Education (higher)
West Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Allowing retired teachers be employed by certain higher education entities [SB-595]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
Allowing retired teachers be employed by certain higher education entities
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Creating Business PROMISE+ Scholarship [SB-59]
[Education ]
[Small Business ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Creating Business PROMISE+ Scholarship
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West Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Relating to authority of Higher Education Policy Commission [SB-555]
[Education ]
Relating to authority of Higher Education Policy Commission
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West Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Relating to federal funds for land-grant institutions [SB-553]
[Agriculture ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Relating to federal funds for land-grant institutions
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West Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Requiring each state institution of higher education adopt and submit written sexual assault policy to WV HEPC [SB-479]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring each state institution of higher education adopt and submit written sexual assault policy to WV HEPC
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West Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Relating to higher education campus police officers [SB-441]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to higher education campus police officers
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West Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Relating to Antihazing Law [SB-440]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to Antihazing Law
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West Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Providing certain military members in-state residency tuition rates [SB-39]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
Providing certain military members in-state residency tuition rates
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West Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Redistributing revenue-generated excise tax on soft drinks to four-year medical schools [SB-365]
[Taxes ]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
Redistributing revenue-generated excise tax on soft drinks to four-year medical schools
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West Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Establishing Advanced Career Education programs [SB-265]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing Advanced Career Education programs
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West Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Authorizing certain higher education governing boards to eliminate faculty tenure [SB-25]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Authorizing certain higher education governing boards to eliminate faculty tenure
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West Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Establishing Katherine Johnson Academy [SB-21]
[Education ]
Establishing Katherine Johnson Academy
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West Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Encouraging agreements between community and technical colleges and certain apprenticeship programs [SB-107]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Encouraging agreements between community and technical colleges and certain apprenticeship programs
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West Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Increasing access to career education and workforce training [SB-1]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Economic Development ]
Increasing access to career education and workforce training
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West Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Coordinating a plan to provide the first two years of post-secondary education for free [HB-3125]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
The purpose of this bill is to increase the quality of the state’s workforce by increasing access to college, community college and career education through providing the first two years of  free tuition.
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West Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Relating to four-year higher education [HB-3096]
[Education ]
The purpose of this bill is to amend statutes pertaining to the Higher Education Policy Commission to (a) eliminate the Higher Education Policy Commission; (b) create the Office of Postsecondary Education; and (c) provide for the transfer of certain administrative and service functions heretofore performed by the Higher Education Policy Commission to the Office of Postsecondary Education.
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West Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Permitting adjunct professors to serve on the institutional governing boards [HB-3048]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
The purpose of this bill is to permit adjunct professors to serve on the institutional governing boards; proving for a term limit for adjunct professors to serve on the governing board; restricting county elected officials from serving on the governing boards of community or technical colleges; and permitting adjunct professors to serve on the governing boards of community and technical colleges.
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West Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Relating to sole source contracts for goods and services with nonprofit corporations affiliated with the respective education institutions [HB-3020]
[Education ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
The purpose of this bill is to allow the Higher Education Policy Commission, the Council for Community and Technical College Education and institutional governing boards to enter into sole source contracts for goods and services with nonprofit corporations affiliated with the respective education institutions.
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West Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Creating a health professionals’ student loan programs [HB-2882]
[Healthcare ]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
The purpose of this bill is to create a health professionals’ student loan program; health sciences tuition program. The bill provides in-state tuition rates to out-of-state medical and osteopathic students who agree to practice for a specific time within West Virginia.
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West Virginia 2019 Regular Session
Relating to the Underwood-Smith scholarship and loan assistance program and teacher scholarship and loan program [HB-2862]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
The purpose of this bill is to modify the purpose of the scholarship beginning in 2020; establish scholarship preference for applicants pursuing math and science teaching careers; modify selection criteria for the award of scholarships; modify scholarship agreement condition requirements; modify scholarship renewal requirements; modify purpose of teacher scholarship program to those pursuing careers in teaching math or science; modify scholarship agreement condition requirements for teachers; and modify scholarship renewal requirements for teachers.