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ODE officials outline operations budget, staffing and pandemic-era phase-outs
Summary
Oregon Department of Education officials summarized the agency’s operations budget, described federal off‑ramps and listed governor’s recommended investments in grants management and state school fund modernization.
Kai Turner, assistant superintendent of the Office of Finance and Information Technology, and Amber Forster, the department chief financial officer, presented an overview of Oregon Department of Education operations and staffing to the Ways and Means subcommittee on March 12.
Nut graf: The presentation covered the department’s current‑service operational baseline, a sizable phase‑out of pandemic-era federal funding, and governor-recommended investments such as a state school fund modernization effort and a grants management replacement. Officials said back-office costs and state government service charges make up a substantial share of the operations budget.
Top-line figures and structure: Forster…
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