A wide-ranging review of West Virginia's public school system has arrived just as the Legislature prepares to begin its regular session for the year.

But the House and Senate's Education Committee chairs aren't sure whether the audit and its scores of recommendations will fuel legislation during the 60-day session.

Lawmakers must also wait until Wednesday's State of the State address to hear whether Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin will include the review's findings in his session agenda.

The audit found what it called one of the mostly tightly regulated education systems in the country. Its recommendations offer to improve student learning while cutting costs by around $90 million annually.

Those proposals include regular teacher evaluations. Lawmakers expect to tackle that topic, but more because of an ongoing pilot project.

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