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Senate committee hears HB 3218 to study expansion of Tribal Attendance Promising Practices grant program

3158318 · April 30, 2025
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House Bill 3218 would direct the Oregon Department of Education and the Legislative Commission on Indian Services to study ways to expand the Tribal Attendance Promising Practices (TAP) grant program, supporters told the Senate Education Committee on April 30.

Legislators and Oregon Department of Education officials told the Senate Education Committee on April 30 that House Bill 3218 would study expansion of the Tribal Attendance Promising Practices (TAP) grant program, which targets chronic absenteeism among American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) students.

Sarah Arbuckle read testimony for Representative Hoa Nguyen in support of HB 3218 and cited statewide attendance data: “During the 2122 school year, 36 percent of students across Oregon were chronically absent. Among American Indian and Alaska Native students, that number was…

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