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Legislators heard Wednesday, May 14, that they will have $798 million less in net General Fund and lottery revenue in 2025-27 than they thought they had three months ago. “There... Read More

Bethel fourth grader SofÌa Vasquez shared her story of how a summer program helped her become an avid reader at the ceremonial signing April 30 in the Oregon State Library... Read More

Trying to figure out how much a bill will cost schools can sometimes be like trying to count how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. For... Read More

More bills will come to a timely end today, May 9, the “second chamber work session posting deadline.” Bills in policy committees must be posted to a future agenda by... Read More

A Republican plan to fund private school vouchers is being considered as part of federal budget talks going on now. Critics say it has the potential to be an unregulated... Read More

School board members are rightly focused on public education for student success and all the legislation swirling around it. But school boards are also governmental entities that must follow state... Read More

Things have felt a bit quieter in the Capitol in the weeks following the first chamber deadline. Many bills have gone off to wait silently in the Joint Ways and... Read More

A major factor in OSBA’s strength as an advocacy association comes in being able to connect legislators with school board members. Our members can tell legislators the real stories of... Read More

It’s a week full of opportunities for members to engage with OSBA and the legislative process. OSBA held its Advocacy Day (see Adrienne’s column) on Thursday, April 24, and the... Read More

Some of Oregon’s school buses travel no more than a few miles a day in densely packed urban areas. Some of Oregon’s school buses travel a hundred miles or more... Read More

The Legislature’s pace ebbs and flows, and this week was a bit calmer on the committee front. The first committee deadline is behind us, and the emphasis is on chamber... Read More

The Oregon Department of Education is planning now for an expected 2025-27 Summer Learning Grant program. ODE will hold an informational one-hour webinar at 9 a.m. Friday, April 18. House... Read More

We are in the lull before the next storm. The April 9 deadline to move bills out of policy committees marks roughly the halfway-point of the 2025 legislative session. It... Read More

One of the biggest issues to make it past the Legislature’s April 9 process deadline was the governor’s accountability bills, House Bill 2009 and Senate Bill 141. Only one bill... Read More

U.S. Department of Education Seeks Assurances of FERPA Compliance The U.S. Department of Education’s Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO) issued on Friday, March 28, a letter that served as the... Read More

Detective Michael Johnson (ret.) said he wouldn’t let his audience at Thursday’s PACE Day at the Sunriver Resort turn a blind eye to sex abuse because they have to see... Read More

Our nation is struggling to define what it means to serve all students. Oregon has joined the states standing up for the rule of law so that schools can serve all their... Read More

We understand school leaders are concerned about the federal government’s latest communication, but we don’t want anyone to take any rash actions before we know more.   The U.S. Department... Read More