MORGANTOWN – The House Judiciary Committee kept the House carbon sequestration bill moving forward Friday. And House Education OK’d a bill regarding school consolidation impact statements. The sequestration bill is […]
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State Senate OKs bill paving the way for learning pods and microschools as education alternatives
MORGANTOWN — The state Senate started clearing the path for two more alternatives to public schools Friday, passing SB 268. It spells out the requirements for microschools and learning pods, […]
House Education Committee puzzles and stalls on bill to hold back third-graders failing reading and math; distracted driving bill passes in House Tech
MORGANTOWN – A House bill to require third-graders who fail a statewide test measuring math and reading skills to be held back for a year hit a wall in the […]
GOP tries to ‘fix’ CRT boogeyman it created
The Legislature is all aboard the “critical race theory” crazy train this session. It has introduced not one, not two, but four anti-CRT bills. These bills are based on a […]
House Education OKs resolution to put before the voters a constitutional amendment to make county school board races partisan
MORGANTOWN – After extended debate, the House Education Committee approved on Thursday a resolution to put to a constitutional amendment before the voters to make county board of education races […]
Speakers overwhelmingly oppose anti-CRT bill during House of Delegates public hearing
MORGANTOWN — A House bill to keep Critical Race Theory out of West Virginia public schools met overwhelming opposition during a Wednesday public hearing in the House of Delegates Chamber. […]
House of Delegates OKs bill to enable advanced recycling of plastics, promote manufacturing
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates passed a bill on Tuesday that members hope will bring more manufacturing to the state. The Senate approved one to promote local board of […]
House Education approves bill to put teacher assistants into first- and second-grade classrooms
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates got rolling on Wednesday on the bill, announced before the session began, to put teaching assistants in first- and second-grade classrooms. House Education took […]
Republicans trying to erase history
by LZ Granderson I was a senior in college when I learned a gay man helped save the world. True story. Even after years of history lessons about World War […]
Senate passes school water bottle filling station bill; House adopts resolutions for member floor speeches, power grid stability
MORGANTOWN — The state Senate debated a bill on Friday to require water bottle filling stations in schools, while across the Capitol delegates wrestled with a resolution allowing members to […]
