Sen. Courtney Neron Misslin

Directs Department of Education to coordinate with Oregon FFA Association to increase student achievement and improve college preparation and career placement for students enrolled in agricultural education courses. Directs department to establish grant program for purpose of funding extended duty contracts to allow school district personnel to manage agricultural science and technology programs of study during summer months. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.

Expands types of entities that may receive grant from Farm-to-School Grant Program to purchase food produced or processed in state or to identify sources of foods or to process foods. Expands purposes for which grant may be used. Creates grant to encourage and sustain successful efforts related to program. Expands types of entities that may receive grant for food-based, agriculture-based or garden-based educational activities. Directs Department of Education to evaluate effectiveness of program and to ensure that technical assistance, training and resources are provided to certain entities. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.

Requires Oregon Health Authority to provide planning grants to 10 school districts or education service districts to evaluate community needs for school-based health services. Requires authority to provide operating funds to at least six school-based health center medical sponsors to open state-certified school-based health centers in grantee school districts or education service districts. Permits authority to provide operating funds to up to four school districts or education service districts to implement five-year pilot projects testing approaches to providing school-based health services as alternatives to school-based health centers. Directs authority to work with federal agency and stakeholders to secure increased federal funding for school-based health centers. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Requires that for person who completes prior educational requirements to participate in Oregon Promise program while confined in correctional facility, six-month period to enroll in courses to participate in program begins after person is first released from correctional facility. Authorizes Higher Education Coordinating Commission to waive requirement that person enrolled in program must enroll in sufficient number of credit hours to be considered at least half-time student, under specified circumstances.

Requires Department of Human Services to award grants to refugee resettlement agencies to provide specified services to refugees. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to department to award grants. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.

Requires Department of Corrections to offer immunization against influenza virus to each inmate in physical custody of department. Requires department to schedule appointment to receive immunization for each inmate who does not decline immunization in writing. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Establishes goals that promote zero-emission vehicle use and requires entities of executive department to promote zero-emission vehicle use. Requires State Department of Energy to assess market for zero-emission vehicles and ] biennially report to Governor and Legislative Assembly certain information related to zero-emission vehicles. Establishes certain requirements for purchases and leases of zero-emission vehicles for state fleet purchases or leases. Authorizes public utilities to submit public benefit proposals to recover in rates no more than $500,000 per year from customers of public utilities costs of installing electric vehicle charging stations. ] Requires agencies owning motor vehicles to provide certain additional information in annual report to Department of Environmental Quality and State Department of Energy. Authorizes school districts to use public purpose charge moneys for school district fleet audits, for purchase or lease of zero-emission vehicles and for purchase or installation of electric vehicle charging stations. .

Requires manufacturer of prescription drugs to report to Department of Consumer and Business Services planned ] specified increase in price of certain prescription drugs at least 60 days before date of increase. Provides exceptions.

Requires correctional facilities to provide tampons, sanitary pads, postpartum pads and panty liners to certain incarcerated persons at no cost.

Prohibits school district, community college district and certain education service district and community college district ] elections from being conducted in manner that impairs ability of members of protected class to have equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice as result of dilution or abridgment of rights of electors who are members of protected class. Establishes processes to ensure compliance with prohibition. Requires Secretary of State to ensure that forms used to nominate candidates for elected office to board of school district, education service district or community college district ] give candidate option of providing candidate's race and ethnicity.