Rep. Cate's

2025 Education priorities survey

The stage is set for education to be one of the top policy focuses of 2025.

Your responses help me know where your priorities are for the future of Oregon schools in order to best represent our district. Thank you for being so helpful!

2025 Education Priorities Survey
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Oregon’s graduation requirements were waived in the wake of the pandemic, allowing students to graduate regardless of their grades. Should graduation requirements be restored?
Oregon has been ranked 5th worst in the nation for math and reading scores. With every additional priority or credit requirement passed, teaching time for core subjects can suffer. Do you think more focus should be on educational basics?
Albany students recently missed 3 weeks of school when their teachers went on strike, following a similar strike by Portland teachers last year. Should Oregon join 37 other states in prohibiting teachers from striking during the school year?
Oregon gives a higher allocation of funding to schools for Special Education students (for up to 11% of their student body). Nearly all schools in the state exceed this cap—most House District 11’s schools average nearly 20% of SPED students—requiring schools to divert resources from the rest of their student body’s funding to meet the federal and state requirements for SPED students. Should Oregon fund all SPED students?
Oregon recently received an “F” grade (one of only 13 states in the nation to do so) for lacking transparency for parents to compare schools’ performance to pre-pandemic levels. Do you think parents deserve to know if their child’s school is rebounding—or actually getting worse?
Governor Kotek has proposed an additional over half-billion-dollar investment into our state school fund above schools’ current service level. For reference, Oregon approved a ’23-’25 school budget of $10.2 billion. Do you think Oregon’s struggling success rates can be solved by additional funding?
Portland’s school district recently passed a rule barring personal and political displays by teachers in their classrooms—that has received heavy pushback by teachers’ unions. Do you think teachers’ political and social agendas should be allowed in public schools?