Education (and Related Subheadings)

State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Relating to the filling of professional personnel positions in the public schools [HB-4394]
The purpose of this bill is to improve the process for employing highly qualified professional personnel in the public schools. Among the changes made in the bill are several to ensure that positions filled by retirees and not fully qualified teachers are posted statewide and easily available to new graduates and reduction in force teachers who are seeking employment; allowing capable teachers to more easily obtain certification in additional content areas; ensuring teachers and principals consider applicant qualifications for employment; and limiting (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jason Barrett To Education on 02/17/2014

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West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Improving the education of West Virginia children by developing better education standards [HB-4390]
The purpose of this bill is to improve the education of West Virginia Children by developing better education standards that are based on empirically proven techniques by education professionals who are from West Virginia. This bill also better protects student's and teacher's private information, and helps return control of the child's private information to the parents or guardians. This article is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Daryl Cowles Filed For Introduction on 02/03/2014

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West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Establishing a four year pilot program to have social workers in public schools, from prekindergarten through the elementary school [HB-4381]
Establishing a four year pilot program to have social workers in public schools, from prekindergarten through the elementary school

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Eldridge Filed For Introduction on 01/31/2014

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Relating to driver education programs [HB-4373]
The purpose of this bill is to help improve the offering of driver education courses to secondary school students by providing options for permitted instructors, allowing courses outside of the regular school schedule. The bill also removes the requirement for the State Superintendent of Schools to prescribe the course of instruction, license and periodically inspect commercial driver education schools and removes from the purposes of the program that the secondary school courses also be offered to out-of-school youth and adults.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jason Barrett Chapter 52, Acts, Regular Session, 2014 on 04/10/2014

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Clarifying retirement dependent child scholarship and burial benefits under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order [HB-4349]
Clarifying retirement dependent child scholarship and burial benefits under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Lynch Chapter 182, Acts, Regular Session, 2014 on 04/10/2014

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Relating to state control of county schools [HB-4336]
The purpose of this bill is to give the State Board of Education no more than five years to improve any school or school system under its control. The bill requires the State Board of Education to provide a public hearing if it seeks to take control of the school or school system again with three years of control being relinquished. This section is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Justin Marcum House Message Received on 02/11/2014

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West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Relating to nursing education faculty [HB-4326]
The purpose of this bill is to promote the retention of nursing education faculty by providing them a tax deduction of $3,500 per year.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. William Hartman Filed For Introduction on 01/24/2014

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Creating the student data accessability, transparency and accountability act [HB-4316]
The purpose of this bill is to create a Student Data Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act. The Act requires the Department of Education to make publicly available an inventory and index of all data elements with definitions of individual student data fields currently in the statewide longitudinal data system. The Department of Education also would be required to create a data security plan, ensuring compliance with federal and state data privacy laws and policies. Certain contracts would be required to include privacy and security (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jason Barrett Chapter 48, Acts, Regular Session, 2014 on 04/10/2014

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West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Relating to school celebrations, recognition programs and events [HB-4307]
The purpose of this bill is to allow each elementary school or parents associated with the school to serve sweets at a party or celebration at the school once a year, to teach balanced nutrition through moderation. This section is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Justin Marcum To Health And Human Resources on 02/27/2014

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Relating to elections for public school purposes [HB-4302]
The purpose of this bill is to allow the use of county election officials to conduct elections held for public school purposes. The bill also designates the county commission as the board of canvassers to canvass the returns of all elections held for public school purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ron Walters Chapter 46, Acts, Regular Session, 2014 on 04/10/2014

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West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Establishing the Health Sciences Service Program [HB-4296]
The purpose of this bill is to modify the Health Sciences Scholarship Program to become the Health Sciences Service Program to better reflect the purpose of the program as a job recruitment incentive for attracting practicing health care professionals to underserved areas of the state. The program is not a financial aid program, and there is no requirement that the funds be used for educational purposes, but rather the mission is to improve access to primary care in underserved areas of the state.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jason Barrett Do Pass, But First To Finance on 01/29/2014

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Relating to education reform [HB-4281]
The purpose of this bill is to align school and school system accreditation, establish critical need alternative teaching certificates, modernize our school bus fleet by adding propane as an alternative fuel for recovery of additional school transportation costs, and address transferability of college credits.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Miley Filed For Introduction on 01/23/2014

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West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Providing a credit against personal income tax for classroom teachers for nonreimbursed costs of supplies [HB-4276]
The purpose of this bill is to provide a credit against personal income tax for classroom teachers for nonreimbursed costs of supplies. The credit may not exceed $100 or any federal tax credit.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Eldridge Filed For Introduction on 01/23/2014

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Relating to the secondary schools athletic commission [HB-4230]
The purpose of this bill is to allow for the participation of home schooled students in certain secondary school activities. This bill does not apply to students of charter schools.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Miley Filed For Introduction on 01/20/2014

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Repealing or removing certain portions of education-related statutes that have expired [HB-4228]
The purpose of this bill is to repeal or remove certain portions of education-related statutes that have expired or requires or provides for funding. The bill repeals the authorization for county boards of education with an excess levy in effect prior to Better Schools Amendment to propose an additional excess levy not exceeding one hundred percent and a period of five years. The bill repeals an expired pilot program for the delivery of leftover foods from schools and penal institutions. The bill repeals expired provisions for review of system of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jason Barrett Chapter 47, Acts, Regular Session, 2014 on 04/10/2014

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West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Reducing the daily administrative time required of counselors [HB-4195]
Reducing the daily administrative time required of counselors

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Justin Marcum Filed For Introduction on 01/16/2014

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Relating to the Local Solution Dropout Prevention and Recovery Innovation Zone Act [HB-4162]
Relating to the Local Solution Dropout Prevention and Recovery Innovation Zone Act

  

Sponsored by: Rep. George Ambler Do Pass, But First To Finance on 01/22/2014

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Creating the Governor's Committee on School Board Unification [HB-4146]
The purpose of this bill is to establish the Governor’s Committee on School Board Unification, which will prepare a report for the Governor on unifying and consolidating county school boards. This article is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Iaquinta Filed For Introduction on 01/14/2014

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Setting the maximum number of pupils per teacher in sixth through twelfth grade classrooms [HB-4142]
The purpose of this bill is to set the maximum pupil to teacher ratio in grades six through twelve of public school classrooms at thirty to one.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. George Ambler Filed For Introduction on 01/14/2014

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2014 Regular Session

Relating to more equitable distribution to county boards of reimbursement of the costs of serving certain special needs students [HB-4137]
The purpose of this bill is to provide a more equitable distribution to county boards of reimbursement of the costs of serving high cost/high acuity special needs students. These are students whose educational costs exceed three times the average per student cost and include regularly enrolled, out-of-state placed and residential facility students with special needs who are enrolled with a county board. The reimbursement of costs over that limit is made with a combination of state and federal funds, but currently meet only fifty-four percent of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. George Ambler To Finance on 02/25/2014

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