Directs schools or school districts to provide electronic communication to parents and guardians of students attending, and to school district employees employed at, school at which safety threat action occurred. Prescribes requirements of communication.
Establishes Early Literacy Success Initiative. Prescribes purposes and requirements under initiative, including establishment of Early Literacy Success School Grants, Birth Through Five Literacy Plan and Early Literacy Success Community Grants. Repeals Oregon Early Reading Program and Early Success Reading Initiative. Establishes Birth Through Five Literacy Fund and Early Literacy Success Community Grant Fund. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Modifies timelines and requirements for when school district makes determination whether to give approval for student to enroll in virtual public charter school not sponsored by school district. ] Directs Department of Education to collect and compile virtual public charter school enrollment data for purpose of school districts making determinations whether to give approval. ] Establishes and modifies timelines related to enrollment of students in virtual public charter schools. Exempts from calculation of virtual public charter school cap certain students who had previously lived in another school district and been enrolled in virtual public charter school when living in that school district. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires 9-8-8 crisis hotline centers to have policies and train staff on serving firefighters and other first responders.
Increases penalties for possession of certain amounts of fentanyl. Punishes by maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. Provides that delivery of fentanyl may be charged as commercial drug offense in specified circumstances. Increases sentencing guidelines crime category level for delivery of fentanyl for consideration. Adds alternative manner of measuring fentanyl for purposes of calculating crime category level for certain offenses involving possession, delivery or manufacture of fentanyl. Provides that misdemeanor-level unlawful possession of fentanyl is designated drug-related misdemeanor for purposes of supervising entity and supervision funding, justice and municipal court jurisdiction and eligibility for earned reduction of supervision. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Clarifies process of Senate confirmation of members of State Fish and Wildlife Commission. Provides that commission must consist of one member from each of five regional river basin management areas in state, one member from west of Cascade Mountains and one member from east of Cascade Mountains. ] Makes certain changes to qualifications of members of commission.
Requires Department of Education to convene advisory group to review physical education requirements for certain students in grades six through eight. ] Directs department to submit findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to education not later than December 31, 2023. ] Modifies calculation of required minutes of physical education for middle school students to be based on weekly calculation. Declares emergency, effective on passage ] July 1, 2023 .
Preserves additional funding for small school districts that merge with one or more school districts if certain conditions are met.
Establishes Jurisdictional Transfer Advisory Committee within Department of Transportation. Sunsets committee January 2, 2029. Increases expenditure limitation for Department of Transportation to carry out provisions of Act. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Modifies definition of "renewable energy facility" for purposes of county permitting process for solar photovoltaic power generation facility. Requires county to require applicant for permit to establish solar photovoltaic power generation facility using certain number of acres to provide decommissioning plan that includes bonding or other security. Prohibits Department of Transportation from discriminating against or favoring renewable energy facility when reviewing or granting application to place, build or construct on right of way of state highway or county road.
