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SALEM â Every high schooler in Oregon starting in 2026 will need to take at least one class in civics before graduating. But thanks to requirements at the local level, little will change for the two largest school districts in Eastern Oregon.
Gov. Kate Brown on June 3 signed Senate Bill 513, a law that adds a half-credit of civics education to the list of the stateâs graduation requirements. The bill passed with strong bipartisan support, including every member of Northeast Oregonâs legislative delegation.
âIt is a bill that begins the process of holding our schools accountable for teaching the next generation of Oregonians how to operate the most complex, complicated and often confounding form of self-governance in human history,â state Rep. Paul Evans, D-Monmouth, said, according to the Oregon Capital Bureau. âThis is a call to arms for all good people to come to the aid of our Union.â
UMATILLA COUNTY — Oregon schools are getting unprecedented flexibility in how they conduct state testing this year in the face of a year marred by the COVID-19 pandemic, but Umatilla
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