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HB2912 • 2025

Establishes minimum education requirements for high school teachers of dual credit courses.

Establishes minimum education requirements for high school teachers of dual credit courses.

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Representative Evans
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.

Establishes minimum education requirements for high school teachers of dual credit courses.

Digest: Requires a teacher of a course that is part of a dual credit program to take graduate level course work for the course.

What This Bill Does

  • Digest: Requires a teacher of a course that is part of a dual credit program to take graduate level course work for the course.
  • (Flesch Readability Score: 76.8).
  • Establishes minimum education requirements for high school teachers of dual credit courses.
  • Takes effect July 1, 2026.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-27 House

    In committee upon adjournment.

  2. 2025-01-17 House

    Referred to Education.

  3. 2025-01-13 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: Requires a teacher of a course that is part of a dual credit program to take graduate level course work for the course. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.8).
Establishes minimum education requirements for high school teachers of dual credit courses.
Takes effect July 1, 2026.
Relating to: Relating to accelerated college credit programs; prescribing an effective date.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2912
Sponsored by Representative EVANS (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: Requires a teacher of a course that is part of a dual credit program to take graduate
level course work for the course. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.8).
Establishes minimum education requirements for high school teachers of dual credit courses.
Takes effect July 1, 2026.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to accelerated college credit programs; creating new provisions; amending ORS 340.300; and
prescribing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
ORS 340.300 is amended to read:
340.300. (1) As used in this section, “accelerated college credit programs” includes dual credit
programs, two-plus-two programs, advanced placement programs and International Baccalaureate
programs.
(2) Each school district shall:
(a) Provide students in grades 9 through 12 with accelerated college credit programs including,
but not limited to, accelerated college credit programs related to language arts, mathematics and
science; or
(b) Ensure that students in grades 9 through 12 have online access to accelerated college credit
programs including, but not limited to, accelerated college credit programs related to language arts,
mathematics and science.
(3) A school district shall ensure that a teacher of a course that is part of a dual credit
program has completed a minimum of 27 quarter hours of graduate level course work rele-
vant to the course. The requirement of this subsection does not apply to career and technical
education courses.
SECTION 2.
The amendments to ORS 340.300 by section 1 of this 2025 Act first apply to
courses taught during the 2026-2027 school year.
SECTION 3. This 2025 Act takes effect on July 1, 2026.
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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