Department of Education Yanks Back $5.6M From JD Vance's Hometown School District

Middletown schools, JD Vance's alma mater, face $5.6M federal funding cut; largest in state

Recent cuts in federal education spending including $5.6 million for Middletown Schools would be potentially devastating to the district, city schools officials said Thursday.Of the 18 Ohio school districts marked for recalls of COVID pandemic-initiated ESSER (Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief), Middletown Schools are being ordered to slash the largest amount.School officials said the $5.6 million was being used to build a new bus…

Department of Education yanks back $5.6M from JD Vance's hometown school district

Federal funding for a Middletown City Schools construction project could disappear.

Appalachian Ohio’s public schools face tough choices with potential state, federal funding cuts

Ohio school children in a classroom. (Photo by Morgan Trau.)Public school leaders in Appalachian Ohio say that state and federal funding cuts would cause suffering for schools and the students they serve. An analysis of the Ohio House Republican budget proposal shows it would result in more than $565 million in lost funds for Appalachian school districts over the next two years and a loss of $2.75 billion for public schools statewide, compared t…