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Education
Postcast 59 – February 19, 2021
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Hope Scholarship, teacher certification bills get green light; emergency powers bill sees 40 minute amendment dispute
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates spent just under an hour and 15 minutes Thursday debating the Hope Scholarship bill before passing it 60-39 and sending it […]
WVU could face $15 to $20 million COVID-19 budget deficit
West Virginia University could be facing a $15 million to $20 million budget shortfall for the current fiscal year because of COVID-19, a top university official said […]
Business PROMISE+ Scholarship would allow businesses to sponsor, hire eligible students; House Education gives 1st OK
MORGANTOWN – The House Education Committee approved on Thursday a bill to create a new type of PROMISE Scholarship that would be funded not by the state […]
COVID keeps answering roll in Mon school district
Another 17 students from University High School are in quarantine today, after a classmate tested positive for the coronavirus, district announced. UHS, however, wasn’t the only building […]
Senate Education approves bill on strikes
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Education Committee approved a bill Tuesday to reaffirm that work stoppages and strikes by teachers and school staff are illegal, and outline some […]
House passes charter schools bill over Democrat objections; 11 Republicans also vote no
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates passed the bill to update the state charter school program along mostly party lines on Tuesday. The vote was 66-32, with […]
House Judiciary OKs resolution regarding legislative oversight of state BOE; undoes amendment to state of emergency bill
MORGANTOWN – The House Judiciary Committee on Monday approved a resolution to give itself more oversight of the state Board of Education. And it undid part of […]
Charter schools bill sees tweaks on House floor, amendment to eliminate virtual charters fails
MORGANTOWN – The House bill to update and expand charter school legislation saw some tweaking on the House floor Monday, along with a failed attempt to do […]
