Bill Text: OR HB2866 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

Oregon House Bill 2866 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to transfer of higher education credits.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2866 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB2866-Introduced.html



     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 1993

                         House Bill 2866

Sponsored by Representative WHISNANT; Representatives BOONE,
  ESQUIVEL, HANNA, HUFFMAN (Presession filed.)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Requires Joint Boards of Education to adopt comprehensive
articulation and transfer system for students of community
colleges and state institutions of higher education.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to transfer of higher education credits; creating new
  provisions; and amending ORS 348.890.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + The Joint Boards of Education shall adopt a
comprehensive articulation and transfer system that allows for
students to transfer between community colleges and state
institutions of higher education without losing credits that
otherwise would be applicable toward a baccalaureate degree. The
system must include the means for articulating lower-division
general education credits, general elective credits and
curriculum requirements for approved majors. The State Board of
Higher Education through institutions of higher education listed
in ORS 352.002 and the State Board of Education through community
colleges in this state shall implement the system adopted by the
Joint Boards of Education. + }
  SECTION 2. ORS 348.890 is amended to read:
  348.890. (1) The State Board of Higher Education and the State
Board of Education shall hold at least one meeting annually as
the Joint Boards of Education for the purpose of coordinating
their activities and reaching joint agreement on matters of
education policy and opportunities of mutual interest to the two
boards and to the populations served by the boards.
  (2) Bylaws to be adopted by the members shall determine
procedures for setting meeting dates, locations, chairperson
rotation, agendas and staff support.
  (3) { + (a) + } The Joint Boards of Education shall provide
policy direction to implement regional partnership proposals and
any other joint program or activity approved by both boards.
   { +  (b) The Joint Boards of Education shall adopt and revise
as necessary a comprehensive articulation and transfer system
under section 1 of this 2011 Act. + }
  (4) Notwithstanding ORS 351.070 (3)(c), the Department of
Community Colleges and Workforce Development and the Oregon
University System may use appropriations from the General Fund to
implement agreements approved by the Joint Boards of Education
that provide direct aid to a student, or other incentives that
encourage shared use of facilities, programs and other resources
of state institutions of higher education and community colleges.
  SECTION 3.  { + (1) The Joint Boards of Education shall first
adopt a comprehensive articulation and transfer system under
section 1 of this 2011 Act before July 1, 2012.
  (2) The comprehensive articulation and transfer system adopted
under section 1 of this 2011 Act first applies to the 2012-2013
school year. + }
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