Talk:Oregon tax revolt

Rural school budgets versus Portland school budgets
The assertion that rural schools benefited from Measure 5 while the Portland school district budget went down is marked "dubious - discuss." Willamette Week reported: "The fact is that since the passage of Measure 5 in 1990, the Portland school district has suffered while more rural districts like Snodgrass' have benefited. Gresham-Barlow, for example, has seen its budget jump from $43.3 million in 1991-92 to $57.9 million in 1998-99--a 33.7 percent increase. More important, per-student moneys in the district have gone up 20.6 percent, from $3,859 to $4,656. During the same period, Portland's public-school budget has gone down from $285 million to $279 million, and per-student money has dropped 2.4 percent, from $4,736 to $4,619." http://wweek.com/html/leada112498.html Is that adequate reference? Gelasticjew (talk) 05:39, 4 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Willamette Week isn't exactly known for having much objective balance when it comes to schools and taxes. It is easily argued that aggregate funding changes reflect aggregate changes of student population.  However, the statement is one side of the argument.  I guess we need to find the other side too.  With both statements and supporting citations, I'm happy including both.  —EncMstr (talk) 07:17, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

See the separate entry for Measure 5, which cites an Oregonian article on the school finance shift. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Carlabbott (talk • contribs) 16:51, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

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Substituted at 01:58, 30 April 2016 (UTC)