西弗吉尼亚州教育主任警告学校选择, 导致公立学校学生减少35 000人, West Virginia’s education chief warns school choice is causing a 35,000-student drop in public schools and demands fairer funding and oversight.

西弗吉尼亚州教育委员会主席L. Paul Hardesty警告立法者, 目前的学校选择计划, 包括扩大的希望奖学金, 正在刺激自2019年以来公立学校入学率下降35 000名学生, West Virginia Board of Education President L. Paul Hardesty warned lawmakers that current school choice programs, including the expanding Hope Scholarship, are fueling a 35,000-student decline in public school enrollment since 2019 and threatening the system’s sustainability. 他列举了在监管方面存在的巨大差异——公立学校的规则为1,300页,而包租和家庭学校的监督则很少,他呼吁制定更公平的学校援助公式,加强警戒系统。 He cited vast regulatory disparities—1,300 pages of rules for public schools versus minimal oversight for charters and homeschools—and called for a fairer school aid formula and stronger guardrails. 随着希望奖学金的资金预计到2026-2027年将增加到2.45亿美元, 哈德斯蒂敦促立法行动以防止对公共教育造成进一步的压力, 指出立法者, 而不是董事会, 拥有对资金和政策变化的权力. With the Hope Scholarship’s funding projected to rise to $245 million by 2026-2027, Hardesty urged legislative action to prevent further strain on public education, noting that lawmakers, not the board, hold authority over funding and policy changes.