Schools

SB 551 OHA in charge of dispensing firearms info

Posted on April 2, 2023 by dbleiler | 0 Comments

This bill requires school districts to provide specified information related to secure storage of medications and firearms on the district’s website and through communications. It is simple language like this that is used to try to trick the masses. The agency in charge of disseminating that information would be the Oregon Health Authority, which may be appropriate for medication, but…

HB 4034 Expands health care centers to 10 school districts

Posted on March 23, 2022 by BJ

VOTE: NO
Signed into law by Gov Brown
Declared an Emergency

SB 1521 Limits school board authority

Posted on March 17, 2022 by BJ

VOTE: NO
Signed into law by Gov Brown

HB 4099 Racial Equity and Justice Youth Collaborative

Posted on March 4, 2022 by BJ

VOTE: NO
Died in Committee

Pandemic restrictions will be lifted statewide by Wednesday, 6-30-21

Posted on June 26, 2021 by BJ | 0 Comments

Oregon will lift pandemic limits in place for over a year no later than next week, Gov. Kate Brown said Friday. “When Oregon reaches 70% or by Wednesday, June 30, we will lift the safety programs we have relied on and open our economy,” Brown said . When the deadline passes or the goal is met, the county-by-county risk level…

Breese-Iverson introduces bill to ensure full in-person school reopenings this fall

Posted on May 7, 2021 by BJ | 0 Comments

UPDATE: This bill was blocked by Democrats. It would require public schools to provide full-time, in-person classroom instruction for the 2021-22 school year. SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — State Rep. Vikki Breese-Iverson, R-Prineville, introduced a bicameral, bipartisan bill Thursday (May 6, 2021) that would ensure access to full, in-person instruction Oregon students for the 2021-2022 school year. House Bill 3399 would…

Bill to Require More Schoolchildren to Be Vaccinated for Childhood Diseases Called Off Mid-Pandemic

Posted on February 16, 2021 by BJ | 0 Comments

Two years ago, Democrat lawmakers killed a bill to end Oregon’s philosophical exemption to school vaccination requirements, as part of a compromise to end a Republican walkout. This year, a similar bill, Senate Bill 254, is dying before debate gets going. “Oregon is at a critical moment with the implementation of vaccinations for COVID-19, and we have determined this does not make it possible…

2021 Oregon Legislature: Priorities, uncertainties

Posted on January 29, 2021 by BJ | 0 Comments

The 2021 Oregon Legislature is under way at the capitol building in Salem, but this session is far from normal. It is marked by pandemic related issues and restrictions and a $1.7 billion budget shortfall. By far, the top issue is the COVID-19 vaccine, according to Sen. Betsy Johnson. “We have heard both pro and con about the vaccine,” Johnson…