ORS § 336.474
As an integral part of the health education curriculum for students in grades 9 through 12, each school district must provide instruction on organ and tissue donation and education. The instruction must be designed to develop a knowledge of the lifesaving potential of organ and tissue donations.
ORS 336.474
336.474 becomes operative July 1, 2025. See section 2, chapter 373, Oregon Laws 2021.
Section 2, chapter 373, Oregon Laws 2021, provides:
Sec. 2. (1) Section 1 of this 2021 Act [336.474] becomes operative on July 1, 2025.
(2)(a) Notwithstanding the operative date set forth in subsection (1) of this section, the State Board of Education, no later than September 1, 2024, shall adopt any health education content standards necessary to enable school district compliance with the requirements of section 1 of this 2021 Act.
(b) Nothing in section 1 of this 2021 Act requires the board to adopt health education content standards for every grade from grade 9 to grade 12 or to increase the number of credits a student must satisfy in health education between grades 9 and 12.
(3)(a) A school district must first offer instruction that meets the health education content standards adopted under subsection (2) of this section no later than the 2025-2026 school year.
(b) Nothing in paragraph (a) of this subsection prevents a school district from first offering instruction that meets the requirements of section 1 of this 2021 Act at any time before the school year set forth in paragraph (a) of this subsection. [2021 c. 373, § 2]