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<div>Dear Business Managers,</div>
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<div>Please find a message from Julie Curtis at the Department of State Lands below:</div>
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<div>Dear school district budget officers:</div>
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<div>The Oregon Department of State Lands produces a <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/dsl/DO/docs/csf_fact_sheet.pdf"><font color="blue"><u>fact sheet</u></font></a> on the state’s Common School Fund. As you know, the Department of Education sends distributions
from the fund twice a year to all 197 K-12 districts. In the fact sheet we’ve tried to illustrate the “value” of the distributions by showing how many full-time teachers would be supported by Common School Fund monies in a cross-section of districts. </div>
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<div>It has always been our understanding that Common School Fund distributions go into each district’s General Fund. However, it may be that some of you earmark your distributions for specific purposes. Do you rely on Common School Fund revenues for libraries,
building projects or other important district expenditures? If this is the case, we’d like to know more! </div>
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<div>If you have specific examples of projects within your districts supported by Common School Fund distributions, please send me an email: <a href="mailto:julie.curtis@state.or.us"><font color="blue"><u>julie.curtis@state.or.us</u></font></a>. Thank you.</div>
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<div><font color="#0070C0">Julie Curtis | Public Information Manager</font></div>
<div><font size="2" color="#1F497D"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Oregon Department of State Lands</span></font></div>
<div><font size="2" color="#1F497D"><span style="font-size:10pt;">775 Summer St. NE | Salem, OR 97301-1279</span></font></div>
<div><font size="2" color="#1F497D"><span style="font-size:10pt;">503-986-5298 (desk) | 503-510-6860 (cell) </span></font></div>
<div><a href="mailto:julie.curtis@state.or.us"><font size="2" color="#0070C0"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><u>julie.curtis@state.or.us</u></span></font></a><font size="2" color="#0070C0"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> </span></font></div>
<div><a href="http://www.oregonstatelands.us/"><font size="2" color="#0070C0"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><u>www.oregonstatelands.us</u></span></font></a><font size="2" color="#0070C0"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> </span></font></div>
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<div><font size="2" color="#595959"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Michael Elliott</span></font></div>
<div><font size="2" color="#595959"><span style="font-size:10pt;">School Facilities Coordinator | Office of Finance & Administration|School Finance & School Facilities| Oregon Department of Education</span></font></div>
<div><font size="2" color="#595959"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Office: 503.947.5627<font face="Arial"> | </font>Fax: 503.378.5156<font face="Arial"> | </font><font face="Wingdings">*</font>michael.s.elliott@state.or.us</span></font></div>
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