HB3030 • 2025

Authorizes the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to award grants to school administrator candidates who have experience with diverse populations to use at approved educator preparation programs.

Education

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Last action: 2025-06-27
Official status: In House Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Authorizes the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to award grants to school administrator candidates who have experience with diverse populations to use at approved educator preparation programs.

Digest: Allows the HECC to give money to certain school leader candidates.

What This Bill Does

Digest: Allows the HECC to give money to certain school leader candidates.
(Flesch Readability Score: 64.9).
[<i>Authorizes the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to award grants to culturally and linguistically diverse school administrator candidates to use at approved educator preparation programs.</i>] <b>Authorizes the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to award grants to school administrator candidates who have experience with diverse populations to use at approved educator preparation programs.</b> Relating to: Relating to grants for diverse school administrator candidates.
Current location: In House Committee

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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.
2025-03-27 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: Allows the HECC to give money to certain school leader candidates. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9).
[<i>Authorizes the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to award grants to culturally and linguistically diverse school administrator candidates to use at approved educator preparation programs.</i>]
<b>Authorizes the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to award grants to school administrator candidates who have experience with diverse populations to use at approved educator preparation programs.</b>
Relating to: Relating to grants for diverse school administrator candidates.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
A-Engrossed
House Bill 3030
Ordered by the House April 14
Including House Amendments dated April 14
Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession filed (at the request of Governor Tina Kotek for
Higher Education Coordinating Commission)
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: Allows the HECC to give money to certain school leader candidates. (Flesch Readability
Score: 64.9).
[Authorizes the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to award grants to culturally and
linguistically diverse school administrator candidates to use at approved educator preparation pro-
grams.]
Authorizes the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to award grants to school
administrator candidates who have experience with diverse populations to use at approved
educator preparation programs.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to grants for diverse school administrator candidates.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
Section 2 of this 2025 Act is added to and made a part of ORS chapter 348.
SECTION 2. (1) In addition to any other form of student financial aid authorized by law,
the Higher Education Coordinating Commission may award grants to school administrator
candidates who have experience with diverse populations to use at approved educator prep-
aration programs.
(2) Grants awarded to candidates under this section may not be for more than the
equivalent of two full-time academic years.
(3) The commission shall adopt rules necessary for the implementation and adminis-
tration of this section in consultation with the Educator Advancement Council and the De-
partment of Education. Rules adopted under this subsection shall address the ways
candidates may demonstrate experience with diverse populations, the establishment of grant
amounts and parameters for awarding grants.
(4) As used in this section:
(a) “Approved educator preparation program” has the meaning given that term in ORS
342.120.
(b) “Diverse” has the meaning given that term in ORS 342.433.
(c) “School administrator candidate” means an individual who is preparing to be an ad-
ministrator in a school.
SECTION 3.
Section 2 of this 2025 Act first applies to grants awarded for the 2026-2027
academic year.
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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