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Member NASD/SIPC 743 Country Club Road, Eugene, OR 97401 Email: invest@carterandcarter.com Schools prepare for budget cuts ■ FUNDS: Measure 47 leaves community colleges unable to raise funds with local bonds or tuition increases The Associated Press PORTLAND — All but one of Oregon’s 17 community colleges are weighing cutbacks as they brace for budget cuts related to Oregon’s new property tax law. Portland Community College, the state’s largest, with 35,000 stu dents, announced plans Friday to cut $2.9 million from its $87 mil lion annual budget. Most of the cuts would be in administration and support ser vices, largely sparing classrooms. Still, 44 of 1,014 jobs face elimina tion, most through layoffs. Only Roseburg’s Umpqua com munity College, with 2,900 stu dents, remained upbeat. “We battened down the hatch es long ago,” said spokeswoman Sonia Wright. Portland Community College f President Dan Moriarty described his proposed cuts as a best case scenario. “This assumes the governor’s budget makes it through the gant let, and I’m not sure that will hap pen,” he said. “There are a lot of ifs out there.” Gov. John Kitzhaber’s proposed budget replaces the $36 million in property taxes that community colleges could lose under Mea sure 47. The colleges are planning for cuts because the new law also prohibits schools from using bonds to pay for maintenance and restricts their freedom to raise tu ition. “Some colleges are preparing fairly detailed plans if budget cuts come; others aren’t looking at it in such detail yet,” said Alan Contr eras, spokesman for the Oregon Community College Association. “There are still loads of ques tions.” At Rogue Community College in Grants Pass, officials have tak en steps so they could raise tu ition from $35 a credit to as much as $1,000. Measure 47 might legally block them from doing so, but officials say it’s an option. Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham expects at least $1.2 million in cuts. Clackamas Community College in Oregon City plans a bit of trim ming, but a spokeswoman said jobs and academics won’t be touched. Moriarty of Portland Communi ty College said his proposed cuts probably would have happened anyway, but Measure 47 forced the issue. Most of the cuts come by slashing administration — the office of the vice president for ed ucational services is being elimi nated, for example — or trimming around the edges, such as reduc ing campus mail service from twice to once daily. Despite cuts, the college plans to add 10.5 full-time teaching po sitions next year. Grant: Researchers hope students will not be used as learning guinea pigs ■ Continued from Page 1 lishers who create the materials and with the law makers who set the standards," said Edward J. Kameenui, NCITE associate director and Univer sity professor of special education. NCITE researchers work with government agencies at the local, state and federal levels to im prove the quality of textbooks and other educa tional tools. The center forms partnerships with teacher unions, research organizations, profes sional education associations and certifying agen cies to accomplish its objectives. NCITE researchers also aid education officials in Virginia to set higher standards for testing ma terial used to teach students. The research center works with officials in Washington, California and Texas to explore better ways to teach begin ning reading. The center, along with several private founda tions, is planning a national meeting this fall on the role of educational research in establishing testing standards and accountability. n Wt&i « Mr 8W8 gBy aSssS 4H§ '11SI; %%&%' \fy': w&fc. wok; !$%&***'* «§?&, W »§8I y&iiip'' ^iBiiy'tSHRi WKmW***11** -me- ?%£ <m, ^:' ^ J& x>s-; ,20 &M S|5k $|gg wg £gg ggSB sh W «r Jn am H W raHT H In Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. January 14-16, 1997 Tuesday, January 14 4:00 p.m. Candlelight March and Reading of "I Have a Dream" EMU Courtyard Wednesday, January 15 10:00-11:30 a.m. Welcoming Remarks UO President Frohnmayer Ballroom, EMU Panel Presentation Ballroom, EMU • "Realizing the Dream: How Far Have We Come?" Moderator: Jan Oliver, UO Assistant Vice President for Institutional Affairs • Social Issues: Brotherhood and the Community Alidees Beckham, Pastor, St. Marks Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Eugene • Affirmative Action, Proposition #209: What Does It Mean for Oregonians? Raleigh Lewis, Director, Affirmative Action, Office of the Governor, Salem • Equal Opportunity in Education: A System Perspective Shirley Clark, Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs, OSSHE 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Workshop/Discussion Breakout Groups EMU Cedar Room A-F • A. Social Issues: Brotherhood and the Community • B. Affirmative Action, Proposition #209: What Does It Mean for Oregonians? • C. Equal Opportunity in Education: /4 System Perspective 12:30-1:00 p.m. Reception Gumwood Room, EMU Thursday, January 16 1:00-2:00 p.m. Jazz, Gospel, and Pop: Sharing or Exploitation-A Dialogue and Performance Beall Hall Ed Coleman, John Gainer, Steve Valdez
