Budget Town Halls

The Oregon Legislature's Joint Ways and Means Committee has announced Budget Town Halls throughout the state starting this evening in Salem.  The schedule for the meeting is below.

PLEASE turn up and tell our legislators that we need TAG funding, TAG staff, and TAG  training.  House Bill
2419 would create a per-student appropriation for TAG. 

It is very effective to describe your own family's experiences, but you will have to keep your talk short.  Supplement it with written testimony if you wish.  It would also be great if some PPS parents/staff/officials would turn up at the first meeting tomorrow and explain to the committee that a lack of state support has created many problems in PPS. 

https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2419

https://droregon.org/town-hall-meetings-will-chance-give-input-state-services/



Legislators Announce Budget-Focused Town Hall Meetings across Oregon

(SALEM) – The Oregon Legislative Assembly’s budget-writing Joint Ways and Means Committee will hold a series of public hearings in seven cities across the state beginning February 10.

The town hall events will create opportunities for Oregonians to provide input into the 2017-19 biennial state budget, according to Representative Nancy Nathanson (D-Eugene) and Senator Richard Devlin (D-Tualatin), the co-chairs of the committee.

On January 19, the co-chairs released an “Existing Resources Framework,” recognizing that existing revenues fall $1.8 billion short of the funding necessary to continue state services at current levels. The entire budget framework and accompanying narrative are available here: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/lfo/Documents/2017%20Co-Chair%20Document.pdf.

Committee home page:
https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Committees/JWM/Overview

More information from Disability Rights Oregon:
https://droregon.org/town-hall-meetings-will-chance-give-input-state-services/

Dates for the town halls:
Salem     Friday, February 10
5 to 7 p.m.     Hearing Room F
Oregon State Capitol
900 Court Street NE, Salem

Portland     Saturday, February 11
Noon to 2 p.m.     Main Mall, Amo DeBernardis CC Building
PCC, Sylvania campus
12000 SW 49th Ave, Portland

Hermiston     Friday, February 17
5 to 7 p.m.     Main Commons
Hermiston High School
600 S 1st St, Hermiston
Madras     Saturday, February 18
1 to 3 p.m.     Performing Arts Center

Madras High School
390 SE 10th St, Madras
Ashland     Friday, February 24
5 to 7 p.m.     Rogue River Room

Southern Oregon University
1250 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland
Eugene     Saturday, February 25
1 to 3 p.m.     Rooms 308-309 Building 17 (The Forum)

Lane Community College
4000 E 30th Ave, Eugene

Tillamook     Friday, March 3
6 to 8 p.m.     Officer’s Mess
Port of Tillamook Bay
6825 Officers Row, Tillamook