HB 3200 Funding for (Race Diversity) Student Success

This bill seeks $10,000,000 from the state’s corporate activities tax to the scholarship program for culturally and linguistically diverse teacher candidates. Oregon revised statute 342.433’s constitutionally problematic definition of “diverse” to include specific racial groups has led to the dismantling of one state program and an amendment to at least one bill over constitutional concerns. The bill received a hearing in…

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HB 3006 Higher Ed grants based on race

HB 3006 would allow the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to award grants to school leader candidates based on race. Per the bill’s “Summary”: Digest: The Act would create ways to increase diversity in the education workforce in the state. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Department of Education for various purposes related to increasing the representation of marginalized populations…

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HB 3030 Scholarships based on race

HB 3030 would give money (scholarships) to future school leaders based on their race, where their family is from, or what language they first spoke. This is not fair. Every person—no matter their background—should have the same chance to get help with school costs. [Testimony from Rep. Yunker] Oregon already tried a similar program before. A teacher named Tyler Lynn,…

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