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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 660
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: Requires state moneys received by a district or school to be used for the student for
which the moneys are received. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.7).
Requires each school district, education service district and public charter school to ensure that
state moneys received by the district or school are used to educate the student for which the mon-
eys are received.
First applies to the 2026-2027 school year.
Takes effect July 1, 2026.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the expenditure of state moneys based on the amount that is attributable to a student;
and prescribing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
Section 2 of this 2025 Act is added to and made a part of ORS chapter 327.
SECTION 2. (1) Each school district, education service district and public charter school
shall ensure that state moneys received by the district or school are used to educate the
student for which the moneys are received, as provided by this section.
(2)(a) When a school district, an education service district or a public charter school re-
ceives additional moneys based on the characteristics of a student, as described in ORS
327.013 (1)(c)(A)(i), (ii) or (v), the school district, education service district or public charter
school shall ensure that the additional moneys were used to improve the educational out-
comes of the students described in ORS 327.013 (1)(c)(A)(i), (ii) or (v).
(b) The requirements of paragraph (a) of this subsection apply to:
(A) Distributions of the State School Fund to school districts under ORS 327.013;
(B) Distributions of the State School Fund to education service districts under ORS
327.019;
(C) Distributions of the State School Fund to public charter schools as provided by ORS
327.362, 338.155, 338.157 and 338.165;
(D) Distributions of the Student Investment Account to school districts and public
charter schools as provided by ORS 327.195;
(E) Distributions of the Statewide Education Initiatives Account to education service
districts as provided by ORS 327.254; and
(F) Any other distributions of state moneys by the Department of Education to school
districts, education service districts and public charter schools, as identified by the State
Board of Education by rule.
(3) In addition to the requirements of subsection (2) of this section, each school district,
education service district and public charter school shall:
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 3208
SB 660
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(a) Calculate the average amount of moneys received by the district or school that, mi-
nus any administrative costs of the district or school, is attributable to the direct education
of a student; and
(b) Ensure that the amount calculated under paragraph (a) of this subsection is used for
the benefit of each student, which may include ensuring that the amount attributable to the
student is made available to the school in which the student is enrolled.
(4) The State Board of Education may adopt any rules necessary for the administration
of this section, including prescribing any auditing requirements necessary to ensure compli-
ance with the provisions of this section.
SECTION 3.
Section 2 of this 2025 Act first applies to the 2026-2027 school year.
SECTION 4. This 2025 Act takes effect on July 1, 2026.
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