Bill Text: OR SB666 | 2013 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to public charter schools; appropriating money; declaring an emergency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB666 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-SB666-Engrossed.html
77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session
NOTE: Matter within { + braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within { - braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
{ + braces and plus signs + } .
LC 3344
A-Engrossed
Senate Bill 666
Ordered by the Senate April 8
Including Senate Amendments dated April 8
Sponsored by Senator DEVLIN; Senator ROBLAN
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
Allows virtual public charter school to receive funding for
providing supplemental online courses. { + Specifies
requirements for courses to be eligible to receive funding. + }
{ - Allows Department of Education to expend moneys from
State School Fund to fund supplemental online courses. - }
{ + Directs Department of Education to make distributions
from Oregon Virtual School District Fund to fund supplemental
online courses. Appropriates moneys to Oregon Virtual School
District Fund. + }
Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2013.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to public charter schools; creating new provisions;
amending ORS 329.842; appropriating money; and declaring an
emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + Section 2 of this 2013 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS chapter 338. + }
SECTION 2. { + (1) As used in this section, 'supplemental
online course' means an online course provided:
(a) By a virtual public charter school to a student who is
enrolled in a public school in this state; and
(b) As less than half of a student's average course load, as
determined by the State Board of Education by rule.
(2) A virtual public charter school may receive funding for a
supplemental online course only as provided by this section. If a
virtual public charter school receives funding for a supplemental
online course as provided by this section, the virtual public
charter school may not receive funding as provided by ORS 338.155
for the student who completed the course.
(3) A supplemental online course funded as provided by this
section may be made available to students only through:
(a) A school district that purchases a supplemental online
course from a virtual public charter school and makes the
supplemental online course available to a student of the school
district; or
(b) A virtual public charter school that provides the
supplemental online course to a student enrolled in the virtual
public charter school.
(4) A supplemental online course shall be funded as provided by
this section only if a student successfully completes the
supplemental online course. When the Department of Education
receives notice that a student has successfully completed a
supplemental online course, the department shall make a
distribution from moneys available for that purpose from the
Oregon Virtual School District Fund to:
(a) The school district that purchased the course; or
(b) The school district in which the virtual public charter
school that provided the course to a student enrolled in the
virtual public charter school is located.
(5)(a) If a student does not successfully complete a
supplemental online course, the Department of Education may not
make any distributions from the Oregon Virtual School District
Fund for the student for the course.
(b) A virtual public charter school that provided a
supplemental online course to a school district for use by a
student of the school district who did not successfully complete
the supplemental online course shall provide a refund to the
school district based on the number of weeks of the course that
the student completed, up to half of the cost of the course as
calculated under subsection (6) of this section.
(6) The Department of Education shall calculate the amount to
be distributed for a supplemental online course that is funded as
provided by this section. The amount may not exceed 0.0834 of the
charter school rate of the school district in which the virtual
public charter school is located. The Department of Education
shall determine the charter school rate for the school district
in which the virtual public charter school is located.
(7) The State Board of Education shall adopt by rule any
requirements related to the distribution of funds under this
section, including:
(a) Timelines for submission of requests for distributions; and
(b) Provisions for prorating amounts distributed if amounts
requested for distribution exceed amounts available for
distribution.
(8) A supplemental online course that is funded as provided by
this section must be taught by a teacher who is licensed by the
Teacher Standards and Practices Commission. + }
SECTION 3. ORS 329.842 is amended to read:
329.842. (1) The Oregon Virtual School District Fund is
established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the
General Fund. Interest earned by the Oregon Virtual School
District Fund shall be credited to the fund. All moneys in the
fund are continuously appropriated to the Department of Education
for { + :
(a) + } The administration of the Oregon Virtual School
District created under ORS 329.840.
{ + (b) Distributions made for the purposes of section 2 of
this 2013 Act. + }
(2) Any moneys received by the department for the purpose of
the Oregon Virtual School District shall be deposited in the
fund.
SECTION 4. { + In addition to and not in lieu of any other
appropriation, there is appropriated to the Department of
Education for deposit in the Oregon Virtual School District Fund,
for the biennium beginning July 1, 2013, out of the General Fund,
the amount of $5,250,000, which shall be expended as follows:
(1) Up to $1,500,000 for distributions made during the
2013-2014 school year for the purposes of section 2 of this 2013
Act; and
(2) Up to $3,750,000 for distributions made during the
2014-2015 school year for the purposes of section 2 of this 2013
Act. + }
SECTION 5. { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect July 1,
2013. + }
----------
