West Virginia Senate Bill 288 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 23 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-23 - To Education
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to revise certain aspects of public school finance and the school aid formula. First, it eliminates the authority of growth county boards of education to designate regular school board levy revenues due to new construction or improvements to a Growth County School Facilities Act Fund. Second, it authorizes propane as an eligible fuel for the ten percent additional percentage allowance for school bus systems using alternative fuels. Third, it extends the bus replacement cycle from twelve to fifteen years. Fourth, it eliminates certain adjustments in the basic foundation program.

Relating to public school financing

Sen. William Cole [R]

Sen. Jeffrey Kessler [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-23	Senate	To Education
2015-01-23	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2015-01-23	Senate	To Education then Finance
2015-01-23	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB2478 (Same As) 2015-04-15 - Chapter 100, Acts, Regular Session, 2015

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
11	8	6f	Amended Code	Citation Text
18	9A	11	Amended Code	Citation Text
18	9A	12	Amended Code	Citation Text
18	9A	7	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=288&year=2015&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb288%20intr.htm&yr=2015&sesstype=RS&i=288