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WV Senate votes to dismantle Dept. of Ed and Arts; final decision on Saturday

By Ryan Quinn

Charleston Gazette-Mail

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Senate narrowly passed a bill Friday afternoon to do away with the state Department of Education and the Arts.

House Bill 4006 passed 18-15, with Senate Education Chairman Kenny Mann, R-Monroe, absent. All Democrats voted against it, as did three Republicans: Sens. Mark Drennan, R-Putnam; Ed Gaunch, R-Kanawha; and Chandler Swope, R-Mercer.

he House of Delegates, which previously passed the bill, will have to decide Saturday — the last day of the legislative session — whether to agree to the Senate’s changes to the bill.. ..

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