| WV | HB4573 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to ensure West Virginia students with current or former foster care experience receive clear, consistent information about education, job training, housing, healthcare, and independent-living support before graduating high...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Communicated to Senate |
| WV | SB890 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to change the minimum public school 180 instructional day requirement into a minimum 900 instructional hour requirement; change the minimum public school employment term from 200 days to 1,600 hours; convert other public s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal |
| WV | HB5537 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to repeal obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code.This section is new; therefore,
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14
Communicated to Senate |
| WV | SB1024 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to authorize recession or reversal of school closure decisions through July 15 and establish procedures for this decision.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-03
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB1077 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to protect vocational education agriculture programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-03
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB802 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit a teacher from being required to use the school preparation days for any other purpose besides the preparation for the opening of school or for school closing; require noninstructional days to include two Leave...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-02
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 | SB1078 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to update who may possess and administer epinephrine in schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB1004 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to add a voter approval requirement to the required steps prior to a final decision to close or consolidate any school except in cases in which a construction bond issue was passed by the voters and the bond issue included...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | HB4062 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide an opportunity for homeschool students to engage in interscholastic athletics while maintaining the integrity of WVSSAC rankings and postseason competitions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5679 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to modify school boards and county boards of directors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5643 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to permit public schools and public charter schools to refuse to enroll a student who is unlawfully present in the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-17
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5434 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to pause school closures to allow for revisions to the school aid funding formula. The bill also creates a moratorium on school closings and consolidations to allow for an optional emergency levy election to be held.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5417 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to authorize county boards of education to permit fireworks displays on school property when conducted by licensed professional pyrotechnicians under the regulation of the State Fire Marshal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5394 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill relates to providing for the process of a recall election for elected officials, county commissioners or county board of education officials.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB889 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the "Hamza Syed Law" which requires recreational facilities to have an automated external defibrillator accessible during its hours of operation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-09
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | HB5248 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 | HB5205 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 | SB748 | Intro
Sine Die | 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] | 2026-02-05
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB176 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to clarify the amount of non-traditional instruction days for teachers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-04
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5194 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to ban calculators and math computational devices from K-8 grade classrooms.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-04
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB737 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to authorize county boards of education to employ or accepting as volunteers certified chaplains. The bill also provides for limitation of liability.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-04
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | HB5126 | Intro
Sine Die | 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] | 2026-02-03
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5132 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to remove the 180 mandatory days of school and move to a model based on hours.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-03
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5121 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide free feminine hygiene products to students in public schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-03
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5054 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require the counties participating in the QMHP Pilot Program to have at least one qualified mental health professional ("QMHP") in each public school in that county. The bill establishes the pilot program. Finally, the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-02
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB5047 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the Mobile Career and Technical Education Classroom Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-02
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB196 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to change the minimum amount of insurance that county boards of education must maintain.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-30
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | HB4422 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to permit students in eighth and ninth grades to attend summer school in order to raise their grades and establish academic eligibility to play sports in the fall.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-30
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | SB687 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit obscene materials in West Virginia schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-30
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4940 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to ensure that counties or their officers may not prevent crowd-funding, or other meaningful current methods for fundraising, from the available fundraising methods available to teachers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4956 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish that the educational instructional term for students shall begin no earlier than the Tuesday after Labor Day and conclude no later than the Friday before Memorial Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4937 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish a mandated monthly half day for students to allow for school staff planning time.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4957 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to set the school calendar to 160 days of instruction.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4918 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide that county schools shall have either 180 days of instructional hours or 990 hours per year, but flexibility shall be provided to a county to determine when this occurred.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4955 | Intro
Sine Die | 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] | 2026-01-29
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4970 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 | HB4900 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide free feminine hygiene products to female students in public schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-28
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4851 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide a moratorium on school closures and consolidations pending a WVDE school aid formula proposal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-27
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4788 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow currently serving members of county school boards to retain their position on the board during a campaign for other public office.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-23
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB579 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow a county board to exempt itself and all noncharter public schools under its jurisdiction from all statutes and rules as provided for public charter schools; require any county board making such an election to enga...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-22
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | HB4572 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the Rural School Flexibility & Innovation Pilot Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-20
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4115 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to modify the required amount of contracted teaching days and provide for breaks per semester for teachers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-19
To House Public Education Committee |
| WV | HB4090 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to authorize county boards of education to employ or accepting as volunteers certified chaplains. The bill also provides for limitation of liability.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-19
To House Public Education Committee |
| WV | HB4450 | Intro
Sine Die | 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] | 2026-01-19
To House Public Education Committee |
| WV | HB4505 | Intro
Sine Die | 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] | 2026-01-19
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4368 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide military connected students access to education and relates to advance enrollment, rights of those students, and teacher and student support.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-15
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SB223 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill relates to the creation of the Community School Parents' Choice Act. The bill ensures that parents of students in schools under consideration for closure and consolidation shall be provided with a means to prevent closure or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-14
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | SB162 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require the West Virginia Board of Education, in consultation with the West Virginia Board of Physical Therapy, to promulgate a rule that governs concussion protocol, education, and training to prevent concussions and t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-14
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | HB4105 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Adoption Education Act; providing requirements relating to the education of students and young adults about unplanned pregnancy options, including adoption as an option; providing for the education about c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-14
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
