State Board of Education materials and all written public comments are posted to the State Board's online BoardBook approximately one week prior to each meeting. The public comment period for these rules are from Wednesday, January 28, 2026 - Thursday, March 19th, 2026, at 9:00 AM.
The State Board of Education heard all but one of these administrative rule proposals as first reads on January 15, 2026. The State Board of Education will hold a first read for the Support Services for English Language Learners and Their Families proposed rule revision set on Thursday, February 19, 2026. All of these proposed rules are scheduled for a vote at the March 19th, State Board of Education meeting.
The rules below are organized by rule title with a link to the rule draft, followed by the fiscal impact statement, and then the statement of need.
SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS AND THEIR FAMILIES RULES REVISION
Fiscal Impact Statement: There is no anticipated short-term or long-term fiscal administrative impact on districts. Districts are already expected to provide both appropriate instruction and interpretation/translation services to EL students and LEP families. The proposed amendments do not change or alter requirements but do provide additional clarification of Oregon state law. The proposed amendments should not increase cost but should increase transparency surrounding the Department’s interpretation of its nondiscrimination provisions.
Statement of Need: This amendment provides additional clarification to schools and districts on their nondiscrimination obligation and codifies existing interpretation of the law. This arose from growing concerns from family and community members that, due to changes in federal interpretation of the law and funding, EL students and LEP families would not receive appropriate services, translation, or interpretation.
SB 141 (2025) BILL IMPLEMENTATION - STATEWIDE PERFORMANCE TARGETS
Fiscal Impact Statement: The Department does not anticipate significant economic or administrative impacts on school districts or business resulting from the adoption of these rules, as the development of Statewide Growth Targets builds on work districts have already engaged in through the Student Investment Account. Any fiscal or administrative shifts are expected to be minimal and largely aligned with existing planning, data reporting, and continuous improvement processes.
Statement of Need: The 2025 Education Accountability Act requires the State Board of Education to adopt Statewide Performance Targets in rule, making rulemaking essential to implement this portion of the statute. These targets establish the statewide expectations for student outcomes that anchor Oregon’s accountability system. Because the targets guide district and charter school Performance Growth Targets, inform the continuum of supports, and structure reporting and public transparency, they must be defined consistently, objectively, and through a formal public process.
TEMPORARY-TO-PERMANENT RULEMAKING: STATE SCHOOL FUND AND STATEWIDE EDUCATION INITIATIVES ACCOUNT FUND CALCULATION FOR RECOVERY SCHOOLS
Fiscal Impact Statement: This OAR will not have any significant impact on the funding for the recovery schools. The recovery schools are funded based on a formula that multiplies the ADMw of the school by the district rate and supplements funding from the SEIA to reach the minimum and maximum funding levels. The Department has a limitation on funding to allocate for the recovery schools. Recovery school allocations have been capped for the 2025-27 biennium based on the budget available. This will have no impact on school district or ESD funding generally.
Statement of Need: "The new program statutes have proven difficult to implement as written. Previous rules attempted to solve conflicts within statute. As part of the rulemaking process:
- The Secretary of State transmits all adopted, amended, and repealed rules to the Office of Legislative Counsel; and
- Legislative Counsel determines whether the adoption, amendment, or repeal is within the scope of the enabling legislation.
Pursuant to this process, Legislative Counsel informed ODE that the SSF distribution formula as written is not within the scope of the law. Temporary changes were adopted by the Board in September 2025. These are the permanent OARs with no additional revisions.
Fiscal Impact Statement: There is not a fiscal impact.
Statement of Need: ODE needs to update its manuals annually to ensure that districts are complying with the most recent and accurate explanation of assessment requirements. OAR 581-022-2100 gives these manuals the force of rule, so the OAR 581-022-2100 also needs to be updated annually to indicate which version of the manuals is currently in force. Linked below are the three manuals attached in rule:
Fiscal Impact Statement: No short or long-term fiscal impact is anticipated.
Statement of Need: HB 2453 (2025) made substantial changes to how District Equity Committees operate. Temporary rules are currently in effect to bring OAR 581-022-2307 into alignment with current statute. Permanent rulemaking is needed to replace these temporary rules by March 2026.
SUBMISSION OF COORDINATOR CONTACT INFORMATION
Fiscal Impact Statement: There is no anticipated short-term or long-term fiscal administrative impact on districts, ESDs, ODE or the public.
Statement of Need: School districts are required to designate one or more Civil Rights Coordinator(s) to oversee compliance with state and federal civil rights laws (ORS 332.505(2)) and Coordinators pursuant to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. However, Coordinator contact information is not reported to the Department. Reporting contact information will support efforts to ensure students’ civil rights protections and in prompt and appropriate responses to allegations of discrimination.
Fiscal Impact Statement: No fiscal and/or economic impact is anticipated.
Statement of Need: Many Oregon school buildings constructed between the 1950s and 1970s contain long-span engineered wood truss and glulam roof systems that are now reaching or exceeding their expected service life and have been associated with recent partial or complete building collapses. Without current structural assessments, districts may be unaware of hidden deterioration or design vulnerabilities that increase the risk of roof failure, underscoring the need for proactive evaluation through the Engineered Wood Roof Systems Assessment Grant. To support effective implementation of this new grant type, the Technical Assistance Program (TAP) needs to establish six preference points for application ranking and is using this opportunity to update certain preference criteria across other TAP grant types.