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2007 Legislature - StatesmanJournal.com
An amendment was included in a house proposal to grant the Oregon Legislature control over the deaf and blind state schools.
House Bill 2263 moved out of the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday. The proposal included an amendment that would direct the superintendent of public instruction to make recommendations to the assembly regarding changes to the schools' facilities.
The Department of Education announced May 18 that the Oregon School for the Deaf campus in downtown Salem would be sold. Programming for the blind students would be relocated to the Oregon School for the Deaf campus in northeast Salem by 2009. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Susan Castillo said the department would use money from the sale of the blind school to upgrade facilities on the deaf school campus.
Sen. Vicki Walker, D-Eugene, said the proposed amendment will allow the state legislature to rule on public policy regarding the state schools. Walker, who leads the education committee, said she continues to focus on another pending proposal that would create independent school boards for the two schools.
That proposal, Senate Bill 757, remains in the joint ways and means committee.
An amendment was included in a house proposal to grant the Oregon Legislature control over the deaf and blind state schools.
House Bill 2263 moved out of the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday. The proposal included an amendment that would direct the superintendent of public instruction to make recommendations to the assembly regarding changes to the schools' facilities.
The Department of Education announced May 18 that the Oregon School for the Deaf campus in downtown Salem would be sold. Programming for the blind students would be relocated to the Oregon School for the Deaf campus in northeast Salem by 2009. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Susan Castillo said the department would use money from the sale of the blind school to upgrade facilities on the deaf school campus.
Sen. Vicki Walker, D-Eugene, said the proposed amendment will allow the state legislature to rule on public policy regarding the state schools. Walker, who leads the education committee, said she continues to focus on another pending proposal that would create independent school boards for the two schools.
That proposal, Senate Bill 757, remains in the joint ways and means committee.