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SB 324 Oregon Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Relating to state education governance; declaring an emergency.

Summary
] [ Transfers certain duties, functions and powers related to teaching, administrative and personnel licensure from the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to the Department of Education. Retains commission duties, functions and powers related to licensure standards and licensee discipline. ] [ Directs the Department of Education to establish the Educator Advancement Council. ] Transfers from the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to the Department of Education certain duties, functions and powers related to teaching, administrative and personnel licensure and investigation, school nurse certification and investigation and public charter school teacher and administrator registration and investigation. Retains with the commission duties, functions and powers related to licensure standards, licensee discipline and rulemaking. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2025 Last action Jun 28, 2025
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Introduced → A-Engrossed · 6 edits
MODERATE
This bill reorganizes Oregon's education oversight by transferring certain licensing and administrative duties from the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC) to the Department of Education (ODE), while keeping the TSPC responsible for setting standards and enforcing discipline. The changes clarify which functions belong to which agency and update the legal descriptions of the TSPC's roles.
Scope change
The bill modifies the scope of authority between two state education agencies, shifting operational tasks to ODE while retaining regulatory oversight with TSPC.
SCOPE

Transferred duties for issuing teaching, administrative, and personnel service licenses, along with related investigations, from TSPC to ODE.

Added new responsibilities for ODE to handle public charter school teacher and administrator registrations and investigations.

Added school nurse certificate issuance and investigations to ODE's transferred duties.

Clarified that TSPC retains authority over rulemaking, setting licensure standards, and imposing discipline on licensees.

REQUIREMENT

Updated the TSPC's statutory purposes to explicitly include oversight of public charter school registrations and school nurse certificates alongside traditional teaching licenses.

Added a requirement for ODE to provide staff support to the TSPC.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Jun 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
In committee upon adjournment.
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Committee
Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President.
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.)
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Committee
Referred to Education.
upper
Jan 13, 2025
Introduced
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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