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Bill would fund two Spanish‑language pesticide educators at OSU to reach farmworkers statewide
Summary
Representative Courtney Niron’s HB 3010 (dash‑2) would allocate state general funds to create a Spanish pesticide safety education initiative at Oregon State University, funding two full‑time trainers to provide in‑person, culturally appropriate Worker Protection Standard instruction.
Representative Courtney Niron, chief sponsor of House Bill 3010, told the House Committee on Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water on Jan. 27 that the bill and its dash‑2 amendment would establish a Spanish pesticide safety education initiative and allocate general funds to support two full‑time trainers at Oregon State University’s Pesticide Safety and Education Program (PSEP).
Niron said Oregon’s essential agricultural workforce is predominantly Latino and Spanish speaking and that language barriers limit access to…
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