Note: The amendments to 329.185 by section 30, chapter 631, Oregon Laws 2021, become operative January 1, 2023. See section 64, chapter 631, Oregon Laws 2021. The text that is operative on and after January 1, 2023, is set forth for the user’s convenience.
When the federal Head Start program provides funding for programs for eligible children at or greater than the 1990-1991 per child level, eligibility for the state funded Oregon prekindergarten program shall be expanded to include programs for children whose family income exceeds the federal Head Start limits or who are in an underserved or unserved age category. After determining the increase in income limits or age level that would make children most in need of state programs eligible for them, the Department of Early Learning and Care may direct expenditure of any unexpended or unobligated funds appropriated for the biennium for eligible children to be expended for the additional children considered to be most in need. In the following biennium, the department shall include the cost of any added program for the children most in need in its biennial budget.
Note: 329.185 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 329 by legislative action but was not added to 329.170 to 329.200. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.