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Lawmakers hear broad support and concerns for permanent summer-learning funding and design
Summary
The House Education Committee on March 19 received extensive testimony on House Bill 2,007, a proposal to expand and stabilize Oregon’s summer learning program with a primary focus on improving reading proficiency.
The House Education Committee held a lengthy March 19 public hearing on House Bill 2,007, a bill to modify the Oregon Department of Education’s Summer Learning Program with a focus on improving reading proficiency. Lawmakers heard advocates, district staff and community partners emphasizing high-quality, evidence-based summer programming and urging sustainable funding and implementation clarity.
Representative Ricky Ruiz (HD 50), sponsor of the bill, framed the measure as building on the 2024 summer program to prevent the "summer slide" and target reading proficiency by third grade. Ruiz and several witnesses described research and pilot outcomes from 2024, including participant counts and reported academic gains from last year’s state summer grants.…
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