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Michael Dembrow, former chair of the Senate Education Committee and sponsor of SB 310, described the measure as a limited, education-specific restoration of a fact-finding step that aimed to separate rhetoric from evidence and produce a neutral report to aid settlement. Dembrow described the historical practice and cited ORS provisions that currently reference factors a fact finder considers, saying the practice \"helps to avoid what would have been the first strike\" at Portland Community College in the early 1990s and that \"having such an analysis with a clear objective articulation of the facts and recommendations coming from a neutral third party\" would help negotiations.

Dembrow told the committee that the statute currently lists factors a fact finder must consider (he referenced ORS 243.746, ORS 243.712 and ORS 243.722 in his testimony) and that prior to 1995, fact finding was a mandatory step; legislative changes in 1995 made it voluntary and later eliminated it for many public-sector negotiations. SB 310 would make fact finding available in education bargaining if one party requests it.

Representatives of the City/County and School Officials (COSA) and the School Boards Association said they appreciated the bill's intent but asked for more study. Morgan Allen of COSA said district bargaining staff \"feel like by only having one party be able to request the fact finder, you still have a divisive situation\" and warned the process could be dismissed or \"used as a delay tactic\"; Stacy Michaelson of the School Boards Association echoed that concerns and said some district attorneys and negotiators worry the nonbinding fact-finder report may not bring parties closer to agreement.

Committee members asked about administrative burden on the Employment Relations Board if the mechanism led to multiple petitions; Dembrow said he did not expect a major burden because fact finding is used only after impasse is declared and during the 30-day cooling-off period. Senator Solman and others asked for data on how often fact finding had been used historically; witnesses said those records were sparse because the practice largely disappeared after the 1995 reforms.

The committee recorded testimony both for and expressing caution about the proposal and closed the hearing without taking a vote. SB 310 remains in committee for possible amendment and further study.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Senate Committee On Education 02/17/2025","oneSentenceSummary","Senate Bill 310 would allow one party in an education labor impasse to petition for fact finding during the 30-day cooling-off period, restoring a neutral step supporters say can reduce strikes.","taxTitle","Education, Senate, Committees, Legislative, Oregon","taxId",17625,"location","Oregon","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6326820,"Senate bill would remove paper-copy requirement for school health and safety plans, keep online posting",352,88000,440000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2323669-78dd51c46ca3daea210d18258b993c29&start=88&end=440","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2323669-78dd51c46ca3daea210d18258b993c29/thumbnail_88000.jpg","/articles/6326820/Oregon/Senate-bill-would-remove-paper-copy-requirement-for-school-health-and-safety-plans-keep-online-posting","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6326820-a3d0c444e1eaed0ae9e7c98ad65d4056/orig.mp4?Expires=1770890365&Signature=dix0Jo8Tn8o7bYL9J3LTIZZfC~wSFJibELKViJvS8izMrIqBBjlj~52fAqHg4GpbagVV3YEyJZbel6yOHH9CJQMnqEMFEsNclvVet2Kj741m-iH-Q-mrH4qQvEQGlGp83tMKqvw~OxrWV7fO-XtFW5R0fj2fObPT6-h3xFsC5xymgQ0AGE5V7~w6z3yTGG6zm343qiVwZA8VV2~HWMLNNajzfx55gMRdNDCjFyhpG~GVT3GjCHoMAVfrmGdq263zjxFrTrlPdYvDGxKpWGSF8xO4qEoV-rlQOnvrHZhAFMLAPQ3Q5LGkkN3LABoQTq0HWOotZaUuLe2U~7hg7kxoQA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Senate Bill 905 would remove the statutory requirement that school districts, education service districts and schools keep printed copies of Healthy and Safe School Plans and related testing results while still requiring those entities to maintain a website where the plans and results are posted.

Senator Kathleen Taylor, sponsor of SB 905, told the Senate Education Committee that the 2017 law (Senate Bill 1062) required both online posting and a paper copy on hand and that SB 905 would \"remove this administrative burden and eliminate the requirement for keeping physical records of the healthy and safe schools plan.\" She said the change would not \"affect the public's access to key information on the safety of Oregon schools.\" Senator Taylor said paper copies would still be printed on request.

Joe Krelier, director of risk management for Portland Public Schools, told the committee Portland Public Schools supports the bill. He said the district currently posts its Healthy and Safe School Plan and test results online and has not received requests to inspect the paper copies stored at district headquarters since the 2017 requirement took effect. \"We will continue to post all these results and our HASP plan in a transparent and accessible way to the public,\" Krelier said.

Committee members asked about language access for documents posted online. Krelier said the district website supports multiple interface languages (he estimated five) but that uploaded test results are usually lab reports or spreadsheets and are not automatically translated. He added that the district maintains translation staff who can assist in providing translated content on request.

Supporters said the bill is intended to reduce administrative time and costs of maintaining paper archives without removing public access. The committee closed the hearing on SB 905 without taking action during the session.

Because this hearing was informational, no motions or votes were recorded during the committee session on SB 905.","A Senate Education Committee hearing heard testimony supporting Senate Bill 905, which would eliminate the requirement that school districts and related entities keep printed copies of Healthy and Safe School Plans and test results while requiring districts to post the materials online.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6326811,"Committee hears plan to study statewide bargaining for licensed educators; task-force report prompted bill",0,1767000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2323669-78dd51c46ca3daea210d18258b993c29&start=1767&end=1767","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2323669-78dd51c46ca3daea210d18258b993c29/thumbnail_1767000.jpg","/articles/6326811/Oregon/Committee-hears-plan-to-study-statewide-bargaining-for-licensed-educators-task-force-report-prompted-bill","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6326811-d86447bb7d975a9178591b5774cba83b/orig.mp4?Expires=1770890365&Signature=Y5zp964PN2QV1BT7ckA4BwwS12I~88yrN1CEjuRHlpUXF7m-pLfQjpp39UFh3Z~EseogvKUbLIwoIJZAo2rM3D~yGg36FdKRzx9z5Zz7JV2diZFxaPtkqxhwHejMrisW-9Kp6P8sdPxd4yj10ofEKk4fDFyQdMfKk5pvI3oRCxwXj36imLA9Is5Lmec0peC5QbodrDIKzHZEvX5HGFXN7LrAaL-8hHXl4kvmR7KEiCDFJfu9tD6Fwzti8TQp0~1SCnHhtxQK8LXybMDEei70TCS3VdkeGy-jmf1MMKvBPUNZv--iLqRaDrVvyEaQpuo34gh7amToDoafrzjwiNl79A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Senate Bill 313 would require the Oregon Department of Administrative Services (DAS) to develop a plan for establishing a statewide collective bargaining framework for licensed educators that pairs a central table for salary and benefits with local tables for nonmonetary working conditions.

Michael Dembrow, former chair of the Senate Education Committee and sponsor of SB 313, told the committee the idea grew from a task force created by 2023 legislation that met 16 times between August 2023 and September 2024 to study statewide educator salary schedules and bargaining models. Dembrow said the task force reviewed state and international models, including AFSCME's two-tier (central/local) approach and the system used for educators in Ontario, Canada, and concluded that a central salary-and-benefits table paired with local tables for working conditions deserved further development.

Dembrow said the proposal is intended to address a long-standing disconnection between legislative appropriations and local collective bargaining across Oregon's roughly 197 school districts, arguing a central negotiation over salary and benefits could improve predictability and equity while leaving local discretion on other working conditions.

Laurie Satinspiel (testifying for the Oregon School Boards Association) and Linda Marie (business manager, North Marion School District) described mixed local reactions but said a careful planning process is warranted. Satinspiel told the committee the task force surfaced many questions and that some local board members and superintendents who learned from other states' experiences were open to further study. Linda Marie said school business officials are concerned about ensuring funding to support any statewide salary schedule and said aligning the bargaining and budget timelines would be beneficial.

SB 313 directs DAS to convene an advisory group, develop an implementation plan that contemplates a central table and local tables, and report to the legislature with implementation options in December 2026 and December 2027. The bill applies to licensed educators and leaves work on classified-employee classification analysis for later action, which task-force members said is a prerequisite before contemplating statewide bargaining for classified staff.

Committee members asked how regional differences (cost of living, district budgets, benefit arrangements) would be handled; witnesses said regional variation is one of the topics the planning process would address and noted that most districts use the same statewide health insurance pool, easing some uniformity for benefits. The committee closed the SB 313 hearing without a vote and referred the bill for further work.","Senate Bill 313 directs the Department of Administrative Services to develop a plan for a potential statewide bargaining structure for licensed educators, prompted by a task force that met 16 times and recommended further study of a central-table/local-table model.","actionData","errors"]

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Bill would allow one side to request fact finding in K–12 labor disputes; school groups urge more study

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