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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Friday, June 24, 2016 Ed board puts lead, radon testing rules on fast track adoption Aug. 17. A public hearing on the proposal is scheduled for Aug. 2. The requirement will entail additional costs to schools and the Oregon Department of Education. The Legislative Fiscal Ofice is working on an estimate on what those costs will be. Legislative leadership has asked the Emergency Board to allocate money to pay for it. Brown in April directed the Oregon Department of Education and Oregon Health Authority to review existing requirements for environmental testing and address the problem of lead in drinking water. During the review, health and education oficials learned that By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau The Oregon Board of Education is fast-tracking adoption of a new rule that requires schools to test for lead and radon and report those results to the public. The rule came on the heels of a scandal in Portland Public Schools over lead in drinking water that went unreported, and a directive by Gov. Kate Brown. “I think an additional layer of checks and balances when we are talking about student safety so I think this will make parents feel much better,” said Board Chair- woman Miranda Summer. The board heard a irst reading of the rule Thursday and plans PORTLAND (AP) — A federal prosecutor revealed in a court document that the investigation of FBI agents involved in the trafic stop that led to the killing of Oregon standoff spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum is before a grand jury. Attorneys for the defendants accused of taking part in the Ammon Bundy-led takeover of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon have been seeking records from the investigation into the FBI’s use of force in the Finicum shooting and whether there was a cover-up. In a motion to keep reports sealed, Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Gorder wrote Thursday that matters before a grand jury are protected from disclosure rules. Oregon State Police troopers ired the rounds that killed Finicum during the Jan. 26 confrontation on a remote road, and the shooting was deemed to be justiied. Investigators, however, discovered FBI agents failed to disclose they ired two rounds that missed Finicum. Malheur refuge occupier Wesley Kjar pleads guilty PORTLAND (AP) — A Salt Lake City man who briely served as Ammon Bundy’s bodyguard during the armed takeover of a national wildlife refuge pleaded guilty Thursday in Portland. Wesley Kjar, 32, admitted to U.S. District Court Judge Anna J. Brown that he took part in a conspiracy to prevent Interior Department employees from doing their jobs at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in sparsely populated Eastern Oregon. Though he described the action as an “armed political protest against federal power,” a charge of irearms possession in a federal facility was dismissed in a plea agreement with government prosecutors. Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig Gabriel said the government will recommend a sentence of six months home detention when Kjar receives his punishment Oct. 28. Kjar relinquished his claim to irearms and ammunition seized by authorities. Kjar arrived at the refuge Jan. 4, a couple days after Bundy and others took it over while protesting the federal control of Western lands and the imprisonment of two Oregon ranchers convicted of setting ires. Kjar provided armed personal security for Bundy until he left the refuge Jan. 9. He returned to Utah, where he approached members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints about inding a way to end the dispute peacefully. The occupation dragged on for weeks before the last holdouts surrendered Feb. 11. Kjar is the ifth member of the occupation to plead guilty in the case. Most of the other 21 defendants, including Bundy, are scheduled to go on trial in September. Oregon’s legal tab to outside law irms has passed $10 million in the battle with Oracle over who is to blame for the $300 million Cover Oregon website debacle. The already staggering tab eventually could run far more than that, since there are still six months before the trial in Marion County Circuit Court is scheduled to begin, and there could be appeals after that. But while Oregon and Oracle publicly accuse each other of incompetence and misrepresenta- tions, they quietly have resumed settlement talks in search of a peaceful resolution. Oregon is using a special settlement lawyer, who has billed the state nearly $250,000 in the past two years. “We continue to talk regularly in good faith about all kinds of settle- ment ideas with the state,” wrote Oracle Senior Vice President Ken Glueck in an email. The state’s suit for more than $6 billion, as well as the project’s total failure, have drawn national atten- tion. The website was never publicly unveiled, creating headaches for tens of thousands of Oregonians who sought to enroll in new health insurance offerings under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Oregonians faced delays, errors or had their applica- tions lost entirely as the state tried to manually process their applications. 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. Main St., Hermiston 541-567-6211 Ofice hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed major holidays To subscribe, call 1-800-522-0255 or go online to www.eastoregonian.com and click on ‘Subscribe’ East Oregonian (USPS 164-980) is published daily except Sunday, Monday and Dec. 25, by the EO Media Group, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801. Periodicals postage paid at Pendleton, OR. Postmaster: send address changes to East Oregonian, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801. 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If you notice a mistake in the paper, please call 541-966-0818. ADVERTISING Advertising Director: Jennine Perkinson 541-278-2683 • jperkinson@eastoregonian.com Didn’t receive your paper? Call 1-800-522-0255 before noon Tuesday through Friday or before 10 a.m. Saturday for same-day redelivery says David Friedman, a Willamette University law professor who is tracking the case. But, he adds, “There may be a break point right now where the state realizes it’s going to get a lot more expensive.” 2. Attorney General Ellen Rosen- blum and Gov. Kate Brown may not be on the same page when it comes to settling Oracle has iled a separate lawsuit that amounts to the legal equivalent of a tricky bank shot. It claims aides to Brown reached an oral agreement to settle the state’s racketeering case for $25 million, only to have the deal not go through. The lawsuit attempts to enforce the alleged deal, which would make the entire legal fracas go away. Rosenblum maintains that only she has the authority to fully settle the case, since she iled it and is an independently elected oficial. Brown has denied settling the case. Oracle’s suit is pending, but the allegations it presents suggest that Brown, who is now running to ill the inal two years of former Gov. John Kitzhaber’s term, was far more eager to settle the case than Rosen- blum is. And that dynamic has likely not changed much, observers say. Oracle was paid $240 million for products and programming the state says were low-quality and unworkable. Here are three things to know as the two sides talk. 1. The primary case is entering a crucial stage On June 17, Oracle’s lawyers went to Marion County Circuit Court in an effort to essentially knock the heart out of Oregon’s case accusing Oracle of racketeering and fraud. The company’s lawyers argued two motions that question whether the state has a valid legal foundation for its suit. Next month, the state will go to the same court for permission to amend the suit to claim punitive damages— meaning far more money — for what it says was egre- gious misconduct by the company. At this point, neither side has a good understanding of the risks and probabilities as they head into trial scheduled for January 2017. Until Marion County Circuit Judge Courtland Geyer settles those issues and some inal questions around the evidence to be presented in court, it’s possible neither side will be ready to settle. That, at least, is the usual pattern, By NICK BUDNICK Capital Bureau Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — of the districts have either completed or are in the process of testing, Nazarov said. The agencies recom- mend that schools identify sources of lead, stop access, communicate results to staff, students, parents and the community and mitigate and repair the problem. “Districts are doing a lot of this already,” Nazarov said. “Portland (Public Schools) mentioned at one of the meetings one of their learning points is make sure you are documenting this. Repairs are done. People leave organizations, and nobody knows that the repair was done or when it was done, and that information is lost. This is a way to make sure there is a record that the community has access to and that that info is available.” Oracle, Oregon talk settlement as legal bills pass $10M mark BRIEFLY Grand jury considers FBI’s use of force in Finicum shooting test for radon, but the new rule will provide comprehensive guidance to schools on all of the testing required. Schools will be required to report their test results to the education department and to the community annually. “I’m supporting of this, but I am also thinking this is like the iceberg with only the tip visible and there is a lot of it unseen, and it can become very quickly a nightmare,” said School Board Member Samuel Henry. Henry said if the Legislature doesn’t approve additional funding for implementing the rule it could be another one of those “famous unfunded mandates.” The agencies asked schools to test for lead during the summer. All neither the education department nor the health authority has the power to require schools test for lead, said Emily Nazarov, operations policy analyst with the education department’s government and legal affairs section. The health authority has authority to require testing of public water systems, but schools are excluded from the agency’s jurisdiction. 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