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Hoppes says schools
could get shortchanged
In late February, Coast Rehabilitation
Services was awarded an Employment
First Grant for $62,000.
The purpose of the grant is to expand
Clatsop County’s capacity to provide indi-
vidual integrated employment services for
individuals with intellectual and devel-
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was one of 12 organizations statewide to
receive such a grant.
The majority of Oregonians with
developmental disabilities are under-
employed or unemployed, despite their
demonstrated ability to become valued
employees.
Some surveys, such as the National
Snapshot of Adults with Intellectual Dis-
abilities in the Labor Force, conducted by
the University of Massachusetts in Bos-
ton, place the unemployment rate as high
as 75 percent.
People with disabilities continue to
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the budget, attended a leg-
islative forum in Astoria in
mid-January, just after her
group’s proposed budget
came out, with the $7.235
billion funding figure for
education.
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Address: 900 Court St NE,
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full-day kindergarten and a
special focus on early learn-
ing and helping kids read
proficiently by third grade.
School leaders said it would
have left schools with bud-
get, staff and program cuts.
School leaders have
pointed to $7.235 billion as
still inadequate; $7.5 billion
as keeping the status quo
with increasing costs and
full-day kindergarten; and
$7.875 billion as an invest-
ment budget that allows dis-
tricts to restore various pro-
grams, electives and student
services.
The Quality Education
Model was created to show
what funding schools needs
to realistically meet the Or-
egon Legislature’s ambi-
tious 40-40-20 goal, created
by Senate Bill 253.
The goal states that by
2025, 40 percent of Orego-
nians will have at least a
bachelor’s degree, 40 per-
cent will have an associate
or career certificate and that
every Oregonian will have
graduated high school.
For the 2013-15, The
Quality Education Model
estimated $8.755 billion as
the proper amount of fund-
ing to reach that goal. For
2015-17, the estimate was
$9.613 billion.
State Sen. Betsy John-
son, a co-vice chairwoman
on the Joint Committee on
Ways and Means crafting
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Moving quickly
“It is the May revenue
forecast that is the north
star against which the final
budget is put together,” said
Johnson at the forum.
Administrators have im-
plored legislators to wait
until the May revenue fore-
cast to decide how schools
should be funded.
In his email to parents,
Hoppes asked them to con-
tact Johnson and state Rep.
Deborah Boone (see box).
Lad
Legislators have talk-
ed about deciding 2015-17
school funding within two
weeks, and their current fig-
ure of $7.235 billion for the
2015-17 biennium means a
reduction for Astoria, said
in obtaining and maintaining integrated
Superintendent Craig Hop-
competitive employment.
pes Wednesday.
Part of Coast Rehabilitation Services’
“The bottom line is this:
mission is to seek and support employ-
State School Funding must
ment opportunities for individuals with
be at least $7.5 billion for
developmental disabilities. This grant will
the 2015-17 biennium and
provide funds to hire and train an employ-
preferably at $7.875 bil-
ment specialist to provide integrated, com-
lion,” wrote Hoppes in a
munity job services for Clatsop County. In
letter emailed March 6 to
addition, the grant will provide Coast the
parents and guardians in
opportunity to further explore high school
the Astoria School District.
transition services to better support young
“Since 2003, the percentage
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of state’s budget allocated
to K-12 education has gone
from 44.8 (percent) down to
39.37 (percent); this is not
acceptable.”
The reduction to $7.235
billion could cost the
Astoria School District
Clatsop County is seeking applicants to ates services and provides a link to the public $220,000, wrote Hoppes,
serve on the Human Services Advisory Com- through advocacy and education.
and it falls $300 million
mittee.
The opening on the committee is for an un- short of covering the addi-
The committee advises the Clatsop County expired term ending in February 2016.
tional costs of full-day kin-
Board of Commissioners on services for lo-
The Board of Commissioners will appoint- dergarten, a state mandate
cal residents with developmental disabilities, ment the member to the position.
as of next year.
mental illness and drug or alcohol addictions.
Application forms are available online at
Administrators
have
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es priorities for publicly funded services and Exchange St., Suite 410, or by calling 503- of about 28,000 addition-
assists in selection of service providers, evalu- 325-1000.
al students will be added
with full-day kindergarten,
which currently is only
funded for a half day.
Superintendent
Mark
ILWACO, Wash. — The from the restrooms at the a Discover Pass for entry Jeffery said the Warren-
GrassRoots Garbage Gang is Waikiki Beach entrance at into the park, can stop by the ton-Hammond School Dis-
holding a community beach 1:45 p.m. The cleanup runs park office near the entrance trict would be all right with
cleanup Sunday at Cape till 4 p.m., and bags will be to get a free volunteer day that funding, but it would
Disappointment’s Benson provided.
pass.
nix his ability to fund any
Beach. The group is meeting
Those who want to par-
For questions, contact improvements. Warrenton
in the parking area across ticipate, but who don’t have Shelly@ourbeach.org
and Knappa school districts
are two that already volun-
tarily offer full-day kinder-
garten.
Clatsop Community Col- and their families can come to pleased to add this modest Vet-
Ascending budgets
lege will hold an opening cer- study, meet with veteran’s ser- eran’s Center in support of our
Ex-Gov. John Kitzhaber’s
emony for its new Veteran’s vices representatives and gath- student-veteran population,”
Center, located in the former er with other veterans. CCC said CCC President Lawrence budget, released in Decem-
ber, included $6.914 bil-
Student Services Building at Board member Paul Gillum is Galizio.
1717 Lexington Ave. in Asto- the main speaker. Josh Corder,
The opening is public, and lion for education, includ-
ria, at 11 a.m. Wednesday.
a nursing student and a veter- light refreshments will be ing $240 million for the
statewide introduction of
The Veteran’s Center is an, will also speak at the event. served.
designed to be a place where
“As a designated Mili-
veterans, active duty military tary-Friendly College, CCC is
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