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Filtering by: Creator Steel, Brent S. Degree Name Master of Public Policy (M.P.P.) Subject Public schools -- Oregon -- Finance

Changing federal county payments and rural Oregon counties: analysis of policy impacts and responses from loss of secure rural schools funding in selected Oregon counties

Creator:

Gaid, Dawn Marie

Abstract:

Changes in federal forest management, enactment of environmental policies, recessions and a shift to a global economy dramatically impacted counties between the 1980s and 1990s. In the 1990s, counties began experiencing a shift away from traditional natural resource extraction activities – amidst changing demographics resulting from rural restructuring taking place...

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Capstone Project

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. 4 See the Sustainable Revenue for Oregon Counties Act of 2009 (S. 901) introduced by Senator Jeff
Publicly Funded, Privately Assisted : The Role of Giving in Oregon K-12 Education

Creator:

Sattem, Jennifer L.

Abstract:

In Oregon, property tax revolts and school equalization measures have led to increasingly unstable and more non-discretionary public funding for schools. As a result, public schools are turning to private donations to provide both basic and supplemental educational opportunities. Some schools and districts are raising hundreds of thousands of dollars,...

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Capstone Project

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thank Bruce Weber and Brent Steel for financial support. I am ever grateful to Bruce Weber for an