HB3404 • 2025

Requires the Department of Education to study the adequacy of education in the public schools of this state.

Education

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Rules
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.

Requires the Department of Education to study the adequacy of education in the public schools of this state.

Digest: Directs ODE to study the state of education in this state.

What This Bill Does

Digest: Directs ODE to study the state of education in this state.
(Flesch Readability Score: 72.6).
Requires the Department of Education to study the adequacy of education in the public schools of this state.
Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education not later than September 15, 2026.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 House
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-01-30 House
Referred to Rules.
2025-01-28 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: Directs ODE to study the state of education in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.6).
Requires the Department of Education to study the adequacy of education in the public schools of this state. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education not later than September 15, 2026.
Relating to: Relating to education.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3404
Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON RULES (at the request of Representative Ben Bowman)
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: Directs ODE to study the state of education in this state. (Flesch Readability Score:
72.6).
Requires the Department of Education to study the adequacy of education in the public schools
of this state. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative
Assembly related to education not later than September 15, 2026.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to education.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
The Department of Education shall study the adequacy of education in the
public schools of this state. The department shall submit a report in the manner provided
by ORS 192.245, and may include recommendations for legislation, to the interim committees
of the Legislative Assembly related to education no later than September 15, 2026.
SECTION 2. Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.
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 3261