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The OSBA School Board Members of Color Caucus and the COSA Equity Board Administrators of Color Network spent the morning of Tuesday, March 11, preparing to meet with Oregon legislators... Read More

OSBA Executive Director Emielle Nischik (left) and COSA Legislative Director Parasa Chanramy testified Monday, March 10, before the House Education Committee that they support Gov. Tina Kotek’s school accountability bills... Read More

OSBA Board Development Director Kristen Miles presented Sunday, March 9, at the Jackson County Library in Medford on “What It Means To Be a School Board Member.” The audience had... Read More

Bills to reduce class sizes have been a regular feature in the Oregon Legislature for at least 15 years. Everyone agrees Oregon wants smaller classes if we can achieve them.... Read More

School districts are major employers, which means sometimes we must face labor issues. Senate Bill 916 has been one of the most contentious bills of this session. The bill would... Read More

The federal government provided 14% of Oregon K-12 funding this biennium, according to the Oregon Blue Book. Anything that threatens that funding makes school leaders nervous.   Recent communications from President... Read More

Recent communications from the U.S. Department of Education and the Trump administration have created confusion across the country. The laws have not changed, though. We know school leaders fear a... Read More

A complicated and technical analysis of Oregon education funding came to a pretty simple conclusion. “It costs more to achieve more,” University of Miami Professor Bruce Baker told legislators several... Read More

The 2019 Oregon Legislature established a “Fund for Student Success” and adopted the corporate activity tax to pay for it. The aim was to raise about $1 billion a year... Read More

The outlines of Oregon’s 2025-27 state budget were drawn Wednesday. It’s a bigger picture than economists saw in November, good news for education advocates looking for greater investments. The available... Read More

OSBA advocacy work extends beyond the bills that move through the education committees. Sometimes the most contentious bills with the heaviest district impacts don’t have the words school or education... Read More

When voters testify about bills’ real-world effects, legislators listen. The House Education Committee this week held hearings on three bills to increase special education funding, a top OSBA legislative priority... Read More

Successfully passing legislation often starts with laying down a foundation of good understanding. This week, the Oregon Department of Education did solid work setting up the Legislature’s discussions of special... Read More

Our colleagues in other states tell us that Oregon is a bit of an outlier nationally with how closely our various education association partners collaborate. Personally, I take a fair... Read More

Knappa School District paraprofessional Jenine Rubus helps students in an algebra classroom in November. A quarter of the district’s students require additional supports such as in-classroom assistance. (Photo by Jake... Read More

School district leaders have told us that adequate special education funding is one of their top priorities for this legislative session. OSBA is part of a coalition of education partners... Read More

It’s been a whirlwind week at the Capitol, with our OSBA team working in a variety of policy committees. We always prefer to be bringing solutions to the table, but... Read More

OSBA staff led a delegation of about a dozen Oregon school board members, including the OSBA Board’s executive officers, to Washington, D.C., for the National School Boards Association Advocacy and... Read More