WV HB5412

Local fiscal bodies may enter multi-year contracts up to five years for educational materials with technology licensing components, provided contracts include a 30-day cancellation clause and documentation of material fiscal savings

Mountain State Digital Literacy Project expands from grades K-8 to K-12 and adds educational support, tutoring, reading, mathematics, science, and career-technical education curriculum

Department of Education will retain $7,100,000 from the foundational allowance for school year 2026-2027 to provide science of reading training to K-5 teachers providing literacy instruction

All K-5 public school teachers providing literacy instruction must complete intensive science of reading training beginning in 2026-2027, with current educators enrolling by 2027-2028 and new teachers enrolling in their first year of employment

Public charter school educators may voluntarily participate in the science of reading training program