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MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates spent just under an hour and 15 minutes Thursday debating the Hope Scholarship bill before passing it 60-39 and sending it to the Senate. Fifteen Republicans joined the Democrats to vote against it. The House spent anther 40 minutes debating and ...
West Virginia University could be facing a $15 million to $20 million budget shortfall for the current fiscal year because of COVID-19, a top university official said Thursday during a campus-wide Zoom meeting. But – as of right now – no layoffs or salary reductions are planned, said ...
MORGANTOWN – The House Education Committee approved on Thursday a bill to create a new type of PROMISE Scholarship that would be funded not by the state but by tax-deductible donations. HB 2308 is a bipartisan bill to creat the Business PROMISE+ Scholarship. Any West Virginia business may donate to the scholarship fund and receive a tax credit equal to 50% of the donation. Any business that donates $10,000 or more is deemed an eligible business that may sponsor and employ one or more eligible students during summers between college terms. The employer may select from a list ...
Another 17 students from University High School are in quarantine today, after a classmate tested positive for the coronavirus, district announced. UHS, however, wasn’t the only building to make roll, Mon Schools Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. said Wednesday. Skyview Elementary, ...
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Education Committee approved a bill Tuesday to reaffirm that work stoppages and strikes by teachers and school staff are illegal, and outline some penalties for participating in stoppages. SB 11 is a response to the teacher and staff walkouts of 2017 and 2018. The ...
