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The Real Cost of the Hope Scholarship: Special Education Students Are Paying the Price for Public School Disinvestment

  • March 26, 2026
  • West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy
  • Tamaya Browder
Budgets Education

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EARNCon 2026

Sept. 30 - Oct. 2

We hope you will join us in Washington D.C. at the Mayflower hotel from Wednesday, September 30 – Friday, October 2, 2026. Details to come!

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