Education (higher)
West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Creating the Economic Development Tuition Waiver [HB-2802]
The purpose of this bill is to provide tuition fees at an institution of higher education for certain persons, who are not yet residents, at the rate for residents of the state. The bill also provides requirements to be met by these persons before qualified for resident tuition rates, based upon employment by a business or organization that is established in this state as part of a program under the Economic Development Act of 1985.
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Relating to the Campus Self Defense Act [HB-2633]
The purpose of this bill is to permit the carrying of a concealed pistol or revolver by a person who holds a current license to carry a concealed deadly weapon; authorizing regulation or restriction on the carrying of concealed pistols or revolvers in certain circumstances or areas of an institution of higher education; eliminating authority of the Higher Education Policy Commission, the Council for Community and Technical College Education and the institutional boards of governors to restrict or regulate the carrying of concealed pistols or revolvers
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Promise for Promise Act [SB-227]
Promise for Promise Act
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Allowing voluntary immunization of students in private schools [SB-230]
The purpose of this bill is to provide for voluntary private school immunization.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Relating to PROMISE Scholarship Program requirements [HB-2504]
The purpose of this bill is to require repayment of PROMISE scholarship if student is not employed in West Virginia following graduation, under certain circumstances.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Establishing the dual enrollment pilot program to be administered by the Higher Education Policy Commission and the Council for Community and Technical College Education in conjunction with the State Board of Education. [HB-2005]
The purpose of this bill is to establish the dual enrollment pilot program to be administered by the Higher Education Policy Commission and the Council for Community and Technical College Education in conjunction with the State Department of Education.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Amend section providing for waiver of tuition and fees for older persons auditing certain college classes [HB-2457]
The purpose of this bill is to expand tuition and fee waivers or adjustments for senior citizens by including in the statute certain nonresident students and by decreasing the eligibility age from 65 years to 60 years of age or older.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Creating Student Journalist Press Freedom Protection Act [SB-121]
The purpose of this bill is to create the Student Journalist Press Freedom Restoration Act, to provide for legislative findings, to require that the West Virginia Department of Education and the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission allow for the free expression of student journalists on campuses of middle schools, high schools, and colleges and universities, to provide a framework and parameters for free expression, and to allow for injunctive relief in the event that this article is violated.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Campus Self-Defense Act [SB-10]
Campus Self-Defense Act
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Requiring Higher Education Policy Commission to create and administer PROMISE Plus Program [SB-1]
Requiring Higher Education Policy Commission to create and administer PROMISE Plus Program
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Gun carry allowed on college campuses [HB-2077]
The purpose of this bill is to permit the carrying of concealed weapons on the campus of a state institution of higher education by individuals who have been issued state licenses to carry concealed deadly weapons pursuant to W.Va. Code §61-7-4.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Establishing the Katherine Johnson Academy [HB-2149]
The purpose of this bill is to establish magnet schools on the campuses of colleges and universities throughout West Virginia. The bill creates the Katherine Johnson Academy, which will facilitate the creation of Academy magnet school programs through collaboration agreements by and among the Academy, the State Board of Education, the Higher Education Policy Commission, and colleges and universities in West Virginia. Under the collaboration agreements, students attending a magnet school would receive both college credit and credit toward their high
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Mountaineer Games Sports League [HB-2408]
The purpose of this bill is to establish the Mountaineer Games Sports League.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Establishing the Katherine Johnson Academy [HB-2048]
The purpose of this bill is to establish magnet schools on the campuses of colleges and universities throughout West Virginia. The bill creates the Katherine Johnson Academy, which will facilitate the creation of Academy magnet school programs through collaboration agreements by and among the Academy, the State Board of Education, the Higher Education Policy Commission, and colleges and universities in West Virginia. Under the collaboration agreements, students attending a magnet school would receive both college credit and credit towards their
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Expanding the amount of promise scholarship funds awarded to persons majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics [HB-2273]
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.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Creation of a Higher Education Prison Task Force [HB-2097]
The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Higher Education Prison Task Force. The bill provides for legislative findings. The bill provides for the creation of the task force. The bill provides for the makeup and composition of the task force. The bill provides for a pay and meeting schedule, as well as a reporting requirement. The bill details the goal of the task force.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Relating to relocation or closure of state higher education institutions [HB-2401]
The purpose of this bill is to ensure 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.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Relating to the creation and administration of a scholarship program for college students who remain in-state after graduation [HB-2180]
The purpose of this bill is to create and administer the PROMISE PLUS Program to encourage post-high school in-state students to stay in West Virginia to establish their careers following obtaining their degree or certificate by creating a scholarship that is conditioned on the student living and working in the state a year for each year a scholarship was awarded.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
The Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act [HB-2390]
The purpose of this bill is to establish the Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act through strengthening existing free expression on campus laws. The bill provides for legislative findings regarding the exercise of First Amendment rights on public university campuses in this state as being critical components of the education experience for students. The bill clarifies the definition of public forums. The bill modifies certain time, place, and manner restrictions. The bill strengthens development of policies and procedures. The bill
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
The Campus Self Defense Act [HB-2421]
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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