Oregon's House Bill 3365, which seeks to support climate change education in the Beaver State, passed the House of Representatives on a 32-23 vote on April 17, 2025.
If enacted, the bill would require the state board of education to "ensure that the academic content standards for core subjects include sufficient instruction on the causes and effects of climate change and strategies for mitigating, adapting to and strengthening community resilience to such causes and effects" during its regular review and revision of curriculum goals, performance indicators, and diploma requirements.
As originally introduced, the bill would have required the state's academic content standards to "include an interdisciplinary approach to sustainability and climate change across all subjects for which academic content standards are established," but the bill was substantially amended while it was in the House Committee on Education, which recommended its passage as amended on April 11, 2025.
The bill was drafted by Oregon Educators for Climate Education and sponsored by Lisa Fragala (D-District 8) and Sarah Finger McDonald (D-District 16).
