HB 4154

83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2026 Regular Session
  Enrolled
  House Bill 4154
Sponsored by Representatives WISE, DOBSON, RIEKE SMITH, Senators FREDERICK, REYNOLDS;
   Representatives ANDERSEN, BOWMAN, CHAICHI, CHOTZEN, FRAGALA, GRAYBER,
   MCDONALD, MCLAIN, NATHANSON, NELSON, NOSSE, RUIZ, Senators CAMPOS, MAN-
   NING JR, NERON MISSLIN, PATTERSON, PHAM K, SOLLMAN, WEBER (Presession filed.)
  CHAPTER .................................................
  AN ACT
Relating to student attendance data; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
    SECTION 1. Section 2 of this 2026 Act is added to and made a part of ORS chapter 329.
    SECTION 2. (1) Using student attendance data received from a school district under ORS
327.133, the Department of Education shall calculate the following for students who were
enrolled at the school district or a public charter school for a total of at least 10 days during
the reporting period:
    (a) The total number of students in average daily membership for the school district or
public charter school;
    (b) The total number of students in average daily membership who are regular attenders;
    (c) The percentage of students who are regular attenders;
    (d) The total number of students in average daily membership who are chronically ab-
sent; and
    (e) The percentage of students who are chronically absent.
    (2)(a) Four times per calendar year, the department shall:
    (A) Compile the data as provided by subsection (1) of this section;
    (B) Provide each school district and public charter school at least 15 business days to
review the compiled data and request adjustments be made to the data, in the time and
manner provided by rule of the State Board of Education, before the department makes the
data available to the public; and
    (C) Make available to the public the compiled data on the department’s website in an
easy-to-use format, including disaggregating the data by student group.
    (b) When making the data available to the public, the department shall clearly describe:
    (A) The requirements used for determining when a student is a regular attender or
chronically absent;
    (B) Whether any changes have been made in the methodology for determining when a
student is a regular attender or chronically absent; and
    (C) Guidance on how the data should be interpreted and used, including any limitations
of the data when making comparisons across school districts, schools and reporting periods.
    SECTION 3. (1) Section 2 of this 2026 Act becomes operative on July 1, 2026.
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    (2) Notwithstanding the operative date set forth in subsection (1) of this section, the
State Board of Education and the Department of Education may take any action before the
operative date set forth in subsection (1) of this section that is necessary for the department
and board to exercise, on and after the operative date set forth in subsection (1) of this
section, all of the duties, functions and power conferred upon the department and board by
section 2 of this 2026 Act.
    SECTION 4. (1) The reporting requirements and the data compilation requirements of
section 2 of this 2026 Act first apply to the 2026-2027 school year.
    (2) The Department of Education shall include on the department’s website a clear de-
scription of the changes that have been made in the methodology for determining when a
student is a regular attender or chronically absent for the 2026-2027 school year in compar-
ison to the methodology used in making that determination for the 2025-2026 school year.
    SECTION 5. This 2026 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2026 Act takes effect
on its passage.
Passed by House February 18, 2026  Received by Governor:
  ........................M.,........................................................., 2026
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  Approved:
  Timothy G. Sekerak, Chief Clerk of House
  ........................M.,........................................................., 2026
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  Julie Fahey, Speaker of House
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  Tina Kotek, Governor
Passed by Senate March 3, 2026
  Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
       ..................................................................................   ........................M.,........................................................., 2026
  Rob Wagner, President of Senate
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  Tobias Read, Secretary of State
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