PORTLAND, Ore. — After a series of meetings focused on the future of Preschool for All, the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners voted not to make any changes, for now, to the tax that funds the program .

The lack of a vote on whether to index the taxable income thresholds to inflation is a de facto win, if only temporarily, to stakeholders who worry that changes to those thresholds could hurt its long-term viability.

"The decision preserves the program’s current financial standing and keeps it on its voter-approved track to provide universal access to free, culturally responsive preschool by 2030," a county spokesperson said in a statement.

Multnomah County voters approved the Preschool for All tax in 2020, and it went into effect at the start of 2021. As the name suggests, the pr

See Full Page