Chiloquin Elementary School pictured here is part of the Klamath County School District. Klamath County is one of 30 counties in Oregon that will not receive millions in federal money from the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act in 2025, after U.S. House Republicans failed to renew the bill for the first time in 24 years. (Alex Baumhardt/Oregon Capital Chronicle)
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Schools in 30 of Oregon’s 36 counties — and schools in other Western states — will receive less federal funding in 2025 after the U.S. House of Representatives failed to reauthorize a 24-year-old bill that typically pays up to $80 million a year for schools and roads in Oregon along with wildfire prevention and conservation work.