Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 350 § 350.125 — Annual

Annual report on competency-based education. Before September 15 of each year, the Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall submit a report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245 to the appropriate interim committees of the Legislative Assembly. The report must describe the progress made in providing competency-based education in the public post-secondary institutions of education in this state. The report must: (1) Describe the effectiveness of expanding competency-based education in public post-secondary institutions of education in this state and of granting post-secondary degrees on the basis of competency-based education; (2) Identify issues and barriers, including post-secondary accreditation standards, that present challenges to implementing or expanding competency-based education programs in post-secondary institutions of education in this state; (3) Analyze and describe student outcomes in public post-secondary institutions of education that have implemented competency-based education programs; (4) Identify funding strategies to implement or expand competency-based education programs to all public post-secondary institutions of education in this state; (5) Analyze competency-based education models and determine which models have been successful; and (6) Recommend specific policy changes and initiatives that public post-secondary institutions of education in this state may implement to expand competency-based education. [2017 c.404 §1; 2021 c.523 §2]