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A2 THE BULLETIN • SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 2022 The Bulletin LOCAL, STATE & REGION How to reach us CIRCULATION Didn’t receive your paper? Start or stop subscription? 541-385-5800 PHONE HOURS 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-11 a.m. Saturday-Sunday and holidays GENERAL INFORMATION 541-382-1811 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. ONLINE www.bendbulletin.com EMAIL news@bendbulletin.com AFTER HOURS Newsroom ................................541-383-0348 Circulation ................................541-385-5800 NEWSROOM EMAIL Business ........business@bendbulletin.com City Desk .............news@bendbulletin.com Features.................................................................. communitylife@bendbulletin.com Sports ................. sports@bendbulletin.com NEWSROOM FAX 541-385-5804 OUR ADDRESS Street .............. 320 SW Upper Terrace Drive Suite 200 Bend, OR 97702 Mailing ........... P.O. Box 6020 Bend, OR 97708 B ADMINISTRATION Publisher Heidi Wright ..............................541-383-0341 Editor Gerry O’Brien .............................541-633-2166 DEPARTMENT HEADS Advertising Brian Naplachowski .................541-383-0370 Circulation/Operations Maria Johnson ..........................541-617-7830 Finance Wendy Dougherty ...541-383-0324 Human Resources ................541-383-0340 HIGHER EDUCATION Commission to ask for huge increase in student financial aid BY SAMI EDGE The Oregonian Oregon’s Higher Educa- tion Coordinating Commis- sion unanimously approved a budget request Thursday that includes a fourfold increase in funding for financial aid grants for Oregon students. The request for higher ed- ucation funding in 2023-25 includes a nearly $780 million increase to the Oregon Op- portunity Grant and Oregon Promise, the state’s premier financial aid awards. The bud- get also recommends contin- ued funding for the Oregon Tribal Student Grant, which covers not only tuition but also housing and other college costs for enrolled members of Oregon tribes. “It is a big investment, but it’s an investment we need. It’s an investment students have been advocating for for years,” said Maggie Gates, legislative di- rector for the Oregon Student Association. “It’s just really ex- citing to see this sort of bold vi- sion finally coming about.” In total, the Higher Educa- tion Coordinating Commis- sion is asking for an almost $2 billion increase in funding, Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission College graduates are seen in this 2017 photo from the state Higher Education Coordinating Commission. The panel has asked for a four- fold increase in financial aid grants. up to $5.3 billion. The request also includes a proposed 10% increase in funds for public universities and a nearly 30% increase for community col- leges, though part of that in- crease is one-time money. The proposed budget is preliminary. The request goes next to the governor’s office, and after that is subject to votes by the 2023 Legislature. Commission staffers don’t as- sume ultimate funding levels will match their requests. “We do not expect to get everything we’re asking for,” Ramona Rodamaker, the commission’s deputy executive director, said. “In many ways what we’re laying out here is a menu of things we would like (state legislators) to invest in and support.” The Oregon Tribal Student Grant was funded for the first time this year, as an effort to help address longstanding in- equities that indigenous stu- dents face in higher educa- tion. The Legislature funded it for only one year, but the commission’s proposed bud- get would make that funding ongoing. The commission ex- pected up to 700 tribal mem- bers to take advantage of the grant in its first year, but com- mission staffers said Thursday that only around 400 people have submitted complete ap- plications so far. The commission is asking for a more than eightfold in- crease in funding for the Or- egon Opportunity Grant, the state’s largest need-based aid award for low-income stu- dents. Commissioners want to see an increase from $200 mil- lion in 2021-23 to $945 mil- lion in 2023-25. Commissioners also voted to ask for $41 million more for the Oregon Promise grant, which pays community col- lege tuition for Oregon high school graduates and GED earners who meet GPA re- quirements and enroll in a community college shortly af- ter high school. Oregon currently lags be- hind the national average state student aid award of $921 per full-time student. The state only gave $574 in financial aid per full-time student in 2021, according to a new national report. Cannon said that fully funding the budget would help Oregon become one of the top financial aid states in the country, approaching the funding levels of neighbor- ing Washington which spent $1,900 per-student in 2021. Oregon’s community col- leges asked the higher edu- cation commission for a 44% spending bump this year to help cover the cost of inflation, loss of federal pandemic aid and budget shortages caused by a steep downturn in enroll- ment during the pandemic. The commission gave them a compromise. The proposed budget includes a 20% in- crease in ongoing funding to $855 million and a one-time increase of $50 million to help colleges transition away from those federal funds, instead of having to make steep cuts at once. Public universities are pro- posed to get a more modest bump. The budget request includes a 10.3% increase in public university spending to $992 million. 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The Bulletin retains ownership and copyright protection of all staff-prepared news copy, advertising copy and news or ad illustrations. They may not be reproduced without explicit prior approval. The Register- Guard, file Officers cited Frohnmayer in downtown Eugene, accord- ing to Melinda McLaughlin, a spokesperson for the Eu- gene Police Department. She said Frohnmayer was driving a three-wheeled motorcycle, similar to the vehicles made by Arcimoto, but she couldn’t say for sure if it was one of the company’s models. Police observed that Frohn- mayer “appeared intoxicated” when stepping off the motor- cycle, McLaughlin said. She said he complied with officers’ instructions. Police declined to release any results of intoxication tests, saying state law prevents disclosing additional detail be- fore the case has been adjudi- cated. Frohnmayer has a hear- ing scheduled for Aug. 22 in Eugene Municipal Court. Arcimoto didn’t disclose the reason for the leadership change, but in a regulatory fil- ing the company said it had actually removed Frohnmayer from the CEO role a week ear- lier. Frohnmayer is the compa- ny’s largest shareholder, with about 20% of its stock. Frohnmayer would not say either. “The company as a blanket policy makes no comment on personal matters of employ- ees,” he said. Catalytic converter crime ring busted REDMOND BUREAU Mailing address ..................P.O. Box 6020 Bend, OR 97708 Phone ......................................... 541-617-7829 The Ar- cimoto Ever- green, seen here in 2020, is the compa- ny’s flagship “fun utility vehicle.” BY SAVANNAH EADENS The Oregonian A months-long investiga- tion by the Beaverton Police Department may have com- pletely dismantled a local or- ganized crime ring responsible for a large portion of catalytic converter thefts up and down the West Coast, police said Thursday. Two alleged ringleaders and at least 12 of their suspected accomplices were indicted July 29 by a Washington County grand jury on dozens of aggra- vated theft, racketeering and money laundering charges. The investigation began in late 2021 when detectives said Tanner Lee Hellbusch, 32, of Beaverton, was running an illegal fencing operation by posing as a legitimate business buying and selling catalytic converters. In March, police said they pulled over Hellbusch with more than 100 stolen cat- alytic converters, worth about $80,000 on the black market. Hellbusch’s arrest led detec- tives to the person they believe is the top of the crime enter- prise: Brennan Patrick Doyle, 32, of Lake Oswego. 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