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As public schools face financial crisis, lawmakers offer no help for students in poverty

  • 1.  As public schools face financial crisis, lawmakers offer no help for students in poverty

    Posted 03-13-2026 11:36 AM

    Fifty-seven days into the West Virginia Legislature's 60-day session, lawmakers have done little to pull some of the state's public schools from the brink of financial collapse. Early in this session, Hancock County's school system announced its ability to make payroll was at risk, and joined six other county school systems taken over by the state Department of Education. West Virginia Board of Education President Paul Hardesty warned lawmakers that more school districts will be facing insolvency in the years to come. Meanwhile, other county systems are either laying off teachers or contemplating it.

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    Michael Spurlin
    ATPE
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