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Changing What Defines "Poverty" For Schools

Medford School District

Schools with higher numbers of students from poor families frequently get additional financial support.

Plain and simple, education must be more intensive for children of poverty.  A change is underway in Oregon… a change in HOW poverty is calculated. 

The state Department of Education must carry out the change, under orders from the legislature. 

And it is possible that some school districts will get more money... while others will get less.

 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.