By Ryan Quinn Gov. Jim Justice's education bill, which he signed into law last month, cut $3.7 million from West Virginia's eight Regional Education Service Agencies and ordered their dismantlement - at least in name. Although House Bill 2711 cut the agencies' funding, it also said they could continue to exist until school boards of the counties within them either form a cooperative agreement changing them, decide to dissolve them or July 1, 2018, came along, when the agencies would have to dissolve if school boards hadn't yet made a decision. Now, despite the cut, the agencies might ask Justice and the Legislature to provide them with money next fiscal year, until they either dissolve or are transformed into the law's newly allowed "educational services cooperatives." While the regional agencies annually receive much more than $3.7 million in grant money, the $3.7 million paid for their executive directors, chief financial officers, water and electricity service, and other expenses, state Board of Education official Jason Butcher said. The multi-county agencies are supposed to aid county school systems through things like shared services and personnel. When asked if the agencies' grant money could be diverted to pay what the $3.7 million used to cover, Butcher said the language stating what the grants can be used for is quite strict.
Comment on RESAs still might request money for next year despite dissolution order
Ryan Quinn, The Charleston Gazette
Wed, 05/31/2017 - 4:15pm
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