Impact of Measure 66 and Measure 67 on Hood River County
By the Numbers
| Children in public schools: | 3,973 |
| People on the Oregon Health Plan: | 2,507 |
| Seniors and people with disabilities receiving long-term care (in-home, assisted living, nursing homes): | 103 |
| People who received an initial unemployment check in 2009: | 1,364 |
| Released criminal offenders under supervision: | 41 |
| Tax filers who make $250,000 or more (households) or $125,000 or more (individual filers): | 236 |
What’s at Stake?
- $2.16 million in K-12 school funding for Hood River County’s 3,973 students ($437.01 per student).
- Columbia Gorge Community College: If the measures fail, CGCC 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.
- Hood River County Courts, which could close one day a week
- A tax break for 1,346 unemployed people, who will receive a tax refund on the first $2,400 they received in unemployment benefits
