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HB3126 • 2025

Directs the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to establish by rule a five-year pilot program to license teachers other than career and technical education teachers in this state in a manner similar to the career and technical education teaching license program.

Directs the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to establish by rule a five-year pilot program to license teachers other than career and technical education teachers in this state in a manner similar to the career and technical education teaching license program.

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Representative Owens, Representative McIntire,
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.

Directs the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to establish by rule a five-year pilot program to license teachers other than career and technical education teachers in this state in a manner similar to the career and technical education teaching license program.

Digest: The Act tells the TSPC to create a pilot program to license some types of teachers.

What This Bill Does

  • Digest: The Act tells the TSPC to create a pilot program to license some types of teachers.
  • (Flesch Readability Score: 79.8).
  • Directs the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to establish by rule a five-year pilot program to license teachers other than career and technical education teachers in this state in a manner similar to the career and technical education teaching license program.
  • Sunsets on January 2, 2031.

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 with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.

  3. 2025-01-13 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act tells the TSPC to create a pilot program to license some types of teachers. (Flesch Readability Score: 79.8).
Directs the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to establish by rule a five-year pilot program to license teachers other than career and technical education teachers in this state in a manner similar to the career and technical education teaching license program.
Sunsets on January 2, 2031.
Relating to: Relating to licensure of teachers providing classroom instruction in subjects other than career and technical education.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3126
Sponsored by Representative OWENS; Representative MCINTIRE (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: The Act tells the TSPC to create a pilot program to license some types of teachers.
(Flesch Readability Score: 79.8).
Directs the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to establish by rule a five-year pilot
program to license teachers other than career and technical education teachers in this state in a
manner similar to the career and technical education teaching license program.
Sunsets on January 2, 2031.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to licensure of teachers providing classroom instruction in subjects other than career and
technical education.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall by rule establish a
five-year pilot program to license teachers other than career and technical education teach-
ers in this state in a manner similar to the career and technical education teaching license
program adopted by rule by the commission.
(2) The rules must:
(a) Allow for a school district, in partnership with a Regional Educator Network estab-
lished by the Educator Advancement Council, to convene an instructor appraisal committee.
(b) Target teacher candidates seeking to provide classroom instruction on subjects other
than career and technical education, including but not limited to, math, science and social
studies.
(c) Require teacher candidates to receive mentorship through the local Regional Educa-
tor Network.
SECTION 2.
Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed January 2, 2031.
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.
LC 1612