Union reps: Statewide WV teacher, service personnel strike to begin Tuesday

Source: WVNews

by JoAnn Snoderly, Charles Young and John Mark Shaver STAFF WRITERS 1 hr ago

CHARLESTON — Officials with teachers' and service personnel unions have called for a statewide strike starting Tuesday in response to the controversial education reform bill currently before the West Virginia Legislature.

The strike was called following proposed amendments in the Senate to the House version of the bill that would increase the number of charter schools and reimplement a provision on education savings accounts that would allow 1,000 accounts for students with special needs.


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