Resources
Budget and Finance
OSBA sponsors a variety of programs designed to help school districts with financial issues:
Solveras 
- check recovery,
TANPool - pooled short-term borrowing,
PaySchools - online payment processing,
FlexFund - financing through non-voted debt and
PACE - Property and Casualty Coverage for Education.
This free service returns funds to your districts budget by electronically recovering bad checks and direct depositing those funds to your bank account.
We are a strong voice for public education
Learn from Gresham-Barlow School District how to engage your community in setting budgeting priorities.
OSBA Legislative Policy Committee's policies and priorities for the 2011 legislative session.
Resources for bond and local option elections, including campaign information. School district, ESD and community college bond and local option elections and results.
Coalition charts
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Budget and Finance Publications
Budget committees are a key part of a district's decision-making process. Although most school funding now comes from the state, the function of your local budget committee has not changed. This eight-page handbook, written by OSBA staff, explains the committee's duties and responsibilities.
A guide to sample modification language for commonly used AIA model construction contracts.
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Budget and Finance Related Links
Oregon - Statewide union for affiliated locals of the American Federation of Teachers.
AFT represents the economic, social and professional interests of classroom teachers. It is an affiliated international union of the AFL-CIO.
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