Establishes ombudsman for early childhood care and education providers. Prescribes duties of ombudsman.
Establishes product stewardship program for household hazardous waste. Establishes Household Hazardous Waste Stewardship Fund. Becomes operative January 1, 2022. Requires initial plans for household hazardous waste stewardship programs to be submitted to Department of Environmental Quality no later than April 1, 2023. Requires household hazardous waste stewardship program developed pursuant to approved plan to be implemented no earlier than January 1, 2024. Imposes penalty for violation by retailer of program provisions not to exceed $100 per day for each day of violation. Imposes penalty for violation by manufacturer or stewardship organization of program provisions not to exceed $25,000 per day for each day of violation. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Excludes taxes imposed by school districts from certain property tax exemption programs requiring adoption by local governments. Provides that any exemption, partial exemption or special assessment shall not apply to property taxes imposed by school district if, on or after effective date of Act, statute granting exemption is first enacted, sunset date of statute granting exemption, partial exemption or special assessment is extended or exemption, partial exemption or special assessment is increased or extended to broader class of property by law. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs school districts to identify at least one school employee for every 250 students to act as disciplinary mediator. Requires school districts to appropriately train and compensate mediators and to provide mediation when out-of-school suspension or expulsion is proposed or upon request for other disciplinary incidents. Directs school districts to conduct annual evaluation on use of discipline in schools of school district for purposes of determining if there was racial disparity in use of discipline, establishing goals to reduce any racial disparity and developing plan to achieve goals.
Prohibits Department of Environmental Quality and State Department of Agriculture from issuing or renewing license or permit to allow construction or operation of new industrial dairy, addition to or expansion of existing industrial dairy or addition to or expansion of dairy that would cause dairy to become industrial dairy. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Allows operator of motorcycle to travel between lanes of traffic under certain conditions.
Recognizes and honors service members of Oregon National Guard.
Urges Congress to enact bipartisan climate change legislation.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on racist history of this country and state. Directs State Board of Education to adopt requirements for instruction. Directs Department of Education to convene advisory group for purposes of assisting State Board of Education in adopting requirements for instruction on racist history and recommending curricula. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Authorizes formation of children's service districts. Authorizes children's service districts to levy property taxes to fund programs that offer children's services. Defines "children's services" as services that support children's total health and well-being provided outside of school hours to individuals not more than 18 years of age. Provides that, if action is filed by taxpayer for real property located within children's service district asserting valid claim that revenue funding project is subject to compression under $5 per $1,000 of real market value cap for purposes of Ballot Measure 5 (1990) as revenue funding project constituting educational services, children's service district shall discontinue project and shall use revenue for project that does not constitute educational services.
