Education
Bonamici’s webinar last week was organized to answer questions from long-time borrowers anxious about continuing their repayment plans, and for people who graduated during the height of the pandemic and haven’t had to make a first payment.
Rep. Bonamici said she sees hope and promise for the future when she speaks with students.
“The state of education is promising. We’ve had a lot of challenges, obviously, through the pandemic with school closures and the disrupted learning, but I’m very optimistic because we have such dedicated educators here," Rep. Bonamici said.
“I’m excited to be here at Tamarack Elementary School today because it is a school that is right from day one, ready to get kids learning and inspired and excited about learning. There's art on the walls. There are labs where they can collaborate. There's a partnership with OMSI. It is a school that is really here to prepare students for the future,” Bonamici said.
Federal Student Loan Information
At the start of the COVID pandemic and public health emergency, the Department of Education paused federal student loan payments and interest accrual for borrowers. This pause ended on September 1, 2023. President Biden proposed a plan to offer $10,000 - $20,000 in student loan forgiveness to individuals, but the courts blocked that plan. The Department of Education is now taking additional actions to support a smooth transition for borrowers.
Bonamici’s proposed bill, which she plans to introduce in September, will be based on the Beaverton School District's “Fake and Fatal” program — a campaign educating students to prevent deaths from opioids and other counterfeit pills.
“These are complex issues that did not start overnight,” Bonamici said. “My bill will create a pilot program encouraging the partnerships that we need among state departments of education, school districts, public health agencies and nonprofit partners to raise awareness and develop prevention education programs.”
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici plans to soon introduce a bill in Congress that would provide grant funding to school districts nationwide educating students on the dangers of fentanyl and counterfeit pills.
Along with the hundreds of Beaverton families and students lined up to get their free school supplies, U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici was in attendance at the event as well.
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, is planning to introduce new legislation next month on Capitol Hill to provide grants to school districts across the country for fentanyl awareness programs.
Oregon officials and Becerra said prevention is key to driving down the overdoses and drug usage.
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici plans to introduce a congressional bill in September that would provide funding for school districts nationwide to have curriculum modeled after what’s in place at the Beaverton School District, which was the first in Oregon to launch a fentanyl awareness curriculum.
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici will soon bring a bill to Congress that would fund a version of Beaverton’s “Fake and Fatal” program across the country and help keep kids from taking fentanyl amid an ongoing drug epidemic.