Education (higher)

State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2019 Regular Session

Establishing the West Virginia Program for Open Education Resources [HB-2853] [Education ]
The purpose of this bill is to establish a council to facilitate and encourage the use of open education resource materials in both higher education and kindergarten through 12th grade in West Virginia schools.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Byrd Chapter 168, Acts, Regular Session, 2019 on 04/11/2019

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West Virginia 2019 Regular Session

Expanding applicability of educational facilities for the West Virginia College Prepaid Tuition and Savings Program [HB-2793] [Education ] [Funding ]
The purpose of this bill is to expand the use of the College Prepaid Tuition and Savings Program to private, public, religious, middle, and secondary schools.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Dean To Education on 02/15/2019

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2019 Regular Session

Creating a student loan repayment program for a mental health provider [HB-2674] [Student Loans ] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
The purpose of this bill is to create a loan repayment program for a mental health provider.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Canestraro Vetoed By Governor 3/27/19 on 03/27/2019

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2019 Regular Session

Permitting service credit in the Teachers Retirement System to persons with alternative school teaching experience [HB-2604] [Education ] [Retirement ] [Pensions ]
The purpose of this bill is to permit service credit in the Teachers Retirement System to persons with alternative school teaching experience.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Chad Lovejoy Filed For Introduction on 01/22/2019

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2019 Regular Session

Providing programs to train firefighters and emergency medical technicians [HB-2586] [Education ] [Public Safety ] [Healthcare ] [Community Development ]
The purpose of this bill is to require certain community and technical college or career and technical education centers to offer training for students to become firefighters or emergency medical technicians.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mick Bates Do Pass, But First To Education on 02/12/2019

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2019 Regular Session

Requiring certain safety measures be taken at public schools [HB-2541] [Education ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ]
The purpose of this bill is to require certain safety measures be taken at public schools.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Chad Lovejoy Chapter 100, Acts, Regular Session, 2019 on 04/11/2019

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2019 Regular Session

Relating to the Antihazing Law [HB-2520] [Education ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ] [Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to modify the definition of hazing to address any type of organization whose members include students at any public or private institution of higher education.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Fleischauer Filed For Introduction on 01/18/2019

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2019 Regular Session

The Campus Self Defense Act [HB-2519] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Education ] [Public Safety ] [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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Butler To Judiciary on 03/01/2019

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2019 Regular Session

Relating to campus police officers of state institutions of higher learning [HB-2513] [Education ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to authorize institutions of higher learning to appoint all qualified individuals to serve as campus police officers.Â

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Fleischauer Filed For Introduction on 01/18/2019

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2019 Regular Session

Redirecting excise tax revenue on bottled soft drinks from West Virginia University schools to the Public Employees Insurance Agency [HB-2455] [Budget and Spending ] [Healthcare ] [Taxes ] [Insurance ] [Public Health ]
The purpose of this bill is to redirect excise tax revenue on bottled soft drinks from certain West Virginia University schools to the Public Employees Insurance Agency.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Roy Cooper Filed For Introduction on 01/16/2019

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2019 Regular Session

Making Promise scholarships available for students pursuing certificates or degrees through an accredited community and technical college [HB-2377] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
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: Rep. Roy Cooper Filed For Introduction on 01/14/2019

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2019 Regular Session

Permitting public employees the right to collectively bargain [HB-2350] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to permit public employees the right to collectively bargain. The bill provides for an exclusive representative. The bill provides a procedure. The bill sets forth matters subject to collective bargaining.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Thompson Filed For Introduction on 01/11/2019

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2019 Regular Session

Creating a loan tuition forgiveness program to encourage students in selected and necessary fields to remain in the state [HB-2146] [Student Loans ] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Economic Development ]
The purpose of this bill is to create a loan tuition forgiveness program to encourage students in selected and necessary fields to remain in the state; create a “New College Families” loan forgiveness program; and create a loan forgiveness program for counties with low college attendance.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Larry Rowe Filed For Introduction on 01/09/2019

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2019 Regular Session

Relating to tuition and fees at community and technical colleges [HB-2072] [Education ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
The purpose of this bill is to set forth guidelines for increases of tuition and fees at community and technical colleges.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Kelly Filed For Introduction on 01/09/2019

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2019 Regular Session

Expiring the PROMISE Scholarship Program, and establishing the Promise for All Scholarship Program [HB-2065] [Education ] [Student Loans ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
The purpose of this bill is to create a new scholarship available to all West Virginians upon graduation from high school that remain in West Virginia to pursue an associate or bachelor’s degree of $10,000 per year. The only academic requirement is that the person have a 2.0 GPA, and graduate in no more than four years for an undergraduate degree or two and a half years for an associate degree; if the recipient, after graduation, stays and has full-time employment in West Virginia, repayment is forgiven on a year-to-year basis; if the person does (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Miley Filed For Introduction on 01/09/2019

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2019 Regular Session

Expanding the amount of PROMISE scholarship funds awarded to persons majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics [HB-2059] [Education ] [Science ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
The purpose of this bill is to increase PROMISE scholarships to persons majoring in STEM (Science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields to pay the full cost of tuition, room and board.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Miley Filed For Introduction on 01/09/2019

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2019 Regular Session

Prohibiting West Virginia institutions of higher learning and state agencies from discriminating against graduates of private, nonpublic or home schools by requiring them to submit to alternative testing [HB-2034] [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 Filed For Introduction on 01/09/2019

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2019 Regular Session

Relating to relocation or closure of state higher education institutions [HB-2021] [Education ] [Economic Development ]
The purpose of this bill is to insure that closure or transfer of any publicly-funded higher education institution be preapproved by the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability (LOCEA); to require both an economic and educational study to be presented to the LOCEA before it may be closed or transferred.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Fast Filed For Introduction on 01/09/2019

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2019 Regular Session

Providing for a program of instruction in workforce preparedness [HB-2004] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Education ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ] [Community Development ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide better communication to students and parents on career and technical programs of study that begin in high school and lead to industry- recognized credentials, certificates of applied science and associate degrees in high-demand, high wage occupations in the state. The bill begins with a general list of some of the topics to be included in a program of study or integrated into existing courses that reflect skills and attributes commonly sought by employers in their prospective employees. Guidelines are also (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Dean Chapter 97, Acts, Regular Session, 2019 on 04/11/2019

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2018 Regular Session

Relating to higher education student success [SB-83] [Education ]
Relating to higher education student success

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Karnes Filed For Introduction on 01/10/2018

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