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Superintendent reports $2.57 million Secure Rural Schools repayment to district
Summary
In the superintendent’s report, staff said the district recently received $2,574,781.27 in back payments from the Secure Rural Schools program and recounted legislative and federal steps that enabled the payment.
During the superintendent’s report, district leadership said the Klamath County School District received a Secure Rural Schools back payment of $2,574,781.27.
The superintendent summarized the federal‑to‑state flow of the program and said the Department of Education had previously treated those payments as local contributions, which reduced state funding accordingly. He credited a change in federal language, assisted by Sen. Ron Wyden’s office and local legislative work, that prevented supplanting and allowed the districts to be repaid; the legislature allocated the funds in 2024 and the district received the payment recently.
The superintendent noted that the payment covered multiple fiscal years and that allocation timing required coordination across state and county processes; the district expects to account for the funds in the fiscal records and continue working with auditors.
