SB5 • 2025

Requires the governing board of each public university in this state to adopt a personnel policy that includes institutional standards for faculty qualifications.

Education

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Senator Anderson
Last action: 2025-06-27
Official status: In Senate 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 governing board of each public university in this state to adopt a personnel policy that includes institutional standards for faculty qualifications.

Digest: The Act directs higher learning schools to have a policy that requires certain teachers to have obtained at least a master's degree.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act directs higher learning schools to have a policy that requires certain teachers to have obtained at least a master's degree.
The Act provides for exceptions.
(Flesch Readability Score: 64.6).
Requires the governing board of each public university in this state to adopt a personnel policy that includes institutional standards for faculty qualifications.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 Senate
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-04-02 Senate
Public Hearing held.
2025-03-11 Senate
Referred to Education.
2025-03-10 Senate
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act directs higher learning schools to have a policy that requires certain teachers to have obtained at least a master's degree. The Act provides for exceptions. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.6).
Requires the governing board of each public university in this state to adopt a personnel policy that includes institutional standards for faculty qualifications. Requires that the standards include that faculty must have obtained at least a master's degree. Provides for exceptions to the policy.
Relating to: Relating to faculty qualifications for public universities.
Current location: In Senate Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 5
Sponsored by Senator ANDERSON
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 directs higher learning schools to have a policy that requires certain teachers
to have obtained at least a master’s degree. The Act provides for exceptions. (Flesch Readability
Score: 64.6).
Requires the governing board of each public university in this state to adopt a personnel policy
that includes institutional standards for faculty qualifications. Requires that the standards include
that faculty must have obtained at least a master’s degree. Provides for exceptions to the policy.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to faculty qualifications for public universities.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
(1) The governing board of each public university listed in ORS 352.002 shall
establish a personnel policy that includes institutional standards for instructor qualifications.
The policy established under this subsection must require that faculty of lower division
collegiate courses have obtained at least a master’s degree in a subject area closely related
to any course the faculty will be teaching.
(2) The policy established under subsection (1) of this section may provide for an excep-
tion to the master’s degree requirement for:
(a) Faculty who have a demonstrated competency in a professional field closely related
to any course the faculty will be teaching.
(b) Graduate students who are enrolled at the public university and are employed by the
public university to teach.
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 3908