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WV Senate Finance Committee delays action on $79M education funding cut
Ryan Quinn, WV Gazette-Mail
Amid criticism from Democrats and questions about the bill’s constitutionality, West Virginia’s Senate Finance Committee postponed Saturday taking action on a bill that would cut state funding to public education next fiscal year by about $79 million.
Senate Bill 609 would also newly authorize county school boards to raise regular levy property-tax rates if...
Daily Mail editorial: To improve education, stop micromanaging educators
Charleston Gazette-Mail
It seems like the state’s governing structure for public education is sort of like your 12th-grade English teacher at the time the class was assigned to write its first term paper (before such assignments were done online).
The teacher issues a long list of instructions: Center the heading at the top of Page 1. Double-space each line. Set the left margin at 1...
Paine picked to return as WV state schools superintendent
Ryan Quinn, WV Gazette-Mail
Steve Paine will return for a second stint as West Virginia schools superintendent. State Board of Education members voted to hire him Thursday, after several hours of closed-door meetings.
Paine, who was superintendent from mid-2005 through the end of 2010, and two other candidates were interviewed, and Paine was then hired at an annual salary of $230,000. The board...
Governor suggests state’s population decline will continue if budget “cut to the bone”
By Alex Wiederspiel, WV MetroNews
In the wake of the release of U.S. Census data unfavorable to the state, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice predicts residents will continue to flee the state if the State Legislature presents a budget that’s too heavy and reliant on cuts to services.
“You’ve got to find a way out of it that’s not taking an aspirin for cancer and just...
Education bills concern WVEA president in Charleston
By MetroNews Staff
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The bill which would give West Virginia teachers and school service workers a payraise has cleared its first hurdle in Charleston. The K-12 Education proposed by Governor Jim Justice bill won late night approval Wednesday in the House Finance Committee with the pay improvement intact. It’s unknown how long that will stand however as the bill goes to the House Finance...