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WV SB804

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/19/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jay Taylor

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Transforms the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission from a nonprofit corporation into a state agency effective July 1, 2025, with its funds designated as public funds subject to annual audit by the State Auditor

  • Requires the Executive Director to be appointed by the Governor with Senate confirmation, with authority to investigate and decide all rule violations and disputes, appealable only to the Intermediate Court of Appeals

  • Changes commission membership from school principals to athletic directors (or their representatives) and extends membership eligibility to public charter schools

  • Mandates commission rules include a school classification system based on a competitive balance formula that accounts for student transfers and other factors

  • Allows organized groups of homeschool students, Hope Scholarship participants, and microschool/learning pod students to participate in commission-governed extracurricular activities and removes the standardized testing requirement for individual homeschool student eligibility

Legislative Description

Relating to WV Secondary School Activities Commission Reform Act

Education (K12)

Last Action

To Education

3/19/2025

Committee Referrals

Education3/19/2025

Full Bill Text

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