Education

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.

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.

An open-source curriculum developed in Beaverton to educate tweens and teens about the ferocious risks of opioid abuse could soon be a model for schools around the country.

“Yes, my colleagues and I are deeply concerned about missed learning. But I also urge us to keep in mind the lives lost as well as the lives saved by limiting exposure,” said Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore.