The committee overseeing the state’s Seismic Rehabilitation Grant Program announced 41 schools to receive $50 million in grants, and the Hood River County School District made the cut.  The district will receive $898,400 dollars to retrofit the Hood River Middle School gymnasium.  Business Oregon, the state’s economic development agency, oversees the program to rehab schools and other critical public buildings so they will be better prepared to withstand a major earthquake.  The Oregon legislature allocated $175 million in funding for schools to the program for the 2015-17 biennium.  This was the first phase of that funding, awarding $50 million. The next phase for the remaining $125 million will be announced in 2017, with applications due this September.  The committee received 107 applications for this round of grants.