Establishes Task Force on Rural Medical Training Facilities. Directs task force to investigate issues related to alleviating shortage of skilled and experienced nurses and medical technicians in or near Douglas County. Sunsets December 31, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to conduct study and develop recommendations on how to ensure students have greatest practicable opportunity to transfer credits earned at community colleges to baccalaureate degrees awarded at public universities. Requires commission to submit report detailing recommendations by December 31, 2017. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires Environmental Quality Commission to adopt carbon pollution market by rule. Requires commission to consult with certain interested persons and be advised by advisory committee in adopting rules. Establishes Greenhouse Gas Cap and Investment Program Oversight Committee. Provides for minimum requirements of carbon pollution market. Declares legislative purposes of carbon pollution market. Establishes Climate Investments Account within State Highway Fund. Requires that certain auction proceeds be deposited in account for purpose of funding programs consistent with legislative purposes of carbon pollution market. Establishes Oregon Climate Investments Fund. Requires that certain auction proceeds be deposited in fund, to be distributed through Climate Investments Grant Program adopted by Environmental Quality Commission by rule. Creates Climate Investments in Impacted Communities Advisory Committee. Requires committee to advise on distributions of certain auction proceeds. Establishes Just Transition Fund. Requires that certain auction proceeds be deposited in fund, to be distributed through Just Transition Grant Program adopted by Oregon Business Development Department by rule. Makes all provisions related to carbon pollution market and distribution of auction proceeds operative January 1, 2021. Authorizes Environmental Quality Commission, Public Utility Commission, Department of Transportation and Oregon Business Development Department to adopt rules prior to operative date. Repeals greenhouse gas emissions goals and requires Environmental Quality Commission to adopt by rule statewide greenhouse gas emissions goal for 2025, and limits for years 2035 and 2050. Defines "greenhouse gas" for purposes of air pollution laws. Requires registration and reporting by certain sources of greenhouse gas emissions. Requires certain sources to pay annual fee to Department of Environmental Quality to pay costs of department and Environmental Quality Commission in developing and preparing for implementation of carbon pollution market required by Act. Make provisions related to greenhouse gas definition, emissions limits and registration and reporting operative January 1, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Directs Department of Education to administer pilot program to offer summer education to elementary school students in high poverty, low performing schools with high populations of English language learners. Sunsets pilot program on January 2, 2020. Establishes Summer Learning Fund, separate and distinct from General Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in Summer Learning Fund to State Library for purposes of funding summer learning planning, programming and awareness. Appropriates moneys from General Fund for deposit in Summer Learning Fund. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Increases speed limit on Oregon Route 138 between Roseburg and Glide.
Establishes Task Force on Family Engagement in Education. Directs task force to submit report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to education no later than September 15, 2018. Sunsets task force on December 31, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires member of Legislative Assembly who has relative or member of household receiving salary for serving on member's personal legislative staff to file statement with Oregon Government Ethics Commission naming each such relative or member of household and stating amount of money each relative or member of household receives in salary.
Directs State Board of Education to adopt by rule standards for provision of occupational therapy to students who have individualized education programs. Becomes operative July 1, 2018.
Requires Legislative Assembly to provide translator services free of charge, in order to facilitate witness participation in hearings or informal meetings with one or more members of Legislative Assembly, or as required by federal Americans with Disabilities Act. Requires that written request be made to Legislative Administrator by specified date before translator services will be provided.
Establishes Oregon Quality Education Model Modernization Task Force. Sunsets task force December 31, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
