For the first time in 25 years, Oregon lawmakers say they have provided enough funding to public schools to fully meet the goals set out by a high-profile committee charged with pinpointing the price tag for a “ quality education .”

Their conclusion isn’t landing well with the scores of school advocates who have repeatedly maintained that the state has failed to fund education at the levels mapped out by Oregon’s Quality Education Commission .

In its 2024 report , members of that commission said the state needed to provide $13.5 billion to fully fund schools. Lawmakers approved only $11.36 billion in general fund dollars for the state school fund, which school advocates argue isn’t enough.

But in a recent report , the Legislature’s financial analysts said schools are ultimatel

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