West plains schools to receive settlement from JUUL

CHENEY — The school district will receive just under $100,000 as a part of the federal settlement with Juul Labs, Inc., according to the minutes of the March 8 School Board meeting.

Cheney School District is one of 1,600 districts around the United States which will receive settlement money from the federal government. There are currently no restrictions on how school districts are to use these funds.

Districts will receive half of the settlement in 2023 and the rest will be distributed incrementally over the following three years, according to Garrett Williams, who was reporting to the board...