Category: LWVWV

All schools should be accountable for ensuring our kids receive an adequate education. Private schools receive millions of dollars in public funding via the Hope Scholarship. If SB 216 passes they will not be required to administer any formal testing, track or report attendance, set curriculum objectives, or even meet a minimum hours of instruction.

LWVWV believes in the individual liberties in the Constitution of the United States.  The “Establishment Clause” in Amendment 1 is to protect persons of all religions, including those who have none. Any government preferring any religion over another violates separation of church and state.

This bill would make it a criminal offense to help undocumented people in West Virginia, under the guise of stopping human trafficking. It is our duty to help neighbors in need regardless of their immigration status. HB 4433 would further stigmatize and harm our immigrant communities and those who care about them.