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By Brad McElhinny, WV MetroNews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The budgets in the state Senate and House of Delegates are on a collision course, with the biggest difference – predictably – a pay raise for teachers.
The House Finance Committee voted to approve its budget on Thursday afternoon, the 51st day of the legislative session. It includes the pay raise for teachers and school service personnel. The full House then took up the bill on first reading during a Thursday...
The following is a press release sent out after the governor signed SB 267.
BECKLEY, WV – Gov. Jim Justice held a ceremonial bill signing today for Senate Bill 267 at Cranberry-Prosperity Elementary School in Beckley, WV. The new law makes West Virginia the first state in the nation to require that students receive computer science education before graduating high school.
“I’ve said all along that we need to make education our centerpiece here in West...
By Phil Kabler, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Two bills intended to fulfill Gov. Jim Justice’s pledge to set aside $150 million to offset future cost increases for PEIA health insurance benefits were headed to the Senate on Tuesday after passing the House of Delegates by wide margins — despite concern that one of the bills poses a $16 million unfunded mandate for state colleges and universities.
The governor’s bill to transfer $105 million in 2018-19 budget surplus into the new...
By Ryan Quinn, Charleston Gazette-Mail
West Virginia students could see the number of instructional days they receive each school year reduced from 180 to 170 under House Bill 2433, which is being considered by the House of Delegates.
County boards of education also would be banned from starting classes before Sept. 1 or ending them after May 31, although schools operating on “balanced,” often called year-round, calendars would be exempt.
The legislation would keep the...
By Jeff Jenkins, WV MetroNews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill that would allow home school students to participate in public school sports is now lined up to pass the House of Delegates this week.
Delegate Joe Ellington, R-Mercer, made a motion during Monday’s House floor session that HB 3127, also known as the Tim Tebow bill, be discharged from the House Education Committee where it stalled last week. The motion was approved on a voice vote.
“It’s something...