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SB 1550 Merges Teacher Standards & Practices with DOE

Posted on February 15, 2024 by Donna | 0 Comments

This bill merges the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC) within the Oregon Department of Education (ODE). The proposed cost would be $1.9 million dollars above the cost of what it would take to continue to operate TSPC as a stand-alone agency. There are duplication of work by TSPC and ODE. The merging of the agencies could potentially hinder the…

LC 219 – A bucket list of higher education issues

Posted on January 21, 2024 by Donna | 0 Comments

This bill repeals statutory provisions passed in 2023 in a rush under House Bill 3198 (2023), which establish and implement the Birth Through Five Literacy Plan and grant program. The bill replaces it with programs in search of a problem to solve and switches the focus on higher education transferring authority to committees behind closed doors and third party administrators….

Will Oregon follow California, Washington in banning gas powered car sales?

Posted on September 7, 2022 by BJ | 0 Comments

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced last week that the state would join California in phasing out new gas and diesel car sales by 2035. This has many people talking and wondering if Oregon will be next. Seventeen other states, including Oregon, are now considering following California and Washington’s lead and requiring all new cars, pickups and…

After politicians LOWER graduation standards…drop-outs surge!

Posted on October 31, 2021 by BJ | 2 Comments

In the six previous years that Oregon measured how many of its students entered 10th grade on track, it was never lower than 78.5% — and that group of students went on to post a graduation rate of just 77%, second worst in the country in 2017. In 2020, the share of Oregon high school freshmen who passed enough classes…

SB 1550 Merges Teacher Standards & Practices with DOE

LC 219 – A bucket list of higher education issues

Will Oregon follow California, Washington in banning gas powered car sales?

After politicians LOWER graduation standards…drop-outs surge!

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