2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.676 - Survey on working experiences of education workforce; availability of survey information; rules.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Education workforce" means licensed and classified staff who are:
(A) Employed by a public education provider; or
(B) Under contract to provide services to a public education provider.
(b) "Public education provider" means:
(A) A school district;
(B) A public charter school;
(C) An education service district;
(D) A long term care or treatment facility, as described in ORS 343.961;
(E) The Youth Corrections Education Program;
(F) The Juvenile Detention Education Program; or
(G) The Oregon School for the Deaf.
(2) Each public education provider shall:
(a) Encourage members of the education workforce of the public education provider to participate in a survey administered by the Department of Education that is designed to assist in the gathering of information about the working experiences of the education workforce of this state, including the experience in the school district and in individual schools; and
(b) Ensure that members of the education workforce of the public education provider have the opportunity to participate in the survey described in paragraph (a) of this subsection.
(3) The State Board of Education, in collaboration with the Educator Advancement Council, shall adopt by rule the standards for the survey administered under this section.
(4) The department shall annually review the survey identified in subsection (2) of this section and:
(a) Make the information available to school district boards, administrators of school districts and administrators of schools in a manner that allows for the accessibility of the information:
(A) On a district level and a school level; and
(B) Through the interactive data visualization tool; and
(b) Report annually on education workforce satisfaction to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education.
(5) The department may enter into a contract or a partnership with any public or private entity, including the federal government, for the purpose of this section. [2023 c.592 §4]
Note:
342.676 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 342 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
Note:
Sections 1 and 2, chapter 592, Oregon Laws 2023, provide:
Sec. 1. Plans for statewide data system on education workforce and statewide portal for jobs in education.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Education workforce" means licensed and classified staff who are:
(A) Employed by a public education provider; or
(B) Under contract to provide services to a public education provider.
(b) "Public education provider" means:
(A) A school district;
(B) A public charter school;
(C) An education service district;
(D) A long term care or treatment facility, as described in ORS 343.961;
(E) The Youth Corrections Education Program;
(F) The Juvenile Detention Education Program; or
(G) The Oregon School for the Deaf.
(2) For the purpose of supporting the education workforce in this state:
(a) The Department of Education shall develop and implement a plan to establish and maintain a statewide data system on the education workforce in this state.
(b) The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall develop and implement a plan to establish and maintain the statewide portal for jobs in education, as described in section 5 (1)(b), chapter 116, Oregon Laws 2022, and shall consider whether to make available exit surveys as part of the portal.
(3)(a) The Department of Education shall convene a steering committee to assist the department in developing a business case for the statewide data system described in subsection (2)(a) of this section.
(b) The steering committee convened under this subsection shall consist of:
(A) One representative from each educator preparation program in this state;
(B) One representative from the department;
(C) One representative from the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission;
(D) One representative from the Educator Advancement Council;
(E) One representative from the Higher Education Coordinating Commission;
(F) One representative from a statewide organization that primarily represents licensed staff of the education workforce;
(G) One representative from a statewide organization that primarily represents classified staff of the education workforce;
(H) One representative from a statewide organization that represents school administrators;
(I) One representative from a statewide organization that represents school boards; and
(J) One representative who is an expert on the statewide longitudinal data system.
(c) The statewide data system developed as provided by this subsection must allow the department to assign unique identifiers to each individual who is a member of the education workforce. The identifier may not use any personally identifiable information, except for alignment purposes in data processing. Any personally identifiable information that is collected must be linked in a secure data location so that data sets can be matched based on the personally identifiable information when the identifier is included.
(d) The statewide data system developed as provided by this subsection must allow the following uses:
(A) Identifying school district hiring needs by content area and geographic location;
(B) Providing information, by content area, about graduates of educator preparation programs and persons who complete nontraditional pathways to licensure;
(C) Identifying educator mobility, attrition and retention patterns;
(D) Determining educator longevity and possible factors that affect longevity;
(E) Evaluating school climate and culture from the educator’s perspective based on the surveys administered as provided by section 4 of this 2023 Act [342.676];
(F) Evaluating pay in relation to local economic data from the most recent American Community Survey from the United States Census Bureau; and
(G) Studying education workforce trends and needs in this state in a manner that:
(i) Includes a review of:
(I) The satisfaction of persons who complete educator preparation programs in this state;
(II) Employer satisfaction with the availability and skills of the education workforce in this state; and
(III) Hiring and retention trends of the education workforce in this state; and
(ii) Is sortable by school district, geographic location, school, grade level, teacher characteristics and educator preparation program of this state.
(e) To the greatest extent practicable, the department and steering committee shall:
(A) Ensure that the collection of data under the statewide data system aligns with the collection of data under ORS 342.443; and
(B) Reduces redundancies by incorporating any other relevant data processes or procedures.
(f) The steering committee shall assist the department in ensuring that the information described in paragraph (d) of this subsection is available to the public through a visually appealing interactive data visualization tool that is accessible on the department’s website home page.
(g) The Department of Education shall consult with each public education provider, the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission, the Educator Advancement Council, the Higher Education Coordinating Commission and the public universities listed in ORS 352.002 to ensure that each entity is prepared to collect information as required for the statewide data system.
(h) The department shall consider whether to enter into a contract or a partnership with any public or private entity, including the federal government, for the purpose of the statewide data system.
(4) The Department of Education and the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall submit a report on the actions required to be taken under subsection (2) of this section in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, and may include recommendations for legislation, to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education no later than September 15, 2024. [2023 c.592 §1]
Sec. 2. Repeal.
Section 1 of this 2023 Act is repealed on January 2, 2025. [2023 c.592 §2]