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WV SB930

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/24/2025

Primary Sponsor

Craig Hart

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires all schools to designate daily time for prayer or meditation, with announcements at the beginning of each school day

  • Mandates daily recitation of both the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance and a new West Virginia state flag pledge referencing mountains, forests, coal, and the state motto "Mountaineers are always Free"

  • Requires schools to provide students and parents with a copy of the West Virginia Constitution at the start of each school year, with the preamble read aloud twice during the first week

  • Eliminates mandatory state "Next Generation" curriculum standards beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, allowing districts to choose classical curriculum standards or create their own

  • Removes mandatory statewide summative assessments, replacing them with district-level testing choices and limiting state testing to random statistical samples for research purposes

Legislative Description

Creating WV Constitutional Schools Act of 2025

Education (K12)

Last Action

To Education

3/24/2025

Committee Referrals

Education3/24/2025

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