The House Education Committee moved to address a critical shortage of special education staff, while the Senate Education Committee took a rarely seen action in their meeting.
On this episode of The Legislature Today, small and rural schools in West Virginia find it difficult to staff school resource officers and other security personnel, but a bill now making its way through the House of Delegates would allow teachers and other school staff to carry a firearm or other weapon on school grounds. Chris Schulz spoke with Del. Elliot Pritt, R-Fayette, and Del. Anitra Hamilton, D-Monongalia, for their perspective.
Whether or not to teach middle schoolers about fentanyl and overdose-reversing medicine sparked discussion in the House Education Committee, while Senate Education modified a House bill on special education.
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Fayette County delegate Elliot Pritt has introduced a bill that would ban trucks longer than 50 feet on Route 61 between Oak Hill and Montgomery. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbxfxuNSm2c The bill is in the Technology and Infrastructure Committee. It would amend a portion of West Virginia code 17C-17-4. It is also being sponsored by Delegate Eric Brooks, who