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House hearing spotlights Sustainable City Year program and request for continued matching funds
Summary
Supporters of House Bill 3109 told the House Committee on Higher Education that the University of Oregon–based Sustainable City Year Program (SCYP) gives students hands‑on experience while producing hundreds of community projects across Oregon; presenters asked the committee to continue state matching funds after a federal match expires.
Representative Tom Anderson, chief sponsor, opened a public hearing on House Bill 3109 on Jan. 30, urging support for the Sustainable City Year Program, saying the bill “addresses issues Oregonians face while also helping the next generation with practical experience.”
The bill would provide state matching funds to continue SCYP’s work pairing university courses with community‑identified projects across Oregon. Mark Schlossberg, professor of community and regional planning at the University of Oregon, told the committee, “SCYP is a gem of a program that we have here in Oregon that is simultaneously a program of education, of workforce development, and public service to Oregon communities.” He said the requested state match is intended to replace expiring federal congressionally directed spending that previously expanded participation.
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