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Committee backs bill aligning state Board of Education eligibility with county rules
Summary
A Senate committee approved a committee substitute for Senate Bill 158 to apply the same eligibility restrictions for the West Virginia Board of Education that now apply to county boards; committee adopted a minor wording amendment and voted to report the bill to the full Senate.
The committee voted to report Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 158 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass.
Senate Bill 158 would require members of the West Virginia Board of Education to meet the same eligibility requirements that current law imposes on county board of education members by adding subsections that bar certain appointees and employees from membership and that prohibit members from seeking or holding other public offices or party executive…
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