Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and leading Oregon lawmakers Monday urged the Joint Ways and Means Subcommittee on Education to support a proposed $250 million package that would include funding for summer "enrichment activities" for students. A plan from Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and leading Oregon lawmakers to provide academic programs and enrichment activities to students this summer got a hearing Monday. Oregon’s Joint Ways and Means Subcommittee on Education met virtually Monday to hear from three of the state’s top elected officials on a $250 million proposal to expand learning and childcare this summer. “This summer learning and childcare package will set our kids up for success by letting them be kids again in environments that foster creativity, learning and joy,” Brown said to the subcommittee.