Chair Meek, Vice-Chair McLane, and Members of the Committee, My name is Daniel Hauser, Deputy Director for the Oregon Center
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Chair Dembrow, Vice-Chair Weber, and Members of the Committee, On behalf of the Oregon Center for Public Policy, I respectfully
Underinvestment in Oregon’s education system has left generations of Oregon’s children without the services and support they deserve. The package
As a state we are failing our children by packing them in overcrowded classrooms. Oregon has some of the largest
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