Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, February 28, 2025
Senator David Brock Smith & Representative E. Werner Reschke
Introduce the Oregon Education Reform Act
SALEM, Ore. – Senator David Brock Smith (R-Curry, Coos & Douglas Counties) and Representative E. Werner Reschke (R-Klamath Falls) introduce SB 1100, an omnibus education bill to bring real reform to benefit students, teachers, and their families across the state.
“Oregon education continues to play for last place across the nation, even though the legislature has continued to provide more funding than ever before,” said Senator Brock Smith. As reported in the Oregonian on January 28th, 2025, ‘Oregon fourth graders who were tested in early 2024 ranked second worst in the country in math and tied with 10 other states for third worst in reading.’
“The current public education system is broken,” said Representative Reschke. “Fundamental reform is necessary, and we must return to common sense education principles. Excellence in education is not an option, we must do better, and this omnibus education legislation is a great step in the right direction.”
SB 1100 is a comprehensive education reform bill that would:
- Allow school districts the choice of where to place feminine sanitary products.
- Provide an income tax credit for teachers in rural school districts.
- Requires public schools, community colleges, and public universities to provide instruction in a neutral manner. Prohibits the State Board of Education from adopting rules that promote a stance or otherwise show support for or against a political movement or group.
- Requires school districts to designate athletic competitions and extracurricular sports according to biological sex. Prohibits biological males from participating in athletic competitions or extracurricular sports designated for biological females.
- Provides for school resource peace officers for each school in every district.
- Ensures licensure pathways to bolster career and technical education teachers.
- Forbids OHA from requiring Covid-19 immunizations for school attendance.
- Directs a school district to provide notice to the parent or legal guardian within 24 hours when a student under 18 has been subjected to an act of harassment, intimidation or bullying, an act of cyberbullying, a disciplinary action, a visit to a school health professional or a school-based health center or has had a discussion of self-identity issues.
- Directs district school boards to ensure that the curriculum of each course of study is made available on the school district’s website. Directs school districts to ensure that a student’s grades are posted on a website that is accessible by the parent or guardian of the student.
- Provides an income tax credit for families that homeschool or pay private school tuition, with proof of attendance and passing grades, that is equal to the local general purpose grant per ADM in ORS 327.013.
“This Oregon Education Reform Act will bring the needed transformational changes to Oregon’s education, while providing for clear paths for teachers and parents for the benefit of our students across out state,” concluded Senator Brock Smith.
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Yours Truly,
 Senator David Brock Smith
Together, We Will Build a Better Oregon
 Senate District 1
Curry, Coos, and Douglas Counties
Southwest Oregon’s Fish, Farm, and Forestry District.
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1701
Capitol Address: 900 Court St. NE, S-316, Salem, Oregon 97301
Email: Sen.DavidBrockSmith@oregonlegislature.gov
Website: http://www.oregonlegislature.gov/smithd
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