Scholarships! Article VII of the
Oregon State Constitution
Section 8. Adequate and Equitable Funding. (1) The
Legislative Assembly shall appropriate in each biennium a sum of money
sufficient to ensure that the state's system of public education meets
quality goals established by law, and publish a report that either
demonstrates the appropriation is sufficient, or identifies the reasons for
the insufficiency, its extent, and its impact on the ability of the state's
system of public education to meet those goals.
On January 10, 2005, the Oregon Quality Education Commission (QEC) released its 2004 report indicating our state legislature has failed to do its duty. www.schoolfunding.info/ news/policy/
Whereas, the
Oregon School Funding Defense Foundation finds that the Oregon state
constitution requires that the legislature adequately fund schools; and
Whereas, the Oregon Quality Education Commission has determined that
the legislative appropriations for education are insufficient; and
Whereas, Oregon is steadily decreasing funding for college and
university education, with student tuition dollars being used for an
increasing share of operating revenues; and
Whereas, as a result of increased tuition, students are being forced either to assume higher and higher debt loads or to put off their pursuit of higher education; and
Whereas,
having an educated populace is a social and community good, and should be
supported primarily through public resources; and
Whereas, AFT-Oregon is committed to providing Oregonians with access
to high-quality higher education; therefore,
Be It Resolved, that AFT-Oregon will seek out and support candidates
for the legislature and governor who are committed to keeping higher
education affordable; and
Be It Further Resolved, that AFT-Oregon will advocate or legislation,
funding packages, and ballot initiatives, that will restore affordable
higher education; and
Be It Finally Resolved, that AFT-Oregon will submit this resolution
to its affiliates for adoption by those bodies.
(source: nickbudnick@portlandtribune.com)
A group called the Oregon School Funding Defense Foundation has been formed to sue the state for not adequately funding the public school system in the manner ...
Coos Bay World, OR -
... suburban and urban districts, from both sides of the Cascades, said Kathryn Firestone, who heads the Oregon School Funding Defense Foundation, a nonprofit ...
Address: PO Box 3175, Eugene 97403-0175
Phone: 541-346-5795 Fax: 541-346-5764
Web: www.ous.edu Records Officer E-mail: Jim Mullen
The governor appoints the 11 board members, subject to senate confirmation. Nine members are appointed for four-year terms, and two OUS students are appointed for two-year terms. The State Board of Higher Education, operating under ORS Chapter 351, appoints a chancellor as chief executive officer; establishes system-wide policy; sets institutional guidelines; approves curricular programs; reviews and approves budgets; and manages property and investments.
Members:
Henry Lorenzen, President, Pendleton, 2007; Kirby Dyess, Vice
President, Eugene, 2008; Dr. Geri Richmond, Eugene (Ex Officio); Donald W.
Blair, Beaverton, 2008; Bridget Burns, Eugene, 2005; Adriana Mendoza, La
Grande, 2005; Tim Nesbitt, Salem, 2008; Dr. Gretchen S. Schuette, Salem,
2008; Howard F. Sohn, Roseburg, 2005; Tony Van Vliet, Corvallis, 2005; John
E. von Schlegell, Portland
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