Modifies definition of "exempt prohibited individual." Prohibits permanently from providing child care individuals who have been subject of substantiated report of child abuse in which victim suffered serious harm or death and individuals who are required to report as sex offenders. Requires certain individuals who have been subject of founded or substantiated report of child abuse to apply and be enrolled in Central Background Registry prior to providing certain types of care. Modifies definition of "subject individual." Authorizes Office of Child Care to impose civil penalty and file for injunctive relief if subject individual has not applied to and been enrolled in Central Background Registry and the individual provides child care or has child in individual's care. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
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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.
Provides that U.S. Highway 26 shall also be known as POW/MIA Memorial Highway.
Establishes Task Force on Access to Quality Affordable Child Care to solicit input from underserved populations, to research past and current use of child care subsidies, to study state and federally funded child care and early learning programs, to develop recommendations to improve access to and affordability of child care and to report recommendations to Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2020. ] Sunsets December 31, 2020. ] Establishes Task Force on Access to Quality Affordable Child Care to study ways to increase use of and access to child care subsidies and to report recommendations to Legislative Assembly no later than December 31, 2020. Directs Early Learning Division to study existing child care subsidy programs in Oregon and submit report of its findings to task force no later than December 31, 2019. Directs division to study supply and demand for child care by geography and household demographic information and submit report of its findings to task force no later than June 30, 2020. Directs division to study barriers to accessing existing child care subsidies and submit report of its findings to task force no later than June 30, 2020. Authorizes division to contract with third-party research organization to assist with or complete study or report obligations. Sunsets January 2, 2021. 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.
Allows State Department of Fish and Wildlife to refuse or condition disclosure of information relevant to department ability to manage or protect described fish or wildlife species or individual members or populations of species. Creates exceptions ] exception to refusal authority . Exempts information from disclosure as public record. Makes disclosure criteria and public record law exemption retroactive to September 1, 2018. Validates department nondisclosures of information since September 1, 2018. Sunsets January 2, 2024. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Modifies culpable mental state for crime of unauthorized use of a vehicle when person takes, operates, exercises control over or otherwise uses vehicle, boat or aircraft without consent of owner.
Requires Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries to notify Construction Contractors Board of valid wage claim filed against contractor or business who is ] subject to licensing by board. Requires commissioner to notify board if order of determination has become final and if contractor fails to pay construction debt ] unpaid wages within certain time period after date on which order became final unless motion to stay order is pending or has been granted by commissioner . Requires that, for employers that are contractors or businesses licensed by board, order of determination must include statement that failure to pay construction debt ] wage claim and any penalties shall result in commissioner notifying board of such failure and board's suspension of contractor's ] license. Requires board, after notice and opportunity for hearing, to suspend license of contractor or business . Permits board to use notification of final order to take certain disciplinary actions against businesses and owners, officers or responsible managing individual of businesses licensed by board. Provides that business owner who becomes subject to certain penalties and bond requirements while operating business remains responsible for such penalties and bond requirements when business owner ceases operation of business. ] Allows wage claimant to recover unpaid wages from contractor's bond or by obtaining final order issued by Bureau of Labor and Industries. Increases amount that nonowner complainant may recover from bond in certain circumstances. Increases cap on amount of moneys that may be paid from Wage Security Fund to wage claimant.
Provides that labor organization's charging certain employees reasonable fees and costs for representation that is unrelated to negotiation of collective bargaining agreement is not unfair labor practice. Makes conforming changes. Declares emergency, effective on passage.