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The INDEPENDENT, February 20, 2003_______________________________________
Board resists change in ESD service allocations
From page 1
Superintendent Funderburg
presented the board with the
proposed 2003-2004 funding
resolution for the Northwest
Regional Educational Service
District (NWRESD). Superin
tendents from all 20 school dis
tricts within NWRESD negoti
ated the plan. By statute, the
resolution must be approved by
two-thirds of the district boards
representing a majority of the
students in the NWRESD, on or
before March 1.
In the past, Funderburg said,
if approval is not received by
the deadline, the ESD could
develop a budget. However,
the law changed last year and
no funding will be distributed to
any district until a resolution
plan is approved. Funderburg
said that Beaverton and Hills
boro school boards had not ap
proved the resolution plan as of
Feb. 13. A delegation of super
intendents and school board
chairm en from across the
NWRESD will be appealing to
the Hillsboro school board to
urge their approval of the reso
lution.
In prior agreements, Funder
burg explained, Beaverton and
H illsboro districts have re
ceived additional funds from
the ESD pool by receiving more
dollars per student in transition
dollars, in exchange for approv
ing smaller districts’ greater use
of ESD provided services. It is
worth noting that the current
disagreement occurs in an en
vironm ent where NW RESD
funding is rising because of
statewide equalization. C ur
rently Multnomah ESD, which
has slightly fewer students than
the NWRESD, receives far
more dollars.
At issue is the statutory defi
nition that sets the mission of
ESDs to “assist school districts
and the Department of Educa
tion in achieving Oregon’s edu
cational goals by providing eq
uitable, high quality, cost-effec
tive and locally responsible ed-
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ucational services at a regional
level.” According to Funder
burg, Beaverton and Hillsboro
want more of the dollars at the
expense of services to the
smaller districts. Property own
ers pay both school district and
ESD taxes. Beaverton and
Hillsboro residents create rev
enue for their school districts.
ESD revenue should be spread
equitably across the ESD ac
cording to the mission of the
ESD and Oregon’s educational
goals.
The resolution plan, devel
oped over the last ten months,
received consensus from all re
gional superintendents. Ac
cording to the plan 10 percent
of the state school fund (SSF)
dollars will be used for
NWRESD operations. The re
maining 90 percent of SSF will
be allocated 75 percent in serv
ice credits and 25 percent in
core services. The proposal
provides service credits to dis
tricts based on the percentage
of students in the district.
Core services provided by
the NWRESD include many
special education services and
support, technology services
and support in curriculum and
staff development. The Beaver
ton and Hillsboro school dis
tricts both have easy access to
special education services pro
vided by the ESD. These large
districts are also able to provide
technology services, as well as
instructional improvement serv
ices in curriculum and staff de
velopment, within their own dis
tricts. Core services are ap
proved at $4.7 million for the
2003-2004 school year with the
remaining balance, $136,112
divided equally among the four
counties.
Funderburg urged the board
to approve the resolution plan
saying, “Our students deserve
equitable services." The board
unanimously agreed to support
the proposed resolution plan as
written.
Student Reports
WGS students told the board
about making dream catchers
in class with members of the
Rattling Thunder Intertribal
group. K-6 classes will explore
Native American folklore and
beliefs over the next two months.
Funding for the program is pro
vided by Run for the Arts.
Junior high students Cody
Gwin and Kevin Johnson said
that 35% of all students re
ceived honors of some kind at
the February 11th assembly.
Junior high students are work
ing to raise money to provide
bleachers and picnic tables for
their campus.
High School public relations
representative Sammy Purvee
reported that seniors are busy
completing their projects, due
February 25th. She said that
junior Rachael Bentson had re
ceived recognition by the
Daughter of the American Rev
olution. Purvee invited the
board to attend student council
meetings.
In other business the board:
Heard a report from Michelle
Blum that the Future’s commit
tee had sent out 37 question
naires to community members
asking for information and par
ticipation.
Appointed Tobie Finzel and
Cindy Naillon to the budget
committee. Both are previous
members of the committee.
Haalth Notes
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