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EUGENE, Ore. There was a sense of optimism in the air when educators and students returned to school in fall 2021. For the first time in months, they were
With stress levels mounting, many educators are nearing a breaking point. Now, attention is finally being paid to the growing crisis at the state level. But will real solutions come in time before many choose to leave the profession?
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The Oregon Legislature is just getting underway, and a bill introduced into the Senate would effectively end the use of police officers as resource officers in local schools.
Senate Bill 238 was introduced at the request of the Senate Interim Committee on Education.
If passed, the bill would prohibit a school board from approving âa contract or other agreement that provides members of a law enforcement agency to be assigned to schools of the school district.â
Any school district having a police officer assigned to the district, when the bill would become effective, would have to redistribute funds budgeted for that position to community outreach programs and to meet mental health and behavioral health needs.