Education (k12)
West Virginia 2018 Regular Session
Relating generally to grounds for revocation of a teaching certificate [HB-4220]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to revoke teaching certificate of teacher’s conviction of any offense that requires the teacher to register as a sex offender.
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Developing a resource for use by parents to monitor and track deaf and hard-of-hearing children’s receptive and expressive language [HB-4223]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
The purpose of this bill is to develop a resource families can use to monitor and track deaf and hard-of-hearing children’s early language acquisition and expression, and developmental stages toward English literacy.
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West Virginia 2018 Regular Session
Establishing an eight-hour work day for school service personnel [HB-4224]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
The purpose of this bill is to establish an eight-hour work day for school service personnel.
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West Virginia 2018 Regular Session
Eliminating the written consent requirement for relegating any condition of employment for service personnel [HB-4225]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Military ]
[Veterans ]
The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the written consent requirement for relegating any condition of employment for service personnel.
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West Virginia 2018 Regular Session
Eliminating the competency testing requirement for school service personnel [HB-4226]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
This purpose of this bill is to eliminate the competency testing requirement for school service personnel.
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West Virginia 2018 Regular Session
Revising the order in which qualified applicants are considered for service personnel employment by county boards of education [HB-4216]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
The purpose of this bill is to revise the order in which qualified applicants are considered for service personnel employment by county boards of education.
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West Virginia 2018 Regular Session
Revising pupil to teacher ratio for elementary schools [HB-4206]
[Education ]
The purpose of this bill is to revise the pupil to teacher ratio for elementary schools.
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West Virginia 2018 Regular Session
Relating generally to standardized testing requirements for nonpublic schools [HB-4183]
[Education ]
The purpose of this bill is to remove certain restrictions on achievement tests that must be administered to nonpublic students.
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West Virginia 2018 Regular Session
Education Savings Account Act [HB-4008]
[Education ]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
The purpose of this bill is to create an Educational Savings Account Program for students with disabilities and to provide for its administration.
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West Virginia 2018 Regular Session
Revising the processes through which professional development is delivered for those who provide public education [HB-4006]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Revising the processes through which professional development is delivered for those who provide public education
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West Virginia 2018 Regular Session
Allowing home-schooled students to participate in secondary school extracurricular activities [HB-4007]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
The purpose of this bill is to allow home-schooled students to participate in secondary school extracurricular activities.
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West Virginia 2018 Regular Session
Relating to the adoption of instructional resources for use in the public schools [HB-3089]
[Education ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide a transition to the county board of education level of the process for review and adoption of instructional resources required to be used in the schools under the jurisdiction of the county board.
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West Virginia 2018 Regular Session
Encouraging mastery-based education through the Innovation In Schools program [HB-3061]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
The purpose of this bill is to encourage a limited cohort of schools to implement mastery-based education through the Innovation In Education program. The initial cohort size is not more than twenty schools. The Department of Education is given a range of duties from the identification of barriers and potential solutions to developing an incubator process to support schools awarded an Innovation In Schools/Mastery-Based grant. The schools must meet the same requirements and accountability as other Innovation In Education schools.
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West Virginia 2018 Regular Session
Relating to public school education assessment of students for dyslexia and dyscalculia [HB-3023]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
Relating to public school education assessment of students for dyslexia and dyscalculia
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West Virginia 2018 Regular Session
Creating a state program allowing high school students advance to getting a college degree or technical training while in high school [HB-3031]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Children and Youth ]
Creating a state program allowing high school students advance to getting a college degree or technical training while in high school
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West Virginia 2018 Regular Session
Allowing county boards of education to hire retired teachers [HB-3036]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
The purpose of this bill is to allow county boards of education to hire retired teachers and provide that retired teachers may work for county board without effect on retirement benefits.
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West Virginia 2018 Regular Session
Relating to eliminating county school systems and creating ten school districts [HB-3008]
[Education ]
The purpose of this bill is to eliminate county boards of education and establish school districts.
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West Virginia 2018 Regular Session
Relating generally to applied associate of science degrees that target workforce needs [HB-2997]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
The purpose of this bill is to authorize certain schools to grant applied associate of science degrees that target workforce needs; require the West Virginia State Board of Education to promulgate rules setting the minimum standards for granting applied associate of science degrees that target workforce needs; and limit the schools that grant applied associate of science degrees that target workforce needs to vocational technical schools which are accredited by the appropriate nationally recognized accrediting agency or association approved by the
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West Virginia 2018 Regular Session
Relating to public school education in dating violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence prevention [HB-2974]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
This purpose of this bill is to ensure that public schools integrate age-appropriate components of effective and evidence-based programs on the prevention of dating violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence into their existing programs and curricula.
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West Virginia 2018 Regular Session
Relating to exemptions from mandated immunizations [HB-2945]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide exemptions from mandatory immunizations.