Huntington Herald-Dispatch – The administrator of a private religious school sponsored a bill that will let students use public dollars to pay to attend private religious schools. Read full article.
The Senate Education chairwoman, who home-schools her five children, sponsored the bill as well, which critics say will taper funds away from cash-strapped public schools.
At least seven of the 18 Republicans who voted to send a comprehensive education overhaul to the West Virginia Senate floor didn’t send some of their children through the public education system in West Virginia or other states.