NOVEMBER 3, 2017, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A9
SKSD,
continued from Page A1
an investigation, it does
not apply to mandatory
reporting.
“The slide says don't
worry about that, the district
attorney will worry about
that and I think that's just
wrong, you have to have
reasonable cause to believe
a crime was committed,”
Harris said.
Harris also took issue
with the district's assertion
that teachers are required
to report when their own
children talk with them
about sex-related topics.
“Parents, even teacher-
parents, have constitutional
rights to teach their children
and that certainly includes
talking about sex. To suggest
you have to report those
conversations is incorrect,”
Harris said. “I doubt very
seriously that the legislature
intended for parent-teachers
to report their children. I
doubt very seriously that the
legislature intended for a kid
who has been kicked out of
his home by a parent to be
turned in rather than the
parent.”
Even if a parent gave
their student permission to
talk with teachers about the
issues covered under the new
guidelines, it wouldn't protect
teachers from the mandatory
reporting
requirements,
Harris said.
In an interview last week,
SKSD spokesperson Lillian
Govus said it likely wasn't
intended for teachers to
report conversations with
their own children, but that
it wasn't up to the district to
interpret the intent of the
law.
“We just did the training
because we believe it's a
clarifi cation of the law and
we're not asking teachers to
go out and fi nd out if kids are
having sexual intercourse,”
said SKSD Superintendent
Christy Perry.
Still, Harris contended
that the effects of the
new guidelines contradict
accepted best practices.
“What is the sense in
setting up a policy saying we
don't want children talking
to teachers? It's really, really
sad and it's contrary to what
everyone says would be best
practices. The teachers are in
the position of having this
edict. Even if they are willing
to defy it, it will have chilling
effect on the students,” Harris
said.
She saw the free speech
angle as something of a red
herring, but added that the
courts have frequently found
that children have the same
speech and privacy rights as
adults, but that the “contours
and boundaries” are different
depending on the situation.
She said it would be hard
for teachers or students to
fi ght the new guidelines in
a one-on-one basis, but that
a larger entity could seek
additional clarifi cation of
the mandatory reporting
guidelines.
“An organization like the
teacher's union could ask the
attorney general's offi ce for
an opinion on this,” Harris
said.
Keizertimes contacted the
president of the Salem Keizer
Education Association, the
teachers' union, regarding
whether the union planned
to address this issue in
upcoming meetings, or if
it had any comment on the
new policy. No response was
received by press time.
POT,
continued from Page A1
the third quarter, Keizer sales
amounted to $12,917.43 in lo-
cal taxes. The city also receives a
share of the state taxes collected
on recreational pot and that to-
taled to $110,361.65. The share
of the state tax actually cov-
ered 18 months of sales, from
January 2016 to June of 2017,
which means the amount will
likely drop moving forward.
“It will probably be closer to
$65,000 in the coming years,”
Wood said.
The amount Keizer receives
from the state taxes is based on
population. The lion's share of
the state tax, 40 percent, goes
into the state school fund, an-
other 20 percent goes into
mental health, alcoholism and
drug services, 15 percent is
dedicated to the Oregon State
FIRE,
continued from Page A1
Hoerauf
started
the
GoFundMe page on Saturday,
Oct. 28 and has raised more
than $7,500. Along with money,
Police and 5 percent is used for
drug treatment and prevention
programs through the Oregon
Health Authority. The state has
collected almost $85 million in
weed taxes since the beginning
of the year.
Prior to the start of the
2017-18 fi scal year, Wood
projected the city would col-
lect about $180,000. Now that
some hard numbers are avail-
able, he expects it to be some-
where in the range of $165,000
to $170,000.
“I looked at the Colorado
and Washington history and
made an estimate regarding an-
nual sales and took 3 percent of
that number,” Wood said.
The state collects the Keizer
tax in addition to the state tax
to avoid the additional costs
it would have created at City
Hall. Because marijuana retail
sales are an all-cash business, it
means that taxes would also be
paid in cash.
“If we had someone come
in with several thousand dol-
lars in cash, we would have
to come up with a process for
storing it and getting it to the
bank and start worrying about
robberies,” Wood said.
Since the money was al-
ready included in the budget
for this fi scal year, most of it
is already spoken for. The tax
revenue becomes part of the
general fund which pays for
things like health insurance and
PERS benefi ts, but roughly 70
percent of the fund is used for
police services.
While recreational sales of
marijuana walk a fi ne line be-
tween state and federal regula-
tion, Wood said all his interac-
tions with the fi ve dispensaries
in Keizer have been positive.
“They've been very profes-
sional and want to be good
citizens,” Wood said.
the family is accepting clothing.
One girl wears size 14/16
and shoe size 4. One boy wears
size 6/7 and shoe size 1. The
2-year-old girl and 2-year-old
boy wear clothes size 3T and
shoes size toddler 7. The mom
wears clothes size 4XL and
shoe size 12. They are looking
for size 5 diapers or pullups.
Donations are also being
accepted at Weddle Elementary
School.
“I couldn’t do more to save
them so me and my husband
feel that this is what we can do
to help them more,” Hoerauf
said.
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