Strategy & Collaboration

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​2021 Legislative Session Resources

During each legislative session, the HECC presents to legislative committees and advises the Oregon Legislature and the Governor​ on topics of critical concern to Oregon postsec​ondary education, working in close collaboration with campus leaders and partners.​​

Explore recent HECC Work Group and formal Reports submitted to the Oregon Legislature here.​​​​

Biennial Budget Process  

• Legislatively Adopted Budget 2021-23​
  
• Governor's Recommended Budget (GRB) 20​21-23​
  
• Agency Request Budget ​2021-23
  

​Fact Sheets and Issue Briefs

• Oregon Postsecondary Education and Workforce Training: Preparing for a Strong Recovery to the COVID-19 Crisis, May 2021
  
• State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) Report Highlights for Oregon​, May, 2021​​
  
• Oregon Financial Aid and Equity​: HB 2093 and the Oregon Opportunity Grant, June, 2021​
  

HECC Presentations and Testimony

April 7-May 12​, 2021, Joint Committee on Ways and Means, Education Subcommittee

• HECC full budget presentation, Ben Cannon, Ramona Rodamaker, and numerous other HECC administrators and partners. 
  
• HECC budget presentation by section (NOTE: corrections that were submitted to the Committee by letter are included in the versions here):
  
• ​Introduction to Postsecondary Education and Training in Oregon: State Goals and Return on Investment, Overview of Learners Served, Equity Gaps and Opportunity
  
• Introduction, continued: Higher Education Structure, Dynamic/History of Funding, Budget Components, Legislation
  
• Affordability and Access:  Key Factors in Affordability, State Financial Aid and Access Programs 
  
• Fostering Learner Pathways, HECC Agency Budget: Academic Pathways, Private Postsecondary Education, Workforce Initiatives
  
• State Support for Oregon's 17 Community Colleges: Learners Served, Funding Impacts, Capital Construction
  
• Institutional leaders and stakeholders from Community Colleges and OHSU  
• State Support for Public Universities:  Students Served, Funding Impacts, Capital Construction
  
• University leaders and stakeholders,  including Statewide Public Services, State Programs
• HECC Conclusion and Appendix (Key Performance Metrics)​
  
• March 29, 2021, Senate Education

• HECC testimony on House Bill 2092 (related to ​​equity focused modifications to the Oregon Youth Employment Program), Kyle Thomas​​​​
  

March 1, 2021, Senate Education Committee

• HECC testimony on Senate Bill 76 (related to transfer pathways), Kyle Thomas
• HECC testimony Senate Bill 233 (related to transfer pathways), Kyle Thomas
• HECC testimony on Senate Bill 564 ​ (related to HECC research activities), Kyle Thomas​
  

February 25, 2021, House Education Committee​

• HECC testimony on House Bill 3012​ (related to student fees), Kyle Thomas
  
• HECC testimony on House Bill 2919 (related to open educational resources), Kyle Thomas  
  
• HECC testimony on House Bill 2868 (related to accelerated learning), Kyle Thomas
  

February 18, 2021,House Veterans and Emergency Management Committee  

• Testimony on House Bill 2237​ ​ (related to financial aid application​s), Kyle Thomas

February 8, 2020, Senate Education Committee​​

• HECC testimony on Senate Bil​l 75 (related to grants for eligible dependents of deceased or disabled public safety officers) , Kyle Thomas
  
• ​HECC testimony on Senate Bill 77 (technical modifications to statutes pertaining to higher education and workforce issues), Kyle Thomas​
  
• HECC testimony on​ Senate Bill 553​ (related to ​college support for Compact of Free Association students), Kyle Thomas​​
  

February 4, 2021, House Committee on Education:

• ​Cultural Competency in Higher Education - HB 2864 (2017), Rudyane Rivera-Lindstrom and institution partners
  
• HECC Testimony on House Bill 2091(boundary change process modification), Kyle Thomas
  

January 28, 2021, House Committee on Education, Testimony on House Bill 2090 (LCC boundary change), Kyle Thomas

February 4, 2021, House Committee on Education, ​Testimony on House Bill 2089 (KCC boundary change), Kyle Thomas

January 21, 2021, House Committee on Education, Introduction to Higher Education, Ben Cannon​​​

December 17, 2020, House Interim Committee on Education, Overview of the GED® Program, Adrienne Ochs and Scott Salesses.

December 15, 2020, House Interim Committee on Education. Responses to pandemic and wildfire crises, HECC presentation materials, Ben Cannon 

December 7, 2020, Senate Interim Committee on Education

• HECC presentation on Transfer Achievements and Challenges, Veronica Dujon and Patrick Crane
  
• HECC presentation on proposed updates to the Student Success and Completion Model (public university funding model), Ben Cannon and Jim Pinkard​
  

2021 Legislative Concept Proposals

• Summary of all HECC Legislative Concepts​
  
• HB 2089 – Klamath Community College Boundary Change: HB 2089 1-page summary, HB 2089 DRAFT
  
• HB 209​0 – Boundary Change Process Modification: HB 2090 1-page summary, HB 2090 DRAFT
  
• HB 2091 - Lane Community College Boundary Change: LC 593 1-page summary, LC 593 DRAFT
  
• SB 74 – Cosmetology School Curriculum: SB 74 1-page summary, SB 74 DRAFT ​
  
• SB 75 – Deceased or Disabled Public Safety Officer Program Funding: SB 75 1-page summary, SB 75 DRAFT 
  
• HB 2092 – Oregon Youth Employment Program: HB 2092 1-page summary, HB 2092 DRAFT 
  
• HB 2093 – Financial Aid Redesign: HB 2093 1-page summary, H​B 2093 DRAFT  
  
• HB 2147– Placeholder for Reforming Higher Education Delivery: HB 2147 1-page summary, HB 2147 DRAFT 
  
• SB 76 – Credit Transfer: SB 76 1-page summary, SB 76 DRAFT 
  
• SB 77 – Minor Revisions: SB 77 1-page summary, SB 77 DRAFT 
  
• SB 78​ – Placeholder for Reforming Hugher Education System Structure: SB 78 1-page summary, SB 78​ DRAFT 
  

Staff Updates to the Commission

​Quick links, Oregon State Legislature

• Oregon Legislature home page​
• Legislative Audio and Video links​
• Oregon House of Representatives
• Oregon State Senate​