Our passport to prosperity is education - and education is the centerpiece of my program.
Education is crucial to the future of our children and our state.
Despite the state's financial condition, we must make some new investments in education. We cannot have economic development, we cannot fulfill our other responsibilities - without first making West Virginia truly THE education state. This will provide each qualified student who works hard and plays by the rules with a scholarship at one of our state colleges or universities, or an equivalent scholarship to be used at a West Virginia private college, technical training center or other accredited program. It has to happen. I'll tell you why.