Education (k12)

State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Modifying training requirements for county boards of education members [SB-256]
The purpose of this bill is enhance training requirements for county boards of education members by increasing the number of hours required for training, authorizing the State Board to require members to attend additional training when beneficial, modifying training topics, increasing the compensation rate for meeting attendance and decreasing the number of meetings members may be compensated to attend, prohibiting compensation to county board members who have not complied with all training requirements and including the chairs of the House and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Grady Filed For Introduction on 02/12/2025

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Requiring moment of silence at beginning of each school day [SB-80]
The purpose of this bill is to provide for a moment of silence at the beginning of each school day. The bill prevents teachers from being able to discuss the substance of what children engage in during the moment of silence. Finally, the bill provides that the Attorney General shall enforce the provisions of this section.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Patricia Rucker Filed For Introduction on 02/12/2025

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Prohibiting schools from starting earlier than 7:45 am [SB-53]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit schools from starting an instructional day any earlier than 7:45 a.m.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Woelfel Filed For Introduction on 02/12/2025

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Glucagon for Schools Act [SB-92]
The purpose of this bill is to create the Glucagon for Schools Act.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Patricia Rucker Markup Discussion on 04/02/2025

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Relating to county board of education member orientation and compensation [SB-284]
The purpose of this bill is to reinstate, with minor revisions, changes to §18-5-1a that passed during the 2024 regular session but were unintentionally overridden by a subsequently passed bill; and to automatically set the compensation rate for county board of education members at $260 per meeting attended unless the board votes to approve a lower rate.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Woelfel To House Education on 03/06/2025

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Relating to elementary behavior intervention and safety [SB-199]
The purpose of this bill is to address elementary behavior intervention and safety; to clarify that nothing in the bill be construed to conflict with certain federal laws; and to 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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Grady Approved By Governor 4/15/2025 on 04/15/2025

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Removing requirement school cooks or custodians have high school diploma or equivalent [SB-275]
The purpose of this bill is to remove the requirement for cooks or custodians employed by public schools in this state to have a high school diploma or equivalent.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Vince Deeds Approved By Governor 4/24/2025 on 04/24/2025

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Relating to teaching and instructing world languages in public schools [SB-180]
The purpose of this bill is to allow all public schools to instruct students on world languages. The legislature finds learning a world language can improve student math and reading outcomes, improve academic focus, and provide additional career opportunities after graduation. The legislature further finds that an educator obtaining professional learning hours related to teaching world languages may use those hours to satisfy continuing education requirements.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Laura Wakim Chapman Filed For Introduction on 02/12/2025

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Expanding grade levels of personal finance course requirements needed for graduation [SB-283]
The purpose of this bill is to expand the grade levels that the course of study in personal finance can be completed in for the purpose of counting toward satisfying the personal finance course requirement for high school graduation.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Woelfel Approved By Governor 4/1/2025 - House Journal on 04/02/2025

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Establishing minimum student enrollment for school aid formula [SB-122]
The purpose of this bill is to update the school aid formula by establishing a minimum net enrollment of 1,200 students for each county.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Clements Reported Do Pass, But First To Finance on 02/19/2025

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Creating WV Guardian Program [SB-209]
The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Guardian program to provide public safety and/or security on public school grounds and buildings.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Eric Tarr Filed For Introduction on 02/12/2025

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Providing for substantial deference to state school superintendent's interpretations of school laws [SB-146]
Providing for substantial deference to state school superintendent's interpretations of school laws

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan Weld Filed For Introduction on 02/12/2025

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Granting school administrators ability to hold students back for 20 or more missed days [SB-179]
The purpose of this bill is to grant school administrators the ability to refuse to promote a student to the next grade if the child has missed 20 or more days of school. This is in an effort to curb unexcused absences.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Laura Wakim Chapman Filed For Introduction on 02/12/2025

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Creating alternative high-risk population public charter schools [SB-89]
The purpose of this bill is to authorize alternative high risk population public charter schools and provide for rulemaking by state board to determine funding.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Patricia Rucker To House Finance on 04/08/2025

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Requiring county boards ensure their meetings are open to public through in-person attendance and broadcast live on their websites [SB-251]
The purpose of this bill is to require each county board of education to ensure that all of its meetings are open to the public through in-person attendance and that the audio and video of its meetings are broadcast live to the public through an internet link on its website. The bill requires each county board to ensure that the audio and video is recorded and that the recording is also available through a link on its website. The bill allows meeting to continue if the live broadcast experiences a technical interruption in which the stream is discontinued (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Rollan Roberts Filed For Introduction on 02/12/2025

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Creating WV Guardian Program [SB-285]
The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Guardian Program. The bill sets out the purpose of the program and allows county school boards to hire independent contractors to provide safety services in schools. The bill defines terms, sets out the authority of independent contractors, and provides requirements for participation in the program. The bill also provides for exclusions from participation in the program. The bill provides for a limitation of liability for county school boards, provides exemptions from purchasing requirements, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Woelfel Filed For Introduction on 02/12/2025

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Reorganizing School Building Authority as School Maintenance Authority [SB-261]
The purpose of this bill is to change the name of the School Building Authority to the School Maintenance Authority.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Patricia Rucker Filed For Introduction on 02/12/2025

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Prohibiting teaching of divisive acts and critical race theory in public schools [SB-277]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the teaching of "divisive acts" and "critical race theory" in West Virginia public and charter schools.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Azinger Filed For Introduction on 02/12/2025

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Providing religious exemptions to school attendance vaccine requirements [SB-250]
The purpose of this bill is to provide a religious exemption to school attendance vaccines requirements.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Rollan Roberts Filed For Introduction on 02/12/2025

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Reducing number of days required for certain educators to apply for full-time employment [SB-42]
The purpose of this bill is to reduce the number of days for which completion of employment in any one school year, substitute teachers, except retired teachers and other retired professional educators employed as substitutes, accrue seniority exclusively for the purpose of applying for employment as a permanent, full-time professional employee and for which that number of days or more of employment is prorated and vests as a fraction of the school year.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Patricia Rucker Filed For Introduction on 02/12/2025

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