Education (k12)

State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Removal of Mandatory Homeschool Reporting [HB-5046]
The purpose of this bill is to remove the reporting of assessments and portfolio reviews to county boards of home schooled children.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Dillon Filed For Introduction on 01/23/2024

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Prohibiting public schools from requiring students to participate in sexual orientation instruction [SB-515]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit a public school student from being required to participate in instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity if a parent, custodian, or guardian of the student objects in writing; require each public school to afford the parent, custodian, or guardian of a child subject to instruction with respect to sexual orientation and gender identity advance written notification of such instruction and of their right to exempt the child from participation; prohibit a public school and the county board employees (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Karnes Reported Do Pass, But First To Judiciary on 02/14/2024

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Creating the Parents' Bill of Rights [HB-5036]
The purpose of this bill is to codify a Parents' Bill of Rights.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Laura Kimble Filed For Introduction on 01/23/2024

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Relating generally to payment of bus aides [SB-521]
The purpose of this bill is to require that whenever a county board enters into an extracurricular assignment agreement with bus operators and the bus operators are compensated during days the bus runs are not made, any special needs bus aides who have entered into an extracurricular assignment agreement to ride the buses and be available to assist student riders shall on those days be assigned to a school, assigned alternate duties at the school, and be paid at their normal rate of pay under the agreement for that day.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Grady Filed For Introduction on 01/23/2024

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Protecting belief-based student organizations from certain types of discrimination [SB-503]
The purpose of this bill is to protect belief-based student organizations by expanding student organizations that are protected against certain types of discrimination by a state institution of higher education and expanding the types of discrimination the student organizations are protected from.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Maynard Chapter 154, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 on 04/23/2024

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2024 Regular Session

To allow for the WVSSAC to pull coaching certificates of coaches who are found guilty of illegal recruiting [HB-4990]
The purpose of this bill is to allow the WVSSAC to pull the coaching credentials of any coach found guilty of illegally recruiting students.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Dean Filed For Introduction on 01/22/2024

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2024 Regular Session

To facilitate the interstate practice of School Psychology in educational or school settings [HB-4951]
The purpose of this bill is to enact the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Larry Kump Chapter 114, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 on 04/22/2024

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2024 Regular Session

To exclude certain students from drop out rate data [HB-4959]
The purpose of this bill is to require school performance reports for middles school and high schools in this state to be provided to the Legislature, providing information to be included in the report, including college admission test preparation, three-year trends in the school, including discipline policies, staff qualifications, and how to calculate dropout rates, requiring publication on the State Board of Education's website

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Joshua Holstein Filed For Introduction on 01/22/2024

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Relating to repeal of WV EDGE [SB-507]
The purpose of this bill is to repeal West Virginia EDGE which became unnecessary last year with the passage of the dual enrollment pilot program in HB2005.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Grady Chapter 52, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 on 04/23/2024

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2024 Regular Session

To establish career exploration courses [HB-4960]
The purpose of this bill is to add requirements for a career exploration course to grades seven and eight educational instruction.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Joshua Holstein Filed For Introduction on 01/22/2024

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Parents' Bill of Rights [SB-505]
The purpose of this bill is to codify a Parents' Bill of Rights.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Karnes Introduced In Senate on 01/22/2024

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Relating to felony offense of sexual intercourse, intrusion, or contact with student [SB-504]
The purpose of this bill is to modify elements of a felony offense pertaining to when a school employee or volunteer engages in sexual intercourse, intrusion, or contact with students.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Woelfel Chapter 83, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 on 04/23/2024

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2024 Regular Session

To ensure that classroom sizes are equal without losing a teachers aide [HB-4988]
The purpose of this bill is to make classroom sizes equal so that aides can be best utilized and one on one time with teachers and students can be maximized without losing the use of an aide.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Roy Cooper Filed For Introduction on 01/22/2024

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Allowing Teachers Retirement System members to exchange unused leave for monetary compensation [SB-502]
The purpose of this bill is to combat absenteeism among educators by providing a cash bonus in exchange for unused days of personal leave.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Patrick Martin Reported Do Pass, But First To Finance on 01/26/2024

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Add as required material in public schools the teaching of the full Constitution of the United States, The Federalist Papers and Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letters from Birmingham Jail [HB-4946]
The purpose of this bill is to add as required material in public schools the teaching of the full Constitution of the United States, The Federalist Papers, and Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letters from Birmingham Jail.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Ellington Filed For Introduction on 01/19/2024

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Removing fees teachers have to pay in order to obtain any teaching license, certification, or additional continuing education credit hours (reporting fee) to the state Board of Education [HB-4948]
The purpose of this bill is to remove all fees associated with teacher licensure, certification, and registering the completion of continuing credit hours.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Pritt Filed For Introduction on 01/19/2024

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2024 Regular Session

To increase the minimum starting salary for a teacher to $50,000 [HB-4893]
The purpose of this bill is to increase the minimum salary for teachers to $50,000.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Hornbuckle Filed For Introduction on 01/18/2024

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Requiring periodic review of professional development for teachers and education staff [SB-487]
The purpose of this bill is to provide for period reviews of required professional development for teachers and education staff

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Patricia Rucker Chapter 243, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 on 04/23/2024

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2024 Regular Session

To provide a raise for special education aides, as well as a raise for self-contained special education teachers. [HB-4902]
The purpose of this bill is to match the salaries of Aide V (Special Education Aides) with that of Early Childhood Classroom Assistant Teachers and then increasing that amount by 5% for the Aide V position; increase the pay of self-contained, special education teachers by 10%; define a critical vacancy; and to require board staff who are certified in the subject area of a critical vacancy to go to the classroom and fill that position until someone is hired to do so.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Statler With Amendment, Do Pass, But First To Finance on 02/22/2024

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Relating to critical vacancies in public education [HB-4903]
The purpose of this bill is to define a critical vacancy and require board staff certified in the subject matters where there are vacancies to act as substitutes in those position until someone is hired to fill that position.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Toney Filed For Introduction on 01/18/2024

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