Oregon Finance Update
Oregon schools Superintendent Susan Castillo is pushing for funding for all-day kindergarten. Currently only 20% of the state’s schools offer all-day kindergarten and the two-year phase-in program would cost the state $50 million. Some education policymakers oppose the funding method for this program, which would alter the basic aid formula for per-pupil allocations. Also being debated is how a student improvement fund, available for the first time in several years, should be offered to local districts—with or without strings attached.