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Page 2A NORTHWEST East Oregonian Friday, January 16, 2015 Legislative budget writers propose $7.24B school fund By PETER WONG Capital Bureau SALEM — Oregon’s education es- tablishment was the big winner, and hu- man services and Gov. John Kitzhaber’s targeted spending on education priorities were the losers, in the two-year plan un- veiled Wednesday by the Legislature’s chief budget writers. Sen. Richard Devlin of Tualatin and Rep. Peter Buckley of Ashland, both Democrats, proposed a state school fund of $7.24 billion, up almost $600 million from the current two-year cycle that ends June 30. Kitzhaber had proposed about $6.9 billion for the fund, from which Oregon’s 197 school districts draw the lion’s share of operating costs. Many teachers, administrators and board members argued that the low- maintain programs. Kitzhaber said if Oregon is to make progress toward its goals of graduating all students from high school and 80 percent of them moving on to college or advanced training by 2025, the state needs to put more money in pro- grams advancing those priorities. The higher amount in the legislative budget assumes $220 million for the cost of full-day kindergarten, which schools will start this fall. That budget also proposes more state support for community colleges and state universities. “Our goal is to move education for- ward in all parts,” Buckley told reporters in the presentation. The state school fund is the largest sin- gle chunk of the budget. The proposal was contained in the framework drawn up by Devlin and Buckley, known as the “co-chairs’ bud- get,” that will guide the Legislature’s bud- get committee in deciding how to spend more than $18 billion from the tax-sup- ported general fund and lottery proceeds. This is the earliest in years that the framework has been unveiled. “That’s an amazing accomplishment in this day of dysfunctional governments across our country,” Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, said in a state- ment. Next steps Unlike the governor’s budget, which is presented as a single document, law- makers approve spending bills for indi- vidual agencies within the framework, and do not vote on a single budget. “There are still 10,000 different deci- sions that still have to be made,” Devlin said in reference to the details of agency budgets that are reviewed by subcommit- tees. All those budgets have to be signed by the governor. Kitzhaber, in a statement released af- ter the presentation, avoided an argument with the legislative budget writers. “I commend the co-chairs for the work they have done this early in the year to put together this framework. It is an import- ant starting point,” Kitzhaber said. But Senate Republicans came to the defense of Kitzhaber’s education and public safety proposals. Sen. Chuck Thomsen, R-Hood River, said the legislative plan gives short shrift to the governor’s priorities, particularly in school-to-work programs and improved creases will come from the $800 million Kitzhaber proposed for a variety of edu- cation priorities, such as early childhood and learning, reading skills improve- ments, high school and college comple- tion, and school-to-work programs. “We believe a number of the priorities that have been pointed out in education … are very important,” Devlin said. The legislative budget proposes $60 million, Devlin said, “to begin to look at how those investments will be made, but not making any decision on the divisions between those various items.” Kitzhaber had proposed formula shifts to carve out about $120 million of the - cerns about a proposal to reward districts based on their movement of students out of English-learning programs. Devlin said the legislative budget as- sumes no formula shifts, but proposes $34 million to assist districts with state grants for the education of higher-cost students with disabilities. “Without meaningful investment in career education and STEM programs, our students will fall behind.” Future forecasts — Sen. Chuck Thomsen, R-Hood River instruction in science, technology, engi- neering and math. “They may believe their education budget is adequate, but kids and teachers in classrooms across Oregon continue to feel the pressure,” Thomsen said. “With- out meaningful investment in career edu- cation and STEM programs, our students will fall behind.” Sen. Jackie Winters of Salem, the top Senate Republican on the budget com- mittee, said Kitzhaber’s budget contains money for local community corrections initiatives that the legislative plan slashes. “We’re disappointed that this budget violates the agreement made in 2013 to fund justice reinvestment grants support- ing community corrections initiatives,” Winters said. “While the governor hon- ored the agreement in his budget, this proposed 65 percent cut will place a greater burden on our local public safety organizations.” Differing allocations The legislative budget also proposes $535 million in state aid to Oregon’s 17 community college districts, up from the current $465 million and the $500 million proposed by Kitzhaber. The legislative budget proposes $635 million in direct support for the seven state universities, which received full au- tonomy last year. That amount is up from the current $521.5 million and the $593.7 million proposed by Kitzhaber. 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Peter Buckley, D-Ashland, not Senate President Peter Courtney, met Wednesday with Rep. Greg. Smith, R-Heppner, and others to discuss the budget framework for the 2015 Legislature. The East Oregonian works hard to be accurate and sincerely regrets any errors. If you notice a mistake in the paper, please call 541-966-0818. REGIONAL CITIES Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Coastal Oregon: Variable clouds today. A shower; morning downpours, then a few showers in the south. Eastern and Central Oregon: Morning snow and rain today; in upper Treasure Valley, any time in the south. Afternoon rain; arriving in upper Treasure Valley. Western Washington: A shower or two in the morning; otherwise, variable clouds today. This undated photo provided by the Oregon De- partment of Fish and Wildlife shows a young bear at the Wildlife Health Services Lab in Corvallis, who fell from a tree earlier this month in South- ern Oregon. Veterinarians are appealing to ac- credited zoos across the continent to rehabilitate the scrawny but otherwise healthy young bear. The female black bear weighed slightly more than 13 pounds when it was found upside down in blackberry bushes. Biologists say that at 9 to 12 months old, it should have weighed 40 to 60 pounds going into winter. 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Democrats outnumber Republicans in both chambers, but Democrats do not have the 60 percent majorities required to pass revenue-raising measures without at least one Republican vote in the House. Although some agency budgets as- sume fee increases, the legislative bud- get plan envisions only a continuation of a 50-cent-per-bottle fee on state liquor sales. The top House Republican on the joint budget committee, Rep. 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