As public schools face a financial crisis, consultants urged lawmakers to rethink school funding

As public schools face a financial crisis, consultants urged lawmakers to rethink school funding

Just days before the West Virginia Department of Education took over another school district, lawmakers were told they should cap private education scholarships based on need and better fund public schools. Clicking through a PowerPoint presentation, RAND Corporation policy analysts Benjamin Master and Brian Phillips told lawmakers who had piled into their seats in the House of Delegates that the state’s funding formula for public schools is con…

As West Virginia schools face financial crisis, House consultants recommend rethinking school funding and Hope Scholarship

West Virginia lawmakers were urged by RAND consultants to simplify school funding and cap Hope Scholarships by income so public schools can better serve high-need students.