| WV | SB159 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to require that the party affiliation for county school board members be displayed beside their name on the ballot for election.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Chapter 119, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | SB466 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to require the State Board of Education to develop a Safety While Accessing Technology education program to be taught to students from the 3rd to 12th grades.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Chapter 104, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | SB806 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to remove several required submissions to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability (LOCEA); and remove a requirement for LOCEA to review the progress and implementation of the comprehensive systems ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Chapter 107, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB4830 | Pass | The purpose of this bill relates generally to training requirements for school personnel; it modifies the frequency of training from annually to upon employment and every three years thereafter, for suicide prevention awareness, child sexual abuse pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 109, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB4863 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to create the Patriotic Access to Students in Schools Act. The bill defines patriotic societies. Finally, the bill provides for the opportunity to speak and recruit at public schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 112, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB5162 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to create the Youth Apprenticeship Program and expanding registered apprenticeship programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 171, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB5553 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to require all West Virginia high school students to requiring students to pass a minimum of one credit of computer science and technology courses, establish requirements for the classes, establish rulemaking, and create t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-09
Communicated to Senate |
| WV | SB468 | Engross
50% | 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] | 2024-02-29
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB813 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to allow student-athletes to participate in competitive events and activities while playing for their school.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB870 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Anti-Woke Act; prohibit a school district, a public charter school, the West Virginia Board of Education, the West Virginia Department of Education, or any employee of the aforementioned entities from prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
Referred to Judiciary on 2nd reading |
| WV | SB750 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish a Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Week for grades 6 through 12., to be known as "Laken's Law", relating fentanyl abuse prevention and drug poisoning awareness education in public schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21
Referred to Rules |
| WV | SB867 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to allow student-athletes to participate in competitive events and activities while playing for their school.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-19
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | SB817 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to modify eligibility and qualifications to serve as an appointed member of the state board of education, by prohibiting certain political and other activities and specifically permitting certain political activities
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | HB5673 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to unify of county school districts in the state; establish findings; require county school districts be unified with other county school districts by July 1, 2027; require State Board of Education to study and provide rec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5671 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to allow injured athletes to have two extra semesters of high school eligibility if they are injured and unable to compete.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5653 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to remove the one-time free transfer for high school student-athletes and to grandfather in students who transferred during the 2023-2024 school year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5484 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to empower the state board of education to direct guidance to all local education agencies on what is appropriate for pre-kindergarten through five to be taught regarding health education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5300 | 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] | 2024-01-29
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5277 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require all students enrolled in grades nine through twelve (9-12) to be provided with adoption awareness material upon request.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5227 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require all public schools located within this state to give age-appropriate instruction on the Holocaust.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB302 | 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] | 2024-01-25
Referred to Rules on 1st reading |
| WV | SB448 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require all public schools located within this state shall give age-appropriate instruction on the Holocaust.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
Referred to Rules on 2nd reading |
| WV | HB5075 | 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] | 2024-01-25
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5199 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to permit parents to exempt their children from participating in this program by submitting a request in writing to the school that their children attend.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5196 | 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] | 2024-01-25
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5088 | 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] | 2024-01-25
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5152 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to authorize elementary and middle school students enrolled in any private, parochial or church school or school of a religious order or other nonpublic school to participate in county basketball tournaments held at the en...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5011 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to remove the one-time free transfer for high school student-athletes and to create a new system for transferring high school student-athletes in general.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB510 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Children's Vision Act, requiring school children to have vision examinations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | HB5040 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create the Fast Track for Agriculture Education Endorsement Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4990 | 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] | 2024-01-22
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4946 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to add as required material in public schools the teaching of the full Constitution of the United States, The Federalist Papers, and Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letters from Birmingham Jail.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-19
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4896 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide that a student who transfers schools is ineligible for interscholastic athletic events for a period of 365 days from the date of entry to the new school.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4839 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require that online instructors who have contracts with the state board or county boards be provided copies of all IEP, 504, and all other accommodation information relevant to students enrolled in their classes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4833 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require that any student in the 11th or 12th grade, who has been placed in a "free/elective/assistant" period, be informed of online college course opportunities available for them.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4820 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide that students at public schools of the state may not be charged for parking at their schools or for supplies required for their classes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-16
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4778 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to grant jurisdiction to supervise youth sport league athletic events to county boards of education and the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission and to establish the West Virginia Youth Sports Safety Commis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-16
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4774 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to repeal the section of code allowing for the academic eligibility of transfer students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-16
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4701 | 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] | 2024-01-15
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4663 | 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] | 2024-01-12
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB409 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require all public schools to instruct students on foreign languages. The legislature finds as a public policy that learning a foreign language can improve math and reading outcomes, help a student focus better, and pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | SB381 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission to promulgate legislative rules.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | SB367 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill to create the Anti-Racism Act of 2024. The bill prohibits a school district, a public charter school, the West Virginia Board of Education, the West Virginia Department of Education, or any employee of the aforementioned enti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB273 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting certain divisive acts or concepts from schools, state agencies and any groups receiving state funding
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB243 | Intro
25% | Requiring moment of silence at beginning of each school day
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | HB4414 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit hazing in K-12 public education and set penalties and procedures for violation of the article.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB198 | 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] | 2024-01-10
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | HB4345 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit West Virginia from joining or participating in the National School Boards Association ("NSBA").
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4316 | 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] | 2024-01-10
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4495 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission to promulgate legislative rules.West Virginia Code §18-2-25 was amended by two bills passed during the 2020 Regular Session of the Legislature, by the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Education Committee |
