The state added nearly 12,000 employees since 2020, but school districts face layoffs as budget cuts loom.
By Khushboo Rathore
Oregon Journalism Project
As Oregon public school leaders face reductions in state funding, they turn to their biggest expense to find cuts — about 85% of their budgets go to personnel.
This time around, they have more staff to cut: Over the past five years, the number of full-time employees at the state’s 197…