By Steven Allen Adams, The Weirton Daily Times
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A public charter school expansion bill from the House of Delegates was approved Tuesday by the Senate Education Committee after accepting an amendment from a Democratic senator to slow down how quickly the program ramps up.
House Bill 2012 was adopted by the committee on a voice vote Tuesday evening. The bill now heads to the full state Senate.
HB 2012 changes the maximum number of public charter schools in a three-year period from three to 10. The bill also allows for a statewide virtual charter school and allows counties to approve smaller virtual charter schools.
The committee approved in a 7-6 vote an amendment to the bill offered by Sen. Mike Romano, D-Harrison. The Romano amendment would keep the cap on the number of charter schools for the first three-year period ending July 1, 2023, to three public charter schools…
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