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By Matt PEi.key
Rappahannock NVws Staff Writer
Governor Kaine last week signed into law one of the two school funding bills that could bring more state funds to Rappahannock schools.
The Hou >e bill, H.B. 936, sponsored by Rappahannock delegate Todd Gilbert, will make Rappahannock eligible to pursue additional state education funding through a cost-sharing agreement with an adjacent county.
Governor Kaine has not yet signed the identical Senate bill sponsored by Rappahannock senator Mark Obenshain.
If Rappahannock enters into a cost-sharing agreement, the schools could receive up to about $250,000 annually beginning in July of 2010.
The General Assembly would have to approve any additional state money thut the schools might receive.
Rappahannock Superintendent Dr. Robert Chappell said the additional money would help.
“1 know that people have characterized $250,000 as a drop in a bucket, but it sounds like a lot of money to me,” he said.
School and county officials had hoped to receive
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