West Virginia Senate Bill 274 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-2)
Status: Engrossed on February 14 2023 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-03-07 - To House Finance
Pending: House Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to provide early childhood classroom assistant teachers and systems of support to help students achieve grade level literacy and numeracy by end of third grade. The bill replaces a transformative intervention framework with multi-tiered system of support addressing both reading and mathematics. It includes the use of screening and/or benchmark assessments approved by the State Board to be administered three times throughout the school year. The bill specifies the services to be provided to students who exhibit substantial deficiencies on the screening and /or benchmark assessment and the information and notice to the parent or guardian. It requires professional development for the teachers and the training and instruction be provided by education preparation programs that prepare candidates seeking licensure for elementary education. The bill requires the retention in third grade of public-school students who demonstrate minimal grade level understanding and ability in English language arts upon recommendation of teacher and student assistance team, with exceptions. Students starting in the fourth grade who score below proficient in English language arts or mathematics on general summative assessment will continue to be provided intervention until they are grade level proficient. Finally, the bill phases in a requirement for an early childhood classroom assistant teacher in first, second, and third grade classrooms that have more than 12 pupils. Note that requirements currently exist in State Board Policy 2510 for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classrooms with more than 10 pupils to have an early childhood classroom assistant teacher and these provisions would be added to the statute in this bill. The school aid formula allowance for service personnel is amended to phase in an increase in the number of state funded positions per 1,000 students in net enrollment to provide state funding for the added positions. A new section of code is added which requires early childhood classroom assistant teachers to exercise authority and control over students such as required of a teacher, but only in instances enumerated by the principal and excluding suspensions, expulsions, and performing instructional duties as a teacher.

Third Grade Success Act

Sen. Amy Nichole Grady [R]	Sen. Mike Woelfel [D]	Sen. Bennett Queen [R]	Sen. Rollan Roberts [R]
Sen. Robert Plymale [D]	Sen. Eric Nelson [R]	Sen. Jay Taylor [R]	Sen. Vince Deeds [R]
Sen. Mike Oliverio [R]	Sen. Jason Barrett [R]

2023-02-14 - Senate - Effective July 1, 2023 (Roll No. 179) (Y: 34 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-14 - Senate - Passed Senate (Roll No. 179) (Y: 34 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-07	House	To House Finance
2023-03-07	House	With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance
2023-02-15	House	To House Education
2023-02-15	House	To Education then Finance
2023-02-15	House	Introduced in House
2023-02-14	Senate	Ordered to House
2023-02-14	Senate	Effective July 1, 2023 (Roll No. 179)
2023-02-14	Senate	Passed Senate (Roll No. 179)
2023-02-14	Senate	Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
2023-02-14	Senate	Read 3rd time
2023-02-14	Senate	On 3rd reading with right to amend
2023-02-13	Senate	Read 2nd time
2023-02-13	Senate	On 2nd reading
2023-02-10	Senate	Read 1st time
2023-02-10	Senate	On 1st reading
2023-02-09	Senate	Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
2023-01-20	Senate	To Finance
2023-01-20	Senate	Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
2023-01-18	Senate	To Education
2023-01-18	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2023-01-18	Senate	To Education then Finance
2023-01-18	Senate	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	20	10	Amended Code	Citation Text
18	2E	10	Amended Code	Citation Text
18	5	18a	Amended Code	Citation Text
18	9A	5	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=274&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb274%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=274
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb274%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=274
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb274%20sub2.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=274
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb274%20sub2%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=274
Amendment	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb274%20sfa%20rucker%20_1%202-13.htm
Amendment	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb274%20sfa%20rucker%20_1%202-13%20adopted.htm
Amendment	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb274%20h%20ed%20am%20_1.htm
Supplement	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Fiscalnotes/FN(2)/fnsubmit_recordview1.cfm?RecordID=860340412
Roll Call	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/2023/RS/votes/senate/02-14-0179.pdf