Sen. Courtney Neron Misslin

Requires school districts to prepare ventilation verification assessment and take certain actions based on recommendations that result from assessment. Requires school districts to install carbon dioxide monitors in classrooms. Requires school districts to submit verification report to Department of Education. Establishes School Ventilation Fund.

Directs Department of Education to establish school media program standards and provide technical assistance related to those standards.

Directs Environmental Quality Commission to adopt standards prohibiting engine exhaust and evaporative emissions from new small nonroad engines beginning January 1, 2026, unless a later date is required by federal Clean Air Act. Directs Department of Environmental Quality to establish program to provide incentives for purchase of zero-emission small nonroad equipment. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to establish project connecting adults in custody and former adults in custody to community colleges, public universities and apprenticeship programs. Sets forth project requirements. Establishes Oregon Rebound Fund to support project. Requires commission to work with Bureau of Labor and Industries and community corrections agencies to establish statewide network to assist adults in custody and former adults in custody in enrolling in appropriate post-secondary classes, post-secondary programs and apprenticeship programs. Requires commission to hire five regional navigators to run statewide network. Details requirements of network and navigators. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Prohibits Oregon Transportation Commission from establishing toll on Interstate 205 or Interstate 5. Provides exception for tolls on Interstate 5 bridges that cross Columbia River. Directs Department of Transportation to conduct analysis of alternative funding sources for specified bridge projects. Sunsets report January 2, 2024. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Establishes Task Force on For-Profit Providers of Educational Services in Virtual Public Charter Schools. Prohibits school districts and education service districts from using sole-source procurement method for entering into contract for provision of online educational services. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Establishes COFA Food Assistance Program to provide nutrition assistance to COFA citizens who would qualify for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits but for their immigration status and who have incomes at or below federal poverty guidelines.

Establishes state policy regarding natural climate solutions. Establishes Natural and Working Lands Fund and provides for transfer of moneys from fund to certain state agencies. Prescribes uses of moneys from fund and requires Oregon Global Warming Commission to report to legislature on uses of moneys from fund. Directs State Department of Energy and commission to prepare inventory, baseline, activity-based metrics and community impact metrics for net carbon sequestration and storage in natural and working lands and establish carbon sequestration and storage goals. Directs State Department of Energy, in coordination with commission, to study workforce training programs needed to support adoption of natural climate solutions and provide results to committees of Legislative Assembly related to environment no later than September 15, 2024. Authorizes commission to appoint natural and working lands advisory committee. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Requires schools to have at least one panic alarm in each school building. ] Requires schools to have wireless panic alert device in each classroom of each school building. Provides exceptions. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Education for purpose of assisting school districts to purchase and install wireless panic alert devices and systems. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2023.

Clarifies meaning of "because of age" in employment discrimination law. Designates as unlawful employment practice for employer to seek age of applicant prior to completing initial interview or making conditional offer of employment and to include certain words or phrases in job application that suggest age preferences. Permits employer to seek age of applicant under certain circumstances. Removes provision that includes apprentices within scope of unlawful employment discrimination statute.