Bill Text: WV HB5658 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: To require all projects funded by the school building authority to have an assessment of school safety when a new project is created.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-13 - To House Education [HB5658 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2024-HB5658-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2024 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 5658
By Delegates Rowe, Griffith, Hamilton, and Lewis
[Introduced February 13, 2024; 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 §18-9D-22, relating to requiring the School Building Authority to assess school safety and make a determination as to whether school safety construction is part of the project.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 9D. SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY.
§18-9D-22. Required assessment of school safety for projects.
All projects that are funded by the School Building Authority shall undergo an assessment of the school safety, regardless of whether it is a new or existing project. Additionally, there shall be a determination by the School Building Authority as to whether school safety construction is needed as part of the project or is needed at the time of the project.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require the School Building Authority to make an assessment of school safety needs for any new or existing projects.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
