WV News

School finance officials from across West Virginia told lawmakers Monday that the state’s school funding formula is not fundamentally broken but no longer reflects current realities facing county school systems, particularly rising special education costs, declining enrollment and increasing operational expenses. During an interim meeting of the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Education at Canaan Valley Resort State Park, school business officials from Pendleton, Ohio, Kanawha and Berkeley counties outlined concerns with the Public School Support Plan and urged lawmakers to consider updates to address those challenges.