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Demand Lawmakers Protect the GYO Program!
Oregon's Grow Your Own Program is at Risk!
Oregon’s Grow Your Own (GYO) program - one of our most effective tools for recruiting and supporting future educators from within our own communities - is on the chopping block.
The program has already been cut from the proposed EAC budget, and unless legislators hear from us now, we risk losing this critical investment in a diverse, community-rooted educator workforce.
Here’s what’s at stake:
- Hundreds of classified staff and community members currently on the path to licensure
- A proven, cost-effective pipeline for educators who reflect the cultural and linguistic diversity of Oregon students
- Programs supporting over 29 grantee institutions across the state, including ESDs, school districts, community colleges, and universities
If we don’t act, these pathways will disappear - and with them, the opportunity to build the educator workforce our students deserve.
Take Action Today:
Use our letter writing tool to contact the Ways & Means Co-Chairs Sanchez and Lieber, Speaker Fahey and Senate President Wagner and urge them to restore GYO funding in the EAC budget. Let them know what this means for your school, your students, and the future of public education in Oregon.
Together, we can still protect this vital program - but we need to act now.