| WV | HB4005 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to clarify the categories of employment which are prohibited or authorized for persons in West Virginia who are under the age of 18 and to clarify youth apprenticeships prohibited or authorized in such categories of employ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | HB4425 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to repeal the section of code allowing for the athletic eligibility of transfer students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/31/2026 - Senate Journal |
| WV | SB804 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to provide that students participating in good standing in an extracurricular sport are not required to comply with the statutory middle school and high school physical education requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-08
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB689 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to reduce the grade levels in which a student is allowed to transfer schools at least one time without losing academic eligibility to grades nine and 10.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-03
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB1044 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to require the West Virginia Board of Education to promulgate a rule that sets forth common graduation requirements for all students as well as additional requirements for the various graduation pathways which include an A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-03
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4982 | Pass | Relating generally to the reestablishment of a statewide Healthy Lifestyles program
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-02
Approved by Governor 2/28/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | HB4834 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to permit women's wrestling in public high schools and public charter schools as a sanctioned sporting event in this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5677 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create the Coalfield Career Pipeline Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB962 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require all West Virginia high school students to pass a civics examination and the United States Naturalization Examination and other tests as a prerequisite for graduation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | HB5647 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to permit students instructed at home, by a private tutor or enrolled in a private, parochial or church school or a school operated by a religious order, who do not attend a school that is a member of the West Virginia Sec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5663 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to clarify where legal actions involving the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission shall be filed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5606 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish the "Stay in State Tax Credit" that allows residents of this state who remain in state after graduating with an undergraduate or associate degree from a state institution to be granted a tax credit for the tot...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB919 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create the Safe School Events Music Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | HB5420 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Logic for Living curriculum in public schools for grades seven through ten, with phased implementation and involvement of the Washington Center for Civics, Culture, and Statesmanship at West Virginia Unive...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB5387 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill relates to high school graduation requirements. The bill removes a mandatory stand-alone computer science graduation requirement. The bill establishes a computer literacy proficiency requirement. The bill restores local flexi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4759 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to clarify rulemaking authority of the West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission; require that certain rules be modified and allowing the commission to pull the coaching credentials of any coach found guilty of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5356 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to modify funding for the Mountaineer Challenge Academy.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5248 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create a statewide initiative to promote teacher preparation programs aimed at underrepresented groups. The bill provides that the West Virginia State Board of Education will create an initiative for this purpose. The b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5270 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to have full-time athletic trainers at public high schools in West Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5205 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Balance Act. The bill provides for artificial intelligence standards. The bill sets forth definitions. The bill sets forth a county board of education policy for the use of artificial intelligen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5180 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require that all public schools in this state who hold athletic events and charge admission shall sell tickets at the gate, accept cash as a form of payment, and offer the ability to purchase an admission ticket online.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-04
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4697 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to is to require that any student in the 11th or 12th grade, who has been placed in a "free" or "teacher-assistant" period or class, be informed of online college course opportunities available for them.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-03
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4775 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to itemize additional disciplinary issues to be addressed by the Department of Education and reports to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability. It also requires the Department of Education to incl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-03
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5115 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require the State Board of Education to implement trauma-informed practices in grades K-12.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-03
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB696 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to permit women's wrestling in public high schools and public charter schools as a sanctioned sporting event in this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-02
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | SB684 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to remove private, parochial, and denominational schools from the requirements for certain courses of instruction and requirements pertaining to Celebrate Freedom Week.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-30
To Senate School Choice Committee |
| WV | HB4946 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the State Board of Education to authorizing the State Board of Education to implement a two year county pilot program to change the school week from five days to four days subject to compliance with §18-5-4...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4953 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require all West Virginia high school students to pass a civics examination and the United States Naturalization Examination as a prerequisite for graduation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4970 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require mandatory drug testing for all classes of employees of county commissions, the state of West Virginia, State Board of Education, and in K through 12 schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4943 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require public school students to learn how to properly handle, fold, treat, honor, display, and retire the American flag and pass an examination on this subject as a prerequisite for graduation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4967 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to allow the WVSSAC to pull the coaching credentials of any coach found guilty of illegally recruiting students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB591 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the teaching of "divisive acts" and "critical race theory" in West Virginia public and charter schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-23
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | HB4705 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide for a moment of silence at the beginning of each school day. The bill prevents teachers from being able to discuss the substance of what children engage in during the moment of silence. Finally, the bill encoura...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-21
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB571 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to make certain changes consistent with relating to creation of West Virginia's Rural Health Transformation Program and the State of West Virginia's commitments to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-21
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4698 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require all students enrolled in grades 9-12 to be provided with adoption awareness material upon request.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-21
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4593 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require each child enrolled in the public schools of this state to actively participate in physical education classes during the school year to the level of his or her ability.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-20
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4583 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish November 7 of each year as "Victims of Communism Day", to be observed in the public schools of this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-20
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4077 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to eliminate standardized testing requirements in West Virginia public and private schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-19
To House Public Education Committee |
| WV | HB4497 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require tenth grade students to pass a college preparedness exam to qualify for public financial aid for colleges and universities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-19
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB449 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to allow all public schools to instruct students on world languages. The legislature finds learning a world language can improve student math and reading outcomes, improve academic focus, and provide additional career oppo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-16
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | SB412 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require education concerning human growth and development.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-15
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | SB394 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission to promulgate legislative rules.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-15
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | SB122 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to repeal the requirement that the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission modify its rules to allow high school students to transfer schools and retain athletic eligibility, so that the Commission may modify ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-14
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | SB6 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require legal injunctions and legal actions involving the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission to be filed in either Wood County or Kanawha County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-14
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | HB4181 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to forbid the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission from taking any adverse action against middle or high school student athletes who participate in travel sports.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-14
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4082 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require the State Board of Education to provide a budget for review by the Legislature.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-14
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4100 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to amend required courses of education to include human growth and development related to pregnancy and human development inside the womb; required methods of presenting this instruction and adding a human growth and devel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-14
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB21 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to allow students, coaching staff, and athletic trainers to participate in non-school athletic activities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-14
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | SB124 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to authorize a child sexual abuse and sexual violence prevention program and in-service training in child sexual abuse prevention.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-14
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | SB46 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide for a moment of silence at the beginning of each school day. The bill prevents teachers from being able to discuss the substance of what children engage in during the moment of silence. Finally, the bill provide...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-14
To Senate Education Committee |
