| WV | HB4395 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to continue investigations of allegations that school personnel have jeopardized the health, safety, or welfare of a student after the school personnel obtains another job or transfers to another school.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-01
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 |
| WV | HB5012 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to provide for in-year school personnel movement to meet school needs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-01
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 |
| WV | HB4995 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to provide for the creation of "Oscar's Law." The bill addresses video cameras within special education classrooms. The bill provides protections for nonverbal and autistic children.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-01
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 |
| WV | SB899 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to permit teachers with 15 years of experience at the elementary, high school, or middle school level to be certified to be principals at the levels they have taught in for the minimum of 15 years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal |
| WV | SB1061 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to remove the prohibition against reassigning school personnel in certain instances after the last day of the second school month.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-03
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB1048 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to transfer the responsibility for making determinations on eliminating school personnel positions due to lack of need for all county school districts from the county boards of those districts to the West Virginia Board of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-24
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5355 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide that a teaching position held by a person not certified to teach that position may be considered vacant and open for bid every year until filled by a person certified to teach that position.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5045 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to change the minimum ratio of school cooks to one cook for every 110 meals prepared and served.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-02
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4941 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to match the salaries of Aide I, II, III, IV, V (Special Education Aides) with that of Early Childhood Classroom Assistant Teachers and then increasing that amount by 5% for the Aide V position; increase the pay of self-co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4904 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to define a critical vacancy and require board staff certified in the subject matters where there are vacancies to act as substitutes in those positions until someone is hired to fill that position.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4708 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to clarify the amount of time a substitute teacher holding a restricted substitute teacher permit may teach long term.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-21
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4578 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide more local control over educational decisionmaking, differentiation of funding for counties, and to address operational efficiencies within education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-20
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB386 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create a mobile training team for the purpose of school safety. The bill provides for regional mobile training officers. The bill empowers the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security to create the program. The bil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-15
To Senate Education Committee |
