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Board discusses HOPE scholarship impact, Harrison County invoice and roofing project
Summary
A board member warned that HOPE scholarship vouchers and falling enrollment are reducing district funding and cited figures for local revenue loss; the board also reviewed a $3,305 invoice from Harrison County for FY24 student transfers and a $72,698 McKinley Architecture invoice for roof design work, and heard that SBA bond reimbursements are winding down.
Board members spent part of the meeting discussing district finances and the fiscal pressure of shifting student enrollment and vouchers.
One board member (S5) said the district has "exactly 4,750" students and that 283 students receive the HOPE Scholarship, which he estimated removes $4,700 per student from the Ohio County Schools budget and amounts to about $1,330,100 in lost local funding. He urged legislators to consider the…
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