Section 342.147 - [Operative until 7/1/2025] Approval of educator preparation providers and educator preparation programs; rules(1)(a) The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall establish by rule standards for approval of educator preparation providers and educator preparation programs.(b) Standards for approval of an educator preparation program must include requiring an educator preparation program to evaluate candidates using a framework approved by the commission that: (A) Uses multiple measures to determine if a candidate's knowledge, skills and competencies qualify the candidate for a teaching license; and(B) Includes at least one measure that is locally determined and adopted by the educator preparation provider, and that is then approved by the commission.(c) Standards for approval of an educator preparation program for early childhood education, elementary education, special education or reading must require that: (A) The program provide instruction on dyslexia and other reading difficulties; and(B) The instruction on dyslexia be consistent with the knowledge and practice standards of an international organization on dyslexia.(2) The commission shall adopt rules that:(a) Require approved educator preparation programs for early childhood education, elementary education, special education or reading to demonstrate that candidates enrolled in the programs receive training to provide instruction that enables students to meet or exceed third-grade reading standards and become proficient readers by the end of the third grade, as designated by the State Board of Education. For the purposes of this paragraph, an approved educator preparation program may make the demonstration through course curriculum, approved textbooks or other program requirements.(b) Allow approved educator preparation programs leading to graduate degrees to commence prior to the candidate's completion of baccalaureate degree requirements and to combine undergraduate and graduate level course work in achieving program completion.(3) Whenever any educator preparation provider or educator preparation program is denied approved status or has such status withdrawn, the denial or withdrawal must be treated as a contested case under ORS chapter 183.(4) Nothing in this section is intended to grant to the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission any authority relating to granting degrees or establishing degree requirements that are within the authority of the Higher Education Coordinating Commission or any of the public universities listed in ORS 352.002, or that are within the authority of the governing board of any private institution of higher education.Amended by 2021 Ch. 637, § 1, eff. 1/1/2022.Amended by 2017 Ch. 317, § 1, eff. 6/14/2017.Amended by 2015 Ch. 767, § 238, eff. 7/27/2015, op. 7/1/2016.Amended by 2015 Ch. 767, § 239, eff. 7/27/2015.Amended by 2015 Ch. 767, § 237, eff. 7/27/2015.Amended by 2015 Ch. 767, § 106, eff. 7/27/2015, op. 7/1/2015.Amended by 2015 Ch. 647, § 14, eff. 7/6/2015.1973 c.270 §19; 1989 c.521 §2; 1989 c.690 §3; 1993 c.45 §159; 2011 c. 637, § 126 The amendments to 342.147 by section 8, chapter 756, Oregon Laws 2015, become operative July 1, 2025. See section 2, chapter 756, Oregon Laws 2015, as amended by section 9, chapter 756, Oregon Laws 2015, and section 25, chapter 72, Oregon Laws 2018. The text that is operative on and after July 1, 2025, including amendments by section 2, chapter 317, Oregon Laws 2017, section 9, chapter 518, Oregon Laws 2021, and section 2, chapter 637, Oregon Laws 2021, is set forth for the user's convenience.