Hardesty calls on Morrisey to stop the name calling on vax issue; state BOE sending charter school board letter on vaccinations

State Board of Education President Paul Hardesty said the state Board of Education is not made up of “a bunch of unelected bureaucrats” liked they’ve been described by Gov. Patrick Morrisey.

Paul Hardesty

“I take offense to that,” Hardesty said during his opening comments at Wednesday’s state BOE meeting in Charleston.

“We are appointed by a governor. We are confirmed through the advice and consent of the Senate, two branches of government, a checks and balances system, that vets each one of us before we take these seats,” Hardesty said.

Morrisey had repeatedly criticized school board members for their decision to follow decades-old state law when it comes required vaccinations before kids can be admitted to school instead of Morrisey’s executive order that allows for religious exemptions under the state’s religious freedom law.

Hardesty said Wednesday that he doesn’t know who’s right and who’s wrong but he said that’s what the judicial branch of government is for…

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