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Kitzhaber to hear from educators Gov. John Kitzhaber will hear firsthand Wednesday what his proposed $4.95 billion in state aid would buy for Southern Oregon schools in the next two years. Superintendents and others from Jackson County's five districts will meet Kitzhaber from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at Hedrick Middle School, 1501 E. Jackson St., Medford. Each will have 10 minutes to tell Kitzhaber how his budget will affect their districts. The meeting is open to the public. The stop at Hedrick is his only scheduled public appearance in Southern Oregon. The Democratic chief executive boosted his original budget request by almost $400 million a month ago. But the House Revenue Committee rejected his proposal to raise corporate income taxes by a percentage point for two years. The Senate passed a non-binding resolution putting it on record against the corporate tax increase and the retention of surplus personal income taxes known as the ``kicker." Mail Tribune Copyright �  The Mail Tribune 1999, Medford, Oregon USA