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WV SB67

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/4/2026

Primary Sponsor

Patricia Rucker

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Allows public charter schools to contract with outside entities to manage employee participation in retirement systems and insurance plans, rather than handling these functions directly
  • Transfers student tracking responsibility to the county school district when a student withdraws from a charter school and returns to public school, or to the receiving institution when transferring elsewhere
  • Permits all public charter school teachers to proctor state assessments regardless of whether they hold state certification or licensure
  • Authorizes higher education institutions to apply to establish virtual or on-campus public charter microschools and allows charter schools to partner with learning pods and microschools to provide instruction
  • Enables charter schools to submit amendments to their applications to authorizers at any time for approval or rejection

Legislative Description

Relating to public charter schools

Education (K12)

Last Action

Markup Discussion

3/9/2026

Committee Referrals

Education3/5/2026
School Choice1/14/2026

Full Bill Text

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