West Virginia Legislature passes 4 percent teacher raise over 3 years

The measure passed the House of Delegates by a 59-37 margin with four delegates not casting votes.

House of Delegates and Senate leaders called for teachers to accept the proposal, which would amount to a three-year, 4 percent raise, as opposed to 5 percent overall raises advanced by the House of Delegates on Feb. 13 in a plan initially backed by the Senate, and called on them not to stage a statewide walkout beginning Thursday.