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This bill requires school district boards to allocate at least 50 percent of their expenditures from the State School Fund as compensation to teachers who spend 75 percent or more of their school day teaching core academic subjects or manual skills. The bill defines "compensation" broadly to include salary, health care, and retirement benefits, and provides specific definitions for "core academic subjects" (such as mathematics, science, language arts, history, geography, economics, civics, arts, and world languages) and "manual skills" (including welding and woodworking). The legislation aims to ensure that a significant portion of school district budgets directly support teachers who are primarily engaged in teaching foundational academic and practical skills. The bill includes an emergency clause, making it effective from July 1, 2025, and mandates that school district budget committees must also include at least one member from the educational equity advisory committee. This provision seeks to prioritize teacher compensation and potentially improve educational quality by ensuring substantial financial resources are directed towards classroom instruction.

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https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB657