WV HB5204

Requires county school boards to notify the Department of Human Services when families relocating to West Virginia apply for home instruction without prior public or private school enrollment in the state

Mandates the Department of Human Services conduct a home visit with these families, which may include a brief private conversation with the child if parents consent

Authorizes investigators to initiate child abuse or neglect cases only if the home visit reveals immediate safety concerns, with any further investigation requiring full due process under existing Chapter 49 child welfare law

Protects all information collected under this act as confidential and exempt from public disclosure under state freedom of information law

Explicitly prohibits the act from interfering with lawful home instruction, authorizing suspicionless abuse investigations, or diminishing constitutional rights of parents or children