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Newspaper Page Text2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 2017 Real ID bill heads to state Senate for vote Bill would track grad rates Better tool to measure progress By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau SALEM — A bill await- ing state Senate approval would require public univer- sities to report the number of students from each Oregon high school and their college graduation rates. Legislators said the bill was intended to acceler- ate reporting information that should have been part of a state initiative to set up a statewide data system to track students’ progress from preschool to postsecondary school. The information is important for school ofﬁ - cials to gauge how they are doing in preparing pupils for college, said state Rep. Mark Johnson, R-Hood River, the chief sponsor of the bill. The data also could help state education ofﬁ cials and law- makers understand where they need to invest money and time to improve the state’s high school gradua- tion rate, which is one of the lowest in the nation. “There are national data that track student enrollment. We know how many are enrolling (in Oregon public postsecondary institutions), but we can’t trace them back to the school of origin here in Oregon,” Johnson said last month. “How are those students matriculating through the system? Where do they do well? Where do they have roadblocks?” The House of Representa- tives and Senate both passed the bill unanimously. But changes during a conference committee to reconcile dif- ferences in the two versions of the bill still need approval. The House checked off on those changes Monday. The Senate is scheduled to vote on the changes today . ‘Seamless system’ Gov. Kate Brown , who holds the title of state schools chief, has identiﬁ ed “a seam- less system of education from cradle to career” as one of her priorities. Yet the lon- gitudinal data system, a proj- ect of the Chief Education Ofﬁ ce, has not been com- pleted in the past several years. “The longitudinal data system has been promised to us since 2011,” Johnson said. “It’s still not up and running.” During a Senate debate on the bill in May , Sen. Betsy Johnson, D-Scappoose, asked why a bill was neces- sary to facilitate information sharing between education agencies. “With our current appall- ing graduation rate and all of the money we’ve spent on this longitudinal data system, why does the Legislature have to pass a bill to achieve cooperative data sharing between the Department of Education, school districts and HECC (Higher Educa- tion Coordinating Commis- sion)?” Sen. Johnson asked. The clearinghouse of data the Oregon Department of Education uses to pro- vide graduation information lacks the students’ originat- ing districts, said Sen. Arnie Roblan, D-Coos Bay. “This doesn’t allow us to make the comparisons across the state about how our stu- dents are being prepared,” Roblan said last month. Postsecondary institu- tions will be required to report students’ originat- ing district and graduation rates to the Higher Educa- tion Coordinating Commis- sion. The commission , in turn, will share that informa- tion with the Department of Education , which will share it with individual school dis- tricts, Roblan said. A commission spokes- woman said higher education institutions would be able to comply with the rules, if the bill is signed into law. The Department of Education was neutral on the bill, said a spokeswoman for the K-12 department. “This could be accom- plished by the long-awaited longitudinal data system, but that is not yet completed,” Roblan said. WEDNESDAY 62 54 Considerable cloudiness A shower in the a.m., then a little rain ALMANAC About $6.5 million for the longitudinal data sys- tem was approved during the 2016 legislative session, state Chief Education Ofﬁ cer Lindsey Capps said. The project kicked off in July with an 18-month sched- ule and is scheduled for com- pletion by the end of the year , Capps wrote in an email . The system was origi- nally conceived as a proj- ect of the now defunct Ore- gon Education Innovation Board, launched by Gov. John Kitzhaber, Rep. John- son said. The system will include data from the Department of Education , Higher Education Coordinating Commission , the Early Learning Division and the Oregon Employment Department and will pro- vide “a comprehensive view of aggregated history from K-20 into the workforce,” Capps wrote. The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Media Group and Pamplin Media Group. Cloudy New First June 23 Salem 46/70 Newport 44/58 Coos Bay 46/62 Full June 30 July 8 La Grande 38/70 Baker 33/70 Ontario 44/77 Burns 31/70 Roseburg 47/73 Klamath Falls 34/71 TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 11:20 a.m. 11:40 p.m. Low -0.2 ft. 2.9 ft. REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 64 63 60 64 58 66 74 63 58 61 Today Lo 33 37 48 43 50 34 47 46 44 47 W s pc s pc c s s c c pc Hi 70 69 60 69 59 71 78 68 58 63 Wed. Lo 40 45 50 49 52 41 53 50 49 51 W pc c pc c c s pc c c c City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 62 66 65 68 64 58 70 64 63 75 Today Lo 45 43 51 47 46 48 46 44 49 42 W c pc c pc c r pc pc c pc Hi 66 70 69 73 70 60 67 71 68 75 Wed. Lo 49 50 54 52 51 52 49 48 54 49 W c pc c pc c c pc c c c TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES W t pc pc s s t s s t t s s s t t t t s s s t r pc c s Wed. Hi Lo 88 73 71 57 91 72 84 53 92 68 83 67 102 73 68 40 85 72 90 71 86 69 98 74 83 62 91 77 88 78 92 72 86 75 80 60 92 73 85 63 94 75 79 59 69 54 67 52 87 67 Physical Harassment • At 2:13 p.m. Friday, Thomas Owen Mizell, 48, of Astoria, was arrested by the Astoria Police Department on the 300 block of West Marine Drive for physical harassment and strangulation. During a domestic argument, Mizell allegedly grabbed a woman by her throat and shoved her against the wall. She was found with redness and scratches around her neck. Assault • At 1:05 a.m. Saturday, Corey Conklin, 38, of Seaside, was arrested by the Seaside Police Department on the 800 block of Necanicum Drive for fourth-degree assault follow- ing a domestic argument. of North Holladay Drive for DUII, interfering with a police ofﬁ cer and resisting arrest. His blood alcohol content was 0.12 percent. • At 1:58 a.m. Sunday, Christopher Young Bokor, 26, of Astoria, was arrested by the Astoria Police Depart- ment on Eighth Street near Marine Drive for DUII, reck- less driving and unautho- rized use of a motor vehicle. 911 callers reported their car, which matched the descrip- tion of the one Bokor was driving, had been taken from their barn the previous night. Bokor allegedly told an ofﬁ cer he may have taken the wrong vehicle. He allegedly had drugs in his system. PUBLIC MEETINGS Lakeview 35/74 Ashland 44/76 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Hi 87 91 90 80 96 89 97 64 86 90 91 90 80 90 89 91 84 94 92 97 96 72 69 63 94 John Day 39/71 Bend 37/69 Medford 47/78 Tonight's Sky: Albireo is a double star consisting of a brighter yellow star and a fainter blue star. Today Lo 70 63 74 50 76 68 69 42 72 73 75 70 60 75 79 72 75 70 73 74 78 52 53 50 76 Prineville 36/72 Lebanon 45/71 Brookings 46/61 UNDER THE SKY High 8.1 ft. 7.2 ft. Pendleton 43/70 The Dalles 49/76 Portland 51/69 Eugene 43/69 Sunset tonight ........................... 9:08 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday .................... 5:23 a.m. Moonrise today .................................. none Moonset today ............................ 9:15 a.m. City Atlanta Boston Chicago Denver Des Moines Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Honolulu Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Memphis Miami Nashville New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Philadelphia St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC Mostly cloudy with a couple of showers Tillamook 45/61 SUN AND MOON Time 4:23 a.m. 6:08 p.m. 62 49 Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 47/62 Precipitation Monday ............................................ 0.02" Month to date ................................... 0.97" Normal month to date ....................... 1.21" Year to date .................................... 48.10" Normal year to date ........................ 34.57" June 17 60 51 DUII • At 8:43 p.m. Friday, Joshua Mychal Edwards, 26, of Longview, Washington, was arrested by the Warrenton Police Department on Ridge Road near Camp Kiwani long Road for driving under the inﬂ uence of intoxicants and refusing to take a breath test. • At 10:11 p.m. Friday, Adam Joseph Lamie, 22, of Astoria, was arrested by the Warrenton Police Department on Southeast Ensign lane near U.S. Highway 101 for DUII. His blood alcohol content was 0.18 percent. • At 11:54 p.m. Friday, Har- old Cox, 60, of Seaside, was arrested by the Seaside Police Department on the 800 block ON THE RECORD SATURDAY REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Monday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 59°/51° Normal high/low ........................... 63°/50° Record high ............................ 82° in 2002 Record low ............................. 39° in 1949 Last FRIDAY 62 51 47 Mostly cloudy THURSDAY SALEM — Oregon law- makers have advanced a pro- posal that would allow the state to issue state driver’s licenses and identiﬁ cation cards in compliance with fed- eral standards borne after the 9/11 attacks beginning in the next three years. Senate Bill 374 passed on Monday out of a subcommittee with unanimous support and now heads to the Joint Ways and Means committee before it can go to the Senate ﬂ oor. Even if the proposal ulti- mately becomes law, residents thinking about booking ﬂ ights for next year’s family vacation or work trips still might con- sider getting their passports updated beforehand if need be. In January, the Transporta- tion Security Administration will begin enforcing the fed- eral 2005 Real ID Act at U.S. airports, meaning state-issued IDs that aren’t in compliance or don’t have a special exten- sion will be useless for domes- tic travel, requiring travelers to instead use their passports or some other alternative. Oregon’s third federal extension expired last week and is now in a grace period until July 10, buying a little more time for entering cer- tain federal buildings or mil- itary bases where the Real ID law is also enforced. Pas- sage of a Real ID law like SB 374 had usually be enough to help the state secure another extension. Now noncompliant states may no longer get a break, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly recently told Congress. “We are somewhat con- cerned by comments made by the Secretary of Home- land Security to Congress last week, which would tend to indicate somewhat less con- ﬁ dence that we would be granted extensions, even with passage of a bill,” Amy Joyce, legislative liaison for the Ore- gon Department of Transpor- tation, told the Transportation and Economic Development Subcommittee on Monday. “He intends to make a deci- sion this week regarding addi- tional extensions, so time is of the essence.” About half the country is now in compliance with the federal law, meaning those residents have until Oct. 21, 2020, before being required to show the REAL ID compliant identiﬁ cation. By KRISTENA HANSEN Associated Press Scheduled for completion FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT Tougher federal enforcement starts in January hearing followed by regular meeting, main ﬁ re station, 34571 Highway 101 Business. TUESDAY Cannon Beach City Council, 5:30 p.m., work session, City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. Warrenton City Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave. Clatsop Community College Board, 6:30 p.m., budget hear- ing, regular meeting afterward, Columbia Hall Room 219. Lewis & Clark Fire Depart- ment Board, 7 p.m., budget WEDNESDAY Astoria City Council, 9 a.m., work session on Advance Asto- ria, City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Clatsop Soil and Water Conservation District Board, 10 a.m., second ﬂ oor, Room 207, Astoria Post Oﬃ ce, 750 Commercial St. Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W t s t s t pc s pc t t t s s pc pc t sh s pc pc t s pc c t CORRECTION LOTTERIES Wrong location, witness — A standoff between Seaside Police and Shaun Scarborough took place at an apartment on South Columbia Street. A story on 2A on June 5 described the wrong location. Neighbors reported Scarborough had been driving recklessly. The story incorrectly said Scarbor- ough’s father said he was driving recklessly. BIRTH June 4, 2017 DOWNES, Emily and James, of Gearhart, a girl, Evelyn Jay Downes, born at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Asto- ria. Grandparents are Glen and Lori Maiden of Gearhart, Toby and Donna Downes of Murphy and Bill and Tracy Rat- ledge of Sutherlin. Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. DEATH June 13, 2017 BUCKMAN, Donna Mae, 72, of Astoria, died in Astoria. Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. APPLIANCE PACKAGE DEALS 529 SE MARLIN, WARRENTON 503-861-0929 O VER Mattresses, Furniture 3 A 0 RS YE TSOP C LA U Y C O NT & More! OREGON Monday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 0-8-2-8 4 p.m.: 9-7-5-9 7 p.m.: 6-6-9-4 10 p.m.: 8-6-9-7 Monday’s Megabucks: 11-20- 25-27-30-36 Estimated jackpot: $1.2 million WASHINGTON Monday’s Daily Game: 4-8-2 Monday’s Hit 5: 12-15-23- 27-35 Estimated jackpot: $270,000 Monday’s Keno: 02-03-04-10- 14-33-34-35-38-46-48-54-56- 62-69-71-73-74-77-79 Monday’s Lotto: 16-22-26-34- 39-41 Estimated jackpot: $8.2 million Monday’s Match 4: 04-07- 09-22 OBITUARY POLICY APPLIANCE AND HOME FURNISHINGS IN Clatsop County Board of Commissioners, 6 p.m., Guy Boyington Building, 857 Com- mercial St. Astoria School Board, 6:15 p.m., study session, 7:30 p.m., regular meeting, Capt. Robert Gray School third-ﬂ oor board- room, 785 Alameda Ave. Wickiup Water District Board, 6:30 p.m., 92648 Svensen Mar- ket Road, Svensen. HOURS OPEN: MON-FRI 8-6 • SATURDAY 9-5 • SUNDAY 10-4 We Service What We Sell The Daily Astorian publishes paid obituaries. The obituary can include a small photo and, for veterans, a ﬂ ag symbol at no charge. The deadline for all obituaries is 9 a.m. the business day prior. The Daily Astorian Established July 1, 1873 (USPS 035-000) Published daily, except Saturday and Sunday, by EO Media Group, 949 Exchange St., PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103 Telephone 503- 325-3211, 800-781-3211 or Fax 503-325-6573. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Astorian, PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103-0210 www.dailyastorian.com MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all the local news printed in this newspaper. SUBSCRIBER TO THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE MEMBER CERTIFIED AUDIT OF CIRCULATIONS, INC. 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