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Board, staff say charter and Hope scholarship growth strains Preston County enrollment tracking and funding
Summary
Preston County administrators told lawmakers processing Hope scholarship and multi-county charter enrollments consumes staff time and can leave students without confirmed placements; attendees discussed moving enrollment processing or tightening accountability.
Preston County staff and board members told state lawmakers that emerging charter, virtual and Hope scholarship options are creating administrative burdens and accountability gaps that hurt local districts.
District staff described the workload of processing hundreds of Hope and charter applications and tracking students who leave and sometimes return mid-year. "It takes an exorbitant amount of time simply processing Hope applications," a district official said. Staff said the county often must enroll a student to…
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