Oregon governor signs bill suspending math, reading proficiency requirements for HS graduates

https://www.foxnews.com/us/oregon-go...r-hs-graduates


Gov. Kate Brown, the Oregon Democrat, signed a bill last month with little fanfare that drops the requirement that high school students prove proficiency in reading, writing or math, before graduation, a report said.
The Oregonian reported that the governor has seemed to avoid discussing Senate Bill 744. Her move to sign the bill was "not public until recently, because her office did not hold a signing ceremony or issue press release." The paper also pointed out that the bill was first signed on July 14 but not added into the state’s database until July 29 due to a glitch in the system.
Brown’s office did not immediately respond to an after-hours email from Fox News.
In June, state lawmakers voted to approve the bill that suspended the requirements for students for three years, KATU reported. Foundations for a Better Oregon said in a statement at the time that the bill is intended to "truly reflect what every student needs to thrive in the 21st century." Supporters of the bill insist that considering math and reading essential skills has been an unfair challenge for students who do not test well. The report said the requirement was first suspended at the start of the pandemic.
The KATU report pointed out that Republicans have come out against the bill and claim that it lowers "expectations for our students." But there was some bipartisan support.
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Charles Boyle, the deputy communications director from Brown’s office, told the paper in an email that staff from the governor’s office informed legislative staffers about the bill's signing on the day it was passed. He also said that the new standards for graduation will help benefit the state’s "Black, Latino, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian, Pacific Islander, Tribal, and students of color."
The paper reported that the bill could stay in effect for five years until new requirements.
The paper's editorial staff urged Brown to veto the bill back in June.
"Oregon schools were among the last in the country to reopen to in-person instruction during the pandemic," an editorial read. "Our legislators should be focused on how to help students regain the ground they’ve lost after a year and a half of distance learning and hybrid instruction – not on lowering our standards."




When the ideology dictates that People of color are not capable of mastering basic educational skills - and education standards are dropped to satisfy Racial ideology - it is clear the DPST party is teh Racist -centric party - doing its' utmost to damage the educational system with lowered standards, CRT, Lies and hypocrisy about curricula, and hostile teacher's unions to any work or teaching of Students.

This is Racist pandering to destroy education - On teh Sly - by DPST criminal cabal marxists.



Parents everywhere need to revolt and throw out the school boards and fire teh teachers passing off this Racist horror as 'education'!

I agree that parents need to revolt.

The past year and a half has been hell on our students. I expect governors in other states to pass similar legislation. In the Houston area, many students simply weren't doing the school from home classes and work.

I know of one very capable student who missed more than the 10 days of school and failed a couple of classes. Then he dropped out of summer school. Still getting promoted.

Liberal progressive's utopia What could go wrong

Yup, if we can't close the academic gap for minority kids, the best response is to stop measuring them. Has the nice side effect that you can shitcan a teacher for not being able to teach too.

But I'm sure they'll still be able to figure out how to fill out that absentee ballot.

Not that anyone thinks a HS diploma is worth the paper it was written on, but it's nice to see the Democrats abandon the pretense.

Then the unprepared go to college - into the spigot of full time marxist /totalitarian indoctrination - rather than an education.

Public gov education ( conditioning sorry)