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Bend‑LaPine outlines plan to meet Oregon Senate Bill 141 targets
Summary
Deputy Superintendent Lisa Burke told the board Ben‑LaPine must submit targets by Aug. 31 under SB 141 and described a staged growth plan to close a 7.7‑point K–2 attendance gap against similar‑district targets; the state may direct spending after multiyear shortfalls.
Deputy Superintendent Lisa Burke told the Bend‑LaPine Administrative SD 1 Board on Aug. 11 that Oregon Senate Bill 141 requires districts to set targets across seven measures — including K–2 attendance, 3rd‑grade reading, 8th‑grade math and 4‑year graduation — and submit those targets by Aug. 31.
Burke said the district is grouped with similar districts and that Ben‑LaPine currently trails the similar‑district K–2 target by 7.7 percentage points. "Senate bill 1 41 asks, us to target 7 measures that are outlined by the state," she said, adding the district has chosen a phased approach: smaller increments in each of the first three years and a larger gain in year four to reduce the risk of multiyear shortfalls that could trigger state intervention.
Burke emphasized that the board was not being asked to approve targets tonight; the materials were informational and the state will monitor progress annually. She noted the state may engage in "direct coaching" after two years of missed targets and could direct district spending after four years of shortfalls. Board members pressed on operational challenges, including staggered verification timelines for different data sets (graduation verification can take months) and the absence of a state‑supplied roster for some focal groups; Burke said the district will rely on local systems to identify students who need support.
Board members asked whether each school would have individual goals; Burke said yes, with elementary schools focusing more on attendance and 3rd‑grade reading and high schools monitoring graduation and upstream indicators such as 9th‑grade on‑track. Burke also said the district chose "multiliteracy proficiency" as its local‑option metric for the four‑year cycle.
The presentation outlined reporting requirements tied to interim assessments and asked the board to be aware of the timelines and resource questions raised by other districts. "If we could get what is the amount of investment, not just time, but the amount of resource that it is going to take for all 197 school districts to hit the individual targets," Burke said, arguing that visibility of resources matters for successful outcomes. The board will receive the targets as part of the district's operational work and materials to be submitted by the state deadline.
