| The repeal of Common Core will jeopardize federal funds that many counties rely on to adequately staff their schools, legislators wanting to repeal essentially because they say the federal government is taking over education.
While politicians fear that the federal government is high-handed in declaring subject matter, in Charleston, some GOP legislators have been attempting to charge standards related to science teaching of global warming and how civics will be taught.
If the WV Legislature repeals Common Core, the state will lose $362 million in federal funds and then apply another $128 million from WV taxpayer money to rewrite education standards.
W.Va. state school board unites to oppose Common Core repeal
By Ryan Quinn, Staff Writer/Charleston Gazette
West Virginia Board of Education members announced their unanimous opposition Friday to a bill that would repeal Common Core math and English/language arts standards in the state, and possibly throw out teaching requirements in other subjects, as well. State education officials said the change could cost millions of dollars.
"In summary, the consequences of House Bill 2934 will be the disruption of the entire standards-based accountability system for West Virginia," board President Gayle Manchin said. She, like most board members, attended Friday's meeting via teleconference.
"I've gone to sad, to disappointed, to frankly insulted," said school board member Mike Green, one of two board members to attend in person. The other, Beverly Kingery, suggested that, instead of spending millions on redoing the standards, lawmakers put that money toward teacher raises.
State Schools Superintendent Michael Martirano said at Friday's emergency board meeting that an amendment had been introduced to the bill on the House floor to make it also repeal the state's Next Generation standards.
West Virginia has renamed all its math, English/language arts and social studies standards Next Generation, even though its math and English/language arts standards are based on the separate Common Core national blueprint, and the social studies standards have no national basis. Only the drafted version of new science standards the state school board is expected to approve next month are based off the actual Next Generation national blueprint, which does contain some connection to Common Core ...
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