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| Pass
SB841 & SJR2 to strengthen the Education Stability
Fund (ESF). SB841 is a good bill that will use ending
balances to fill the ESF more quickly.
SJR2 would allow the ESF to double from 5% to 10% of
the general fund.
HB2450 creates a stability fund for K-12 education, but
also addresses more complicated education funding issues. At a
minimum, SB841 and SJR2 should be passed this session. |
SB841
and SJR2 passed the Senate on June 1, 2005. SB841 and SJR2
both passed out of the House Budget Committee on June 9, 2005
with 'Do Pass' recommendations. However, the two bills
never made it to the House floor for a vote before
adjournment. The
Legislature did put an additional $75 million into the
existing reserve fund but it did not establish a permanent
mechanism for filling the reserve more rapidly. An
interim committee was established to look at this issue. |
| Fund
the Oregon Progress Board ($730,000) and its work to evaluate state agency’s progress
toward state benchmarks and other performance measures. |
The
Oregon Progress Board received authorization to spend $400,000
and General Fund money for 1.75 FTE. |
| Pass
SB838 to establish the Oregon Innovation Council (Oregon InC) to coordinate the
array of state efforts related to the innovation economy
including the Engineering and Technology Industry Council (ETIC),
the Oregon Growth Account activities, cluster development and
other efforts.
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Senate
Bill 838 was unanimously
approved by the Senate on June 30, 2005 and passed by the
House on August 1, 2005. |
| Create at least a $2 million fund for
small businesses to commercialize university research into venture-ready
business concepts. |
Senate
Bill 853
creates an income tax credit (capped at $14 million total) for
taxpayers that contribute to university research
commercialization funds. The bill unanimously passed the
Senate on June 22, 2005 and the House on July 11, 2005. |
| Appropriate $7 million to the Oregon Nanoscience and
Micromaterials Institute (ONAMI). |
Included
in SB838 which was unanimously
approved by the Senate on June 30, 2005 and passed by the
House on August 1, 2005. |
| Create
a $10 million strategic reserve fund to help spur
economic and industry cluster development across the state. |
The Legislature provided $7 million for the strategic reserve.
However that number could effected by an unspecified reduction
of $1.7 million from the Community Development Fund (HB5164)
which
will need to be covered in part by the strategic reserve. If
lottery revenues exceed projections, an additional $3 million will be
added to the strategic reserve fund. |
| Strategic
Investment in Education Budget: Allocate $4.8 million for
preK-16 data systems improvement ($1.8 million from K-12
budget, $900,000 from Community Colleges, and $2.2 million
from higher education). |
House
and Senate and budget negotiators have agreed to fund the
pre-K-16 data systems with $2.1 million from higher education
(HB5153), $664,000 from Community Colleges (SB5617),
and $1.8 million from the K-12 budget (SB5543). All
three bills passed both Houses. |
| Strategic
Investment in Education Budget: Fund $91 million for Oregon
Opportunity Grants (need based college aid). |
The
Senate passed SB5584 on July 13, 2005 providing $80.3 million
for Opportunity Grants. The House amended SB5584, reducing
funding slightly (to $77.6 million), and passed the bill
unanimously on July 28, 2005. The Senate passed the amended
bill on July 30, 2005. |
| Strategic
Investment in Education Budget: Provide $21.7
million for engineering and computer science education (to double number of degrees and create top-tier
university program). |
The
House and Senate approved $20.7 million in funding for
engineering and computer science education. |
| Pass
SB38 to thoroughly examine K-12 education
expenditures with an eye towards bringing more resources into
the classroom. Consider expanding bill to include pre-K and
post-secondary education expenditures. |
Did not pass the Senate or House before adjournment. |
| Pass
SB300 to create a seamless system for students
enrolled in grades 11 and 12 to have additional options to
continue or complete their education, earn concurrent high
school and college credits and gain early entry into
post-secondary education. |
Senate
Bill 300 was approved by the House on July 19, 2005 (56-1) and
the Senate on June 30, 2005 (29-0). |
| Pass
SB71 “Connect Oregon” and a $100 million bond for
strategic investments for key air, marine, public
transportation, and rail improvements. Amend bill to ensure clear criteria and transparent and
technically sound decision-making process for strategic
investments. |
Unanimously
approved by the Senate on June 22, 2005. The House amended the
bill and passed it with a unanimous vote on August 2,
2005. The bill returned to the Senate where it passed on
August 3, 2005. |
| Pass
SB82 to conduct a review of Oregon’s 30-year old land use
system and provide $860,000 for consultants and staff for
the review process. |
Senate
Bill 82
passed the Senate on July 13, 2005 and the House on July 28,
2005. SB5581 which passed both Houses provides $600,000 for the land use
review. |
| Pass
a $55 million* bond to identify and certify a twofold
increase in the project-ready industrial sites located
throughout Oregon. |
The
Legislature passed a $45 million
bond for increasing project-ready industrial land. |
| Pass
the bills remaining in the Regulatory
Streamlining Package. |
The
Legislature passed 29 of the 35 bills in the Regulatory
Streamlining Package:
House bills 2083, 2084, 2085, 2087,
2089, 2091, 2092, 2093, 2094, 2095, 2127, 2177, 2178, 2179,
2180, 2181, 2186, 2204, 2206, 2207, 2452 and,
3238 and Senate bills 32, 96, 97,
101, 178, 179,
and 323.. |
| Pass
SB541 to create a Task Force on Electronic Medical
Records. The Task
Force will study and make recommendations for standards for
transfer and exchange of electronic medical records and
health-related data. |
Passed
unanimously by Senate on May 9, 2005. Did not pass the
House before adjournment. |
| Provide
$1.5 million* for Brand Oregon to build upon
current successes and develop additional campaigns with other
agricultural commodities and private-sector partners. |
Brand
Oregon funding was not included in any of the budgets
passed by the Legislature. The Governor has indicated a
willingness to fund Brand Oregon through the Strategic Reserve
Fund as well as other discretionary dollars. |
