BALLOT MEASURE ONE OVERVIEW. For the Joint Special Committee on Public Education Appropriation September 30, 2015

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1 BALLOT MEASURE ONE OVERVIEW For the Joint Special Committee on Public Education Appropriation September 30, 2015

2 SOURCES OF COMMITTEE S CHARGE Constitution Article VIII, Section 8(1) The Legislative Assembly shall appropriate in each biennium a sum of money sufficient to ensure that the state s system of public education meets quality goals established by law, and publish a report that either demonstrates the appropriation is sufficient, or identifies the reasons for the insufficiency, its extent, and its impact on the ability of the state s system of public education to meet those goals.

3 ORS (5) The Legislative Assembly in the report shall: (a) Demonstrate that the amount within the budget appropriated for the state s system of kindergarten through grade 12 public education is the amount of moneys as determined by the Quality Education Commission established by ORS that is sufficient to meet the quality goals; or (b) Identify the reasons that the amount appropriated for the state s system of kindergarten through grade 12 public education is not sufficient, the extent of the insufficiency and the impact of the insufficiency on the ability of the state s system of kindergarten through grade 12 public education to meet the quality goals. In identifying the impact of the insufficiency, the Legislative Assembly shall include in the report how the amount appropriated in the budget may affect both the current practices and student performance identified by the commission under ORS (4)(a) and the best practices and student performance identified by the commission under ORS (4)(b).

4 COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES Issue a report on: Sufficiency of K-12 funding Quality goals for post-secondary education

5 K-12 PUBLIC EDUCATION Show appropriation is amount determined by Quality Education Commission OR Issue a finding of insufficiency

6 FINDING OF INSUFFICIENCY Extent and impact of insufficiency

7 ALTERNATIVE METHODOLOGY OPTION ORS (6)(a) Notwithstanding subsection (5) of this section, the Legislative Assembly may make a determination that the report of the Quality Education Commission should not be used as the basis for carrying out the reporting requirements of section 8, article VIII of the Oregon Constitution, and subsection (5) of this section. If the report is not used, the Legislative Assembly shall identify the reasons for not using the report to meet the reporting requirements and shall outline an alternative methodology for making the findings required by section 8, Article VIII of the Oregon Constitution. (b) The alternative methodology shall be based on: (A) Research, data and public values; and (B) The performance of successful schools, professional judgment or a combination of the performance of successful schools and professional judgment.

8 POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION Identify whether there are quality goals established by law

9 DEADLINE January 2, 2016

10 REPORT CO-CHAIRED BY: SENATOR RYAN DECKERT AND REPRESENTATIVE SUSAN MORGAN K-12 funding was insufficient Post-secondary exempt QEM recommended $6.061 billion Legislative appropriation $5.202 billion Reduced to $4.919 billion after 2002 special session and failure of Ballot Measure 28 Extent of insufficiency = $1.142 billion

11 REPORT CO-CHAIRED BY: SENATOR GINNY BURDICK AND REPRESENTATIVE SUSAN MORGAN K-12 funding insufficient Post-secondary exempt QEM recommended $6.995 billion Legislative appropriation $5.2 billion Reduced to $4.9 billion after failure of Measure 30 Extent of insufficiency = $2.095 billion

12 REPORT CO-CHAIRED BY: SENATOR RICHARD DEVLIN AND REPRESENTATIVE LINDA FLORES K-12 funding insufficient Post-secondary exempt QEM recommended $7.035 billion Legislative appropriation $5.24 billion Increased to $5.306 billion in second year of the biennium Extent of insufficiency = $1.729 billion

13 REPORT CO-CHAIRED BY: SENATOR RICHARD DEVLIN AND REPRESENTATIVE PETER BUCKLEY K-12 funding insufficient Post-secondary exempt QEM recommended $7.766 billion Legislative appropriation $6.245 billion Reduced to $ due to declining forecast Extent of insufficiency = $ billion

14 REPORT CO-CHAIRED BY: SENATOR ROD MONROE AND REPRESENTATIVE PETER BUCKLEY K-12 funding insufficient Post-secondary exempt QEM recommended $8.35 billion Legislative appropriation $6 billion Reduced to $5.753 billion Extent of insufficiency = $2.597 billion

15 REPORT CO-CHAIRED BY: SENATOR ROD MONROE, REPRESENTATIVE BETTY KOMP AND REPRESENTATIVE SHERRIE SPRENGER K-12 funding insufficient Post-secondary exempt QEM recommended $8.75 billion Legislative appropriation $5.71 billion Extent of insufficiency = $3.04 billion

16 REPORT CO-CHAIRED BY: SENATOR ROD MONROE AND REPRESENTATIVE BETTY KOMP K-12 funding insufficient Post-secondary exempt QEM recommended $8.55 billion Legislative appropriation $6.65 billion Extent of insufficiency = $1.9 billion

17 Billons HISTORICAL EXTENT OF FUNDING INSUFFICIENCY $9.00 Oregon School Funding Gap State Funding Trends vs. Full QEM $8.50 $8.00 $7.50 $7.00 $1.63 Billion $2.35 Billion $3.04 Billion $1.90 Billion $6.50 $1.73 Billion $6.00 $5.50 $1.14 Billion $2.10 Billion $5.00 $4.50 $ Bienium Full QEM Actual Funding

18 BALLOT MEASURE ONE OVERVIEW Joint Special Committee on Public Education Appropriation