WV HB3266

Requires parents providing home instruction or participating in learning pods/microschools to include a telephone number in their notice of intent and to notify the county superintendent if their phone number changes

Mandates that children's dates of birth be verified by a government-issued birth certificate rather than simply reporting the child's age in notices of intent for home instruction, learning pods, or microschools

Eliminates multiple academic assessment options for homeschool and learning pod/microschool students, requiring them to participate only in the state's public school testing program (county benchmark assessments for grades K-2, 9-10 and West Virginia General Summative Assessment for grades 3-8, 11)

Removes the option for parents to use nationally normed standardized tests, portfolio reviews by certified teachers, or alternative assessments mutually agreed upon with the county superintendent

Removes the requirement for parents to maintain copies of academic assessments for three years and eliminates the requirement to submit assessment results to the county superintendent at specific grade levels (3, 5, 8, and 11)