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WV HB4693

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/21/2026

Primary Sponsor

Jimmy Willis

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Origin

House of Delegates

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Declassifies Community and Technical College (CTE) instructor positions and trades-based high school instructors teaching CTE courses from their current unified classification system
  • Allows counties to provide additional targeted funding to specific CTE instructors in areas of critical need, rather than requiring funding to be distributed equally across all classified positions
  • Maintains existing state funding levels for all affected community and technical college and high school CTE positions
  • Addresses workforce shortages by enabling counties to offer competitive supplemental pay to attract instructors in high-demand trade specialties

Legislative Description

To declassify Community and Technical Education (“CTE”) teaching positions to allow for counties to provide additional funding for certain positions.

Counties

Last Action

To House Finance

2/19/2026

Committee Referrals

Finance2/19/2026
Education1/21/2026

Full Bill Text

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