SB652 • 2025

Allows a school district, an education service district or a public charter school to employ a person who is not licensed or registered with the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to teach reading to students.

Education

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Senator Bonham,, Robinson
Last action: 2025-06-27
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Allows a school district, an education service district or a public charter school to employ a person who is not licensed or registered with the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to teach reading to students.

Digest: Allows districts and schools to hire people who are not teachers to teach reading.

What This Bill Does

Digest: Allows districts and schools to hire people who are not teachers to teach reading.
(Flesch Readability Score: 77.8).
Allows a school district, an education service district or a public charter school to employ a person who is not licensed or registered with the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to teach reading to students.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 Senate
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-01-17 Senate
Referred to Education.
2025-01-13 Senate
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: Allows districts and schools to hire people who are not teachers to teach reading. (Flesch Readability Score: 77.8).
Allows a school district, an education service district or a public charter school to employ a person who is not licensed or registered with the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to teach reading to students.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Relating to: Relating to reading instruction; declaring an emergency.
Current location: In Senate Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 652
Sponsored by Senator BONHAM (at the request of Senator Noah Robinson) (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: Allows districts and schools to hire people who are not teachers to teach reading.
(Flesch Readability Score: 77.8).
Allows a school district, an education service district or a public charter school to employ a
person who is not licensed or registered with the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to
teach reading to students.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to reading instruction; and declaring an emergency.
Whereas reading is most effectively taught one-on-one and can be easily taught by a parent or
any other capable individual; and
Whereas Oregon has thousands of parents of homeschooled children and those parents have ef-
fectively taught reading to their children and also could teach public school students; and
Whereas about one hour of individual instruction each day for approximately six months can
provide a child with necessary reading skills; and
Whereas once a child starts reading for fun, the child simply needs to read more in order to
improve reading skills; now, therefore,
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
(1) Notwithstanding ORS 342.173, a school district, an education service dis-
trict or a public charter school may employ any person who is not licensed or registered with
the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to teach reading to students.
(2) Employment of a person to teach reading is solely at the discretion of a district or
school. A district or school may prescribe any requirements for the employment of a person
to teach reading.
(3) A person employed to teach reading as provided by this section is not considered a
teacher for purposes of state or federal law.
SECTION 2. 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
on its passage.
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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