By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail The West Virginia House of Delegates will have to decide what to do with the ”Student Success Act” (Senate Bill 1039)that the state Senate passed Monday. Both chambers are Republican controlled, but Republican delegates weren’t unified behind the “omnibus” education bill (Senate Bill 451) that senators[Read More…]
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Raleigh, Greenbrier delegates selected for leadership roles in education reform committees
By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Two Raleigh County delegates and one Greenbrier County delegate have been chosen to serve in leadership roles on “Select Committees on Education Reform” during the “education betterment” special session. Del. Jeffrey Pack and Del. Brandon Steele, both R-Raleigh, were selected by House Speaker[Read More…]
WV Senate GOP OKs nonpublic-school vouchers; Dems don’t suggest changes
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Senate passed Monday a taxpayer-funded private education vouchers bill after the Senate Democrats, in the minority, didn’t propose any amendments and joined their Republican colleagues to allow the bill to pass a day early. The 18-15 final Senate vote on[Read More…]
Stealing governor’s thunder, WV Senate releases strong May revenue report
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — May was another strong month for state tax collections, with collections of $380.9 million topping estimates by $46.38 million, or 14 percent. Strong income tax and severance tax collections, which combined came in $32.04 million ahead of estimates, accounted for much of the[Read More…]
Raleigh delegates say WV education reform will be debated piece by piece
By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After the West Virginia Senate passed two controversial bills Monday, one on comprehensive education reform and another allowing education savings accounts, two Raleigh County delegates are confident the measures will be thoroughly vetted on the House side. “We fully intend on these issues standing and[Read More…]
WV Senate passes bill with sweeping education changes
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Senate on Monday passed a new, sweeping education bill that would, among many other things, legalize charter schools, raise public school worker pay, increase public school funding in other areas, ban county superintendents from closing schools in anticipation of[Read More…]
Student Success Act amended, up for vote today in West Virginia Senate
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Senate returned Sunday to amend the Student Success Act, moving the bill to third reading and passage this morning. There were seven amendments to Senate Bill 1039 awaiting senators for the 2 p.m. floor session[Read More…]
Carmichael: ‘Student Success Act’ only way to fix state’s education system
By JORDAN NELSON The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Senate President Mitch Carmichael, R-Jackson, says his newly introduced Student Success Act is the key to fixing the state’s education system. In a press conference Thursday morning, Carmichael spouted statistics, placing West Virginia well below the belt when it comes[Read More…]
Mental health programs sought by educators, West Virginia Sen. Ryan Weld, R-Brooke
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Educators are pushing for school mental health programs — like one that exists in Ohio County Schools — to be expanded across West Virginia. State Sen. Ryan Weld, R-Brooke, is facilitating an effort to make mental health care in[Read More…]
W.Va. Senate to resume education special session on Saturday
By Steven Allen Adams, Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — Leadership of the West Virginia Senate wants to call the upper chamber back into special session Saturday to start work on the 144-page update to its regular session omnibus bill. Senate President Mitch Carmichael, R-Jackson, sent a letter to senators[Read More…]
