Higher Education and Workforce Development

OR - Representative Jeff Reardon (D)

Title:

Chair

OR - Representative Teresa Alonso Leon (D)

Title:

Vice-chair

OR - Representative Gene Whisnant (R)

Title:

Vice-chair

OR - Representative Janelle Bynum (D)

Title:

Member

OR - Representative Brian Clem (D)

Title:

Member

OR - Senator Dallas Heard (R)

Title:

Member

OR - Representative Ron Noble (R)

Title:

Member

OR - Representative E. Werner Reschke (R)

Title:

Member

OR - Representative Janeen A. Sollman (D)

Title:

Member

OR - HB4042 Establishes Prosperity 1,000 Pilot Program to provide career coaching, occupational training and job placement services for 1,000 low-income job seekers residing in areas of concentrated poverty in Multnomah and Washington Counties.

OR - SB1557 Requires community colleges, public universities and Oregon Health and Science University to provide certain rights to students ordered to federal or state active duty for 30 or fewer consecutive days.

OR - HB4014 Removes requirement that current foster child or former foster child complete volunteer service hours during previous academic year to qualify for tuition waiver.

OR - HB4035 Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to provide grants to qualified members of Oregon National Guard to attend community colleges or public universities.

OR - HB4041 Establishes Task Force on Workforce Development for People with Disabilities.

OR - HB4043 Requires community colleges to jointly conduct study to determine best methods for helping community college students learn about and apply for benefits.

OR - HB4053 Requires Chief Education Office to prepare annual report on accelerated college credit programs.

OR - HB4141 Requires each public university to establish advisory body to advise university president on recommendations to governing board regarding resident tuition and mandatory enrollment fees.

OR - SB1563 Removes requirement that students who are not citizens or lawful permanent residents apply for official federal identification document to be eligible for exemption from paying nonresident tuition at public universities.

OR - SB1554 Specifies that amount in account established for higher education expenses is disregarded for purposes of determining account owner's financial eligibility to receive assistance or benefit authorized by law, other than means-tested state financial aid for higher education, to extent permitted under federal law.

OR - HB4153 Designates Eastern Oregon University as Oregon's Rural University.