Impact of Measure 66 and Measure 67 on Multnomah County
Volunteer in Multnomah County
By the Numbers
| Children in public schools: | 91,062 |
| People on the Oregon Health Plan: | 83,592 |
| Seniors and people with disabilities receiving long-term care (in-home, assisted living, nursing homes): | 6,380 |
| People who received an initial unemployment check in 2009: | 39,807 |
| Released criminal offenders under supervision: | 2,925 |
| Tax filers who make $250,000 or more (households) or $125,000 or more (individual filers): | 10,511 |
What’s at Stake?
- $46.8 million in K-12 school funding for Multnomah County’s 91,092 students — on average, $431.44 per student.
- Portland SD 1J: $22.98 million
- Parkrose SD 3: $1.84 million
- Reynolds SD 7: $6.17 million
- Gresham-Barlow SD 10J: $6.08 million
- Centennial SD 28J: $3.52 million
- Corbett SD 39: $411,550
- David Douglas SD 40: $5.59 million
- Riverdale SD 51J: $241,760
- Portland State University could lose $7.08 million, resulting in higher tuition, staff and faculty layoffs, and program reductions.
- Oregon Health & Sciences University could lose $7.9 million, which will force the university to increase tuition at all of their schools, cut a wide array of programs including, nursing support, health care coordination for children with special needs.
- Multnomah County’s Community Colleges, including Portland Community College: They 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.
- The Columbia River Correctional Facility could be cut or eliminated. The facility can house up to 540 inmates and currently employs 132 people.
- Multnomah County Courts, which could close one day a week.
- A tax break for 39,807 unemployed people, who will receive a tax refund on the first $2,400 they received in unemployment benefits.
