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Education

Bill

Title
Status
Committee
Step
Last Action
Relating to peer support teams, peer support services, and privileged testimonial communications
Pending
House Judiciary
Committee
01/31/24
Tuition and fee exemptions for service-connected Disabled Veterans and their dependents.
Pending
House Finance
Committee
02/08/24
To provide and change graduation requirements and change duties relating to academic content standards
Pending
Senate Introduction
03/09/24
Allow teachers to bank personal and sick days.
Pending
House Education
Committee
01/25/24
The purpose of this bill is to remove the restrictions of taxpayers to access online curriculum, and allow for taxpayers to inspect additional instructional material adopted by the county board pursuant to including books in the classroom.
Pending
House Education
Committee
01/25/24
Patriotic Access to Students in Schools Act
Signed
Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 6, 2024)
Introduction of a “School Safety Program”
Pending
House Education
Committee
01/17/24
To provide school access for Patriotic Youth Groups
Pending
House Education
Committee
01/17/24
Relating to “In God We Trust” signs donated in schools
Pending
House Education
Committee
01/17/24
To allow retired school employees to work after 140 days in certain circumstances.
Pending
House Pensions and Retirement
Committee
01/16/24
2024 Bills that I have lead or co-sponsored
Discussing ways that we can aid public-school programs

   Trust me–I believe in academic education. I have three engineering degrees, a son who is a medical doctor, and another son who also earned a Bachelor of Science degree. BUT, West Virginia, and the United States as a whole, need BOTH academic and practical education opportunities.  As much as we need brilliant scientists, engineers, and people formally educated in other academic fields, we also need trades-people that are skilled in welding, carpentry, and plumbing, to name just a few skills.  We all know the joke about the medical doctor who is unable to fix a leaky faucet.

   One of the major disconnects in our educational system is how a student progresses from a local school system’s vocational education program–if it exists–to becoming a fully trained artisan.  When I worked in our naval shipyards, some of our most highly skilled–and highly compensated–trades people were those welders who were able to do mirror TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas) welding and were nuclear certified.  Fortunately, both Hampshire and Mineral County School Systems provide vocational education opportunities for their students; but we need more.

   I want to build relationships with the local school systems and industries so that defined paths are available for graduating high school students that want to pursue a career in specific tradecrafts.  I am privileged to have received the official endorsement of the WV Building and Construction Trades PAC

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