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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.
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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.
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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
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Precipitation
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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