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Parents, advocates urge Multnomah County commissioners to reject indexing proposal for Preschool for All tax
Summary
Multiple parents, preschool advocates and students told the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners during public comment that indexing the Preschool for All income tax to inflation would reduce revenue, slow rollout and break promises of universality; speakers urged the board to preserve funding and accelerate program rollout.
Several parents, early‑childhood educators and supporters used the board's public comment period to urge Multnomah County commissioners Aug. 1 to reject any proposal to index the Preschool for All (PFA) tax to inflation, saying indexing would reduce revenues and imperil the program's goal of universal preschool for three‑ and four‑year‑olds.
Leslie McCollum Fontaine, a former Portland preschool teacher and advocate with Friends of Preschool for All Coalition, told commissioners that an audit found only "minor issues" with the program and that indexing represented a…
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