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HB2550 • 2025

Changes the requirements to qualify for the Oregon Promise program by removing the requirement that a person must receive the person's highest level of education six months prior to enrolling in a community college, removing the requirement that a person must complete high school in this state, removing the requirement that a person must have earned a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or better in high school and specifying that a person may qualify by enrolling in a program to earn an applied baccalaureate degree or a Bachelor of Science: Nursing degree.

Changes the requirements to qualify for the Oregon Promise program by removing the requirement that a person must receive the person's highest level of education six months prior to enrolling in a community college, removing the requirement that a person must complete high school in this state, removing the requirement that a person must have earned a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or better in high school and specifying that a person may qualify by enrolling in a program to earn an applied baccalaureate degree or a Bachelor of Science: Nursing degree.

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Representative Hudson, Senator Frederick,
Last action
2025-06-27
Official status
In House Committee
Effective date
Not listed

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Bill History

  1. 2025-06-27 House

    In committee upon adjournment.

  2. 2025-02-04 House

    Public Hearing held.

  3. 2025-01-17 House

    Referred to Higher Education and Workforce Development.

  4. 2025-01-13 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act changes the criteria for who may get an Oregon Promise grant. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4).
Changes the requirements to qualify for the Oregon Promise program by removing the requirement that a person must receive the person's highest level of education six months prior to enrolling in a community college, removing the requirement that a person must complete high school in this state, removing the requirement that a person must have earned a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or better in high school and specifying that a person may qualify by enrolling in a program to earn an applied baccalaureate degree or a Bachelor of Science: Nursing degree.
Relating to: Relating to qualification for the Oregon Promise program.
Current location: In House Committee