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SB 894Requires the Department of Education, in collaboration with the STEM Investment Council, to conduct specified reviews for the purpose of developing and recommending standards by which technology-based competitive student activities may satisfy high school diploma requirements or career and technical education program requirements.

Congress · introduced 2025-01-06

Digest: Directs ODE to make standards for a student to earn credit for a student activity. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Requires the Department of Education, in collaboration with the STEM Investment Council, to conduct specified reviews for the purpose of developing and recommending standards by which technology-based competitive student activities may satisfy high school diploma requirements or career and technical education program requirements. Sunsets on June 30, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Latest action: In Senate Committee

Sponsors

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Inbound (6)

datefromtypeamountrolesource
2025-01-06Smith, Gregorycosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-06Wright, Boomersponsor_of_billsponsorsponsorship
2025-01-06Gelser Blouin, Sarasponsor_of_billsponsorsponsorship
2025-01-06Smith, David Brockcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2025-01-06Sollman, Janeensponsor_of_billsponsorsponsorship
2025-01-06Thatcher, Kimcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship

Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Gelser Blouin, Sara (D, state_upper OR-8)sponsor05
2Sollman, Janeen (D, state_upper OR-15)sponsor05
3Wright, Boomer (R, state_lower OR-9)sponsor05
4Smith, David Brock (R, state_upper OR-1)cosponsor01
5Smith, Gregory (R, state_lower OR-57)cosponsor01
6Thatcher, Kim (R, state_upper OR-11)cosponsor01

Predicted vote

Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.

0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

Activity

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  1. 2025-01-06 · cosponsored by Smith, Gregory (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  2. 2025-01-06 · sponsored by Sollman, Janeen (sponsor) · sponsorship
  3. 2025-01-06 · cosponsored by Thatcher, Kim (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  4. 2025-01-06 · cosponsored by Smith, David Brock (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  5. 2025-01-06 · sponsored by Wright, Boomer (sponsor) · sponsorship
  6. 2025-01-06 · sponsored by Gelser Blouin, Sara (sponsor) · sponsorship

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