Digest: Makes many changes to school law. Changes involve tampons and pads, neutral teaching, gender in sports, school safety, CTE teachers, vaccines, notice to parents and course information. Gives tax credits for rural teachers and for private and home school costs. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.2).
Allows a public education provider to identify which locations to make tampons and sanitary pads available to students.
Creates an income tax credit for teachers in rural schools.
Requires public schools, community colleges and public universities to provide instruction in a neutral manner. Prohibits the State Board of Education from adopting rules that promote a stance or otherwise show support for or against a political movement or group.
Requires school districts to designate athletic competitions and extracurricular sports according to biological sex. Prohibits biological males from participating in athletic competitions or extracurricular sports designated for biological females.
Directs district school boards to adopt a policy to provide for the safety of the students of the school district. Authorizes the Department of Education to distribute moneys from the State School Fund for the purpose of paying for related costs.
Directs the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to encourage licensure for career and technical education teachers who live in rural areas.
Prohibits the Oregon Health Authority from adopting rules to require certain immunizations as a condition of school attendance.
Directs a school district to provide notice to the parent or legal guardian when a student has been subjected to an act of harassment, intimidation or bullying, an act of cyberbullying, a disciplinary action, a visit to a school health professional or a school-based health center or has had a discussion of self-identity issues.
Directs district school boards to ensure that the curriculum of each course of study is made available on the school district's website. Directs school districts to ensure that a student's grades are posted on a website that is accessible by the parent or guardian of the student.
Creates an income tax credit for attendance by a taxpayer dependent of a private school or home school.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.