Education
Senator Manchin believes a strong education from birth throughout life is the building block for success for every child and the foundation for our country’s long-term economic strength. There are currently more than 10,500 homeless students living in West Virginia. Senator Manchin is working to ensure that our children have a safe, stable and comfortable place to sleep at night because it is essential to their wellbeing and education. For those students and many others, our schools are more than just classrooms, teachers and textbooks. They’re the heart of the community and a home away from home. They’re a place where nutritional meals are served and healthcare services are provided by trusted school nurses. As a country we need to do more at every level to ensure that all of our children receive a high-quality, well-rounded education that prepares them for college and a career.
Senator Manchin believes there are five promises we should make to every child:
- Every child must have a unconditionally loving, caring adult in their life;
- Every child must have a safe place to call home;
- Every child must have a healthy start and access to a nutritious diet;
- Every child should be taught a livable skill so they can make their own way through life;
- Every child should grow to be a loving, caring adult and give back to society.
Senator Manchin believes higher education is the key to opportunity and the best way to keep the United States competitive in the global marketplace. For many of our nation’s students, though, student debt has been overly burdensome and made it harder these students to meet their career goals. Senator Manchin has worked and will continue to work on bipartisan legislation that will simplify loan repayments for students and families so they can focus on getting the best education they can and being a productive member of society.
Latest
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March 28, 2023
Manchin Announces $1.5 Million for School-Based Mental Health Training at WVU, Concord University
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March 23, 2023
Manchin Announces $300K for Ecological Research at West Virginia University
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March 21, 2023
Manchin Announces $748K for NASA Research at West Virginia University
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February 28, 2023
Manchin Announces $5.8 Million for Three West Virginia Head Start Programs
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January 24, 2023
Manchin, Capito Announce $4.5 Million for Marshall University to Establish Apprenticeship Initiative
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January 05, 2023
Manchin, Capito Announce $1.6 Million for School-Based Mental Health Training at Marshall University
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November 14, 2022
Manchin, Capito Announce $99K for Appalachian Extreme Weather Research at West Virginia University
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October 31, 2022
Manchin, Capito Announce $26 Million to Help Rebuild Herbert Hoover High School
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October 31, 2022
Manchin, Capito Announce Funding for Upward Bound Program
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September 21, 2022
Manchin, Capito Announce $232K to West Virginia University for Scientific Research, Manufacturing Partnership
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September 21, 2022
Manchin, Capito Announce $4.7 Million in National Science Foundation Grants
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September 15, 2022
Manchin, Capito Announce $6.4 Million for West Virginia University at Parkersburg Job Training Programs
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September 14, 2022
Manchin, Capito Announce $5.7 Million for West Virginia School-Based Mental Health Services
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September 14, 2022
Manchin, Capito Announce $2.9 Million for Concord University GEAR UP Partnership
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July 19, 2022
Manchin, Capito Announce NASA Award to West Virginia University
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July 18, 2022
Manchin Announces $658K From American Rescue Plan to Support Higher Education Across West Virginia
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July 12, 2022
Manchin, Capito Announce $399K for Medical Research Projects at Marshall University, West Virginia University
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July 07, 2022
Manchin, Capito Announce $1.6 Million in NSF Funding for WVU
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July 07, 2022
Manchin Announces Another $892K From American Rescue Plan To Expand Broadband Access for West Virginia Students
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June 15, 2022
Manchin, Capito Announce $28.8 Million for Eight West Virginia Head Start Programs
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June 07, 2022
Manchin Questions U.S. Secretary Of Education on Improving School Safety, Addressing Teacher Sexual Misconduct
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June 01, 2022
Manchin, Capito Announce $4.6 Million for Two West Virginia Head Start Programs
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May 24, 2022
Manchin, Capito Announce $3.4 Million for Six West Virginia Upward Bound Programs
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May 20, 2022
Manchin Calls on Education Secretary to Announce Upward Bound Program Awards with Current Funding Set to Expire in 11 Days
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May 19, 2022
Manchin, Capito Announce $14.8 Million for Four West Virginia Head Start Programs
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May 03, 2022
Manchin, Capito Announce $13.4 Million For Five West Virginia Head Start Programs
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May 02, 2022
Manchin, Capito Announce Funding for Randolph County Housing Authority YouthBuild Program
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April 26, 2022
Manchin, Capito Announce $1.9 Million for Higher Education Research in West Virginia
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April 07, 2022
Manchin, Capito Announce $823K For Higher Education Research in West Virginia
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April 01, 2022
Manchin Introduces Bipartisan Bill To Extend Meal Flexibilities, Support Child Nutrition In Schools
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March 24, 2022
Manchin, Barrasso Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Grow The American Mining Workforce
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March 22, 2022
Manchin Announces $174K From American Rescue Plan For Cancer Detection Research At Marshall University
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March 14, 2022
Manchin, Capito Announce STEM Grants For Fairmont State, Concord Universities
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March 10, 2022
Manchin, Capito Announce $2.1 Million For West Virginia University Research
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March 10, 2022
Manchin, Capito Announce $1.1 Million For West Virginia Head Start Program
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March 08, 2022
U.S. Senate Unanimously Passes Manchin, Capito Resolution To Condemn Bomb Threats Against HBCUs
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February 17, 2022
Manchin, Toomey Urge Department of Education To Protect Students From Sexual Misconduct
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February 08, 2022
Manchin Announces $350K From American Rescue Plan To Support Art Programs Impacted by COVID-19 In West Virginia
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December 22, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce $9.1 Million to Strengthen West Virginia School Meal Programs
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December 17, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce Funding For Head Start Projects In West Virginia
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December 08, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce $1.3 Million For Raleigh County Head Start Programs
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October 13, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce $1.9 Million in Pandemic Relief Reimbursement from FEMA
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September 30, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce $1.7 Million For WV Colleges and Universities, Community Colleges, Technical Schools
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September 24, 2021
Manchin Announces Nearly $4.2 Million From American Rescue Plan To Expand Broadband Access Through West Virginia Schools, Libraries
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September 21, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce Three West Virginia Schools Selected As 2021 National Blue Ribbon Schools
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September 01, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce More than $6.8 Million from National Science Foundation
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September 01, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce $273K For Educational Opportunity Center At Marshall University
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August 25, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce $342K For Veterans Success Program At Concord University
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August 19, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce $3.3 Million From National Science Foundation For Research In West Virginia
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August 05, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce $4.8 Million For West Virginia Head Start Programs
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August 04, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce $516K For West Virginia Higher Education During COVID-19 Recovery
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August 04, 2021
Manchin Secures West Virginia Priorities In Appropriations Bills
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August 02, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce $982K From National Science Foundation For Research At West Virginia University
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July 30, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce $300K For Environmental Research At West Virginia State University
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July 26, 2021
Manchin Announces $60 Million Investment To Increase Energy Efficiency In Manufacturing
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July 23, 2021
Manchin Announces Funding For Ecology Research At West Virginia University
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July 15, 2021
Manchin Applauds Distribution Of Remaining $254 Million From American Rescue Plan For West Virginia Schools
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July 14, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce $750K To Marshall University To Recruit and Train Surgeons To Serve In West Virginia's Rural Communities
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July 09, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce $446K For Biology Research Projects At West Virginia University
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July 09, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce $12.2 Million for West Virginia Head Start Programs
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July 07, 2021
Manchin Announces $9.3 Million From American Rescue Plan For West Virginia Head Start Programs
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July 07, 2021
Manchin Announces $96.7 Million To Provide Food For West Virginia Children Through Summer Months
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July 06, 2021
Manchin: West Virginia Eligible For Second Round of American Rescue Plan Funding To Identify and Support Students Experiencing Homelessness
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June 30, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce $16.6 Million For West Virginia Head Start Programs
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June 28, 2021
Manchin Leads Bipartisan, Bicameral Call For Student Loan Transparency
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June 25, 2021
Manchin Announces $294K For Environmental Science Research Project At West Virginia University
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June 17, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce $1 Million For Scholarships At West Virginia State University To Support Food And Agriculture Sciences
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June 09, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce $11.6 Million For West Virginia Head Start Programs
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June 01, 2021
Manchin Announces $1 Million From American Rescue Plan For Head Start Programs
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May 13, 2021
Manchin, Capito Congratulate The 2021 West Virginia Presidential Scholars
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May 06, 2021
Manchin Applauds Pocahontas County School Chosen For Contact With International Space Station
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May 03, 2021
Manchin, Capito Lead Bipartisan Resolution To Honor Our Nation's Teachers
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April 30, 2021
Manchin, Scott Reintroduce Student Loan Disclosure Modernization Act
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April 27, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce $1 Million From National Science Foundation For Research Projects In West Virginia
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April 26, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce Funding to Replace Diesel School Buses in West Virginia
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April 23, 2021
Manchin: West Virginia To Receive $1.2 Million For Students Experiencing Homelessness In First Round Of American Rescue Plan Funding
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April 23, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce More Than $14.4 Million For West Virginia Head Start Programs
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April 20, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce WVU Awarded EPA Brownfields Technical Assistance
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April 16, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce National Science Foundation Award to WVU
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April 15, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce Research Grant for West Virginia University
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April 13, 2021
Manchin Urges Administration To Implement $800 Million Fund To Support Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness
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April 06, 2021
Manchin Bill To Expand '529' Education Savings Accounts Uses To Include Vocational, Technical Training
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March 31, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce $800K For WVU Research Project, STEM Engagement In West Virginia
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March 23, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce $399K For Mental Health Research At Marshall University
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March 01, 2021
Manchin Votes To Confirm Education Secretary Cardona
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February 26, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce $3.1 Million For Distance Learning And Telemedicine In West Virginia
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February 25, 2021
Manchin Leads Bipartisan Push For Secure Rural Schools Program Reauthorization
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February 25, 2021
Manchin, Capito Lead Colleagues In Designating Public Schools Week In February
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February 24, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce West Virginia Students Selected For United States Senate Youth Program
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February 18, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce $258K For West Virginia University COVID-19 Research Project
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January 19, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce $975,000 For Aerospace Mechanic Training School At Marshall University
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January 13, 2021
Manchin, Capito Announce $339 Million For COVID-19 Relief To West Virginia Schools
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December 22, 2020
Manchin, Capito Announce $4.4 Million For West Virginia Head Start Programs
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September 16, 2020
Manchin, Capito Announce $824K For School Safety Measures In Grant, Pocahontas, Upshur, And Marshall Counties
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September 11, 2020
Manchin, Capito Announce $1.8 Million For Mental Health Programs In Cabell, Clay, Harrison County Schools
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September 03, 2020
Manchin, Capito Announce $2 Million For Head Start In Raleigh, Mineral Counties
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September 03, 2020
Manchin, Capito Announce $505K For Visual Therapy Research At West Virginia University
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September 02, 2020
Manchin, Capito Announce $1.6 Million For STEM Education In West Virginia
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August 13, 2020
Manchin, Capito Announce National Science Foundation Awards In West Virginia
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August 06, 2020
Manchin, Cornyn Bill To Expand Hotspots For Education, Telehealth Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
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July 31, 2020
Manchin, Capito Announce Nearly $750K For NASA EPSCOR Project At WVU
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July 31, 2020
Manchin, Capito Announce National Science Foundation Awards In West Virginia
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July 31, 2020
Manchin, Capito Announce $2.5 Million For WVU COVID-19 Pandemic Response
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July 15, 2020
Manchin, Capito Announce $579K For Research Projects At West Virginia University