Portland Public Schools is turning four days that were originally intended for instruction, grading or paid time off into furlough days.

Under HB 4079, school districts would need to develop a policy to identify when federal immigration officers are on school property—and then inform parents, staff, some students, and some service providers about those sightings.

While declining birth rates in the state were already affecting school enrollment trends, the sharp drop in students raises questions about where once-enrolled students have gone, especially without statewide enrollment tracking for students in other settings, like homeschool or private school.

Grant School District is hundreds of thousands of dollars into a project that is supposed to be reimbursed by the federal government. Now, it’s not clear the feds will pay.

In Oregon, there haven’t been any changes at the state level. Officials at the Oregon Department of Education say they’re working on guidance around cellphone use in schools to be released this fall.

Outgoing Superintendent Guadalupe Guerrero said to expect $30 million in cuts for next year’s 2024-25 budget. Since 90% of the district budget pays to operate schools, he said the impact on students and educators is “unavoidable.”

Salem-Keizer schools will slash its administrative budget by $30 million in coming days, enacting salary freezes and layoffs as the district grapples with a funding shortfall it warns will likely result in more grave impacts in the spring.