People confront stereotypes every day, both in and out of the classroom. Some ideas have been carried in the collective memory and classroom textbooks for so long they are generally recognized as fact. Many are constantly being reinforced by personal experiences, family discussions, and Hollywood productions as well. The distinct advantage to…

This report focuses on the earliest public records in the custody of Oregon, those documenting public actions during the Provisional and Territorial Government period, 1841-1859. It: (1) outlines the concern for preserving and making accessible Oregon public records; (2) examines the factors causing records to physically deteriorate; and (3)…

The Oregon Quality Education Model (OQEM) is a project that attempts to provide a cost for the state K-12 public education system by offering school funding decisions on a rational basis, based on facts and needs, that can be quantified. The House Special Committee on the Education Model Review was appointed to critique the OQEM since the project…

This brief discusses a variety of topics concerning the funding of K-12 education in the state of Oregon, specifically since the primary funding responsibility of schools has shifted from local school districts to the state. This has caused legislators to examine what they are getting for their money and how funding can be controlled. Court…

This report describes the 1999 legislation affecting Oregon's K-12 school finance system. The first section summarizes state appropriations and local revenue estimates for 1999-01. The second section describes modifications to the allocation of the State School Fund among school districts and Education Service Districts. The last section reports…

Describes Jumpstart, a Web site providing remote access to government information in CD-ROM format, developed by Oregon State University's Valley Library, as a joint venture with the Oregon State Library and the Portland Area Library System to provide hardware, software, and training to rural school and public libraries in Oregon that have limited…

This report on the Legislative Council begins by providing an indepth look at the policies of the Oregon educational environment and the changes beginning in the 1990s with legislation and policy changes that resulted in the ability to compare Oregon schools in ways that did not exist before. These commonalities created a framework in which the…