Higher Education and Workforce Development

OR - Representative Chris Harker (D)

Title:

Vice-chair

OR - Representative John Huffman (R)

Title:

Vice-chair

OR - Representative Joe Gallegos (D)

Title:

Member

OR - Representative Vic Gilliam (R)

Title:

Member

OR - Representative Chris Gorsek (D)

Title:

Member

OR - Representative Mitch Greenlick (D)

Title:

Member

OR - Representative Mark Johnson (R)

Title:

Member

OR - Representative Gene Whisnant (R)

Title:

Member

OR - HB2970 Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to develop standards related to requirements for associate transfer degree .

OR - HB3025 Establishes Next Generation Fund.

OR - HB3038 Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development for work ready communities programs, employer workforce training and back to work programs.

OR - HB3149 Establishes Task Force on Community College Child Care Services.

OR - HB3079 Eliminates adverse impact process for new publicly funded post-secondary programs or locations.

OR - HB3115 Requires state contracting agency, in specifications, solicitation documents and contract for public improvement with contract price that state contracting agency anticipates will exceed $5 million, to require contractor and subcontractor to employ apprentices for at least 10 percent of total work hours that workers in apprenticeable occupations perform on public improvement.

OR - HB3120 Grants additional authorities to Higher Education Coordinating Commission.

OR - HB3296 Modifies, for purposes of regulating student athlete agents, definitions of "agency contract," "athlete agent" and "athletic director." Expands application of statutes regulating athlete agents to include agents representing student athletes at elementary and secondary schools.

OR - HB3245 Prohibits inmates in custody of Department of Corrections from performing electrical or plumbing work unless directly supervised by department employee who is licensed electrician or plumber.

OR - HB3341 Repeals requirement that community colleges enter into agreement with for-profit institutions of higher education before implementing potentially duplicative new post-secondary programs.

OR - HB3472 Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to consider creation of Pay Forward, Pay Back pilot program to replace current system of tuition and fees required to attend institution of higher education.

OR - HB3488 Modifies provisions authorizing borrowing by community college districts to clarify that bonds may be issued for whole district, for single service area or for one or more service areas of district simultaneously.

OR - HCR9 In memoriam: Harold Williams, 1943-2012.

OR - HB2898 Allows student with disability to earn credit at community college or public university as part of transition services.

OR - HB2689 Permits public bodies to enter into cooperative agreements with youth job development organizations for provision of services by youth participants on public resource projects.

OR - HB2727 Establishes State Apprenticeship Education and Training Fund and continuously appropriates moneys in fund to State Apprenticeship and Training Council and Bureau of Labor and Industries for specified purposes.

OR - HB2787 Provides that certain students are entitled to exemption from nonresident tuition and fees at public universities.

OR - HB2912 Requires Department of Education, Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development and Bureau of Labor and Industries to develop and implement long-term goals that encourage establishment of joint advisory committees related to career and technical education and that address barriers inhibiting student movement from high schools to post-secondary school programs and workforce.

OR - HB2913 Clarifies that committee formed by Department of Education and Bureau of Labor and Industries is established to set goals, develop grant criteria, review grant applications and make recommendations related to awarding grants under Career and Technical Education Revitalization Grant Program.

OR - HB2986 Permits court, after suspension of driving privileges for failure to pay fine, to reinstate person's driving privileges if person is enrolled in preapprenticeship program or is registered as apprentice.

OR - HB2995 Requires each public university, community college or other institution of higher education to allow students, faculty and staff to identify sexual orientation on forms used to collect demographic data.

OR - HB2979 Establishes work group to study how to establish common course numbering system for lower-division undergraduate courses in Oregon public colleges and universities.

OR - HB3392 Changes name of Tuition Protection Fund to Tuition Protection Trust Fund.

OR - HB2958 Requires community colleges to annually make available for distribution specified information about community colleges to public school students in grades 11 and 12.

OR - HB2033 Abolishes accounts controlled by office of State Treasurer for use of University of Oregon and Oregon State University.

OR - HB2185 Authorizes adoption of fees for certain activities related to career schools.

OR - HB2189 Allows State Board of Education to adopt rules related to general governance and operation of career schools.

OR - HB2191 Modifies definition of "agent" for career schools.

OR - HB2187 Exempts school from career school licensure requirements if school prepares students to become nursing assistant or medication aide and meets certain standards or if school is adequately regulated by other means and Superintendent of Public Instruction grants exemption.

OR - HB2149 Establishes institutional boards for University of Oregon and Portland State University.

OR - HB2152 Requires State Board of Higher Education and Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development to conduct annual reviews of public universities and community colleges, respectively, regarding staffing to student ratios.

OR - HB2154 Requires board of education of each community college district, and president of each public university, to form achievement compact advisory committee.

OR - HB2188 Allows Superintendent of Public Instruction to retain reasonable costs related to investigation and assessment of career school civil penalties.

OR - HB2178 Provides for issuance of education loans to person accepted for enrollment, or to student in good standing, in program of study for advanced degree necessary to manage medical clinic.

OR - HB2299 Directs State Registrar of Center for Health Statistics to send data file containing parents' names and mother's address to Oregon 529 College Savings Board for each child born in Oregon to residents of this state.

OR - HB2621 Exempts use of pesticides at community college for scientific research or academic instruction from integrated pest management plan restrictions.

OR - HB2636 Establishes STEM Investment Council.

OR - SB104 Allows Department of Education to require fingerprints of person who is community college faculty member providing instruction at site of early childhood education program or at school site as part of early childhood education program.

OR - SB267 Changes title of president of State Board of Higher Education to chairperson of board.

OR - SB225 Removes authority of public universities to provide liability insurance coverage for students involved in specified off-campus experiential activities.

OR - SB782 Establishes Task Force on Apprenticeship in State Contracting with 14 members appointed by President of Senate, Speaker of House of Representatives and Governor.

OR - SB802 Defines "dentist of record." Provides that institution or program accredited by Commission on Dental Accreditation of American Dental Association does not need to name actively licensed dentist as dental director of dental offices or clinics owned or operated by institution or program.