West Virginia Watch - District 91¿´Æ¬istration District 91¿´Æ¬istration Media Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:54:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 As number of West Virginia special education students increases, some school districts are going into debt /as-number-of-wv-special-education-students-increases-some-schools-districts-are-going-into-debt/ Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:25:05 +0000 /?p=181043 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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]]> 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.

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