$120 million proposal to boost student literacy advances in Legislature

A $120 million initiative to boost literacy would be one of the single largest investments of its type in Oregon history if it passes. 

But during a public hearing for the proposal at the House Committee on Education on Monday, critics said it doesn’t go far enough and risks wasting money without stricter spending rules. 

At the end of the hearing, the committee unanimously approved the initiative, moving it to the budget-writing Joint Ways &…