HB 4154
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Requires the Oregon Department of Education to compile and publicly post student attendance data quarterly, disaggregated by student group, using existing district reporting streams. The measure takes effect immediately upon passage but applies operationally starting July 1, 2026, for the 2026–2027 school year.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
Official sources do not state why this measure was proposed.
Sponsor testimony, staff summaries, committee materials, or statutory findings may explain it.
Inferred from cited text; not a stated purpose.
The statutory mandate to publish disaggregated attendance data quarterly with methodological guidance suggests an intent to standardize how absenteeism is tracked and reported, potentially enabling earlier identification of attendance disparities across student subgroups.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Enrolled
Must allocate staff and systems for quarterly data compilation, verification, and public dissemination using existing reporting infrastructure.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
Gain a formal 15-business-day review window to request data adjustments but face increased public scrutiny of their attendance metrics.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
Attendance patterns will be publicly disaggregated, making subgroup-level absenteeism visible.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
Gain access to standardized, frequent attendance reporting with interpretation guidance.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
ODE must integrate quarterly compilation into existing workflows without new funding, relying on average daily membership reports.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
Districts and charters must adjust administrative processes to meet the 15-day review deadline before data becomes public.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Enrolled
The shift from annual to quarterly reporting increases the frequency of data transparency, which may accelerate intervention timelines but also raises compliance workload for schools with limited staff.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Enrolled
Districts with historically underreported chronic absence
A district could use the mandatory review window to correct data inaccuracies, triggering targeted state support or intervention before student outcomes deteriorate further.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Enrolled
Small rural districts with minimal administrative capacity
A district might struggle to process quarterly adjustment requests and manage public scrutiny of disaggregated subgroup data, diverting limited resources away from direct instructional support.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Enrolled
The text does not include explicit privacy safeguards beyond the district review period, leaving data handling vulnerable to misclassification or duty creep if enforcement is inconsistent.
Sources · Enrolled
Balances the public interest in timely, transparent attendance data against the administrative burden on districts and potential privacy risks from disaggregated reporting. Upsides include improved monitoring of absenteeism trends; downsides include increased compliance workload for schools and heightened sensitivity around subgroup data disclosure.
The enrolled version is substantively identical to the House Amendments version. Both mandate quarterly ODE compilation and public posting of attendance metrics, a 15-day district review period, disaggregated data publication, and an emergency effective date. No material changes to operative provisions, definitions, or reporting timelines were introduced between the two versions.
No substantive change identified.
Tradeoff: None identified; the enrolled text preserves all substantive obligations and transparency requirements of the prior version.
high confidence. The enrolled bill text explicitly mandates quarterly compilation, public posting, disaggregation, and a 15-day review period. Official fiscal and revenue analyses confirm minimal impact and reliance on existing reporting streams.
Possible effects if adopted; not current bill text.
The proposed amendment replaces the introduced bill to require the Oregon Department of Education to compile and publicly publish quarterly student attendance data (regular attender versus chronically absent) using existing average daily membership reports, grant school districts a 15-business-day review window before publication, and declare an emergency for immediate passage upon approval.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
Official sources do not state why this measure was proposed.
Sponsor testimony, staff summaries, committee materials, or statutory findings may explain it.
Inferred from cited text; not a stated purpose.
The amendment’s emergency passage clause and shift to quarterly reporting likely aim to accelerate data availability in response to documented high chronic absenteeism rates, though this is inferred from the text’s structural changes rather than explicit sponsor statements.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment; Staff Measure Summary A
Must process attendance data quarterly, publish it publicly with disaggregated student group metrics and methodology guidance, and manage district review requests.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
Must submit existing average daily membership data; gain a 15-business-day window to request data adjustments before public release.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
Gain access to more frequent, disaggregated attendance metrics with standardized definitions and interpretation guidance.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
May take pre-operative actions to prepare for implementation duties starting July 1, 2026.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
ODE will shift from annual to quarterly data compilation and publication. Districts must utilize the review window to correct potential reporting errors before public release. Fiscal offices report minimal to no revenue impact, indicating existing ADM reporting infrastructure will absorb the workload without new funding. Data will be published in an easy-to-use format with clear methodology descriptions and limitations for cross-district comparisons, reducing interpretive ambiguity.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment; Staff Measure Summary A; Fiscal Impact Statement A
Students and educational policymakers
Quarterly data enables early identification of attendance crises in specific student subgroups, allowing targeted interventions that prevent long-term academic disengagement before the annual report cycle.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
School districts and affected students
A systemic reporting error or rushed district review could result in widespread public misclassification of chronic absenteeism, triggering unwarranted reputational damage or premature policy responses for affected schools.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
The distinction rests on whether external actors leverage the published data for unauthorized consequences rather than the statute's explicit requirements.
Sources · Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
Accelerating quarterly attendance data publication improves transparency and timely intervention capacity but increases administrative burden on districts during the review period and risks public misinterpretation of raw absence metrics without contextual safeguards.
Timelier identification of attendance trends supports proactive educational interventions.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
Standardized definitions and disaggregation improve equity tracking across student groups.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
Quarterly processing strains existing reporting workflows without dedicated funding.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Fiscal Impact Statement A
Public release could lead to oversimplified judgments about school performance if methodology limitations are overlooked.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
high confidence. Analysis is grounded in the explicit statutory text and official legislative revenue/fiscal statements. Inferences are clearly labeled and bounded by the provided documents.
If adopted, the amendment would require the Oregon Department of Education to compile and publicly release quarterly student attendance metrics (regular attender versus chronically absent counts and percentages) disaggregated by student group using existing district reporting streams, and would accelerate the measure’s effective date to passage via an emergency clause rather than the originally scheduled July 1, 2026 operative date.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment; Introduced
Official sources do not state why this measure was proposed.
Sponsor testimony, staff summaries, committee materials, or statutory findings may explain it.
Inferred from cited text; not a stated purpose.
The amendment likely aims to accelerate public transparency on student absenteeism to enable earlier intervention, given that chronic absenteeism reached 33.5 percent in the 2024–2025 school year and quarterly reporting was previously recommended by a legislative interim workgroup.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Staff Measure Summary A; Staff Measure Summary A; Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
Must establish quarterly data validation workflows, publish metrics on its website in an accessible format, and maintain public documentation of methodology and interpretation guidance.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
Must continue submitting existing average daily membership reports but gain a mandatory 15-business-day review window to request data adjustments before public release.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
Gain access to timely, disaggregated attendance trends with standardized definitions and explicit limitations for cross-district or longitudinal comparisons.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
ODE will need to allocate staff time for quarterly compilation, public dashboard updates, and methodology documentation, though reliance on existing reporting streams keeps costs minimal.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Fiscal Impact Statement A; Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
Districts face a new administrative step (the 15-day review window) but no new data collection burden.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
Public access to real-time attendance trends may shift resource allocation decisions, school accountability measures, or community advocacy efforts toward chronic absenteeism.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Staff Measure Summary A
Districts with historically underreported absenteeism
Immediate public scrutiny and targeted state intervention after quarterly data reveals a 50 percent or higher chronic absence rate among a specific student subgroup, prompting rapid funding reallocation for attendance interventions.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment; Staff Measure Summary A
Small rural districts with limited IT capacity
A temporary data reporting delay due to system limitations causes the mandatory review window to be misapplied or rushed, resulting in publicly released data containing uncorrected errors that trigger unwarranted public backlash and misdirected community resources.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
The text grants adjustment rights but does not mandate independent audit thresholds for flagged districts, creating a pathway for misclassification if oversight remains minimal.
Sources · Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
Accelerating public attendance transparency enables faster community and state response to absenteeism but compresses the data validation timeline and may incentivize reporting manipulation if oversight remains minimal. Upsides include timely intervention and standardized metrics; downsides include administrative friction, potential data quality risks, and premature policy reactions based on unverified quarterly snapshots.
Timely identification of attendance gaps allows earlier academic and behavioral interventions.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Staff Measure Summary A
Standardized definitions and disaggregated reporting improve equity tracking across student subgroups.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
Compressed validation windows increase the risk of publishing uncorrected data errors.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Amendment -2 — proposed amendment
Premature policy reactions to quarterly snapshots may misallocate resources before longitudinal trends are established.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Staff Measure Summary A
high confidence. The proposed amendment text is explicit regarding data compilation, publication frequency, review windows, and emergency effective date. Fiscal and revenue impacts are formally documented as minimal or nonexistent. Gaps relate to implementation mechanics, audit standards, and stakeholder testimony rather than textual ambiguity.
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Posted Jan 28, 2026, 3:25 PM PST
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On page 1 of the printed bill, line 2, after the first semicolon delete the 2 rest of the line and line 3 and insert “and declaring an emergency.
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Chief sponsors: Representative Lamar Wise, Representative April Dobson, Representative Sue Rieke Smith, Senator Lew Frederick, Senator Lisa Reynolds
Regular sponsors: House Majority Leader Ben Bowman, Representative Lisa Fragala, Representative Dacia Grayber, Representative Sarah McDonald, Representative Susan McLain, Representative Travis Nelson, Representative Rob Nosse, Senator Courtney Neron Misslin, Senator Deb Patterson, Senator Khanh Pham, Senator Janeen Sollman, Senator Suzanne Weber, Representative Tom Andersen, Representative Nancy Nathanson, Representative Ricki Ruiz, Representative Farrah Chaichi, Representative Willy Chotzen, Senator James Manning Jr., Senator Wlnsvey Campos
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Representative Lamar Wise
Third Reading Of House Bills · Version A
Senate carrier
Senator Suzanne Weber
Third Reading Of House Measures · Version A
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Chapter 69, (2026 Laws): Effective date March 31, 2026.
Governor signed.
President signed.
Speaker signed.
Third reading. Carried by Weber. Passed.
Ayes, 26; Nays, 3--Drazan, Girod, Hayden; Excused, 1--Linthicum.
Carried over to 03-03 by unanimous consent.
Second reading.
Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.
Work Session held.
IS_Impact HB 4154 A
Revenue Impact Statement
Public Hearing held.
Referred to Education.
First reading. Referred to President's desk.
Third reading. Carried by Wise. Passed.
Ayes, 40; Nays, 1--Cate; Excused, 12--Boice, Bunch, Diehl, Edwards, Hartman, Levy B, Lewis, Osborne, Reschke, Smith G, Valderrama, Wright; Excused for Business of the House, 7--Boshart Davis, Harbick, McIntire, Owens, Scharf, Skarlatos, Wallan.
Second reading.
House Amendments to Introduced bill text posted
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed.
Work Session held.
IS_Impact HB 4154 2
Revenue Impact Statement
Amendment -2 adopted
Public Hearing held.
Amendment -2 proposed
Referred to Education.
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
ability of data from past years Trends in chronic absenteeism Provisions of House Bill 2508 (2025) EFFECT OF AMENDMENT: No amendment. BACKGROUND: For ADM calculations, sch
ic absenteeism interim workgroup led by Rep. Hoa Nguyen and Sen. Suzanne Weber. House Bill 3199 (2025) required the Legislative Policy and Research Office to study statewide a
ic absenteeism interim workgroup led by Rep. Hoa Nguyen and Sen. Suzanne Weber. House Bill 3199 (2025) required the Legislative Policy and Research Office to study statewide a
“Digest: Makes public data that are collected about students going to school. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9). Requires the compilation of data about students who are regular attenders or who are chronically absent. [ Takes effect July 1, 2026. ] Declares an emergency, effective on passage.”
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