OregonOregon posts school attendance figures four times each year
Starting July 1, 2026, Oregon’s education department must publish school attendance numbers four times yearly after school review; reporting starts with the 2026–2027 school year.
What it does
The Department of Education calculates and publishes attendance figures for school districts and public charter schools four times a year, after giving each school time to review them.
The department must explain on its website how its method for measuring attendance in 2026–2027 differs from the method used the year before.
Argument forFamilies and school staff could use public attendance numbers, broken out by student group, to spot patterns and understand how the numbers were calculated.
Argument againstPeople could misread differences between schools or student groups if they overlook the department’s guidance about limits on comparing the numbers.
More detail
The Department of Education calculates and publishes attendance figures four times each calendar year. The figures include total student counts and percentages for regular attenders and students who are chronically absent, with results broken out by student group. The figures cover students enrolled in the district or public charter school for at least 10 days during the reporting period. Before publication, each district and public charter school gets at least 15 business days to review the figures and request adjustments under state board rules. The department must explain how it defines regular attendance and chronic absence, whether it changed its method, and limits on comparing the figures. The duty becomes operative July 1, 2026. Reporting and data compilation first apply to the 2026–2027 school year.
The Department of Education posts a description of attendance-method changes for the 2026–2027 school year. The description compares the method for deciding whether students are regular attenders or chronically absent with the method used for the 2025–2026 school year. The comparison covers the 2026–2027 school year and the 2025–2026 school year.
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- Passed House
- Passed Senate
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History
- 2026
- Apr 6Chapter 69, (2026 Laws): Effective date March 31, 2026.Latest
- Mar 31Governor Tina Kotek signed.Became Law
- Mar 5President signed.Major
- Mar 4Speaker signed.Major
- Mar 3Third reading. Carried by Weber. Passed.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Third reading. Carried by Weber. Passed. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 2Carried over to 03-03 by unanimous consent.
- Feb 27Second reading.Minor
- Feb 27Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.Minor
- Feb 26Work Session held.
- Vote recorded Heard and Reported Out. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 24Public Hearing held.
- Feb 19Referred to Education.Minor
- Vote recorded Third reading. Carried by Wise. Passed. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 19First reading. Referred to President's desk.Minor
- Feb 19Third reading. Carried by Wise. Passed.Passed House
- Feb 17Second reading.Minor
- Feb 16Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed.Minor
- Feb 11Work Session held.
- Vote recorded Heard and Reported Out with Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 9Public Hearing held.
- Feb 2Referred to Education.Minor
- Feb 2First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.Introduced
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