SB-241: Providing tax credit to new graduates of in-state or out-of-state higher educational institution, community or technical college, or trade school
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Baldwin
Filed For Introduction on 02/11/2021
You have voted SB-241: Providing tax credit to new graduates of in-state or out-of-state higher educational institution, community or technical college, or trade school.
You have voted HB-2140: Redirecting excise tax revenue on bottled soft drinks from West Virginia University schools to the Public Employees Insurance Agency.
Creating Stay in State Tax Credit [SB-117]
[Taxes ]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
[Economic Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
The purpose of this bill is to establish the “Stay in the state Act” tax credit that allows residents of this state who remain in state after graduating with an undergraduate or associate degree from a state institution to be granted a tax credit for the total cost of tuition and interest for student loans used to obtain their degree. The bill provides this tax credit is against personal income tax in West Virginia and is awarded over a 10-year period. The bill provides that employers are also allowed to claim the credit for employees that qualify
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SB-117: Creating Stay in State Tax Credit
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Baldwin
Filed For Introduction on 02/10/2021
Relating generally to in-field master’s degree [SB-15]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit a classroom teacher from receiving the salary increase for any education level above A.B. plus 15 unless certain in-field master’s degree related requirements have been met.
SB-15: Relating generally to in-field master’s degree
Sponsored by: Sen. Patricia Rucker
To Education on 02/22/2021
You have voted HB-2033: Establishing matrix necessary for an institution of higher education to become exempt from the Higher Education Policy Commission.
Katherine Johnson College Award Program [HB-2061]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
The purpose of this bill is to create the Katherine Johnson College Award Program and establish a supporting fund, the Katherine Johnson College Award for West Virginia Regional Higher Education Fund, to provide last-dollar-in tuition assistance for eligible persons for the first 30 semester hours of their higher education pursuing a baccalaureate degree at eligible state colleges and universities.
HB-2061: Katherine Johnson College Award Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Larry Rowe
Filed For Introduction on 02/10/2021