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THIS AND THAT:<\/strong><\/p>\n Earlier this morning [Thursday], the Oregon Legislature\u2019s Joint Ways and Means Education Subcommittee passed an $8.2 billion State School Fund bill<\/em>, which will now move to the full Ways and\u00a0Means Committee and could reach the Senate floor as early as next Tuesday. \u00a0<\/span>The bill, SB 5517, includes no new carve-outs of the State School Fund. \u00a0It also splits funding 50-50 between the two years of the biennium.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>This bill does not address Measure 98, but subcommittee members did say that Measure 98 will be funded separately from the State School Fund. \u00a0At this point, how much funding is\u00a0planned for Measure 98 is not clear.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>Subcommittee members encouraged the legislature to continue to work on cost-containment and revenue packages, and said that they hope to add to the $8.2 billion State School\u00a0Fund later in the session. \u00a0Any additions, if they occur, are likely to be added in the second year of the biennium to move SSF funding distribution closer to the traditional 49-51\u00a0biennial split. \u00a0<\/span>Subcommittee members said, with the caveat that nothing is ever certain until the final gavel of the legislative session, that this establishes a likely new $8.2 billion \u201cfloor\u201d for K-12\u00a0funding in 2017-19.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n <\/p>\n REMINDERS:<\/strong><\/p>\n THIS AND THAT: You may be keeping up with the budget news out of Salem (and therefore know what is coming next), but wanted to provide you with some information that Shay communicated to the school board yesterday afternoon: … Continue reading \n
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