned a coach and may gain authority over up to 25% of district spending if improvements are not made.
Staff member told the board that Senate Bill 141, passed in Salem, creates six matrices the state will use to evaluate districts and that the measures include K–2 attendance and third-grade reading. "This bill gives ODE some teeth when it comes to accountability," the staff member said.
The staff member described the escalation timeline conveyed in the law and rules: the district would have two years to demonstrate improvement before ODE assigns a coach; more intensive coaching could occur in a third year; and staff said that in a fourth year ODE would have the authority to make decisions about as much as 25% of the district's spending if the district had not met required improvements. The board did not record a formal action in this segment; staff presented these consequences as the reason for pursuing targeted changes to instruction and scheduling.
Staff also cited legislative funding increases for public education in the same discussion and framed the new accountability as tied to the larger state investment in schools.
