LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Jefferson County Public Schools is allocating $3.8 million of its upcoming school budget to address the needs of multilingual learners in the district. This comes as district leaders are having to make choices on where to invest and where to cut within its budget.

At the end of the 2024-2025 school year, Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) reported having about 21,000 multilingual learners in the district. Those students are mostly those who receive English-language development services.

Jill Handley, the district’s assistant superintendent for multilingual learners, said if those students were a district of their own, they’d be the third-largest district in the state of Kentucky.

Handley explained the money allocated from the budget would go to the schools s

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