Virginia tuition aid funding falls short of needs
A legislative analysis shows state funding for student financial aid will cover about 36 percent of estimated need for the budget year starting July 1, down from 42 percent. The study notes inflation adjusted tuition costs at Virginia four year public colleges are similar to the late 1990s despite recent increases, while the Senate Finance Committee warns aid is losing ground.
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Richmond
General Assembly
Senate Finance Committee
Amy Sebring
Senate
Virginia
Gov Wise may veto workers' comp bill for technical errors
Charleston AP Gov Bob Wise could veto the recently passed workers' compensation bill on technical grounds. The 347 page measure contains drafting errors found after passage. Lawmakers anticipated issues as staff battled multiple drafts during a sleepless three day dash in a special session. The session recessed until June 30 to fix errors, notably a mistaken provision to create a...
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Charleston
Bob Wise
Alex Macia
Wise
Insurance program bill seeks broad changes after error
Lawmakers withdrew a provision creating an intermediate court of appeals after protests from state Supreme Court justices, but the wording remained in the final bill. Wise officials discussed quick fixes including a possible veto and recall strategy to remove the offending section. The bill overhauls the 90 year old state workers insurance program, cuts benefits, revamps administration and injects 225 million in short term funds while facing about 4 billion in long term deficits.
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Intermediate Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Ate
Wise
House
Senate
Greg Gray
Crab Orchard Museum Receives Verizon Grant Boost
Verizon grants administrator Richard Settle announced a $5,000 award to the Historic Crab Orchard Museum in Tazewell to continue its educational outreach programs. The funds support the museum’s efforts reaching thousands of regional schoolchildren, with board member Mary Lawson, Executive Director Randall Rose, Sen. Phillip Puckett, and program director Joan Yates pictured at the press event.
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Tazewell
Verizon
Crab Orchard
Richard Settle
Historic Crab Orchard Museum
Mary Lawson
Randall Rose
Settle
Phillip Puckett
D-Va
Joan Yates
Finalists picked for quarter design contest West Virginia
West Virginia selects five final designs for its new state quarter. finalists include Penny Jo Jones and Kenneth Jones of Barboursville with a mother son quilt motif and Jamie Lester Morgantown and Blake Wheeler Sumerco with New River Gorge Bridge themes. Theodore Trefz Weston honors Anna Jarvis with an aging mother photograph. Judges are Governor Wise introduced by a youth arts academy panel.
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Jamie Lester
Morgantown
Theodore Trefz
Weston
Center
Blake Wheeler
Sumerco
Charleston
West Virginia
Penny Jo Jones
Kenneth Jones
Barboursville
Bob Wise
Huntington Museum of Art
Jones
West
Anna Jarvis
Grafton
New River Gorge
Bridge. Jones
Marshall University
Governor’s Youth Arts Academy
West Virginia education board touts safety anti bullying policy
The West Virginia Department of Education opened a 30 day public comment period for Policy 4336, a revised student code of conduct focusing on safety and bullying concerns. Board President Howard Persinger and teachers emphasize addressing bullying promptly, with bus drivers citing repeated complaints and required Bus Conduct Reports.
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Princeton
West Virginia
Lic
West Virginia Board of
Education
Howard Persinger
Hambrick
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