Education (higher)
West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Relating to rulemaking for healthcare plans [HB-2302]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
The purpose of this bill is to require the commission or the council to promulgate legislative rules relating to healthcare plans for graduate students attending a college or university in this state.
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Establishing the behavioral health workforce education initiative at the Higher Education Policy Commission [HB-2381]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
The purpose of this bill is to create the behavioral health workforce initiative within the Higher Education Policy Commission.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Prohibit requiring Covid-19 vaccine or booster shot to attend in person classes at colleges and universities [HB-2497]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit colleges and universities in West Virginia from requiring the COVID-19 vaccine or associated booster shot as a prerequisite for attending in-person class.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
To acknowledge that the mental health of higher education students is of paramount importance, and due to a variety of issues [HB-2182]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
The purpose of this bill is to acknowledge that the mental health of higher education students is of paramount importance, and due to a variety of issues, including the COVID-19 pandemic, students are facing substantial mental health challenges. This bill creates a plan to address the crisis by creating a collaboration of resources to ensure that struggling students receive the mental health support services they need.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Increase access to and amount covered of the promise scholarship to ensure full ride regardless of tuition costs, double majors, or courses of interest [HB-2465]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Student Loans ]
The purpose of this bill is to increase the PROMISE scholarship award to include all tuition costs regardless of the major, double majors, or courses of interest.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Legal apprenticeships as alternatives to Law School to help those who cannot afford law school or have a disability [HB-2467]
[Education ]
[Disabilities ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Supreme Court of Appeals to promulgate rules defining legal apprenticeships and designing and approving a plan for legal apprentices to work and study as apprentices in a law office with the goal to allow the apprentices to qualify to take the bar exam without attending law school.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Campus Self-Defense Act [SB-104]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to allow a person who holds a current and valid license to carry a concealed deadly weapon to carry such a weapon on the campus and in the buildings of a state institution of higher education. It provides exceptions and immunity to an institution for a licensee's intentional or unintentional use of a firearm while carrying it under the act. The bill seeks to acknowledge that violence against disarmed law-abiding citizens is an increasing, but unnecessary, occurrence. The bill is an attempt by the Legislature to reaffirm
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Including children and spouses of deceased active-duty officers in eligibility for War Orphan Education Program [SB-701]
[Veterans ]
[Education ]
[Military ]
[Children and Youth ]
Including children and spouses of deceased active-duty officers in eligibility for War Orphan Education Program
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Establishing Student Basic Needs Campus Initiative [SB-691]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Student Loans ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Poverty ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing Student Basic Needs Campus Initiative
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Exempting certain military veterans and their dependents from payment of tuition and fees [SB-672]
[Veterans ]
[Education ]
[Military ]
Exempting certain military veterans and their dependents from payment of tuition and fees
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Creating exceptions to WV Invests Grant eligibility requirement [SB-654]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Creating exceptions to WV Invests Grant eligibility requirement
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Relating to public higher education governance [SB-653]
[Education ]
Relating to public higher education governance
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
The Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act [HB-4786]
[Education ]
The Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Legal apprenticeships as alternatives to Law School to help those who cannot afford law school or have a disability [HB-4818]
[Education ]
[Disabilities ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Legal apprenticeships as alternatives to Law School to help those who cannot afford law school or have a disability
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
To establish a grant program for colleges that take steps to establish themselves as Student Basic Needs campuses [HB-4705]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Children and Youth ]
To establish a grant program for colleges that take steps to establish themselves as Student Basic Needs campuses
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Increase access to and amount covered of the promise scholarship to ensure full ride regardless of tuition costs, double majors, or courses of interest [HB-4821]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Increase access to and amount covered of the promise scholarship to ensure full ride regardless of tuition costs, double majors, or courses of interest
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Relating to public higher education governance [HB-4723]
[Education ]
Relating to public higher education governance
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Relating to the creation and administration of a scholarship program for college students who remain in-state after graduation [HB-4750]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Relating to the creation and administration of a scholarship program for college students who remain in-state after graduation
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
To acknowledge that the mental health of higher education students is of paramount importance, and due to a variety of issues [HB-4678]
[Mental Health ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
To acknowledge that the mental health of higher education students is of paramount importance, and due to a variety of issues
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Expanding the definition of criminal justice agency to include the Forensic Analysis Laboratory at Marshall University [HB-4666]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Expanding the definition of criminal justice agency to include the Forensic Analysis Laboratory at Marshall University