Education (higher)

State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2021 Regular Session

Establishing WV State Police Loan Forgiveness Program [SB-579] [Student Loans ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Finance ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Education ]
Establishing WV State Police Loan Forgiveness Program

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Baldwin Filed For Introduction on 03/05/2021

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West Virginia 2021 Regular Session

Requiring county boards of education to make vocational classes available to private school students of the appropriate grades as space is available. [HB-2870] [Education ]
Requiring county boards of education to make vocational classes available to private school students of the appropriate grades as space is available.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Brandon Steele Filed For Introduction on 03/03/2021

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West Virginia 2021 Regular Session

Protecting political ideas and speech in the hiring process at schools and universities [HB-2832] [Education ] [Human Rights ]
Protecting political ideas and speech in the hiring process at schools and universities

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Joshua Holstein Filed For Introduction on 03/02/2021

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West Virginia 2021 Regular Session

Making Pierpont Community and Technical College a division of Fairmont State University known as the Pierpont College of Community and Technical Education [HB-2805] [Education ]
Making Pierpont Community and Technical College a division of Fairmont State University known as the Pierpont College of Community and Technical Education

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Moore Capito With Amendment, Do Pass, But First To Finance on 03/12/2021

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West Virginia 2021 Regular Session

Creating the Economic Development Tuition Waiver [HB-2771] [Economic Development ] [Education ]
Creating the Economic Development Tuition Waiver

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Shawn Fluharty Filed For Introduction on 02/26/2021

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West Virginia 2021 Regular Session

Establishing the behavioral health workforce education initiative at the Higher Education Policy Commission [HB-2746] [Education ] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Funding ]
Establishing the behavioral health workforce education initiative at the Higher Education Policy Commission

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Ellington With Amendment, Do Pass, But First To Finance on 03/03/2021

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West Virginia 2021 Regular Session

Require all athletes to perform in sport of the sex they were born [HB-2734] [Sports ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Children and Youth ]
Require all athletes to perform in sport of the sex they were born

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Kelly Filed For Introduction on 02/24/2021

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West Virginia 2021 Regular Session

Mountaineer Games Sports League [HB-2658] [Sports ]
Mountaineer Games Sports League

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Hornbuckle Filed For Introduction on 02/23/2021

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West Virginia 2021 Regular Session

Relating to the Antihazing Law [HB-2657] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Education ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Relating to the Antihazing Law

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Evan Hansen Filed For Introduction on 02/23/2021

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West Virginia 2021 Regular Session

Expand 529 savings plans to include vocational and trade schools [HB-2604] [Education ] [Finance ] [Student Loans ]
The purpose of this bill is to include vocational or trade schools in the West Virginia College Prepaid Tuition and Savings Program, if they qualify as an eligible educational institution under 20 U. S. C. §529.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barry Bruce Filed For Introduction on 02/19/2021

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West Virginia 2021 Regular Session

Requiring participation in athletic or sporting events be based on athlete's biological gender [SB-341] [Sports ] [Children and Youth ] [Education ]
Requiring participation in athletic or sporting events be based on athlete's biological gender

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Rupert Phillips Filed For Introduction on 02/18/2021

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West Virginia 2021 Regular Session

Relating to WV Invests Grant Program for students at accredited community and technical college [SB-335] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Student Loans ]
The purpose of this bill is to make Promise scholarships available to students who wish to pursue a vocational certificate or degree in a community and technical college education program.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Baldwin Chapter 155, Acts, Regular Session, 2021 on 05/24/2021

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West Virginia 2021 Regular Session

Authorizing student athletes to be compensated for use of their name, image or likeness [HB-2583] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Sports ] [Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing student athletes to be compensated for use of their name, image or likeness

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Shawn Fluharty Filed For Introduction on 02/17/2021

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West Virginia 2021 Regular Session

Relating generally to in-state tuition rates for certain persons [SB-307] [Education ]
Relating generally to in-state tuition rates for certain persons

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Plymale Chapter 154, Acts, Regular Session, 2021 on 05/24/2021

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West Virginia 2021 Regular Session

Expanding the amount of promise scholarship funds awarded to persons majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics [HB-2586] [Education ] [Science ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Expanding the amount of promise scholarship funds awarded to persons majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Shawn Fluharty Filed For Introduction on 02/17/2021

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West Virginia 2021 Regular Session

Qualifying not-for-profit private baccalaureate institutions for the Advanced Career Education Programs and the WV Invests Grant Program [HB-2486] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Qualifying not-for-profit private baccalaureate institutions for the Advanced Career Education Programs and the WV Invests Grant Program

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Joshua Higginbotham Filed For Introduction on 02/15/2021

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West Virginia 2021 Regular Session

Relating to relocation or closure of state higher education institutions [HB-2484] [Education ]
Relating to relocation or closure of state higher education institutions

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Larry Rowe Filed For Introduction on 02/15/2021

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West Virginia 2021 Regular Session

Prohibiting West Virginia institutions of higher education from discriminating against graduates of private, nonpublic or home schools by requiring them to submit to alternative testing [HB-2529] [Education ]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit state agencies and institutions of higher learning from discriminating against graduates of private, nonpublic, or home schools by requiring them to submit to alternative testing as a precondition for acceptance into the institution of higher learning.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Fast Chapter 157, Acts, Regular Session, 2021 on 05/20/2021

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West Virginia 2021 Regular Session

Creating a Campus Mentors pilot program [HB-2487] [Education ] [Grants ] [Funding ] [Children and Youth ]
The purpose of this bill is to create a pilot Campus Mentors program limited to four sites on college or university campuses and awarded through a competitive grant process. The Campus Mentors program involves a close partnership between a higher education teacher preparation program and public high school or career/technical center with the goal of raising the achievement of at-risk students and enhancing the preparation of the next generation of teachers. The program shall include grants to be awarded by the State Superintendent to entities interested (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Joshua Higginbotham Filed For Introduction on 02/15/2021

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2021 Regular Session

Relating to suspension or termination of courses by institutions which receive WV Invests Grants [SB-290] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
The purpose of this bill is to place a 24-month moratorium on the termination, cancellation, or suspension of courses by institutions receiving WV Invests Grants.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Beach Filed For Introduction on 02/13/2021

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