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The West Virginia Board of Education was established in 1908. At that time, the Board's members were appointed by the Superintendent, which was an elected position. In 1958, a constitutional amendment made the Board a constitutional body, and changed the office of Superintendent from an elected to an appointed position. Board of education
West Virginia ranks as one of the lowest scoring states for education in the United States. According to The National Assessment of Educational Progress, the state ranks significantly below the national average in mathematics, reading, writing, and science. This is compared to its surrounding states of Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Ohio and ...
Gobitis (1940) West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943), is a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court holding that the First Amendment protects students from being compelled to salute the American flag or say the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools. [1] [2]
The United States Department of Education is a cabinet-level department of the United States government.It began operating on May 4, 1980, having been created after the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was split into the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services by the Department of Education Organization Act, which President Jimmy Carter signed into ...
AFT-Kanawha is a local affiliate of AFT-West Virginia. All AFT local unions are affiliated with the National and WV AFL-CIO . The West Virginia School Service Personnel (WVSSPA) represents school service personnel in Kanawha County Schools. School service personnel include non-administrative office employees, aides, custodians, transportation ...
West Virginia Department of Commerce. West Virginia Division of Forestry. West Virginia Division of Labor. West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey. West Virginia Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training. West Virginia Water Development Authority.
Budget. $147,961,423 [1] Other information. Website. www.harcoboe.net. Harrison County School Board is the operating school district within Harrison County, West Virginia. It is governed by the Harrison County Board of Education and serves over 11,200 students in Harrison County. Dora Stutler is the current superintendent.
West Virginia Archives and History is the state agency that collects and preserves materials on the state and makes them available to the public. Located in Charleston, West Virginia, this section of the Department of Arts, Culture and History oversees the West Virginia Archives and History Library, a non-lending research facility, and the West Virginia State Archives, one of the state’s ...