West Virginia has seen an increase in special education students, and in some counties, those students now account for a quarter of enrollment.
Required services for special education students—like one-on-one aids and nurses—have impacted schools’ budgets. Federal and state education laws mandate services be provided to special education students.
Jackson County Schools Superintendent William Hosaflook said his county has a roughly $2.8 million deficit in order to educate around 600 special education students in his district.
Read more at West Virginia Watch.
