MORGANTOWN – An amendment to a bill making some tweaks to state homeschooling law plunged the House of Delegates into a 90-minute debate about child abuse prevention, the failures of Child Protective Services and potential harm to homeschooling families. HB 5180 is the bill. It adds ...
After debate of almost two hours, delegates voted for several exemptions to vaccine requirements in West Virginia schools. House Bill 5105 first removed vaccine requirements for students attending virtual public schools, then was expanded to allow private schools to adopt their own policies and then was opened up to parents citing religious reasons to opt out of vaccination requirements at any school in the state. “We have rights. We have the Constitution,” said Delegate Laura Kimble, R-Harrison, the lead sponsor of what she called “a little bill with a little change to a ...
MORGANTOWN – The House Education Committee crammed a wham-bam 9-minute meeting between floor sessions on Monday – approving two Senate student-hunger bills and a Senate PROMISE Scholarship bill without debate. SB 162 is the Summer Feeding for All Program, for schools to find ...
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates passed a human smuggling bill on Monday, but opponents objected that it places trafficking and smuggling on the same level and denies trafficking victims the right to restitution. Across the Capitol, the Senate moved bills regarding parental surrogacy, ...
West Virginia University’s student food pantry, The Rack, has sought to provide accessible resources to students facing food insecurity since 2010. Last month marked the opening of its third location on campus, expanding its reach and support to a greater range of students. A 2021 study ...
CHARLESTON — Pay raise bills for educators, state police and non-uniformed corrections workers were advanced through the House Finance Committee. “It’s basically the governor’s pay raise bill as he proposed in his budget is what got passed,” said Delegate Matthew Rohrbach, R-Cabell, the deputy speaker in the House. House Bill 4883 provides pay increases for state workers whose pay scales are in state code. So, state police personnel and public school educators would be affected. As explained to delegates, that means state police personnel would receive a $2,900 annual ...
