MORGANTOWN – The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday made a third go at passing a bill to codify certain powers of the state schools superintendent. SB 189 says “county boards of education, county superintendents, employees of the county boards of education, and the West Virginia ...
The West Virginia State Board of Education meets this morning to accept the resignation of Superintendent David Roach. Roach’s forced retirement comes after Board President Paul Hardesty and other board members lost confidence in him for his handling of the financial scandal in Upshur ...
Last week, David Beard did a series of articles on the four amendments that will appear on the Nov. 8 ballot: Amendment 1, “Clarification of the Judiciary’s Role in Impeachment Proceedings”; Amendment 2, “Property Tax Modernization”; Amendment 3, “Incorporation of Churches or ...
MORGANTOWN – An Ohio County delegate made an unsuccessful attempt to kill a Senate anti-CRT bill on Thursday. Also on Thursday, a House resolution that would allow the voters to decide if the Legislature should have closer oversight of the state Board of Education completed its ...
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates is taking a second shot at putting an amendment into the state Constitution to subject state Board of Education rule-making to legislative oversight. The House adopted HJR 102 on Tuesday and sent it to the Senate. If the Senate also adopts it, the ...
MORGANTOWN — A state Senate education bill dealing with the state schools superintendent's authority over local school boards hit a wall Wednesday after opponents said it appears to be an attempt to usurp local control. SB 227 was on third reading for passage on Wednesday and is only two ...