Impact of Measure 66 and Measure 67 on Benton County
Volunteer in Benton County
By the Numbers
| Children in public schools: | 9,030 |
| People on the Oregon Health Plan: | 5,278 |
| Seniors and people with disabilities receiving long-term care (in-home, assisted living, nursing homes): | 320 |
| People who received an initial unemployment check in 2009: | 2,588 |
| Released criminal offenders under supervision: | 137 |
| Tax filers who make $250,000 or more (households) or $125,000 or more (individual filers): | 930 |
What’s at Stake?
- $4.5 million in K-12 school funding for Benton County’s 9,030 students.
- Monroe SD 1J: $279,950 ($441.30 per student)
- Alsea SD 7J: $111,825 ($438.41 per student)
- Philomath SD 17J: $822,010 ($438.41 per student)
- Corvallis SD 509J: $3.3 million ($435.37 per student)
- Linn-Benton Community College: If measures fail, LBCC might have to raise tuition 9%, cap enrollment, suspend programs, and eliminate faculty positions as a result of a 5% reduction in Community College State Funding.
- Oregon State University could lose $9.64 million, resulting in higher tuition, staff and faculty layoffs, and program reductions.
- Benton County Courts, which could close one day a week
- A tax break for 2,558 unemployed people, who will receive a tax refund on the first $2,400 they received in unemployment benefits
