Oregon legislation · 2025 Legislative Measures
Oregon HB3365: Relating to climate change instruction in public schools.
Status: Chaptered, July 25, 2025
Digest: The Act would make new laws with respect to updates to academic content standards in certain core subjects. The updates must include standards about the causes and effects of climate change. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). [ Digest: The Act would make new laws that would require climate change instruction to be included in certain subjects taught in public schools. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.2). ] Directs the State Board of Education to ensure that [ academic content standards for core subjects include sufficient instruction on the causes and effects of climate change and strategies for responding to such causes and effects ] any revisions to the academic content standards for certain core subjects include standards that address the causes and effects of climate change and strategies for mitigating, adapting to and strengthening community resilience to those causes and effects . Applies to academic content standards that are reviewed and revised on or after the effective date of the Act.
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, June 17, 2025:
83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session House Bill 3365 Sponsored by Representatives FRAGALA, MCDONALD, Senators FREDERICK, MANNING JR; Representatives ANDERSEN, GAMBA, GOMBERG, LIVELY, NELSON, NERON, NOSSE, Senators GELSER BLOUIN, MEEK, PATTERSON, PHAM K, TAYLOR CHAPTER ................................................. Relating to climate change instruction in public schools; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 329.045. SECTION 1. ORS 329.045 is amended to read: 329.045. (1)(a) In order to achieve the goals contained in ORS 329.025, the State Board of Education shall regularly and periodically review and revise its Common Curriculum Goals, performance indicators and diploma requirements. (b) The review and revision conducted under this section shall: (A) Include Essential Learning Skills and rigorous academic content standards in mathematics, science, language arts, history, geography, economics, civics, higher education and career path skills, personal financial education, physical education, health, the arts and world languages. (B) Ensure that any revisions to the academic content standards for science, health, history, geography, economics and civics include standards that address the causes and effects of climate change and strategies for mitigating, adapting to and strengthening community resilience to those causes and effects. [(B)] (C) Involve teachers and other educators, parents of students and other citizens and shall provide ample opportunity for public comment. [(C)] (D) Encourage increased learning time. As used in this subparagraph, "increased learning time" means a schedule …