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 studentslike one-on-one aids and nurseshave 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.
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