WBOY – Last week, Gov. Patrick Morrisey issued a proclamation declaring that the week of Jan. 26 would be known as “School Choice Week” in West Virginia. But in a state plagued by school closures and consolidations, what does “school choice” mean for West Virginians?
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Following his inauguration in January, Gov. Morrisey issued Executive Order 2-25, which vowed to set school choice as a priority of his administration. In that order, he outlined how things like the Hope Scholarship and House Bill 2012 passed in 2021—which expanded the process of establishing public charter schools—will “give West Virginia’s families yet another choice in pursuing and achieving their children’s educational goals.”
Also in that order, Gov. Morrisey laid out that his office would collaborate with the West Virginia Legislature to “ensure that West Virginia has the broadest and most effective school choice laws in the nation” as well as “dedicate any necessary resources to ensure that the school choice programs established in West Virginia succeeded.”
