About OSBA
Founded in 1946, OSBA is governed by a member-elected board and serves K-12 public school boards, public charter school boards, education service district boards, community college boards and the State Board of Education. Through legislative advocacy at state and federal levels, board leadership training, employee management assistance and policy, legal and financial services, OSBA helps locally-elected volunteers fulfill their complex public education roles.
Link to us 
Keeping You in the Loop
Updates on OSBA programs, services and actions from OSBA's Executive Director.
President's Post
Updates on OSBA board goals and activities from OSBA's President.
Anne Schuster, Corvallis School Board chair, is the newest member of the OSBA Board of Directors.
OSBA Summer Board Conference - July 13-15, 2012
OLN's Spring Leadership Institute will focus on 'educator quality for equity' as its theme.
President's Post: February 2012 Update from Kris Howatt, OSBA board president
Green, an attorney, lobbyist and Salem-Keizer School Board member, knows the issues and challenges school board members face.
Jim Green, new deputy executive director, and Lonn Hoklin, communications and marketing specialist, join the OSBA staff; and Tricia Yates is now Director of Communications.
Nearly every Oregon school district, ESD and community college is a member of the trust and can be reimbursed for legal costs if criteria are met.
Keeping you in the loop - February 2012 Update from Betsy Miller-Jones
Oregon Department of Education has issued report cards for Special Education and Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education programs.
OSBA seeks student groups to provide entertainment at the OSBA Annual Convention in November in Portland.
NSBA conference presenters shared insight into how federal legislation and court decisons affect public schools and discussed strategies to raise student achievement and save money.
Betsy Miller-Jones, OSBA interim executive director, and Jim Green, deputy executive director, have begun traveling around Oregon to meet with board members and superintendents to gain a better understanding of members' issues and concerns as OSBA reshapes its operations to provide the best possible service.
Updates to OSBA's online achievment compact resource page.
The Budget Committee handbook has been updated and revised and is for sale now.
OSBA's board development specialist presented a workshop at the National School Boards Association conference covering the process of goal setting and strategic planning and building enthusiasm for realizing district goals.
South Coast ESD suffered fire damage and PACE was there to help.
Keeping you in the loop - May 2012 Update from Betsy Miller-Jones
Keeping you in the loop - March 2012 Update from Betsy Miller-Jones
President's Post: March 2012 Update from Kris Howatt, OSBA board president
Keeping you in the loop - April 2012 Update from Betsy Miller-Jones
Your first step in negotiating a new bargaining areement is to analyze your current contract to identify any inconsistencies or illegalities.