These civil rights laws extend to all education programs and facilities that receive federal financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Education, including: State education agencies, Elementary and secondary school systems, Colleges and universities,
Columbia County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 census, the population was 49,351. The county seat is St. Helens. It was named for the Columbia River, which forms its eastern and northern borders. Columbia County is included in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Portland metropolitan area.
In 1853, Congress split off the land north of the Columbia to be Washington Territory, and Lewis County, smaller than the Oregon version, was established between Cowlitz and Thurston counties. The first census enumerated 616 residents (Indians not counted) of whom 239 were males who could vote.