CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Legislator Auditor Aaron Allred announced this year’s interim schedule last week.
After a long legislative session that featured discussion and actions on topics by Republicans, the majority party is set to make more changes.
Tim Armstead, the House of Delegates Speaker (R-Kanawha), said instead of the usual three-day meetings per month, they will hold four two-day sessions this year.
“I think what we have scheduled this year will be a more efficient use of state resources and the members’ time,” said Armstead.
Armstead said they will have full days of meetings during that time to really focus in on important topics they need to discuss.
Armstead said the issues will be based on Common Core, charter schools, tax reform, and lease integration, also referred to as “forced pooling.”
“This will give us the opportunity to really concentrate and dig into those things during the interim,” said Armstead.
The interim officially begins with a one-day session on April 13. The Joint Committee on Government and Finance will be allowed to have discussions on topics that could possibly come before them during next year’s session.
There is potential that the Legislature could be called in for a special session before next January, which could coincide with the interim meetings or be held separately on their own.
The 2015 Legislature interim meeting schedule is:
April 13
June 7-8
Sept. 13-14
Oct. 18-19
Nov. 15-16