HB2686 • 2025

Provides funding to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for purposes of providing a grant to an organization that manages a statewide strategy to re-enroll residents of this state into certain programs.

Education

Passed Legislature

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

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

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Provides funding to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for purposes of providing a grant to an organization that manages a statewide strategy to re-enroll residents of this state into certain programs.

Digest: The Act gives funding to HECC for a program to re-enroll people into certain programs.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act gives funding to HECC for a program to re-enroll people into certain programs.
(Flesch Readability Score: 61.8).
Provides funding to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for purposes of providing a grant to an organization that manages a statewide strategy to re-enroll residents of this state into certain programs.
Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 House
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-04-14 House
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
2025-04-14 House
Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
2025-04-08 House
Work Session held.
2025-04-03 House
Public Hearing held.
2025-02-20 House
Public Hearing held.
2025-01-17 House
Referred to Higher Education and Workforce Development with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
2025-01-13 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act gives funding to HECC for a program to re-enroll people into certain programs. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8).
Provides funding to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for purposes of providing a grant to an organization that manages a statewide strategy to re-enroll residents of this state into certain programs.
Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Relating to: Relating to re-enrollment of residents; declaring an emergency.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
A-Engrossed
House Bill 2686
Ordered by the House April 14
Including House Amendments dated April 14
Sponsored by Representative RUIZ, Senator FREDERICK; Representatives HARBICK, HUDSON, Senator GORSEK
(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. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards.
Digest: The Act gives funding to HECC for a program to re-enroll people into certain programs.
(Flesch Readability Score: 61.8).
Provides funding to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for purposes of providing
a grant to an organization that manages a statewide strategy to re-enroll residents of this state into
certain programs.
Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to re-enrollment of residents; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall provide a grant to an
organization that manages a statewide coordinated strategy to re-enroll residents of this
state who have some college education, and no credential, into public higher education, ap-
prenticeship and workforce training programs. The strategy must include data analytics,
multichannel marketing, live professional coaching and a platform-based user experience.
SECTION 2. 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 $2,000,000 for purposes of providing the grant
required under section 1 of this 2025 Act.
SECTION 3. This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect
July 1, 2025.
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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