West Virginia Watch, News from the States – West Virginia public schools need money, that’s no secret.
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Many schools are struggling to figure out what they’re going to do when they lose the temporary federal pandemic funding, which ends in September. For the 2024-2025 school year, there will be $392 million less in funding statewide for public schools.
Schools are desperate to fill that gap in funding. The Cabell County Board of Education tried to make up the $11 million it’s losing by taking it from the county’s parks and libraries funding, but voters weren’t having it.
