voting to cut 40 million from the charter school program democrat politicians blocking charter school expansion even when democraticdor california gr newsom also supported charter schools once then he decided he had to suck up to the teachers unions to get elected so in the 2018 campaign he pledged to close charters down and then they gave districts more power to block them and in exchange millions more dollars from the unions of course this doesn t affect him he sends his kids to private school like other leading democrats you know how bad the public school system is how disgusting these democrats tonight. the exact same choice they deny everyone else s parents how sickening they attacked the very school that they help to speak for the most prompted
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Updated on April 9, 2021 at 7:00 p.m.
Education has been a top issue for lawmakers in this year s West Virginia legislative session as learning was upended significantly amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Among those priority bills in the 60-day session included measures advancing school choice in K-12 education and establishing the West Virginia Jumpstart Savings Program in higher education.
One-third of K-12 students in West Virginia failed at least one core subject in fall 2020, according to the West Virginia Department of Education. The WVDE attributes this dip in learning to children being jostled back-and-forth from in-person, remote, virtual and hybrid schooling.
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House Education Chair Del. Joe Ellington, R-Mercer, and Vice Chair Del. Joshua Higginbotham (left), R-Putnam, lead the House Education Committee on Feb. 11, 2021. The committee meets in the House chamber due to coronavirus safety measures.
Members of the West Virginia Legislature kicked off the first week of the 2021 session introducing a flurry of education bills 83 total.
As of Saturday, 64 bills have been introduced dedicated to K-12 education, 16 bills related to higher education, and three bills aimed at education generally.
W.Va. Jumpstart Savings Program
The Jumpstart Savings Program, HB 2001, is an initiative coined by newly elected West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore. This program was one of his top three campaign promises. The bill, whose lead sponsor is House Speaker Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay, would create a tax-free savings plan for individuals working in trades such as welding or electrical work. Investments in these savings accounts
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In this, the season of the “pause”, I urge the RI Board of Education to take a step back and pause before taking up consideration and approving the recent requests to significantly expand charter schools in Providence and throughout the state. Traditional public schools serve the overwhelming majority of students in their communities and Providence students deserve the opportunity to see the turnaround promised to them fully underway before resources are diverted. Significantly expanding charter schools or seats was not highlighted or even mentioned as a strategy for improvement in the Turnaround Action Plan for Providence Public Schools (TAP).
eric: presidential candidate senator bernie sanders calling for a federal ban on building for-profit charter schools. this during a major education policy address he gave in south carolina. sanders vowing to impose a moratorium on using taxpayer money on charter school expansion. if he is elected president. wall street executives, silicon valley ceos and billionaires like secretary betsy devos has been using these schools as a way to privatize the public education system. take money out of public schools and teachers unions. eric: a speech marking one day after the 65th anniversary of the supreme court ruling brown versus board of education. which of course made segregation in public schools in the country is illegal.