Hancock County School Superintendent Dan Enich said today (Jan 9) that he and other school officials will meet with the State Board of Education on Tuesday via Zoom. Enich had sent a letter to the State School Superintendent Michele Blatt that Hancock County schools had not received $478,000.00 draw down expected to assist the school system in meeting the next payroll in January. Enich requested the State Board’s assistance by advancing those funds.
According to Enich, tax collections will be coming in in March, April and May which will cover payroll. He said February has always been a “gap” month for the school system.
Del. Pat McGeehan (R-1st) has drafted a bill “Emergency Fund Bill” which will be introduced in the House of Delegates on Thursday. A companion bill will be introduced in the Senate. The purpose of the bill is to provide condition based emergency funding for financially distressed counties. The bill establishes the fund and sets a reserve fund threshold to be eligible for the fund.
McGeehan, who serves as Majority Leader in the House, said he has worked with the Speaker of the House and the Senate President to have the bill passed quickly by suspending the rules of both chambers.
The Hancock County Board of Education will hold its regularly scheduled meeting Monday, January 12 at the Rockefeller career center at 5:30 p.m.
