You're Invited To Testify At The OR Senate Education Committee Hearing!

Dear Parents –

On Wednesday, April 21, at 3:15pm, the Senate Education Committee will hold a hearing on Senate Bill 240 which would remove the 3% enrollment cap on full-time virtual public charter schools. In 2011, the Oregon State Legislature placed a cap of 3% on the number of kids in a school district that can transfer to full-time virtual schools. In the wake of COVID-19, more and more families are seeking enrollment in virtual public schools. School districts across the state are hitting the 3% cap and denying families enrollment in the school of their choice. This simply isn’t fair.

The virtual public school parent voice needs to be heard in the debate around removing the enrollment cap. Please do your part and register to deliver remote testimony at the Senate Education Committee hearing on Wednesday, April 21 at 3:15pm. Tell legislators what a virtual public education has meant to your family and urge them to lift the enrollment cap so more families can take advantage of this important education option!

Register to Deliver Remote Testimony

How to deliver testimony in support of full-time virtual public charter schools:

  • Thank the Senate Education Committee Chair and the members of the committee for the opportunity to testify on SB240

  • State your full name and the city where you live

  • Say that you are the parent of a student(s) who is enrolled in a full-time virtual public charter school or who is seeking to enroll

  • Share your virtual public-school story and what this option means to your child(ren) and your family

  • Tell committee members that full-time virtual public charter schools are proven, established programs that have state-certified teachers and curriculum

  • Tell committee members that thousands of students are being denied enrollment in the school of their choice due to the 3% enrollment cap on full-time virtual public charter schools

  • Urge legislators to eliminate the enrollment cap so that more students can take advantage of this important education option

  • Keep it short – you will likely only have 2 minutes to deliver your testimony

If you’ve never testified before, no problem, email us and we can walk you through how it’s done.

If you can’t testify or would prefer to submit written testimony, you can submit written testimony to the committee.

Please do your part. Share your story. Register to testify at the Senate Education Committee hearing!