Education (and Related Subheadings)
West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Increasing the amount of compensation a member of a county board of education may receive for attending certain meetings [HB-2919]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
The purpose of this bill is to increase the amount of compensation members of county boards of education may receive for attending certain meetings. The bill increases from $100 to $200 the amount a board member may receive for attending council meetings of a regional education service agency if he or she also serves on that council. The bill increases the amount of compensation from $160 to $200 a board member may receive for each board meeting attended. The bill permits board members who serve on an administrative council of a multicounty vocational
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan J. Ferns
Filed For Introduction on 03/13/2013
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Relating to juvenile proceedings [HB-2901]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Crime ]
The purpose of this bill is to specify the allocation of payment of salary and benefits for school-based juvenile probation officers in counties which have established a truancy program in a judicial circuit where a grant is provided by the county board of education to the Supreme Court of Appeals to hire a school-based juvenile probation officer to handle truancy matters.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joe C. Ellington
Filed For Introduction on 03/12/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating to scholarships for dependent children of state troopers who die in performance of duty [HB-2891]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide that the amount of scholarship available to dependent children of State Troopers who die in the performance of duty is an amount up to but not exceeding $7,500 per year.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Lynn Caputo
Filed For Introduction on 03/11/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Requiring that public schools provide facilities for students of all faiths and religions to have a place of fellowship, prayer and worship [HB-2873]
[Education ]
[Religion ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide that the State Board of Education require that public schools provide facilities for students of all faiths and religions to have a place of fellowship, prayer and worship.
Sponsored by: Rep. Justin J. Marcum
Filed For Introduction on 03/08/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating to continued enrollment of at-risk student in public school [HB-2861]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to remove a deterrent to public schools to seeking and assisting the enrollment of a student, who is at-risk and is becoming a discouraged and defeated learner, in an alternative program designed to prepare them for a successful transition back into the public schools. The bill sets forth characteristics of a discouraged and defeated learner, and al1ows the county superintendent to approve the continued enrollment of these students 1n the public schools while they are enrolled in the alternative program. The alternative
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Evans Fleischauer
Chapter 57, Acts, 2013 on 05/15/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating to mandatory immunizations for school children [HB-2831]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide exemptions for immunizations of public school age children; to make express that informed consent applies to mandatory vaccinations; to establish specific criteria for composition of the Childhood Immunization Advisory Committee and a deadline date for appointment to the committee.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan J. Ferns
Filed For Introduction on 03/05/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating to the crime of soliciting or attempting to solicit a child into a motor vehicle near a school [HB-2828]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to create the crime of soliciting or attempting to solicit a child into a motor vehicle near a school for any illegal or illicit purpose. The bill also provides a felony criminal penalty. This section is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Ferro
Filed For Introduction on 03/05/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Modifying the funding ratio of school students to counselors [HB-2827]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Children and Youth ]
The purpose of this bill is to create a funding ratio of 350/1 of students and school counselors. The bill would allow counties to set their own caseload standards so long as these are equally distributed at each academic level in the county. The bill would also grandfather existing counties which exceed the proposed ratio.
Sponsored by: Rep. William G. Hartman
With Amendment, Do Pass, But First To Finance on 03/15/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating to the Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists [HB-2821]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
The purpose of this bill is to exempt cosmetologists who have been licensed for twenty years or more from continuing education requirements.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan J. Ferns
Filed For Introduction on 03/05/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Authorizing the establishment of charter schools [HB-2808]
[Education ]
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the establishment of charter schools. This article is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lynne Arvon
Filed For Introduction on 03/04/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating to compulsory school attendance [HB-2764]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Relating to compulsory school attendance
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary M. Poling
Chapter 66, Acts, 2013 on 05/15/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Exempting construction performed on behalf of educational authorities from prevailing wage requirements [HB-2752]
[Construction ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
The purpose of this bill is to exempt construction performed on behalf of any educational authority from the prevailing wage laws. This section is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daryl E. Cowles
Filed For Introduction on 02/27/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Consolidating purchasing by county boards of education [HB-2743]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
The purpose of this bill is to consolidate purchasing by county boards of education through the regional education service agency serving their area.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cindy Frich
Filed For Introduction on 02/27/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Allowing schools to voluntarily maintain and use epinephrine auto-injectors [HB-2729]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
The purpose of this bill is to allow epinephrine auto-injectors to be maintained in school for emergency treatment administration during anaphylactic reactions. This section is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Miley
Chapter 61, Acts, 2013 on 05/15/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating to the school aid formula [HB-2727]
[Education ]
[Energy ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
The purpose of this bill is to restrict the additional percentage allowance for school buses to those using compressed natural gas or propane as an alternative fuel and to reduce the cap on the foundation allowance for regional service agencies (RESA) by 7.5%.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Armstead
Chapter 67, Acts, 2013 on 05/15/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Transforming and improving public education [HB-2725]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
The purpose of this bill is to improve public education by revising outdated provisions of the code to implement initiatives that will better prepare students for the college and work realities of the 21st Century.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Armstead
Filed For Introduction on 02/25/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Reducing the daily administrative time required of school counselors and increasing the time actually spent in counseling at-risk students [HB-2563]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
The purpose of this bill is to reduce the daily administrative time required of school counselors and increasing the time actually spent in counseling at-risk students and other pupils.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan J. Ferns
To Education on 04/01/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Providing exceptions to the prohibition of the possession of deadly weapons on premises of educational facilities [HB-2560]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide exceptions to the prohibition of the possession of deadly weapons on premises of educational facilities by allowing certain persons licensed to carry a concealed weapon on those premises.
Sponsored by: Sen. Rupert W. Phillips
Filed For Introduction on 02/20/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Electing members of county school boards on a nonpartisan basis in general elections only [HB-2555]
[Elections ]
[Education ]
The purpose of this bill is to elect members of county school boards on a nonpartisan basis only in general elections. The bill provides that members elected in primary elections shall continue on the boards until any new members take office. The bill repeals
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Folk
Filed For Introduction on 02/20/2013
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Creating the Nonresident Medical Student Tuition Regularization Program [HB-2545]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
The purpose of this bill is to offer nonresident medical students a partial tuition waiver as a means of recruiting practicing physicians to under-served areas and to primary care and practitioner shortage fields in West Virginia. This section is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.
Sponsored by: Rep. Justin J. Marcum
Filed For Introduction on 02/19/2013