AUSTINTOWN - Austintown Township Trustees will discuss cutting funding for the Austintown Local School District's student media program.

Township Trustee Chair Bruce Shepas tells 21 News the Board has been paying $27,000 per year for Austintown Community Television (ACTV), otherwise known as Austintown Falcon Media, to cover the Board's meetings and special events.

However, Shepas says the township uses their services only about 15 times per year and found that the expense was no longer needed. Shepas says the township could find another way to provide videos of their meetings.

ACTV covers more than just township meetings and township-sponsored events. It also covers sporting events, school board meeting and much more. 

Shepas says the program will remain in effect even after the cuts, and that students in the program will still be welcome to cover township events, like the Fourth of July celebration, Christmas celebration, etc., but the township will no longer pay them for it.

21 News has reached out to the Austintown Local School District for comment on this matter, and we're waiting to hear back.