MetroNews: State House of Delegates Votes 53-45 to Postpone Education Bill Indefinitely
By Connect-Bridgeport Staff on February 19, 2019 via Connect-Bridgeport.com
According to MetroNews, The House of Delegates approved a motion that postponed an omnibus education bill indefinitely, essentially killing the bill.
The motion to table the bill passed 53 to 45 with two absences. That elicited an eruption of cheers from teachers who gathered outside the House of Delegates.
West Virginia teachers on strike for the second year in a row were gathering and chanting in front of the House of Delegates this morning in opposition to an omnibus education bill set for a key vote.
“I did not think last year we would be back this year, but we are,” said Ashley Weber, a Kanawha County second grade teacher.
“I thought after last year we would be taken care of a little bit more. We were promised to be taken care of, and we’re still here. I feel like a lot of this was retaliation. I feel like they just are not putting our kids first.”
Up for a vote in the House was a bill that includes a long-promised pay raise for educators, bundled with charter schools, education savings accounts, changes to the tax base affecting county school systems and more.
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