| 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 | SB146 | Pass | Creating adult education taskforce
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Chapter 101, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | SB280 | Pass | Allowing teachers in public schools to teach intelligent design
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Chapter 103, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | SB602 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to require county boards of education to develop cardiac emergency response plans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Chapter 106, 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 | HB4986 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to provide computer science and cybersecurity instruction for adult learners.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 115, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB5262 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to establish the creation of a Teachers Bill of Rights. The bill defines the duties of counselors. The bill defines data to be provided. The bill defines the special education student to instructor ratio, a waiver process,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 248, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB5514 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is enhance training requirements for county boards of education members by increasing the number of hours required for training, authorizing the State Board to require members to attend additional training when beneficial, mo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 117, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB4851 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to authorize local school boards, public charter schools, and private or religious schools to employ school security officers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-09
House Message received |
| WV | SB842 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is enhance training requirements for county boards of education members by increasing the number of hours required for training, authorizing the State Board to require members to attend additional training when beneficial, mo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
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 | HB5021 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to update cardiac response plans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-19
On 2nd reading, House Calendar |
| WV | SB515 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit a public school student from being required to participate in instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity if a parent, custodian, or guardian of the student objects in writing; require each pu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5661 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide free feminine hygiene products to students in public schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5563 | Intro
25% | Adding a proviso that any county will open attendance zones and an existing transportaion Arrangement shall not be permitted to close the open attendance zone reestablish closed boarders or modify existing transportation routes or arrangements for an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5200 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to require School counselors serving students in preschool through the 12th grade to participate in the School Counselors Conference at least once every two years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | HB5504 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide that funds from the Lottery Education Fund, the State Lottery fund, and the Excess Lottery Fund be used for childhood education in the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5517 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide that schools begin no earlier that September 1 and end no later than May 31. The bill also increases the amount of remote learning days.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5431 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to permit county boards of education to send the parent or legal guardian of a student who is deemed "chronically disruptive" the pro-rated amount of their education and remove that student from the school system for a yea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5325 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to add the flag of West Virginia to the instructional day pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States in schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5301 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide free feminine hygiene products to female students in public schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB4769 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to clarify appropriate and inappropriate duties for school counselors while also providing the definition of a school counselor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To Senate 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 | HB5197 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to include school resource officers ("SROs") as part of the school aid formula.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5124 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to remove the restrictions of taxpayers to access online curriculum. The bill allows for any taxpayer to inspect additional instructional material adopted by the county board pursuant to including books in the classroom. F...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB523 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require public schools to notify parents when dispensing contraceptives to minors. The bill provides a definition.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4988 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to make classroom sizes equal so that aides can be best utilized and one on one time with teachers and students can be maximized without losing the use of an aide.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4773 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to permit students in eighth and ninth grade to attend summer school in order to raise their grades and establish academic eligibility to play sports in the fall.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-16
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB144 | Engross
50% | Requiring each county board to ensure that its meetings are open to public through in-person attendance and broadcast live on its website
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB143 | Engross
50% | Creating WV Guardian Program
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB376 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create obligations on law enforcement and CPS to notify certain school personnel of investigations regarding school employees involving certain conduct towards students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | HB4608 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require drug testing of all classes of employees in K through 12 schools. It also provides for yearly random drug testing of 10 percent of all employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB290 | Intro
25% | Establishing three-year nontraditional school week pilot project
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | SB197 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit obscene materials in West Virginia schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To Senate Judiciary 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 | HB4412 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require county boards to employ at least one full time nurse for each public school.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4200 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to increase county board of education compensation to $250 per meeting.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4586 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to allow for county boards of education to employ armed veterans to protect West Virginia schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4471 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to set the school calendar to 170 days of instruction and 30 noninstructional days and to change the acceptable functions during noninstructional days.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4465 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4394 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide for some county school board members to be elected as at large members and others to be elected on the basis of their magisterial district of residence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4446 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require county boards of education to provide days prior to early voting during primary, general, and special elections for registering eligible students to vote and for the transportation of registered students to appr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Education Committee |
