Tag: Education

Wyden, Merkley Announce $525,000 Grant for Chemeketa Community College

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that Chemeketa Community College earned a $525,066 grant from a federal program that aims to help increase graduation rates for Hispanic students and to expand their educational opportunities. The federal Education Department grant for Chemeketa comes after Wyden and

Merkley Statement on Continuing Resolution and Defense/Labor Spending Bills

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement regarding the combined Continuing Resolution and Labor-Health and Human Services/Defense spending bills: “This vote was not an easy decision. Ultimately, I voted ‘yes’ on this package because it includes important priorities for Oregon and our nation, including training the

Merkley, Clark Announce New Legislation to Put Mental Health Counselors in Every K-12 Public School in America

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Marking National Suicide Prevention Week, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Congresswoman Katherine Clark (MA-05) today announced the introduction of the Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Act, new bicameral legislation that would help fill the critical unmet need for school-based mental health services providers in elementary and secondary

Merkley, Wyden Announce Major Grant for Underserved Youth in Portland

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced a five-year, nearly $28 million U.S. Department of Education grant to Self Enhancement, Inc. will serve more than 7,000 underserved students and families in Portland.   “When I was a child, my father took me to the

Merkley, Wyden Introduce Bill to Close Summer Learning Gap

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today introduced the Summer Learning and Meals Act of 2018, new legislation to help close the summer learning gap by keeping school libraries open at schools that already serve free summer meals. The legislation is based on a successful

Merkley Announces Funding to Support Education, Nursing

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, who serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced key provisions in education and health care in the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education bill that will help Oregon communities. “This bill provides important support for economic development in rural communities,”

Merkley, colleagues intro ‘Debt-Free College Act’

WASHINGTON – Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore.,  joined 32 other Democrat senators Thursday in introducing the Debt-Free College Act, legislation that will reverse the growing student debt crisis in the United States. The bill creates a path for students to be able to attend public colleges without taking on debt. “I was

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