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Two of my children attend Oregon Connections Academy (ORCA), a virtual charter school that very successfully meets their educational needs. Oregon legislators are considering legislation that threatens ORCA's existence.  If ORCA closes, we'll homeschool again, as will many, many other ORCA families.  Our local school districts, which currently get a percentage of the allotted tax dollars for each ORCA student, seem to want our kids to enroll locally so that they can get all of the allotted tax dollars.  They may be surprised to find that they will actually lose money if ORCA closes. 

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