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WV HB5148
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/3/2026
Primary Sponsor
Kayla Young
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AI Summary
- Establishes a Student Bill of Rights guaranteeing every student access to a meaningful public education with high standards and curriculum input opportunities
- Grants students constitutional rights to free speech, assembly, and expression including wearing political symbols, organizing social/political groups, and distributing printed materials without prior restraint
- Prohibits corporal punishment and protects students from ridicule, harassment, or demeaning treatment by teachers, administrators, and other students
- Provides students the right to physical safety, safe school facilities, inspection of their official records, and the right to use reasonable physical force for self-defense without suspension
- Protects students from discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation, and other characteristics in school activities
Legislative Description
Student Bill of Rights
Education (K12)
Last Action
To House Education
2/3/2026
Committee Referrals
Education2/3/2026
Full Bill Text
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