State Leaders Unveil $250 Million Summer Learning and Child Care Package
March 10, 2021
On Monday. March 8, Governor Kate Brown, Senate President Peter Courtney, and House Speaker Tina Kotek announced a $250 million Summer Learning and Child Care package to help Oregon students and children recover from trials they may have faced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Combined with as much as $75 million in federal funds, up $325 million will be put toward these programs.
The goal is to help alleviate some of the harmful educational, social, emotional, and mental health impacts the pandemic and months of online school have had on children by creating grants for enrichment activities, academic support, child care and early learning programs. This includes equitable investments for Oregon’s Black, Indigenous, Tribal, Latino, Latina, and Latinx, Pacific Islander, and children of color, who have been impacted disproportionately.
Mar 8, 2021
Today, Governor Kate Brown, Senate President Peter Courtney, and House Speaker Tina Kotek unveiled a restorative $250 million Summer Learning and Child Care package to help students and children learn, thrive, and have fun this summer. Combined with up to about $75 million in federal funds, both in district matching funds and funding for the Employment-Related Day Care Program, as much as $325 million will be invested in summer learning and child care programs.
This past year, Oregon’s children have been burdened by the educational, social, emotional, and mental health impacts of a worldwide pandemic, months of comprehensive distance learning, and more. The Summer Learning and Child Care package will create grants for enrichment activities, academic support, child care and early learning programs. Investments will be made equitably for Oregon’s Black, Indigenous, Tribal, Latino, Latina, and Latinx, Pacific Islander, and children of color, who have borne the dispropo
Oregon Governor Kate Brown and legislative leaders are proposing $250-million along with $75-million federal dollars be spent on summer school programs for kids.
Mar 8, 2021
Today, Governor Kate Brown, Senate President Peter Courtney, and House Speaker Tina Kotek unveiled a restorative $250 million Summer Learning and Child Care package to help students and children learn, thrive, and have fun this summer. Combined with up to about $75 million in federal funds, both in district matching funds and funding for the Employment-Related Day Care Program, as much as $325 million will be invested in summer learning and child care programs.
This past year, Oregon’s children have been burdened by the educational, social, emotional, and mental health impacts of a worldwide pandemic, months of comprehensive distance learning, and more. The Summer Learning and Child Care package will create grants for enrichment activities, academic support, child care and early learning programs. Investments will be made equitably for Oregon’s Black, Indigenous, Tribal, Latino, Latina, and Latinx, Pacific Islander, and children of color, who have borne the dispropo
Oregon Governor Kate Brown and legislative leaders are proposing $250-million along with $75-million federal dollars be spent on summer school programs for kids.