The House Committee on Education held a public hearing April 21 on Senate Bill 745, which would allow certain terminally ill students who are on abbreviated school days to have annual review meetings rather than the standard 90‑day reviews.

Sen. Sarah Gelserbleuen described the bill as the final of three technical fixes and said the measure would permit families of terminally ill students to limit abbreviated‑day review meetings to once every 12 months if the family prefers. “It’s voluntary. If the parent and the family wish to have the meetings as scheduled, they can, but they can pull that back to once a year, which would align with their IEP meeting,” Gelserbleuen said.

A staff measure summary stated the bill “modifies statutory provisions relating to abbreviated school days to allow for annual review meetings for certain terminally ill students” and includes an emergency clause.

Cynthia Bronger Muñoz, representing the Oregon Education Association, said the bill grew from “a very sad case” in Southern Oregon and expressed strong support for the measure, adding it provides flexibility for families navigating devastating circumstances.

Committee members praised the sponsor’s work to refine implementation language and discussed continuing outreach to stakeholders to ensure the law works as intended. Representative Ray commented that he appreciated the sponsor’s openness to changes that made the bill more workable for school districts.

The committee closed the public hearing on SB 745; no committee vote was recorded.