SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

February 6, 2003 Hearing Room C

3:00 PM Tapes 11-12

MEMBERS PRESENT: Sen. Charles Starr, Chair

Sen. Ryan Deckert, Vice-Chair

Sen. Bill Morrisette

MEMBER EXCUSED: Sen. Ted Ferrioli

STAFF PRESENT: Jan McComb, Committee Administrator

Romy Dye, Committee Assistant

MEASURE/ISSUES HEARD: Informational Meeting:

Oregon University System (OUS) legislative agenda

These minutes are in compliance with Senate and House Rules. Only text enclosed in quotation marks reports a speaker’s exact words. For complete contents, please refer to the tapes.

TAPE/#	Speaker	Comments
TAPE 11, A
005	Chair Starr	Calls the committee to order at 3:08 PM. Opens an informational meeting.
INFORMATIONAL MEETING Oregon University System Legislative Agenda
014	Richard Jarvis	Chancellor, Oregon University System (OUS). Provides overview of presentation (EXHIBIT A).
046	Jarvis	Discusses increasing enrollment.
047	Sen. Deckert	Asks question about research done on the generation in the early 90’s who either did not show up or were coasted out of the system.
050	Jarvis	Responds there is a cost factor and the word got out that quality was being stressed and institutions were eroding in the quality that they had achieved.
070	Jarvis	Discusses decline in state funding for education: · Oregon opportunity grant · Maintenance and replacement have been deferred too long
100	Jarvis	Discusses accountability and performance measurement strength.
110	Jarvis	Discusses key performance measures and indicators.
112	Sen. Morrisette	Asks whether money is going to be set aside to even things out.
125	Jarvis	Answers they will try to have money set aside.
128	Sen. Morrisette	Comments that money should be set aside especially when bad times arise.
140	Jarvis	Agrees.
142	Jarvis	Discusses Oregon University System serving the state.
180	Jarvis	Discusses increasing enrollment with OUS from 1989-2010.
200	Jarvis	Discusses demand drivers for enrollment.
235	Chair Starr	Comments positively on system.
244	Jarvis	Responds in agreement; elaborates.
250	Sen. Morrisette	Asks about competing in the market.
267	Jarvis	Responds they are competing in the market and would like to even more.
284	Jarvis	Discusses the Resource Allocation Model and its components.
325	Jarvis	Discusses Oregon University System peer groups.
330	Jarvis	Comments on the quality funding index and its recent history.
347	Sen. Deckert	Asks about rationale for setting sights of 20% below the median of peers.
360	Jarvis	Responds with an example.
386	Sen. Morrisette	Asks question about a new model in 1999 that was supposed to be funded and did not get funding.
387	Grattan Kerans	Director of Government Relations, OUS. Discusses stability and hope for the future.
TAPE 12, A
005	Jarvis	Elaborates. Explains growing demand while quality funding index declines. Discusses quality funding index and OUS funding targets.
031	Jarvis	Discusses OUS productivity in the 1990s and last biennium.
036	Jarvis	Discusses access denied.
060	Jarvis	Describes tuition and fee rates from 1980-2002.
065	Jarvis	Discusses why there was an “F” on affordability for college cost in Oregon.
074	Jarvis	Discusses the need of a new deal and investment components: · State support · Student tuition · Institutional efficiencies
140	Jarvis	Discusses hope of return on investment in the deal.
158	Jarvis	Discusses the positive things the deal delivers.
160	Jarvis	Explains the needs of support for various things.
176	Jarvis	Discusses access, quality and other core values.
188	Sen. Morrisette	Asks about impact on student tuition rates.
190	Jarvis	Responds with wanting to have authority for setting the tuition allocated to the State Board.
200	Sen. Morrisette	Asks whether legislature will give up the review process.
205	Jarvis	Elaborates control is not given up.
208	Sen. Deckert	Comments on global economy and Pacific Rim to compete. Asks question about successes and future direction.
250	Jarvis	Discusses with personal commitment wanting more connection than in the past.
293	Sen. Deckert	Comments with a concern regarding job of Chancellor.
312	Jarvis	Responds that Chancellor can be on top of everything with a busy job and being in different places successfully.
360	Sen. Morrisette	Comments in appreciation of presentation.
390	Chair Starr	Closes informational meeting and adjourns the committee meeting at 4:02 PM.

EXHIBIT SUMMARY

A – Informational, written report, Richard Jarvis, 33 pp