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Committee approves amended funding package for summer learning grants
Summary
The Joint Committee on Ways and Means approved an amended recommendation for House Bill 5047, which directs multi‑biennial general‑fund and other‑fund appropriations to the Oregon Department of Education's Summer Learning Grant Program Fund; one senator recorded an objection but the measure was reported as passed as amended.
The Joint Committee on Ways and Means on April 3 reported House Bill 5047 as amended, recommending it be passed as amended and sent to the floor.
The bill, as described to the committee by Legislative Fiscal Office staff Wendy Gibson, “establishes ongoing funding of 35,000,000 per summer for the Oregon Department of Education's summer learning program for the 23‑25 biennium.” Gibson said the measure “appropriates 35,000,000 general fund for deposit into the summer learning grant program fund to support the 2025 summer learning…
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