Layers 🧅 of government
The top layer of government
federal government
Top court
Supreme
Branch with the governor
Executive
Sales tax number
6%
What decides the spending for schools
The board of education
Second layer of government
State government
Second court
Circuit
Branch with judges
Judicial
Income taxe
%6.5
What tax is used for the schools
Property tax
Third layer of the government
County government
Third court
Magistrate
Legislature (2 parts)
State senate, house of house of delegates
What items do have tax on them
all items that are purchased in stores and restaurants
How many schools are in West Virginia
755
Largest to smallest jurisdiction
Federal, state, county, municipal government
Last court
Family
Governor
Jim Justice
Items without taxes on them in West Virginia
prescription medicine, groceries and gasoline are tax-exempt.
How many teachers in West Virginia
20,101
Courts in order from top to bottom
Supreme, circuit, magistrate, family
State senators from district 1
Ryan Weld and Owens Brown
Who collects the taxes
The state and federal government
Who oversees the state's public schools
state superintendent of schools