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Milliman, Oregon’s actuary, created a greatly simplified illustration of the effects of different rates on paying down the Public Employees Retirement System’s unfunded actuarial liability. The PERS board chose the... Read More

The Oregon State Board of Education adopted rules Thursday for the state’s new “performance growth targets” while expressing skepticism about the support to help schools achieve those targets. The Oregon... Read More

Teacher Amanda Carlton and sophomore Brianna Huggins lead an editorial discussion as the Pacific High School newspaper and yearbook class prepares to put out the April print edition of The... Read More

The June Oregon Economic and Revenue Forecast is a good reminder that state revenue is not the economy. The quarterly report, which came out May 20, shows an economy struggling... Read More

The quarterly Oregon Economic and Revenue Forecast released Wednesday morning told a story of falling wage strength and increasing prices for the majority of Oregonians. Ballot results from Tuesday suggested... Read More

Gov. Tina Kotek announced an executive order aimed at preserving schools’ instructional time. School leaders say the order didn’t factor in logistical and financial issues. (Photo by Jake Arnold, OSBA)... Read More

I’m not going to sugarcoat it: The past 10 days have been frustrating.   The governor’s order on instructional time came with scant warning and far too little input from the people... Read More

PACE Board Chair Dawn Moorefield presented Trustee Emeritus John Rexford with a Legacy of Leadership award on Thursday, April 23, at the PACE Day conference at the Sunriver Resort. (Photo by Lionel Lynner) ... Read More

Gov. Tina Kotek announces her executive order to protect school instructional time to the media while accompanied by (from left) Stand for Children Executive Director Sarah Pope and parent Kate... Read More

The 2026 legislative session started Feb. 2 under a cloud. The 2026 OSBA/COSA Legislative Report shows some of the silver linings but also the potential for more storms. Federal tax... Read More

The Dayville School sits on the top of a hill, overlooking the district’s new home for a teacher on the edge of the campus property. (Photo by Jake Arnold, OSBA)... Read More

Members of the Property and Casualty Coverage for Education board, PACE Administrators Dave Harvey (top right) and Senior PACE Administrative Assistant Emily Welborn (bottom right) formally received AGRiP’s Advisory Standards... Read More

Even though Oregon has a part-time Legislature, it’s a year-around job. As soon as one session ends, legislators start positioning issues for the next one. That effect is particularly pronounced... Read More

The Legislature officially adjourned Friday, March 6, ending a 33-day legislative session that felt like both a marathon and a sprint (or most accurately, like sprinting a marathon). Of 304... Read More

 City Club of Eugene Program Director Eric Dziura introduces the panel on Friday, Feb. 27, to talk about “Effective Public Governance Boards”: (from left) Eugene City Councilor Randy Groves, Eugene... Read More

OSBA focuses on legislation that affects schools, but sometimes unrelated debates in the next hearing room or on the chamber floors ripple through our work. With just a little over... Read More

Protecting public education funding, this session and into the future, is at the top of OSBA’s priorities. Sometimes a bill comes along that tries to pull away school funding for... Read More

The Oregon Capitol is full of dissenting opinions. Such is the nature of democracy. Sometimes, those opinions are expressed through more than just “no” votes. Parliamentary tactics, such as denying... Read More