Requiring certain minimum experience for the director or coordinator of services class title involving school transportation. [HB-5252]
The purpose of this bill is to provide a minimum experience requirement for the director or coordinator of services class title involving school transportation. The bill provides eligibility for candidates for professional employee positions involving supervision of a county transportation department. The bill makes any service employee who is certified as a Director or Supervisor of Pupil Transportation by the National Association for Pupil Transportation Certification. Finally, the bill requires county boards to consider such candidates.
HB-5252: Requiring certain minimum experience for the director or coordinator of services class title involving school transportation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Roy Cooper
Chapter 247, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 on 04/22/2024
Creating multi-tiered system for school absenteeism [SB-568]
The purpose of this bill is to change the focus from truancy and unexcused absences to a multi-tiered system of support and all absences, both excused and unexcused; limit the number of parental excuses that can be accepted each school year as documentation that an absence is excused; require county attendance director and assistant to ensure the implementation of MTSS interventions; recognize that the existing definition of "neglected child" includes failure to supply necessary education; refer to existing school personnel reporting requirement
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SB-568: Creating multi-tiered system for school absenteeism
Sponsored by: Sen. Rupert Phillips
Chapter 105, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 on 04/23/2024
You have voted HB-5152: To permit students in Christian schools at the elementary and middle school level to participate in county level sport tournaments.
Relating to human growth and development curriculum [HB-5075]
The purpose of this bill is to amend required courses of education to include human growth and development related to pregnancy and human development inside the womb; required methods of presenting this instruction and adding a human growth and development curriculum to be known as the "Baby Olivia Act"; and to authorize the Attorney General to sue for any violation of the "Baby Olivia Act".
HB-5075: Relating to human growth and development curriculum
Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Butler
Filed For Introduction on 01/25/2024
HB-5200: Requiring that school counselors serving students in preschool through the 12th grade participate in the School Counselors Conference at least once every two years
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Dean
To Education on 02/08/2024
You have voted HB-5200: Requiring that school counselors serving students in preschool through the 12th grade participate in the School Counselors Conference at least once every two years.
You have voted HB-5196: To require all West Virginia high school students to pass a Civics examination and the United States Naturalization Examination.
Provide tax credit for homeschool students [HB-5189]
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.
HB-5189: Provide tax credit for homeschool students
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Dean
Filed For Introduction on 01/25/2024
To allow Tier II teachers to be able to bank unused sick time towards retirement. [HB-5087]
The purpose of this bill is to allow Tier II members of the Teachers Retirement System to apply accrued annual and sick leave, on the basis of one day's retirement service credit for each two days of accrued annual and sick leave, toward an increase in his or her retirement benefits with those days constituting additional credited service in computation of the benefits under the Teachers Retirement System.
HB-5087: To allow Tier II teachers to be able to bank unused sick time towards retirement.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Anderson
With Amendment, Do Pass, But First To Finance on 02/14/2024
You have voted HB-5095: Require county boards of education to train at least one professional staff member at each school in a grant writing procedures..
Relating to the creation of “Jaycie’s Law.” [HB-5179]
The purpose of this bill is to create "Jaycie's Law." The bill provides for legislative intent. The bill allows for excused absences for student parents, with time periods for natural births and C-section births. The bill provides for excused absences in the event that a child of the student parent is sick, expectations for parenting education referencing, Finally, the bill provides for an effective date.
HB-5179: Relating to the creation of “Jaycie’s Law.”
Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Ellington
To Health And Human Resources on 02/12/2024