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On this episode of The Legislature Today, education related topics from teacher pay, to curriculum and school discipline are all issues before the West Virginia Legislature this session. News Director Eric Douglas talks with Dale Lee, president of the West Virginia Education Association, in our studio about some of the proposed legislation this session and how it affects teachers. The WVEA and the American Federation of Teachers plan to merge this summer to become a single teacher’s union in the state.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia lawmakers disagreed on the intent of a bill introduced on Monday, March 31, that would make changes to how long some people have to sue. ...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe bill also allows school aid funding to be withheld from a county for continued violations.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDale Lee, president of WVEA, and AFT-WV President Kristie Skidmore will serve as co-presidents of the new organization until elections in 2027.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe House version of the 2026 West Virginia budget moved from the finance committee to the floor today -- and it is "very dissimilar" to the budget introduced by Gov. Patrick Morrisey.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNotably, House Bill 3279 would diminish the role of the student, faculty and staff members of each school’s board of governors and make them nonvoting members.
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