Education (and Related Subheadings)
West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Requiring that protective fencing be placed along railroad lines operating adjacent to public schools [HB-2023]
Requiring that protective fencing be placed along railroad lines operating adjacent to public schools
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Providing nonsupervisory employees of the West Virginia State Board of Education with the same protections against summary dismissal as are applicable to employees of county boards of education [HB-2017]
Providing nonsupervisory employees of the West Virginia State Board of Education with the same protections against summary dismissal as are applicable to employees of county boards of education
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West Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Providing in-state tuition rates for certain out-of-state medical and osteopathic students [SB-80]
The purpose of this bill is to create a tuition waiver program, allowing out-of-state medical students who commit to practice in an underserved area of West Virginia for a specified period, may pay in-state tuition. The bill sets forth the conditions for approval in the program. The bill provides for repayment of the tuition waiver if the student does not practice in the underserved area; The bill also grants rule making authority.
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West Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Creating Dyslexia Screening and Intervention Pilot Project and Dyslexia Teacher Training Pilot Program [SB-662]
Creating Dyslexia Screening and Intervention Pilot Project and Dyslexia Teacher Training Pilot Program
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West Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Requiring State Board of Education study GED issues [SB-646]
Requiring State Board of Education study GED issues
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West Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Relating generally to public education service personnel [SB-641]
Relating generally to public education service personnel
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West Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Relating to public schools and school districts [SB-610]
Relating to public schools and school districts
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West Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Authorizing WV Studies teachers attend conference during Sesquicentennial Celebration [SB-594]
Authorizing WV Studies teachers attend conference during Sesquicentennial Celebration
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West Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Changing school personnel termination, resignation, retirement, transfer and rehiring deadlines [SB-576]
The purpose of this bill is to push back the day that teachers are informed of their transfer, dismissal, etc. from February back to April, and to move the hearing on such decisions from March to May.
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West Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Providing Higher Education Policy Commission license barber and cosmetology schools and instructors [SB-573]
The purpose of this bill is to move the licensing of Cosmetology and Barber schools and instructors from the professional licensing board to the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission the same as other occupational and vocational schools, specifically modeled after the language covering Massage Therapy schools. The bill moves the various program length requirements from regulation into code. It provides for the continuation of school and instructor licenses as if originally issued by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission.
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West Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Relating to college and career readiness initiative [SB-568]
The purpose of this bill is to create a college and career readiness initiative in which the State Board of Education, the Higher Education Policy Commission and the Council for Community and Technical College Education collaborate to formally adopt uniform college and career readiness standards for English/language arts and math; require that certain assessments or exams be used to determine whether a student meets the standards; require that an explicit focus be embedded in each course on the development of English/language arts and math skills;
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West Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Eliminating requirement county boards of education input harassment, intimidation or bullying data into WVEIS [SB-558]
The purpose of this bill is to remove the requirement that schools input data into the West Virginia Education Information System.
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West Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Relating to public school nurses [SB-546]
The purpose of this bill is to reduce the student-school nurse ratio from 1,500-1 in grades k-7 to 750-1 and to expand it to all levels of school in the 2012-13 school year to provide for ever-increasing medical needs of students, while ensuring that school nurses will do the work, not contract services.
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West Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Relating generally to other post-employment benefits [SB-469]
Relating generally to other post-employment benefits
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West Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Relating to harassment, intimidation or bullying of public school students [SB-446]
The purpose of this bill is to expand the offenses to include causing a material disruption of the work of the school; express that the section does not infringe upon first amendment rights of students, teachers or staff and does not prohibit expression of religious, philosophical or political views.
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West Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Requiring certain professional educators employed by county boards perform substitute teaching duties [SB-444]
The purpose of this bill is to include substitute teaching on at least three instructional days each school year as a job duty of certain professional educators employed by county boards of education in the county board central office.
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West Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Facilitating collaboration between public school and higher education systems to promote seamless curricula [SB-436]
Facilitating collaboration between public school and higher education systems to promote seamless curricula
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West Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Authorizing school bus drivers operate leased buses in another county under certain circumstances [SB-415]
The purpose of this bill is to permit a county board of education to use bus operators regularly employed by the county board of a different county to operate buses leased by the county, if bus operators from the owning county are unavailable.
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West Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Relating to issuance of barrister's teaching certificate [SB-404]
The purpose of this bill is to permit the issuance of a barristers certificate to teach course specific curricula in West Virginia public schools.
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West Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Providing certain school social workers receive salary supplement and educational expense reimbursement [SB-396]
Providing certain school social workers receive salary supplement and educational expense reimbursement