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Parents and educators urge full K–12 funding, removal of special-education cap
Summary
Multiple parents, teachers and union leaders told Ways and Means that proposed K–12 funding levels fall short of the Quality Education Model and called for removing the special-education funding cap and making class size a mandatory bargaining subject.
Parents, educators and union representatives testified that the state's proposed K–12 funding level would leave school districts short of the resources they need to maintain staff and services.
"Funding education means you don't have to put as much money into mental health, addiction, housing services," Suzanne Clark, a Gresham parent, told the committee. Clark described a recent shooting near her daughter's high school and said stronger investment in education is "a pathway to success." She urged the committee to…
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