Education (k12)
West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Requiring a shcool administrator and local Board of Education to assess whether a student is in the foster care system or undre the supervision of Child Protective Services prior to being disiplined for a level 3 or 4 behavior policy violation [HB-5598]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring a shcool administrator and local Board of Education to assess whether a student is in the foster care system or undre the supervision of Child Protective Services prior to being disiplined for a level 3 or 4 behavior policy violation
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Relating to voluntary private school immunization [HB-5210]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Relating to voluntary private school immunization
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Relating to public charter school’s application for funding. [HB-5607]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
Relating to public charter school’s application for funding.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Adding a proviso that any county will open attendance zones and an existing transportaion Arrangement shall not be permitted to close the open attendance zone reestablish closed boarders or modify existing transportation routes or arrangements for any current or future students who chooose to utilize these options [HB-5563]
[Education ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Children and Youth ]
Adding a proviso that any county will open attendance zones and an existing transportaion Arrangement shall not be permitted to close the open attendance zone reestablish closed boarders or modify existing transportation routes or arrangements for any current or future students who chooose to utilize these options
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Establishing Laken's Law [SB-750]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Children and Youth ]
The purpose of this bill is to establish a Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Week for grades 6 through 12., to be known as "Laken's Law", relating fentanyl abuse prevention and drug poisoning awareness education in public schools.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Comprehensive Services Act [HB-5556]
[Human Services ]
Comprehensive Services Act
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Relating to continuing education concerning domestic violence. [HB-5551]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
The purpose of this bill is to require certain licensees to obtain continuing education on domestic violence or abuse.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
To provide and change graduation requirements and change duties relating to academic content standards [HB-5553]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
The purpose of this bill is to require all West Virginia high school students to requiring students to pass a minimum of one credit of computer science and technology courses, establish requirements for the classes, establish rulemaking, and create teaching positions, and requirements for those teaching positions.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Relating to fentanyl prevention and awareness Education (Laken’s Law) [HB-5540]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to mandate Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Education, which shall be known as "Laken's Law".
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Revising process for county boards of education to hire support staff [SB-727]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
The purpose of this bill is to revise the process for county boards of education to hire aides, early childhood classroom assistant teachers, and secretaries.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
To allow those with a concealed carry license to carry a concealed handgun in public school property and buildings. [HB-5527]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to allow persons who have a concealed carry license to carry a concealed handgun in or on the grounds of any primary or secondary educational facility.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
To adjust the School Aid Formula’s Transportation calculations from its current standard of student enrollment to school bus mileage traveled daily [HB-5518]
[Education ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
The purpose of this bill is relating to adjust the school aid formula's transportation calculations from its current standard of student enrollment to school bus mileage traveled daily to provide assistance to larger counties that are mandated to offer school bus transportation to all students.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Stop the Bleed Act [SB-715]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
The purpose of this bill is to create the Stop the Bleed Act to require implementation of the act in county schools and to permit private donations and funding by the Legislature.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Enhancing training requirements for county boards of education members. [HB-5514]
[Education ]
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
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
To make it explicit that both the lottery fund and the excess lottery fund can be utilized for early childhood education throughout West Virginia [HB-5504]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide that funds from the Lottery Education Fund, the State Lottery fund, and the Excess Lottery Fund be used for childhood education in the state.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
To require a statewide public school calendar to begin no earlier that September 1 and end no later than May 31 [HB-5517]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide that schools begin no earlier that September 1 and end no later than May 31. The bill also increases the amount of remote learning days.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Increasing compensation of certain classroom teachers and aides [SB-680]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
The purpose of this bill is to increase the compensation of classroom teachers certified in special education and assigned full-time to a self-contained classroom; and to increase the compensation of aides assigned full-time to a self-contained classroom.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Relating to age appropriate instruction in health education [HB-5484]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
The purpose of this bill is to empower the state board of education to direct guidance to all local education agencies on what is appropriate for pre-kindergarten through five to be taught regarding health education.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Increasing minimum benefit for certain annuitants [SB-659]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
The purpose of this bill is to increase the minimum benefit for certain annuitants with at least 20 years of total service.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
To allow elected members of county Boards of Education to be short-term substitute teachers [HB-5436]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide that the county superintendents, subject to approval of the county board, may employ and assign substitute teachers who are elected members of county boards for short term assignments of no more than nine days in the same substitute assignment.