MORGANTOWN – During a long Friday, the Senate made short work of a series of House bills dealing with higher education funding, splitting the Department of Health […]
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House OKs bill to prepare shovel-ready sites for new businesses, and HEPC funding formula bill
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates passed an economic development bill Wednesday that has been a priority for legislative and economic development leaders. The House also passed […]
2022 Legislative Lookahead: Bill will put 1,800 teacher aides in grades 1 and 2 classrooms
MORGANTOWN – Legislative leaders aim to put 1,800 new teaching assistants into first- and second-grade classrooms in the next few years. Leaders also are working with the […]
Bill to protect college campus free-speech rights heads to Senate floor
MORGANTOWN – A bill to protect free speech rights on college campuses met with unanimous approval in the Senate Education Committee on Thursday. SB 657 is called […]
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 […]
Legislative audit: HEPC wrongly granted former chancellor 6-month sabbatical with salary, benefits, travel expenses
MORGANTOWN – A new legislative post audit says the Higher Education Policy Commission entered into an unauthorized sabbatical-leave contract with former Chancellor Paul Hill that cost the […]
Higher ed leaders share COVID challenges, future goals during Press Association meeting
MORGANTOWN – State education leaders talked with the press Wednesday afternoon about the challenges they’ve faced during the pandemic and what lies ahead. This was the third […]
