Requires the State Board of Education, in coordination with Eastern Oregon University, to establish a pilot program to provide resources and support for students to access post-secondary education opportunities.

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2404
Sponsored by Representative LEVY B; Representatives OWENS, SMITH G, Senator NASH (Presession filed.)
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 as introduced. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: This Act tells the State Board of Ed. to make a pilot program to help students access
education after high school. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.6).
Requires the State Board of Education, in coordination with Eastern Oregon University, to es-
tablish a pilot program to provide resources and support for students to access post-secondary edu-
cation opportunities.
Directs the Department of Education to submit a report on the pilot program no later than
December 15, 2026.
Sunsets on January 2, 2028.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to student readiness for post-secondary education; and prescribing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
(1) The State Board of Education, in coordination with Eastern Oregon
University, shall develop a pilot program to provide resources and support for students to
learn about, apply for and enroll in post-secondary education or training programs. The pilot
program shall offer resources and support to students enrolled in grades 6 through 12 in
school districts located in eastern Oregon.
(2) Resources and support offered under the pilot program may include, but need not be
limited to:
(a) General information about post-secondary education and training opportunities;
(b) Strategies and resources for researching post-secondary education and training op-
portunities;
(c) Support with applying to a post-secondary institution of education; and
(d) Support with applying for financial aid and scholarships.
SECTION 2.
(1) No later than December 15, 2026, the Department of Education shall
submit a report on the pilot program established under section 1 of this 2025 Act to the in-
terim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education in the manner provided
by ORS 192.245.
(2) The report shall include the number of hours of support provided to students under
the pilot program and the number of students who participated in the pilot program.
(3) The report may include recommendations for legislation, including recommendations
for expanding the pilot program to additional areas of the state.
SECTION 3.
Sections 1 and 2 of this 2025 Act are repealed on January 2, 2028.
SECTION 4. In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropri-
ated to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, for the biennium beginning July 1,
2025, out of the General Fund, the amount of $ , for distribution to Eastern Oregon
NOTE: Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [ italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
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University to implement the pilot program established under section 1 of this 2025 Act.
SECTION 5.
This 2025 Act takes effect on the 91st day after the date on which the 2025
regular session of the Eighty-third Legislative Assembly adjourns sine die.
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