Education (k12)
West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
To provide a 25% pay increase for state teachers (all salary scales) [HB-2476]
The purpose of this bill is to provide a 25% pay increase for state teachers across all salary scales.
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Relating to WV Secondary School Activities [HB-2459]
The purpose of this bill is to require the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission to promulgate legislative rules.West Virginia Code §18-2-25 was amended by two bills passed during the 2020 Regular Session of the Legislature, by the House. House Bill 4925 (passed last on March 4, 2020); House Bill 3127 (passed first on March 2, 2020). The two versions of this section have been merged into this bill with modifications the reflect the 2024 amendment to the statute.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to hiring of teachers [HB-2500]
The purpose of this bill is to ensure that schools that get a qualified applicant cannot readvertise positions once a good-faith offer has already been made to said qualified applicant by the principal and accepted by the qualified applicant.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
To repeal antiquated and inoperative portions of code. [HB-2516]
The purpose of this bill is to repeal antiquated and inoperative portions of code.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to elementary behavior intervention and safety [HB-2515]
The purpose of this bill is to address elementary behavior intervention and safety; specify requirements applicable to when a grade kindergarten through six teacher in an elementary setting determines that the behavior of a student is violent, threatening, or intimidating toward staff or peers or creates an unsafe learning environment or impedes on other students' ability to learn in a safe environment; providing for behavior intervention and safety for students in grades six through twelve; and provide that nothing herein may be construed to be
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Any state permitting, county regulations or municipality shall treat private schools the same as public schools when it comes to building permits, fees charged, safety standards, waste water management, septic systems, and the timeliness of permitting process [HB-2460]
The purpose of this bill is to ensure equal treatment of private and parochial schools for school building construction.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Clarifying eligibility for the HOPE Scholarship. [HB-2478]
The purpose of this bill is to clarify the definition of an eligible recipient of the Hope Scholarship Program.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
School Board Election Date Act [HB-2458]
The purpose of this bill is to provide for the creation of the School Board Election Date Act.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Protecting Religious Homeschooling Act [HB-2452]
The purpose of this bill is to exempt from ad valorem property tax all property used for divine worship, including parts of those properties that are used for educational and other instructional activities.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
To consolidate school boards from 55 counties to 11 counties [HB-2480]
The purpose of this bill is to consolidate school boards to better allocate resources to directly benefit the education programs and community.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to enhanced pay for certain teachers [SB-506]
The purpose of this bill is to enhance pay for teachers; provide for market pay enhancement for teacher salaries in certain circumstances; provide for certification to the State Auditor; set out distribution of funds; require reporting; make funds subject to personal income tax; providing funds are in excess of minimum salary schedule; make enhancement not subject to state grievance process; and provide for rulemaking.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Permitting county boards of education to send parents of students who are chronically disruptive the pro-rated amount of their education and to remove them from the school system for a year to continue their education [HB-2483]
The purpose of this bill is to permit county boards of education to send the parent or legal guardian of a student who is deemed "chronically disruptive" the pro-rated amount of their education and remove that student from the school system for a year to continue their education through homeschool or another approved alternative educational pathway.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to voluntary private school immunization [HB-2517]
The purpose of this bill is to eliminate vaccine mandates for the citizens of West Virginia.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools [HB-2525]
The purpose of this bill is to require public elementary schools and secondary schools to display in a conspicuous place in each classroom of the school a durable poster or framed copy of the Ten Commandments that meets certain requirements.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
To provide a 25% pay increase for state school service personnel (all salary scales). [HB-2474]
The purpose of this bill is to provide a 25% pay increase for state school service personnel across all salary scales.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
To modify the teacher retirement system so that Tier 2 teachers may use annual/sick leave towards retirement [HB-2507]
The purpose of this bill is to allow accrued annual or sick leave to be used for retirement service credit in the Teachers Retirement System.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Provide tax credit for homeschool students [HB-2405]
The purpose of this bill is to establish tax credits for parents and legal guardians whose children are in a home-schooling program or private school. The bill provides for an exception. Finally, the bill provides rule-making authority.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Changing the recommended guidelines for full-day and half-day cooks to the minimum ratio of one cook for every 110 meals [HB-2520]
The purpose of this bill is to change the minimum ratio of school cooks to one cook for every 110 meals prepared and served.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Enhancing training requirements for county boards of education members [HB-2513]
The purpose of this bill is to enhance training requirements for county boards of education members.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
To provide and change graduation requirements and change duties relating to academic content standards [HB-2411]
The purpose of this bill is to require all West Virginia high school students to pass a minimum of one credit of computer science, establish requirements for the classes, establish rulemaking, and create teaching positions, and requirements for those teaching positions.