A tale of three cities: The chance at local option levies can affect school districts across Oregon in drastically different ways

Published: May 16, 2024, 10:32 p.m.

Portland Public Schools wants to renew a local tax that already helps pay for hundreds of teachers. Bend-La Pine wants to start a new levy that would offset substantial budget cuts. But in Salem-Keizer, option levies aren\u2019t really an option at all.