Signed by Governor Tina Kotek

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with house amendments and pass a bill that prohibits school districts from placing a student on an abbreviated or shortened school day without parental consent.

Highlights:

• Defines terms related to public education, abbreviated school days, and other education matters (Sec. 1). 

• Alleges that the state legislature finds that it is in the best interest of disabled students to not miss significant amounts of time during school hours (Sec. 1). 

• Prohibits a school district from giving a student with disabilities an abbreviated school day without meeting certain requirements and prerequisites. (Sec. 1). 

• Prohibits abbreviated school days for the sake of short staffing (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes examples of what an abbreviated school day can be (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that parents or foster parents have the right to revoke their consent for any abbreviated school day for a student with a disability (Sec. 4).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that prohibits school districts from placing a student on an abbreviated or shortened school day without parental consent.

Highlights:

• Defines terms related to public education, abbreviated school days, and other education matters (Sec. 1). 

• Alleges that the state legislature finds that it is in the best interest of disabled students to not miss significant amounts of time during school hours (Sec. 1). 

• Prohibits a school district from giving a student with disabilities an abbreviated school day without meeting certain requirements and prerequisites. (Sec. 1). 

• Prohibits abbreviated school days for the sake of short staffing (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes examples of what an abbreviated school day can be (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that parents or foster parents have the right to revoke their consent for any abbreviated school day for a student with a disability (Sec. 4).

Full Bill Text