MORGANTOWN — The campus carry bill sailed through the Senate on Tuesday, with just one Republican joining the three Democrats to oppose it. SB 10, the Campus Self Defense Act, […]
Education
Senate Education approves bill to allow county school boards to hire independent contractors for campus security
MORGANTOWN — The Senate Education Committee on Tuesday gave its blessing to a bill to allow county school boards to beef up campus security with independent contractors, and a bill […]
House bill would subsidize dual-enrollment career-path higher ed courses for high school students
MORGANTOWN — The House Education Committee unanimously approved a bill aimed at beefing up the state’s workforce by subsidizing high school students who want to enroll in career-path higher education […]
State Senate sends Article V Constitutional convention bill and child violence prevention bill to House of Delegates
MORGANTOWN — The state Senate on Friday approved a bill spelling out how the state would participate in an Article V Constitutional convention, and one requiring the state Board of […]
WVU engineering school to host ‘Girls’ STEM Day’ next month
Framed as such, it could have been the premise of a science-fiction novel. The day Katherine Johnson and Anna Brusoe constructed a time-bridge, that is. Anna, we’ll get to. Johnson, […]
Three university presidents join to oppose campus carry legislation
MORGANTOWN — Three university presidents have joined to oppose the campus carry legislation working its way through the state Senate. Ericke Cage of West Virginia State University, Kendra Boggess of […]
Senate Education approves bill to boost student reading skills, test for dyslexia, put trained teaching assistants into grades 1-3 classrooms
MORGANTOWN — Enthusiasm abounded as the Senate Education Committee advanced what they called a “transformational” bill to improve the reading and math skills of the state’s K-3 students. The emotion […]
W.Va. Department of Education eases teacher requirement
In 2015 in West Virginia, some 600 technically non-certified teachers were in front of public school classrooms. That number has now more than doubled, with 1,544 such educators doling out […]
Senate Judiciary approves new version of campus carry, to allow concealed carry of handguns on public college and university campuses
MORGANTOWN – Campus carry is once again working its way through the state Legislature. SB 10 is called the Campus Self Defense Act and sets the parameters for people with […]
Hope scholarship families begin receiving checks for school
Not without a fight. The first round of Hope scholarship dollars started going out across West Virginia last week, capping a pugilistic history that saw the school choice voucher enacted, […]
