United States News » West Virginia News United States » West Virginia » Education: West Virginia secures $9 million in federal funding for college and career programs
CHARLESTON, WV (WVNS) – Governor Patrick Morrisey revealed that $9 million in new federal funding has been secured to increase college and career preparation opportunities for students in the Mountain ...
News United States » West Virginia » Education: West Virginia education power struggle returns to State Supreme Court
The current case revisits the same basic conflict addressed in West Virginia Board of Education v. Hechler: whether lawmakers can exercise direct oversight over rules adopted by the constitutionally ...
News United States » West Virginia » Education: U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon Visits West Virginia on Returning Education to the States Tour
BARBOURSVILLE, WV – Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon visited West Virginia as part of her Returning Education to the States Tour, meeting with students, educators, and community ...
News United States » West Virginia » Education: Population loss, Hope Scholarship drive enrollment losses in West Virginia, school districts say
CHARLESTON — West Virginia public school enrollment experienced one of the steepest drops since COVID, and local superintendents in the hardest hit counties are pointing to demographic loss and the ...
News United States » West Virginia » Education: West Virginia Board of Education says state school funding formula is inadequate
The West Virginia Board of Education has taken the position that the state’s public school funding formula is unconstitutional in its current form, arguing it fails to ...
News United States » West Virginia » Education: West Virginia education officials propose school funding formula overhaul
West Virginia’s Department of Education on Wednesday proposed draft legislation aimed at overhauling the state’s $2 billion school funding formula, according to the department.
News United States » West Virginia » Education: W.Va. officials unveil education overhaul
For the last several years, lawmakers have talked about reforming West Virginia’s formula for sending tax dollars to the state’s 55 county school systems. Now, the Department of Education believes it ...
News United States » West Virginia » Education: Raleigh County challengers tackle affordability and education funding ahead of Nov. 3 general election
Two candidates seeking public office recently outlined several challenges that face West Virginia and the potential solutions to them.
News United States » West Virginia » Education: ‘The house is on fire,’ West Virginia lawmakers skeptical on legislature’s ability to fix school funding
West Virginia lawmakers are trying to be optimistic about the legislature’s ability to fix the school aid funding formula in their next regular session ...
News United States » West Virginia » Education: West Virginia Lawmakers Battle in Court Over the Board of Education’s Independence
The West Virginia Supreme Court is hearing a case about legislative control over the state Board of Education's regulations ...