WV Senate pumps brakes on House’s emergency school funding for Hancock County’s financial crisis

By: Amelia Ferrell Knisely

Outlets: West Virginia Watch

Published: January 21, 2026

Words: 837

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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After the House of Delegates fast-tracked emergency funding for Hancock County Schools, the bill is now held up in the Senate, prompting questions from a Republican Senator who represents the district.

“These bills would provide an $8 million loan — and I want to emphasize loan — so that Hancock County teachers, bus drivers and cooks could be paid,” Sen. Laura Chapman, R-Hancock, said on the Senate floor Wednesday morning. “This is outrageous.”

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