Oregon’s March Economic and Revenue Forecast was released on Wednesday, February 22nd. The forecast showed another surge in tax collections and an improvement in the state’s budget position with a projected additional $714.6 million in general fund and lottery resources available to spend in the 2023-25 biennium.
Net general fund and lottery revenues are up a combined $6.653 billion for the 2021-23 biennium since the legislature adjourned in 2021, resulting in record projected personal and corporate kickers and significant budget reserves for the state.
Although the additional revenue for the 2021-23 biennium is good news, the appropriation to the current State School Fund will not be increased. The District is operating within adopted appropriations for the current year, and is creating the 2023-24 Proposed Budget Documents to be shared at the Budget Committee meeting on April 25th.
Our Featured Event is the visit to Liberty High School by #1 New York Times bestselling author Renée Watson on Friday, March 3rd. All Liberty freshmen have read her young adult novel Piecing Me Together, which received a Coretta Scott King Award and Newbery Honor. Following her visit to Liberty, Watson traveled to the Brookwood Public Library to deliver the keynote speech kicking off the Hillsboro Reads event. From March 3rd to 18th, Hillsboro Reads will host author talks, panels, storytimes, workshops, and pop-up programs. You will meet the authors, discuss their works and writing practices, and learn what inspires them.
Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday, March 12th at 2 a.m. Please remember to move your clocks ahead one hour before going to bed Saturday night.
March 6th through 10th is Classified Employee Appreciation Week. As HCU president Melody Hansen so aptly put it, our classified employees “...clean it, cook it, fix it, drive it, paint it, type it, schedule it, plant it, file it, and support, love, and believe in our students.” So every day, but this week in particular, we recognize and celebrate our classified employees for all they do for students, fellow staff, families, and the HSD community!
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