West Virginia's Education Funding Formula Under Fire: Board President Raises Alarms A growing concern has been brewing in West Virginia's education system, with the state's Board of Education President, Paul Hardesty, sounding the alarm on the state's school aid formula. For the past year, Hardesty has been vocal about the formula's shortcomings, expressing his frustrations at the board's monthly meetings, including a recent October gathering. The issue at hand is the distribution of funds to schools, with Hardesty arguing that the current system is unfair and fails to provide adequate support to some of the state's most vulnerable districts. As the debate over education funding continues to heat up, Hardesty's calls for reform are sparking a wider conversation about the future of West Virginia's education system.
West Virginia Board of Education President Paul Hardesty, center, has been raising issues with the state school aid formula for the last year, including at the board’s monthly meetings in October, ...