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Forest Grove superintendent warns declining enrollment and facility assessments will squeeze district budget; reaffirms sanctuary-state protections
Summary
Superintendent Dr. West told the board the district faces lower state funding tied to enrollment declines and upcoming state facility assessments while reaffirming the district's compliance with Oregon sanctuary-state law and FERPA protections.
Forest Grove School District Superintendent Dr. West told the board on Jan. 28 that the district is facing continued enrollment declines that will reduce state funding and that state facility assessors will be in the district through February.
Dr. West said the district is about 129 students below budgeted projections and "at about a 129 students below what we budgeted, we can expect, at a minimum, about a $1,000,000 less than what we're receiving right now." He linked that shortfall to both a long-term decline in enrollment and technical limits in the state funding formula that have not kept pace with recent cost increases.
The superintendent framed the budget risk in statewide context, noting a post-pandemic funding gap and the governor's $600 million proposal to adjust the State School Fund current-service-level (CSL) calculation. He…
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