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AN ACT Relating to student data; creating new provisions; amending ORS 192.842, 326.565, 338.115, 343.173, 346.169 and 433.280; repealing ORS 326.580; and declaring an emergency. Whereas the security of student data must be a priority for the State of Oregon; and Whereas staff who work in state agencies, education service districts and school districts and who access, analyze and report on student data are stewards of the trust that Oregon families and students have placed in Oregon’s education system to maintain the security of that data; and Whereas the student data reporting burden on Oregon’s school administrators and staff has grown unbearable and could be significantly decreased with a standardized method to share student data; and Whereas a standardized method to share student data would help educators in this state to identify academic disparities among student groups and to improve educational equity for under- served students throughout the state; and Whereas the neutral fact finder in the J.N. v. Oregon Department of Education lawsuit recom- mended the development of a universal method for tracking individualized education programs; and Whereas in order to best serve students’ learning needs, Oregon’s education workforce needs timely access to information about highly mobile students and about students with disabilities who move across school district lines; and Whereas fragmented student data and incongruent methods for sharing student data can cause delays in data transfers among the school districts and education service districts of this state and make it difficult for policymakers and analysts to compile comprehensive information to assess the needs of Oregon’s students; and Whereas a standardized method to share student data would improve student safety and promote the continuity of school health services for students; and Whereas the potential for reimbursement to school districts and education service districts for rendered Medicaid-eligible services increases with the use of electronic health records; and Whereas Oregon’s education system can improve the delivery of educational services by unifying the currently fragmented method for sharing student data; and Whereas Oregon’s education system will require additional resources and funding to accomplish the goal of providing a standardized method to share student data; and Whereas the Legislative Assembly finds that the creation and required use of a standardized method to share student data is in the best interest of student learning, is beneficial for state and local funding decisions and is necessary for the delivery of quality education in this state; now, therefore,

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Chapter 567, (2025 Laws): Effective date July 24, 2025. (on 08/13/2025)

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