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WV SB216

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/14/2026

Primary Sponsor

Craig Hart

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Eliminates the requirement for private, parochial, and church schools to maintain a minimum 900-hour instructional term per school year

  • Removes mandatory attendance and immunization record-keeping requirements for enrolled students

  • Abolishes standardized testing requirements, including the mandate to administer nationally normed achievement tests at the same grade levels as public schools

  • Eliminates the requirement for schools to report enrolled students ages 7-16 to county superintendents upon request

  • Declares private, parochial, and church schools "autonomous entities free of governmental oversight of instruction" with authority to implement their own instruction and assessment measures

Legislative Description

Restoring Private Schools Act of 2026

Education (K12)

Last Action

To School Choice

1/14/2026

Committee Referrals

School Choice1/14/2026

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