A sweeping plan to reshape how Oregon schools are funded runs into a buzzsaw of opposition in Salem

An ambitious effort to reshape the way Oregon calculates how much it needs to spend to produce a top-tier education system is on shaky ground in Salem, after key school lobbying groups lined up against it Tuesday.

Senate Bill 1555, a proposal from Sen. Janeen Sollman of Hillsboro and Rep. Ricki Ruiz of Gresham, both Democrats, would eliminate the state’s 27-year-old “quality education model” and instead task a nonpartisan research group…