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Common Core repeal bill amended to allow time for replacing standards
By Samuel Speciale, Education reporter, Charleston Daily Mail
The Common Core repeal bill up for debate in the state Senate has been amended to give the West Virginia Department of Education an additional year to carry out its mandates.
In a 2-1 vote, the subcommittee the bill was referred to on Monday agreed to give the department until July 2016 to develop and implement replacement...
Charter Schools not a priority in Berkeley County
Nate Stewart
BERKELEY COUNTY, W.Va.- The West Virginia senate passed the Charter Schools Act of 2015 on Monday by a vote of 18 to 16. The bill would allow the creation of two charter schools per year, and no more than 10 schools in the first five years.
"As I look at the charter school legislation, it's one that is of interest, but one that is not a priority to me in Berkeley County," said Manny Arvon,...
Gregory S. Prudich: W.Va. schools were ambushed by Legislature
Legislation by ambush; that’s what we just witnessed. The education community in West Virginia was going about our important work and bam — waylaid by the Legislature.
I am speaking of the bill to repeal the Next Generation standards, West Virginia’s version of the Common Core standards in math and English/language arts. (House Bill 2934). It had not been part of the legislative program until Feb. 24...
Repeal bill baffles Common Core backers
By Ryan Quinn, Staff writer
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House of Delegates passed a bill Saturday to repeal Common Core standards in West Virginia, but the state schools superintendent says he doesn’t know what specific standards legislators have problems with.
“I do not have in my possession any one particular standard that is a concern,” Superintendent Michael Martirano said Monday morning after addressing members of...
Bill to allow charter schools passes Senate
By Joel Ebert, Capitol Bureau
After several days worth of delays, the state Senate has passed legislation that would permit the formation of a charter schools system in West Virginia on Monday.
Following more than an hour and half worth of discussion, the measure passed with an 18-16 vote, which once again fell along party lines. As several Democrats attempted to poke holes in the legislation, which has gone...