As of July 1, 2009, the Student Leadership Development Center (SLDC) will be closed until the final budget amount is determined and a plan is developed for the continued services to the seven Oregon Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs), which along with DECA includes AOFC, FBLA, FCCLA, FFA, HOSA and SkillsUSA. The Oregon DECA Executive Director (a.k.a. Oregon DECA Program Coordinator) has have been laid off, along with all other Oregon CTSO program coordinators, until Oregon Department of Education, Willamette Education Service District and Chris Rankin, SLDC Director, come to a decision in regard to deliverables, staffing assignments and operations. We were told that hopefully a decision would be made by August 1.
We want to thank everyone for their advocacy efforts. The good news is that we were successful in getting back into the budget at $500,000 and we are now just waiting for the governor to sign SB 5519. Unfortunately we received less money than the last biennium and are anticipating at least a 30% cut in total operational funding.
If you have any questions or DECA matters that need attention, please contact Chris Rankin, SLDC Director: chris.rankin@wesd.org; 503.385.4760.
H&R Block Awards 10 DECA Chapters
H&R Block is donating more than $1 million in personal financial management curriculum grants to high schools nationwide. The following schools in Oregon, all with DECA chapters, were selected as some of this year’s H&R Block Dollars & Sense beneficiaries and a complete list of national recipients can be found here:
Bend Senior High School
Cascade High School
Centennial High School
Central High School
Gresham High School
Oregon City High School
Santiam Christian Schools
Sprague High School
Willamette High School
Westview High School
Congratulations!
What to learn how Oregon DECA is an essential vehicle for helping students meet The Oregon Diploma Requirements? Then check out the new resource section on this topic under Oregon Diploma. Here you will find “crosswalk documents” and direct links to Oregon Department of Education resources.
