OR HB2998 | 2017 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: Passed on August 18 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-08-18 - Chapter 669, (2017 Laws): Effective date August 8, 2017.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: Passed on August 18 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-08-18 - Chapter 669, (2017 Laws): Effective date August 8, 2017.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Summary
Requires community colleges and public universities to establish foundational curriculum or foundational curricula for first year of coursework at public post-secondary institutions of education and establishes requirements for foundational curricula. Requires community colleges and public universities to develop unified statewide transfer agreements based on foundational curricula for each major course of study. Establishes requirements for transfer agreements and goals community colleges and public universities should seek to achieve in designing transfer agreements. Requires community colleges and public universities to establish transfer agreements for three major courses of study per year. Requires community college to provide specified information to student when student attending community college informs community college that student intends to transfer to public university. Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to regularly convene and consult with representatives from community colleges and public universities for specified purposes. Requires each community college and public university to report annually to commission, for each unified statewide transfer agreement, on number of academic credits successfully transferred. Requires commission to report annually to Legislative Assembly on whether unified statewide transfer agreements are meeting stated goals. Requires community colleges and public universities to submit joint report to Legislative Assembly no later than June 1, 2018. Requires commission to provide report to Legislative Assembly no later than February 1, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Title
Relating to transfer of credits to public post-secondary institutions of education; and declaring an emergency.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2017-07-05 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 30 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-06-30 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 54 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2017-06-28 - House - House Committee Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng bill. (Printed B-Eng.) (Y: 21 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2017-04-18 - House - House Committee Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-06-30 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 54 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2017-06-28 - House - House Committee Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng bill. (Printed B-Eng.) (Y: 21 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2017-04-18 - House - House Committee Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-18 | House | Chapter 669, (2017 Laws): Effective date August 8, 2017. |
| 2017-08-08 | House | Governor signed. |
| 2017-07-18 | Senate | President signed. |
| 2017-07-11 | House | Speaker signed. |
| 2017-07-05 | Senate | Third reading. Carried by Monroe. Passed.Ayes, 30. |
| 2017-07-04 | Senate | Second reading. |
| 2017-07-04 | Senate | Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. |
| 2017-07-01 | Senate | Referred to Ways and Means. |
| 2017-07-01 | Senate | First reading. Referred to President's desk. |
| 2017-06-30 | House | Third reading. Carried by Johnson. Passed.Ayes, 54; Absent, 1--Malstrom; Excused, 4--Barreto, Bentz, Boone, Williamson; Excused for Business of the House, 1--Hernandez. |
| 2017-06-29 | House | Second reading. |
| 2017-06-29 | House | Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. |
| 2017-06-28 | House | Work Session held. |
| 2017-06-22 | House | Returned to Full Committee. |
| 2017-06-22 | House | Work Session held. |
| 2017-06-20 | House | Public Hearing held. |
| 2017-06-18 | House | Assigned to Subcommittee On Education. |
| 2017-04-24 | House | Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. |
| 2017-04-24 | House | Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means. |
| 2017-04-18 | House | Work Session held. |
| 2017-02-28 | House | Public Hearing held. |
| 2017-02-23 | House | Referred to Higher Education and Workforce Development. |
| 2017-02-23 | House | First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. |
