Impact of Measure 66 and Measure 67 on Grant County
By the Numbers
| Children in public schools: | 1,032 |
| People on the Oregon Health Plan: | 705 |
| Seniors and people with disabilities receiving long-term care (in-home, assisted living, nursing homes): | 66 |
| People who received an initial unemployment check in 2009: | 394 |
| Released criminal offenders under supervision: | 15 |
| Tax filers who make $250,000 or more (households) or $125,000 or more (individual filers): | 36 |
What’s at Stake?
- $706,950.17 in K-12 school funding for Grant County’s 1,032 students.
- John Day SD 3: $414,640 ($440.04 per student)
- Prairie City SD 4: $121,270 ($433.44 per student)
- Monument SD 8: $59,690 ($429.08 per student)
- Dayville SD 16J: $56,375 ($428.55 per student)
- Long Creek SD 17: $52,975 ($421.94 per student)
- Blue Mountain Community College: If the measures fail, BMCC could be forced to raise tuition 9%, cap enrollment, suspend programs, and eliminate faculty positions as a result of a 5% reduction in Community College State Funding.
- Grant County Courts, which could close one day a week
- A tax break for 394 unemployed people, who will receive a tax refund on the first $2,400 they received in unemployment benefits
