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Thursday, April 1, 2021
Bill would allow community college and public university mergers
By MEERAH POWELL
Oregon Public Broadcasting
SALEM — Community
colleges and public universi-
ties could gain the ability to
merge, under a bill Oregon
lawmakers are considering.
But legislators and higher
education officials say the
details in what that would
look like still need to be
ironed out.
Senate President Peter
Courtney introduced Senate
Bill 1 during this current
legislative session, and
lawmakers discussed it
during a public hearing on
Monday, March 29. Court-
ney had introduced a similar
bill back in the 2019 session,
though it died before receiv-
ing a fl oor vote.
“It creates a clear path
from community college
education to a four-year
degree,” he said. “The bill
will create an administra-
tion for these new entities —
one president instead of two,
one provost instead of two,
one human resources depart-
ment, one legal department.
... The two institutions can be
both leaner and stronger.”
Sam Stites/Oregon Capital Bureau, File
Senate President Peter Courtney introduced Senate Bill 1, which would allow Oregon com-
munity colleges and public universities the ability to merge.
Students can save a lot
of money by choosing a
community college for their
first two years of higher
education, Courtney said.
“ Tr a n sfe r r i ng f rom
community college to a four-
year university, however, can
be a daunting task for many
students,” he said.
Creat i ng a merged
community college and four-
year university would reduce
the “transitional challenges,”
Courtney said, by ensuring
the two institutions would
create “curricular continu-
ity” to guarantee students’
community college credits
would count directly toward
a bachelor’s degree.
Courtney said it would
also expose students to paths
they may have not otherwise
taken. He gave the example
of a student pursuing an EMT
certifi cation, who would then
be able to see a direct path to
getting a pre-med bachelor’s
degree.
“I know it’s a different
idea. … If we don’t change
how (the) higher education
system operates, we’re going
to leave a lot of our students
behind, and Oregon is going
to lose out on a lot of poten-
tial,” he said.
Oregon Sen. Michael
Dembrow, chair of the Senate
Committee on Education
that held the public hearing
for the bill, questioned the
details of the legislation —
specifically how bringing
together two diff erent insti-
tutions’ funding streams and
governance systems would
work.
“The community colleges,
their boards are elected by
their local communities and
they’re really proud of that,
and that is a special relation-
ship they have with their
communities, and that’s a
question we’d need to solve,”
Dembrow said.
Members of the boards of
trustees at Oregon’s public
universities are named by
the governor and confi rmed
by the state Senate.
“Those are details that can
be worked out, but I will say
my hope had been that this
year we would see a couple
of institutions that wanted
to explore that kind of rela-
tionship, and then we could
do some kind of pilot and try
it out,” Dembrow said. “It
seems like we’re not there
yet.”
No universities, at least
publicly, have stated any
desire to pursue such a
merger.
Presidents of both East-
ern Oregon University and
Southern Oregon University
testifi ed neutrally on the bill.
“At this time, frankly
I don’t know if merging
institutions would solve the
numerous issues we have in
front of us,” Tom Insko, EOU
president, said. “I do however
believe it is our responsibility
to evaluate and clearly under-
stand if there are opportuni-
ties to do better and not let
old paradigms and structures
hamper our ability to accom-
plish extraordinary outcomes
for current and prospective
students, and I think SB 1
could be one tool that could
help.”
Lawmakers explore wiping out stimulus tax penalty, refunds could take months
Unusual system
resulted in 900,000
low-income
residents owing
state taxes
Nathanson
By MIKE ROGOWAY
The Oregonian
SALEM — The Oregon
Legislature is moving to
wipe out more than $300
million in state taxes trig-
gered by federal stimulus
payments, but it could take
several months for 900,000
taxpayers to get all the
money back.
Congress authorized
Smith
$1,800 in coronavirus relief
payments in two install-
ments last year and approved
another $1,400 earlier this
month. The aid comes in the
form of a federal tax rebate,
which isn’t taxable.
Oregon is one of just six
states that allow residents to
subtract their federal taxes
from their state tax liability.
That’s usually a tax break,
but the stimulus payments
produced the opposite
eff ect: Lower federal taxes
meant Oregonians had less
to subtract from their state
tax obligation.
On average, that created
a $333 tax hit for Orego-
nians who received stim-
ulus payments. The actual
amount varies considerably
based on individual circum-
stances, but even some
lower-income households
could end up owing a few
hundred dollars.
The issue has been clear
to lawmakers since last May,
at least, when the Legisla-
tive Revenue Offi ce wrote a
report on the eff ects of the
federal stimulus program.
But lawmakers are just now
taking it up.
Rep. Nancy Nathanson,
D-Eugene, chairs the House
Committee on Revenue. She
said the Legislature focused
initially on immediate
pandemic aid and concluded
that addressing the taxes
generated by 2020 stimulus
payments would be too chal-
lenging during last year’s
special sessions. She said a
rushed fi x would have intro-
duced a risk of mistakes or
backlogged payments.
“After further evaluation,
making a change to Oregon
tax law is the surest way to
off set the indirect impact that
EASTERN OREGON
the federal tax credit has on
Oregon taxpayers,” Nathan-
son wrote in an email. “I’m
hopeful that this is a start-
ing point toward a bipartisan
solution to streamline tax
relief for the coming year.”
An amendment to House
Bill 2433 proposed on
Monday, March 29, would
wipe out the entire Oregon
tax obligation created by the
stimulus payments. Some
taxpayers who owed no
federal taxes at all could also
benefi t with lower state taxes.
Law makers in both
parties have signaled support
for addressing the stimulus
tax issue. It may not be easy,
though.
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EO-11250
UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
Community Addictions and
Mental Health Program
Services
Umatilla County, Oregon is re-
questing proposals for Com-
munity Addictions and Mental
Health Program Services.
Umatilla County may reject any
proposals not in compliance
with all prescribed procedures
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2021, followed by public open-
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EO-11207
NOTICE OF BUDGET
COMMITTEE MEETING
A public meeting of the Budget
Committee of the Pilot Rock
Cemetery Maintenance District
#5, Umatilla County State of
Oregon, to discuss the budget
for the fiscal year July 1, 2021
to June 30, 2022, will be held at
634 NE 6th Street, Pilot Rock,
Oregon. The meeting will take
place on April 22nd at 7:00p.m.
The purpose of this meeting is
to receive the budget message
and to receive comment from
the public on the budget. A copy
of the budget document may be
inspected or obtained on or af-
ter April 29th at 504 NE Hickory
Street, Pilot Rock, Oregon be-
tween the hours of 1:00pm and
6:00pm.
This is a public meeting where
deliberation of the Budget Com-
mittee will take place. Any per-
son may appear at the meeting
and discuss the proposed bud-
get with the Budget Committee.
Publish dates: April 1 and April
15. 2021
EO-11259
PUBLIC NOTICE
The City of Boardman
will make a
Type II Land Use Decision
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
The purpose of this notice is to
take public comment for a Par-
tition request received on March
8, 2021, from Amazon Data
Services, Inc. (ADS). ADS is
requesting a partition of Tax Lot
#411 of Morrow County Tax Map
4N 25E 09, a 70.39-acre par-
cel. The partition would create
a second parcel of 5.35-acres
with the parent parcel becoming
65.04-acres in size.
This Land Use Decision will be
processed in accordance with
Boardman Development Code
Chapter 4.3 – Land Divisions
and Lot Line Adjustments.
The citizens of Boardman are
invited to make comment in
writing, orally at city hall, or
electronically to beyelerb@city-
ofboardman.com .
(S) Heather Baumgartner
City Clerk
Posted: March 30, 2021
Published: March 30, 2021
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