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Bill Title:
Relating to higher education; declaring an emergency.
Catchline/Summary:
Integrates foundational curricula and unified statewide transfer agreements into Transfer Student Bill of Rights and Responsibilities. Integrates foundational curricula and unified statewide transfer agreements into Transfer Student Bill of Rights and Responsibilities.
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to develop standards for minimizing complexity of unified statewide transfer agreements and to develop processes for resolving requests for variances to unified statewide transfer agreements or disputes over what courses are included in unified statewide transfer agreements. Requires commission to annually report to committees of Legislative Assembly on number, nature and determinations reached regarding requests for variances to unified statewide transfer agreements or disputes over courses to be included in unified statewide transfer agreements.
Requires commission to establish advisory committee to advise commission staff on designing standards to implement Transfer Student Bill of Rights and Responsibilities and developing electronic system for disseminating information regarding foundational curricula and unified statewide transfer agreements.
Directs commission to convene specified persons for purpose of assisting in alignment of credits earned through dual credit programs with requirements of foundational curricula. Requires reports to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to education.
Directs commission to collect data related to acceptance of credits from foundational curriculum.
Permits commission to use moneys from Oregon Opportunity Grant program to pay for scholarships for children of public safety officers if other sources of moneys are insufficient to fully fund scholarships.
Authorizes Western Oregon University, Southern Oregon University and Eastern Oregon University to offer professional doctorate degrees.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for carrying out provisions of this Act.
Declares emergency, effective on passage.
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