Two House Bills came before the Senate education committee, Friday,
Both bills on the committee’s agenda are intended to improve the state’s educational system and quickly received passage from members.
House Bill 2853, which establishes the West Virginia Program for Open Education Resources, in conjunction with the state’s Library Commission, also received a second committee reference to the finance committee.
Executive Secretary for the Library Commission, Karen Goff, briefly came before members of the committee to explain the history of the legislation which passed out of the House with a 99-0 vote.
According to Goff, the legislation originally arose out of the need to provide educational materials to college students and combat rising textbook costs. Goff explained that Delegate Joshua Higginbotham, R-Putnam, then amended the bill to include K-12 students prior to receiving passage from the House.
When reviewing House Bill 2363, members voted to adopt a title amendment to the bill prior to it’s passage.
Sen. Stephen Baldwin, D-Greenbrier, addressed the committee to thank his fellow Senators for supporting the bill which intends to aid his local school district.
