Oregon GOP State Senators Continue to Protest Democrat Bills; Boycott Stalls $10.2 Billion K-12 Funding

K-12 public school students in Oregon, like those across the United States, continue to deal with the disadvantages that COVID-19 and government response to the pandemic dealt them—particularly in the critical area of in-person instruction.
Loss of time inside the classroom has contributed to students falling behind in competency and in meeting standards. 
Oregon students fell behind, including the 61 percent of third graders and 54 percent of seventh graders in the state who do not read at grade level.
Meanwhile, a $10.2 billion K-12 education funding bill, which has passed the Oregon House of Representatives to go on to the state Senate, has stalled because Democrats and Republicans in the chamber are at loggerheads….}