Oregon Revised Statutes Education and Culture § 329.153

(1) It is the policy of the Legislative Assembly that programs and strategies that can substantiate a claim to prevention and cost-effectiveness be of high priority.

(2) The Legislative Assembly finds that dollars invested in quality programs, such as the Head Start program after which the Oregon prekindergarten is modeled, return the costs thereof several times over in costs saved in the areas of remedial education, corrections and human services.