Legislators debate tax reform
By Katy Moeller
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(XJRVAl.lJS — (legislators and public adminis
trators proposed various strategies for finding
replacement revenue for the SI 2 billion state bud
get shortfall and for building a broader base of sup
port for tax reform at the annual meeting of the
Association of Oregon faculties Saturday.
The meeting, which was at La Sells Stewart ('.en
ter on the Oregon State University campus, fea
tured speakers Gov Barham Roberts, state Sen
Grattan Kermis, state Sen. Clifford Trow and Nor
ma Panins, superintendent of public, instruction
Roberts, who was received with a standing ova
tion. said, "timing is everything'' on the issue of
tax reform.
"Only when Oregonians understand that the
government is changing and that it will give the
best value for the dollar that we can do, and onlv
when they clearly understand that Measure S will
not allow us to pay for critical servo es will Ore
gonians he ready to support tax reform, she said.
Roberts cited results from the latest poll con
ducted by Associated Oregon Industries as .1 strong
indicator of the lack of understanding among Ore
gonians about the elfei ts of liBlO's Ballot Measure
5.
According to the poll , fewer Oregonians now
believe that Oregon needs some type of revenue
replacement for school funding than it did last
September. The poll also showed that fewer Ore
gonians lielieve that Measure 5 hurt state programs
and local government.
"Perception is everything in the process we re
dealing with," Roberts said.
Roberts said the first responsibility should be
balancing the budget, so it will be clear to Orego
nians what Measure 5 will do.
Reruns, who is vice chairman of the Senate
Ways and Moans Committee, said there was a need
to act on tax reform now, rather than waiting until
after the budget bills are on the governor's desk.
"There's a lack of trust or confidence between
the two chambers about what would happen. We
need to look at how it's going to he staged and
what the agreement would lie.'' he said
Reruns has called for a revenue summit, which
would bring experts together and raise the discus
sion to a higher level
"We need to try and make sure that as »ve do our
work, that the public, understands it in a real way
he said
Paulus said the problem of higher education
funding would Ins solved by finding a stable and
predictable method of paying for kindergarten
through the 12th grade
"Your problem at the university and college lev
el can only be solved if you get me and 530,000
kids out of the General Fund." i’aulus viid
I’aulus disputed the notion that people would,
want to change the tav system if legislators trv to
sell las reform bv linking it with government effi
t iunt y
"It is possible within the next year to have peo
ple change the system if you lie it directly to the
edui ation of their children in elementary and so<
ondarv schools.” she said
Roberts urged the nudient e to educate as mam
people as they could about the effei ts of Measure
5 on hasu. education, higher udui.ation and human
services
One audience member told the governor that he
believed it should he the job of legislators to
spread the word because university faculty are
already being pressed to the limits of their pro
ductivity.
In an interview with the Hnwrald. Roberts said
she did not believe it was unreasonable under the
current budget crunch for teachers to U> required
to teach one additional ( lass |>er year
"The choices are to raise the tuition beyond the
point that students can gel into this institution, to
cut access further, or to cut services to the Uni
versity further." Roberts said
"I don't think those are good alternatives All of
us can reexamine what wo do," she said
University chemistry Professor Paul Kngelking
said that the requirement would not be practical.
"VVe work 5H hours a week. Forty hours a week
are s|>enl on teaching and administration, and the
other 18 am spent on research." he said.
If the University continues a trend of teaching
more and researching less, Engetking said the Uni
versity will no longer l>e an anchor for high-lot h
industry.
Students’ financial need increases
By Debbie Lair
Fat tfa> Oregon Dikiy £ m&rakS
The number of students in
need of financial aid has
increased by IS parr ent in each
ol the past two years, said the
University's director of financial
aid.
The increased student need is
partly a result of ItiOO s Ballot
Measure 5, which has reduced
state funding for the University,
said Ed Vignoul, financial aid
director.
“Congress also ( hanged the
rules on us last summer," Vig
noul said. “More students are eli
gible for financial aid."
Now students are no longer
expected to make a minimum
contribution to help with the cost
of education. "And maybe more
people are shopping for new
schools." Vignoul said.
About $35 million in aid was
dispersed to students last year.
Vignoul said, but this figure does
not count department scholar
ships or the graduate teat lung fel
low program.
Vignoul said the annual cost of
education has increased by about
$3,207 from two years ago to a
$14,577 total for non-resident
undergraduates For resident
undergraduates, the cost increase
from two years ago is $t>75 per
your to a $8,205 total But Vignoul
said the cost for the l<)‘}3-94
school year may still change
The financial aid office
received 1,3‘M more applications
this year for aid by the Mari ti I
deadline for on-time applications
than by the same time last year.
Vignoul said He expects the
financial nul office to receive
more than J5.000 applications
this year.
Vicki iiockes. financial aid
office manager, said University
President Mvles Brand gave
approval to fill a full-time coun
selor position that had remained
unfilled since last August
The earliest the position will
tie fillet! is June. Bockes said. This
will allow a reallocation of the
office's client load to the remain
ing financial aitl counselors in
September, allowing fur a more
reasonable client loud per coun
selor.
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