A $10.2 billion state school fund for the next two years — up from the $9.9 billion originally proposed by Gov. Tina Kotek and legislative budget writers — is likely to emerge soon for a vote of the full Oregon House.
The proposed increase was made possible by the state’s latest economic and revenue forecast, released May 17, which now projects almost $2 billion more available for lawmakers to spend in the next two-year cycle that starts July 1.
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