![Potential $465M federal clawback raises concerns about West Virginia schools](/static/images/error.jpg)
Potential $465M federal clawback raises concerns about West Virginia schools
Associated PressCHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Republican Gov. Kelly Allen, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, was one who expressed skepticism about whether the state could afford a $754 million income tax cut, particularly when a dozen school districts lack social workers and psychologists. Justice said the feds “penalize West Virginia for its economic success” for investing in its tax cut and for putting surplus money into roads and other infrastructure and projects to attract businesses and create jobs. But West Virginia University College of Law Professor Joshua Weishart said the budget numbers “call into question whether the state is adequately funding education.” “The court has interpreted that the funding of our education is supposed to be the state’s top priority — its top constitutional priority,” he said. Tarr is proposing a 4% pay raise that will go into effect only if income tax triggers aren’t met, something West Virginia Education Association President Dale Lee said he fears is “pitting public employees against the general public.” “I do think it’s incumbent upon them to keep their word, given the finances of the state,” he said.
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