Education (k12)
West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Providing that the statewide summative assessment only be administered in grades three through eight and once at the high school level [HB-4281]
The purpose of this bill is to provide that the statewide public education summative assessment only be administered in grades 3 through 8 and once at the high school level.
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Relating to public school finance [HB-4269]
The purpose of this bill is to revise certain aspects of the school aid formula, including eliminating the Growth County School Facilities Act and Growth County School Facilities Act Fund, to adjust the formulas for the foundation allowance for professional educations and for service personnel, to adjust and eliminate certain adjustments to the foundation allowance for transportation cost and the allowance to improve instructional programs. It also eliminates restrictions in the computation of local share. Strike‑throughs indicate language that
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Prohibiting the sale or transfer of student data to vendors and other profit making entities [HB-4261]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the sale or transfer of student data to vendors and other profit making entities.
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Providing private educational facilities authority to determine whether, and under what circumstances, to permit deadly weapons on school premises through written policies [HB-4260]
The purpose of this bill is to provide private educational providers authority to determine, through written policies, whether to allow deadly weapons on premises.
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Creating income tax credits against personal income tax for educational expenses incurred by parents for a child [HB-4242]
The purpose of this bill is to create income tax credits against personal income tax for educational expenses incurred by parents for a child under twenty-one years of age and for expenses incurred by teachers for the purchase of supplementary educational materials or professional development costs.
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Requiring school restroom facilities to have privacy walls [HB-4224]
The purpose of this bill is to require school restroom facilities to have    privacy walls.
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Removing the requirement that a home schooled student must acquire a general equivalency degree (GED) in order to qualify for a PROMISE scholarship [HB-4215]
The purpose of this bill is to remove the requirement that a home schooled student must acquire a general equivalency degree (GED) in order to qualify for a PROMISE scholarship. The bill adds another method by which a person is eligible for a PROMISE scholarship.
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Requiring each public high school to offer a course in computer science [HB-4194]
The purpose of this bill is to require each public high school to offer a course in computer science.
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Relating generally to home schooling [HB-4175]
Relating generally to home schooling
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Relating to the public school calendar [HB-4171]
The purpose of this bill is to provide that school instructional terms for students begin no earlier than the day after Labor Day and end no later than the second Friday in June. The bill provides that in the event instructional days need to be cancelled the county boards of education must provide for ten technology days whereby assigned classwork may be completed. The bill also provides for homework packets be provided to students who do not have the necessary computer access at home.
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Permitting county boards of education to accumulate instructional days and use them when needed [HB-4167]
The purpose of this bill is to permit county boards of education to accumulate instructional days and use them when needed in a later instructional term when inclement weather and emergencies prevent the otherwise full instructional term from being completed.
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Making the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind eligible to participate in any and all funding administered or distributed by the West Virginia School Building Authority [HB-4147]
The purpose of this bill is to make the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind eligible to participate in any and all funding administered or distributed by the West Virginia School Building Authority.
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Increasing salaries for teachers [HB-4039]
The purpose of this bill is to raise minimum teacher salaries $1500 per year through fiscal year 2020.
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Restoring language that gives preference to currently employed certified professional educators when hiring athletic coaches [HB-4036]
The purpose of this bill is to restore language to the code that gives a preference to currently employed certified professional educators when hiring athletic coaches or coaches of other extracurricular activities in public schools.
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Relating to school calendar and school instructional days [HB-4028]
The purpose of this bill is to provide that school instructional terms for students may begin no earlier than September 1 and must terminate on or before June 5. The bill decreases the number of instructional days for students by five days. The bill requires five days for professional development or continuing education. The bill permits county boards of education to contract with school personnel for employment terms in excess of two hundred days per year. The bill makes stylistic changes.
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Increasing pay to teachers and service personnel [HB-4027]
The purpose of this bill is to increase pay to teachers and service personnel by two percent the first year, two percent the second and three percent in the third year.
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Limiting terms of citizen members of the School Building Authority [HB-4026]
The purpose of this bill is to limit citizen members of the School Building Authority to serving no more than two terms.
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Requiring members of the State Board of Education to be physically present in state board meetings [HB-4025]
The purpose of this bill is to require members of the State Board of Education to be physically present in state board meetings.
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
Prohibiting the use of the Smarter Balanced Assessment [HB-4024]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the use of the Smarter Balanced Assessment and to require that schools assess student progress by alternate methods.
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West Virginia 2016 Regular Session
School Consolidation Task Force [HB-4020]
School Consolidation Task Force