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Rockcastle board OKs MOU with fiscal court to use opioid settlement funds to hire prevention counselor
Summary
Trustees approved an MOU with the Rockcastle County Fiscal Court to use opioid settlement funds (about $647,000 received to date) to fund a school-based prevention counselor and program across five schools; the fiscal court agreed to pay the position and the district will supervise programming and hiring.
The Rockcastle County Board of Education voted to approve an intergovernmental memorandum of understanding with the Rockcastle County Fiscal Court to use National Opioid Settlement funds for a school-based prevention counselor and program.
Dr. Ballenger told trustees the MOU and accompanying job description outline a prevention-focused role that will serve five schools and include a programming budget. He said the fiscal court had approved the arrangement earlier in…
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