Oregon 2025R1 Session Status: In Committee 5 R cosponsors

SB 785 — Establishes the Agriculture Education Scholarship Program to provide grants to qualified students for the equivalent of the cost of one full-time academic year in a qualified agriculture program that will prepare the student to be an agriculture teacher in a high school in this state.

Last action — In Senate Committee

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    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced April 16, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.

Odds of enactment

Low chance

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Prognosis

Advancing 44% · moderate confidence

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 5 sponsors

    2 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (5 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 1 recorded vote so far.

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Summary

Digest: The Act creates a scholarship program for ag teachers. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.5). Establishes the Agriculture Education Scholarship Program to provide [<i>free tuition and fees for qualifying agriculture education students in exchange for the student's commitment to work in a rural community after graduation</i>] <b>grants to qualified students for the equivalent of the cost of one full-time academic year in a qualified agriculture program that will prepare the student to be an agriculture teacher in a high school in this state</b>. Appropriates moneys for the 2025-2027 biennium to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for the purpose of administering the Agriculture Education Scholarship Program.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. In Senate Committee

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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2 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 85 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (3)

Not signed on (85)

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 785 do?
Digest: The Act creates a scholarship program for ag teachers. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.5). Establishes the Agriculture Education Scholarship Program to provide [<i>free tuition and fees for qualifying agriculture education students in exchange for the student's commitment to work in a rural community after graduation</i>] <b>grants to qualified students for the equivalent of the cost of one full-time academic year in a qualified agriculture program that will prepare the student to be an agriculture teacher in a high school in this state</b>. Appropriates moneys for the 2025-2027 biennium to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for the purpose of administering the Agriculture Education Scholarship Program.
Who sponsors SB 785?
SB 785 is sponsored by Todd Nash (Republican), Bobby Levy (Republican), Darin Harbick (Republican), David Brock Smith (Republican), and Suzanne Weber (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 785?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced April 16, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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