The relentless string of teachers’ walkouts continued on Tuesday in West Virginia, where educators held the second statewide walkout in less than a year, denouncing a bill that they said was retaliatory toward educators.

Hours later, their action, which shut down schools in all but one of the state’s 55 counties, led to a victory. The State House of Delegates voted to indefinitely table the bill, which would have allowed tax dollars to pay for private school tuition and established charter schools in the state for the first time. Still, union leaders said the walkout would continue on Tuesday, to ensure Republicans in the State Senate would not attempt to revive the measure.

“Teachers have no trust,” said Jay O’Neal, a West Virginia teacher and walkout leader. “We want to make sure they don’t do something shady tomorrow morning.”

West Virginia educators kicked off the teacher protest movement almost exactly a year ago, winning a raise from lawmakers after a nine-day walkout. This week, education unions in the state called for a walkout on Monday night and were able to immediately mobilize workers and extract concessions from lawmakers, pointing to their powerful and enduring influence as a political force — despite laws in the state that weaken labor unions.