West Virginia House Bill 2886 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Introduced on March 9 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-09 - To House Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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 United States Department of Education.

Relating to generally applied associate of science degrees that target workforce needs

Del. Paul Espinosa [R]	Del. Ricky Moye [D]	Del. Roy Cooper [R]	Del. Stephen Wilson [R]
Del. Mark Dean [R]	Del. William Romine [R]	Del. Steve Westfall [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-09	House	To House Education
2017-03-09	House	Introduced in House
2017-03-09	House	To Education
2017-03-09	House	Filed for introduction

SB394 (Similar To) 2017-02-24 - Senator Unger requests to be removed as sponsor of bill
HB2997 (Similar To) 2017-03-14 - To House Education

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	6	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2886&year=2017&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2886%20intr.htm&yr=2017&sesstype=RS&i=2886