West Virginia Teacher Unions Plan Saturday Protests as Senate Readies Work on Education Reform

With West Virginia Senate President Mitch Carmichael planning to address public education during a one-day special legislative session this weekend, leaders of teacher unions are gearing up to have their members at the Capitol.

A Senate spokeswoman says Carmichael and his members will begin work at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 1, to consider the 144-page “Student Success Act.”

The bill would boost school employee pay, create an open enrollment policy for counties, provide mental health training for teachers and allow for four charter schools, among other reforms.

Leaders of the American Federation of Teachers-West Virginia, the West Virginia Education Association and the West Virginia School Service Personnel Association have called on their members to be there as the “Student Success Act” is being considered.

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