NO on 58! Its implementation is very costly, estimated at over half a BILLION dollars, $253 million for each of the first two years. In addition of Measure 58 jeopardizes current and future federal funding that the state needs so critically to help educate students, from kindergarten through high school.

NO on 58! It is a flawed proposal that harms our public school system by forcing students who aren’t yet proficient in English to be “immersed” into an English-only classroom. It eliminates programs and resources that enable the children of Oregon to learn, each according to their ability. This impacts all classrooms, not just English language learners, and ultimately our larger communities.

NO on 58! Measure 58 fosters inequities in our public school system and opens the door for discrimination based on national origin, which is a civil rights violation.

NO on 58! It is an attack that does not address the needs of all our children or their schools. When any student is shortchanged, we all lose.

Measure 58 harms not only immigrant and refugees who need support in learning English – it harms all Oregonians. Across our diverse communities we strongly believe in fairness, equity and a responsive education for all our children.