Impact of Measure 66 and Measure 67 on Wallowa County
By the Numbers
| Children in public schools: | 871 |
| People on the Oregon Health Plan: | 694 |
| Seniors and people with disabilities receiving long-term care (in-home, assisted living, nursing homes): | 89 |
| People who received an initial unemployment check in 2009: | 439 |
| Released criminal offenders under supervision: | 8 |
| Tax filers who make $250,000 or more (households) or $125,000 or more (individual filers): | 27 |
What’s at Stake?
- $556,260 in K-12 school funding for Wallowa County’s 871 students.
- Joseph SD 6: $150,040 ($442.89 per student)
- Wallowa SD 12: $148,210 ($447.15 per student)
- Enterprise SD 21: $245,370 ($445.44 per student)
- Troy: $12,640 ($438.41 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.
- Eastern Oregon University could lose $1.67 million, resulting in higher tuition, staff and faculty layoffs, and program reductions.
- Umatilla County Courts, which could close one day a week
- A tax break for 439 unemployed people, who will receive a tax refund on the first $2,400 they received in unemployment benefits
