Education
Reps. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) and Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Was.) introduced a measure last week that aims to expand the Child and Adult Care Food Program, which serves 4.7 million low-income children in child care centers, Head Start and afterschool programs, homeless shelters and other settings. The bill calls for an additional meal or snack to be served to children in full-day (more than eight hours) programs. Currently, child care providers can only be reimbursed for serving two meals and one snack.
The Newberg school board's termination of the contract of Superintendent Joe Morelock has elicited howls of protest and a flurry of activity since the 4-3 decision on Nov. 9. Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici, who represents Newberg as part of the 1st Congressional District, said in a prepared statement, that she has been closely following the school board's actions over the past several months.
Oregon's congressional delegation has taken several close looks at Chemawa over the last few years, starting with a visit in May 2018, which included representatives from several Oregon tribes. That visit was followed a year later by an emotional and occasionally combative congressional hearing. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Beaverton, and Kurt Schrader, D-Canby, have visited Chemawa more recently, including in 2019, when they emerged to say they felt encouraged that the school was making changes.
Stars in the House—the daily live streamed concert series created by Playbill correspondent and SiriusXM Broadway host Seth Rudetsky and producer James Wesley—spotlights Americans for the Arts' National Arts and Humanities Month, the largest annual celebration for the arts and humanities in the nation, October 25. Guests include U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici, Government Affairs Manager of Americans for the Arts Lauren Cohen, Poet Laureate and National Arts and Humanities Month Ambassador Alora Young, and Voices Inside Founder and Artistic Director Robby Henson.
It has a waiting list annually and serves as a "choice school" for many in the Native community. Yet in 2019, Oregon U.S. Reps. Kurt Schrader and Suzanne Bonamici criticized the school for failing students and the tribes who entrusted their children to the school's care.