Portland community college system seeks $374 million

The Portland (Ore.) Community College Board of Education has voted to put the biggest education property tax request in state history on the November ballot. The 86,000-student college will ask voters in the five counties it serves to approve a $374 million bond proposal. The money will pay to build and renovate facilities on four campuses to make room for 24,000 more students by 2012.

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