Committee backs bill to boost postsecondary transition info for foster‑care students
A Senate committee recommended passage of House Bill 45,73 to require the Department of Human Services to electronically share information about postsecondary transition programs with the Department of Education and county boards and to ensure students in foster care receive annual informational touchpoints starting in grade 8 while protecting privacy.
The full story
A Senate committee voted to report House Bill 45,73 to the full Senate after counsel said the measure would require the Department of Human Services to provide electronic information to the West Virginia Department of Education and county boards about available postsecondary transition programs and services for students with current or former foster‑care experience.
Sign up to keep reading.
Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.