WV Day of Action to Protect our Kids and Public Education
March 4, 2025
Wear BLUE and RED for public ed! 

What’s This Campaign About
-Public schools are under attack. The Trump administration wants to slash education funding and gut the Department of Education, so he can give tax cuts to billionaires. These cuts will hit the kids who need the most support—students in poverty, students with disabilities, and working-class families.
-We’re fighting back. On the federal level, no more cuts. No block grants. Protect our kids. On the state level, we need lawmakers to focus on PEIA, pay and student

Bills are starting to trickle through the committees as the second full week of the 2025 WV legislative session concludes. 

Read the latest news in AFT-WV's Legislative Update for 2-28-25.  

The first full week of the 2025 WV Legislative Session has concluded. 

Get the latest details in this week's AFT-WV Legislative Update: 2-21-25. 

AFT-WV President Responds to State of the State Address

Charleston - AFT-West Virginia President Kristie Skidmore responded to Governor Patrick Morrisey’s  State of the State address: 

“While we are glad the Governor mentioned the top three issues for our members-- PEIA, student behavior and salaries—we need more detail about what his proposals will look like. We are pleased to hear the Governor listed PEIA as an issue that absolutely must be addressed and his goal to create both short and long-term solutions. However, it’s still the details of any solution that everyone needs to hear. Our

Delegates to the 2024 AFT-WV Convention, held Nov. 15-16 in Charleston, approved the 2025 Legislative Agenda. The document outlines the union's major goals and priorities for the upcoming legislative session. Among the top priorities are salaries, the stabilization of employee health care benefits, and student discipline. 

Click here to read the 2025 AFT-WV Legislative Agenda. 

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