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Cabell County projects roughly $7.9 million special-education shortfall; superintendent urges state funding change
Summary
Superintendent Drew Hardesty told the Cabell County Board of Education the district projects more than $27 million in special-education expenditures this year, with an estimated local share above $21 million and a projected unfunded gap of about $7.9 million, and urged revisions to the state funding formula.
Cabell County Superintendent Drew Hardesty told the Board of Education on Jan. 20 that the district is projecting total special-education expenditures of just over $27 million this fiscal year, with local spending expected to exceed $21 million and an estimated unfunded special-education shortfall of roughly $7.9 million.
Hardesty said the shortfall persists even after accounting for federal IDEA grants and state special-education grants. "This is just a great example of why the funding formula we currently have does not work,"…
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