Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Department of Education for distribution to schools for the purpose of providing child care before and after school hours.

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3162
Sponsored by Representative CATE (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 gives money to ODE to provide grants to schools for child care before and after
school hours. (Flesch Readability Score: 85.0).
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Department of Education for distribution to
schools for the purpose of providing child care before and after school hours.
Directs the department to report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related
to child care no later than June 30, 2027.
Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to financial support for child care; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
(1) The Department of Education shall establish a program to award grants
to schools in Oregon for the purpose of providing child care services before and after school
hours.
(2) The department shall prioritize awarding grants to schools in school districts with:
(a) High rates of poverty;
(b) An inadequate supply of child care providers;
(c) High rates of children with special education needs; or
(d) High rates of student homelessness.
(3) Before issuing a grant under this section, the department shall enter into a grant
agreement with the recipient. The agreement must require:
(a) The school to provide a minimum matching contribution of 15 percent of the total
grant award for the provision of child care services.
(b) The school to provide to the department the information necessary for the production
of the report described in subsection (4) of this section.
(4) The department shall submit a report on the successes and challenges of the grant
program established under this section in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, and may in-
clude recommendations for legislation, to the interim committees of the Legislative Assem-
bly related to child care no later than June 30, 2027. The report must address:
(a) The names of the schools that received a grant.
(b) The amount of the grant that each school received.
(c) The number of children each school served with the grant.
(d) The impact of the child care services provided with the grant on student attendance
and grades.
SECTION 2.
Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on June 30, 2028.
SECTION 3. In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropri-
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 3687
HB 3162
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ated to the Department of Education, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, out of the
General Fund, the amount of $10,000,000, to administer and award grants under section 1 of
this 2025 Act.
SECTION 4.
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.
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