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WV HB3260

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

3/7/2025

Primary Sponsor

Kayla Young

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Origin

House of Delegates

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Removes the current requirement of 180 separate instructional days for West Virginia public schools and replaces it with an hours-based attendance and instruction model
  • Directs the West Virginia Legislature to work with the Department of Education, State Board of Education, and county school boards to develop the new model establishing minimum hours per day and per school year for instructional time
  • Maintains existing minimum instructional minutes per day: 315 minutes for grades K-5, 330 minutes for grades 6-8, and 345 minutes for grades 9-12
  • Preserves the 200-day employment term for school personnel and the 20 noninstructional days including holidays, election day, and professional development time
  • Retains provisions that prevent using equivalent instructional time or alternative instruction methods to offset days lost due to illegal work stoppages or strikes by school employees

Legislative Description

Develop a new method to determine the minimum number of hours per day and per school year to be spent on instructional time.

Education (K12)

Last Action

To House Education

3/7/2025

Committee Referrals

Education3/7/2025

Full Bill Text

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