West Virginia Senate committees quickly approve charter school fund bill and one prohibiting school employees having sex with students

By David Beard, The Dominion Post

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The Senate Finance Committee spent less than five minutes Tuesday approving a bill to create a Charter Schools Stimulus Fund.

Senate Judiciary spent just under 20 minutes on a bill aimed at school employees who have sex with students, with most of that refining what turned out to be a one-word amendment.

SB 47 creates the Charter Schools Stimulus Fund, to support charter school applicants and charter schools that may not have the resources for start-up costs.

The fund would consist of money appropriated by the Legislature, grants, gifts and donations from any public or private source…

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