** UPDATE: The bill advanced from the House Education Committee on March 6th and now moves to the House Judiciary Committee for consideration. Please continue to contact the House members on this bill! 

On Monday, March 3rd, HB 2187 was on the House Education Committee agenda for discussion and questions. HB 2187 would permit teachers and school employees in K-12 schools be authorized to carry concealed firearms (as well as tasers and/or pepper spray) as a designated school protection officer. 

Any school employee seeking to carry a concealed firearm or other authorized protection device as

🚨🚨Public Hearing tomorrow morning (1-24-24)🚨🚨

The Judiciary Committee will host a public hearing on HB 4654 at 8:30 AM on Wednesday, Jan. 24th in the House Chamber.

While appearing to prohibit schools, libraries and museums from distributing obscene material, many believe HB 4654 attempts to criminalize librarians, teachers and museum curators for making available certain books or artwork.

According to a news release issued Monday by House Democrats, this could include the Bible, biographies of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Roberto Clemente, and Michelangelo’s statue of David.

AFT-WV encourages

Action Needed Now (3-4-25) on SB 154! 

Contact the Senate and OPPOSE this bill for these reasons:

• This bill would affect school employee rights regarding disciplinary action and grievance rights in relation to gender-related complaints. 

• We have concerns that this bill could also morph into an all-out attack on the full grievance procedure.

  
  

Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute for SB 154 provides that teachers are:

• prohibited from providing instruction related to sexual orientation or gender identity.
• prohibited from knowingly giving false or misleading information to the parent or

AFT-WV receives constant questions about the law and educators' rights regarding planning periods. We've compiled a list and created a flyer featuring our members' most frequently asked questions. 

Click here to view the Planning Period FAQs. Feel free to print and share! 

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