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WV SB854
Bill
Status
Introduced
3/20/2025
Primary Sponsor
Rollan Roberts
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AI Summary
- Requires all public schools to maintain a minimum 180-day instructional term with an average of five hours of instruction per day
- Mandates public schools maintain annual attendance and immunization records, comply with fire/health/safety inspections, and establish crisis response plans
- Requires public schools to administer a nationally normed standardized achievement test (published or normed within the last 10 years) at the same grade levels and subjects as the statewide summative assessment
- Schools with composite test scores falling below the 40th percentile must initiate a remedial program; if scores remain below the 40th percentile for two consecutive years, attendance at that school no longer satisfies compulsory attendance requirements and students would be considered delinquent
- Applies the same minimum standards for attendance and test scores to public schools as currently required for private, parochial, church, or religious order schools
Legislative Description
Creating Academic Quality in Public Education Act
Education (K12)
Last Action
To Education
3/20/2025
Committee Referrals
Education3/20/2025
Full Bill Text
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