Education (k12)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Increasing pay to teachers and service personnel [HB-2210]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
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 one percent in the third year.
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Relating to requiring comprehensive drug awareness and prevention program in all public schools [HB-2195]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
The purpose of this bill is to require county boards of education to implement comprehensive drug awareness and prevention programs for all student in grades K through 12. The programs are to provide instruction regarding the dangers of substance abuse and must be coordinated with drug rehabilitation specialists and law-enforcement agencies to periodically provide them opportunities for age appropriate student education on the impacts of illegal alcohol and drug use.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Increasing salaries for teachers [HB-2211]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
10.0pt;color:windowtext'>The purpose of this bill is to raise minimum teacher salaries $1500 per year through fiscal year 2020.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
West Virginia Educational Restoration Act [HB-2214]
[Education ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Funding ]
[Children and Youth ]
The purpose of this bill is to discontinue and prohibit the use of Common Core academic content standards; to adopt alternative academic content standards; to discontinue the use of common core based assessments; to establish a committee and process for developing alternate statewide assessments of student progress; to prohibit the state board or any public school from sharing student data without parental consent; and to prohibit acceptance of federal funding if such funding is conditioned upon sharing student data without parental consent.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Creating Tim Tebow Act [SB-6]
[Sports ]
Creating Tim Tebow Act
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Prohibiting the use of the Smarter Balanced Assessment [HB-2151]
[Education ]
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 2017 Regular Session
Permitting county boards of education to accumulate instructional days and use them when needed [HB-2147]
[Education ]
[Disaster Relief ]
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 2017 Regular Session
Requiring school counselors spend all their time on comprehensive school counseling programs [SB-63]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring school counselors spend all their time on comprehensive school counseling programs
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Redirecting certain funds of the West Virginia Department of Education [HB-2198]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
The purpose of this bill is to require the West Virginia Department of Education to transfer an amount equal to one half of the department’s 2017 budget for administrative costs into a special account for the purpose of increasing teacher salaries.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Creating a digital learning pilot project [HB-2199]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Education ]
The purpose of this bill is to create a digital learning pilot project. The bill establishes a purpose, goals and objectives. The bill establishes key components of the pilot project. The bill establishes qualifications. The bill establishes a deadline.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Requiring BRIM cover volunteer workers and student teachers [SB-39]
[Insurance ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Requiring BRIM cover volunteer workers and student teachers
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Extending the length of time for the special Community-Based Pilot Demonstration Project to Improve Outcomes for At-Risk Youth [HB-2188]
[Children and Youth ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to extend the length of time for the special Community-Based Pilot Demonstration Project to Improve Outcomes for At-Risk Youth.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Requiring new comprehensive statewide student assessment [SB-18]
[Education ]
Requiring ACT and ACT Aspire to be used as comprehensive statewide student assessment
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Providing a salary increase for special education teachers [HB-2142]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide a salary increase for special education teachers.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Providing additional funding for exceptional children with high-cost/high-acuity special needs [SB-2]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Providing additional funding for exceptional children with high-cost/high-acuity special needs
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Permitting school nurses to possess and administer opioid antagonists [SB-36]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Permitting school nurses to possess and administer opioid antagonists
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Relating generally to compulsory school attendance and early childhood education programs [SB-68]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Relating generally to compulsory school attendance and early childhood education programs
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Relating generally to truancy intervention [SB-3]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Relating generally to truancy intervention
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West Virginia 2017 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-2123]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Disabilities ]
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 2017 Regular Session
Eliminating requirements that state provide for professional training and development of teachers [HB-2031]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
The purpose of this bill is to eliminate state payment for teacher and principal training, and to require that the money saved be directed to the Public Employees Insurance Agency. Â Professional development in public schools shall be optional and at the discretion of county school boards.