Daily Kos – West Virginia’s almost entirely Republican state Senate passed a bill in late January that would require schools in the state to display “In God We Trust” signs—in every single classroom. When the state’s House Education Committee took up the bill, it was initially amended to require signage in a single prominent area of each school facility. But on Thursday, when the House Judiciary Committee reviewed it, Republican Del. Geoff Foster amended the bill’s language to once again require each classroom to display the signage.
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Since there is no plan for how to pay for the signs, West Virginia’s cash-strapped educational institutions would likely be forced to foot the bill.
Senate Bill 152 reads: “A public elementary or secondary school or a state institution of higher education must display in a conspicuous place in each classroom of the school or institution a durable poster or framed copy of the United States national motto, “In God We Trust.”
