RSD Receives Grant for 2017 Snowstorms
REDMOND, OR — The Redmond School District is the latest to receive federal funds as reimbursement for costs incurred during last winter’s extreme weather. Redmond Schools will receive a $464,000 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to recoup the expense of removing snow from roofs during a January 2017 storm.
Wyden, Merkley Announce $1.1 Million Grant for Bend-LaPine School District
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced today that the Bend-LaPine School District will receive more than $1 million in federal funding to reimburse the district for expenses stemming from the January 2017 storm that dumped snow on schools’ roofs. The $1.1 million from the Federal
Merkley Announces Funding to Keep Teachers in Oregon Classrooms
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today announced key provisions in education and health care in the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education bill that will help Oregon communities. The bill was voted out of committee on Thursday. “Every kid in Oregon should have a shot at the
Bonamici, Wyden, Merkley Urge Secretary DeVos to Stand Up for Students and Families, Reverse Delay of Consumer Protections for Defrauded Students
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley criticized Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos for her recent decision to delay the “borrower defense” rule that would provide defrauded students with debt relief and hold predatory institutions accountable for cheating students across the country.
Trump’s proposed cut to school meals scheme branded ‘cruel and shameful’
Donald Trump’s plan to cut a school meals programme that has reached 40 million children worldwide has been branded “cruel and shameful” by US lawmakers. A $182m (£145m) bipartisan US aid enterprise, known as the McGovern-Dole food for education programme, has been described as life-changing by Republican and Democratic senators and
Oregon lawmakers urge rural county, schools funding
WASHINGTON – Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., led a bipartisan group of lawmakers Friday in urging Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget, to include adequate funding for the Secure Rural Schools program in the president’s budget for fiscal year 2018. Wyden and Bonamici
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