Impact of Measure 66 and Measure 67 on Klamath County
By the Numbers
| Children in public schools: | 10,094 |
| People on the Oregon Health Plan: | 9,238 |
| Seniors and people with disabilities receiving long-term care (in-home, assisted living, nursing homes): | 468 |
| People who received an initial unemployment check in 2009: | 3,921 |
| Released criminal offenders under supervision: | 280 |
| Tax filers who make $250,000 or more (households) or $125,000 or more (individual filers): | 348 |
What’s at Stake?
- $5.6 million in K-12 school funding for Klamath County’s 11,136 students — on average, $438.47 per student.
- Klamath Falls City Schools: $2.08 million
- Klamath County SD: $3.52 million
- Klamath Community College: If the measures fail, KCC could be forced to raise tuition 9%, cap enrollment, reduce days, and eliminate faculty positions as a result of a 5% reduction in Community College State Funding.
- Oregon Institute of Technology could lose $1.96 million, resulting in higher tuition, staff and faculty layoffs, and program reductions.
- Klamath County Courts, which could close one day a week
- A tax break for 3,921 unemployed people, who will receive a tax refund on the first $2,400 they received in unemployment benefits
