Bill Text: WV HB2870 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requiring county boards of education to make vocational classes available to private school students of the appropriate grades as space is available.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-03 - To House Education [HB2870 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2021-HB2870-Introduced.html

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WEST virginia legislature

2021 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 2870

By Delegates J. Pack, Steele and Graves

[Introduced March 03, 2021; Referred to the Committee on Education]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2B-9, relating to vocation program enrollment.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 2B. AREA VOCATIONAL PROGRAM.

§18-2B-9 Participation by Private School Students.

Any county which participates in the operation of a multicounty vocational center shall allow participation by local private school students of the appropriate grades, as determined by the State Board, if there is space available during that school calendar year: Provided, That preference was given to accommodate all participating public schools’ students.

 

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to make vocational classes available to private school students of the appropriate grades as space is available.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.