Bill Text: WV HB2791 | 2021 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to enrollment and costs of homeschooled or private school students at vocational schools
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-20 - Chapter 101, Acts, Regular Session, 2021 [HB2791 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2021-HB2791-Enrolled.html
WEST virginia legislature
2021 regular session
ENROLLED
House Bill 2791
By Delegates Kessinger, Higginbotham, J. Kelly, Wamsley, Longanacre, Horst, Clark, Griffith, Kimble and Tully
[Passed April 5, 2021; in effect ninety days from passage.]
AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-5-15g, relating to requiring county boards of education to permit students who are homeschooled or attend private schools to enroll and take classes at the county’s vocational school at no additional cost beyond any costs charged to public school students.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 5. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-5-15g. Vocational education classes for homeschooled and private schooled students.
County boards of education shall permit students who are homeschooled or attend private schools to enroll and take classes at the county’s vocational schools, if any are provided and as capacity allows, at no expense or cost greater than expenses or costs normally charged to public school students: Provided, That if a homeschool or private school student is not permitted to enroll in a county vocational school, the county shall notify the parent or guardian of the student in writing and a copy of the written notification shall also be sent to the West Virginia Department of Education.
The Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills hereby certifies that the foregoing bill is correctly enrolled.
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Chairman, House Committee
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Chairman, Senate Committee
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In effect ninety days from passage.
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Clerk of the House of Delegates
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Clerk of the Senate
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Speaker of the House of Delegates
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President of the Senate
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Governor
