Delegates passed a bill requiring “In God We Trust,” the national motto, to be displayed in school buildings. The bill passed on an 86-10 vote. Senate Bill 152 would require display in a conspicuous place in West Virginia schools a durable poster or framed copy of the United States ...
Delegates didn’t put their faith in proposed amendments to a bill requiring “In God We Trust” signs in schools or another bill ensuring classroom discussions are allowed to ruminate on the ways the universe might have begun. Senate Bill 152 would require display in a conspicuous ...
The Senate Health Committee advanced a bill that loosens some of West Virginia’s school vaccination requirements, with the chairman saying he wouldn’t have run it if he’d had a choice about it. House Bill 5105 removes vaccination requirements for students in virtual public schools, ...
CHARLESTON — Delegates reviewed a $150 million allocation for school construction and maintenance, and they were a little puzzled. It was just that the list was so … expansive. Delegate Clay Riley, R-Harrison, asked if the allocation would take care of everything proposed but not ...
CHARLESTON — West Virginia has a $465 million question with the federal government based not on any allegations of misspending — but instead over whether school systems fell short on an obligation to maintain financial support for education at levels in line with overall spending. A ...
CHARLESTON — State officials Thursday described a $465 million obligation to the federal government over COVID-19 spending on education — and that dark cloud is casting a big shadow over the legislative budget process. Legislative officials are talking definitively about a special ...