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Women’s Collegiate Sports Protection Act
Redefining "long-term substitute" as it relates to public school personnel
Creating Sustaining Opportunities for Academics in Rural Schools Act
Changing certain school calendar requirements from days or months to hours
Permitting certain teachers to be certified to work as school principals
Removing annual report requirement for WV Research Trust Fund
Relating to investigations of allegations of child safety violations for school personnel.
Repealing obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code.
To modify the foundation allowance to improve instructional programs.
To modify the school aid funding formula.
Future Ready Education Act
Relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education
Relating to adjunct teaching permits
Relating to financial aid for post-secondary education.
To ensure virtual instruction for foster students while in temporary placement facilities.
Providing for in-year school personnel movement to meet school needs.
Foster Youth Post-Secondary Transition Awareness Act
Relating to participating in the federal tax credit scholarship program
Relating to college campus safety
Relating to investigations of allegations of child safety violations for school personnel.
Relating to public school acceptance of student transcripts or other credentials
Require the use of video cameras in certain special education classrooms
To repeal the provision allowing for students to transfer from one school to another without losing eligibility.
Establishing the West Virginia Collaboratory
To create a West Virginia-Ireland Education Alliance.
Permitting teachers to wear a “mobile alert button” for emergency situations, to be known as “Alyssa’s Law.”
Removing county residency requirement for county superintendent of schools
Amend section providing for waiver of tuition and fees for senior citizens auditing certain college classes
Permitting teachers to wear a “mobile alert button” for emergency situations, to be known as “Alyssa’s Law.”
Relating to chronic absenteeism
Relating to public charter schools
Relating to exempting child-care programs operated by a county board of education exclusively for the children of its employees from certain licensing requirements
Relating to eligibility for homebound services for exceptional children
Removing physical education requirements for certain middle and high school athletes
Relating to requirements for school nutrition programs
Relating to state board intervention into county school systems
Creating Cohen Craddock Student Athlete Safety Act
Prohibiting the home schooling of children in certain circumstances
To guarantee timely educational evaluations and continuity of services for children entering foster care.
Requiring vocational education agriculture programs be offered to all students
Requiring Economic Development Authority participate in federal tax credit scholarship program
Creating WV Homeschool Student Athletics Participation Act
Allowing rescission or reversal of school closure decisions through July 15
Requiring Board of Education to promulgate rule that sets forth common graduation requirements
Authorizing reassignment of school personnel in certain instances
Relating to school preparation days
Allowing up to five educational leave days within definition of "excused absence"
To recognize School Athletic Directors who have achieved a nationally recognized professional certification through the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA).
Providing Future Farmers of America-sanctioned activities not count toward limit of excused absences
Establish a statewide pilot program to improve kindergarten readiness.
Prohibiting public funds from supporting low-earning outcome postsecondary degree programs
Allow education employees to donate sick leave to co-workers for maternity leave
Allow education employees to donate sick leave to co-workers for maternity leave
To declassify Community and Technical Education (“CTE”) teaching positions to allow for counties to provide additional funding for certain positions.
Relating to school protection officers
Relating to school protection officers
Allowing an LEA or public charter school to enroll, or refuse to enroll, a student who is unlawfully present in the United States
To modify the makeup of the State Board of Education
Add weighted funding back into the school aid funding formula for students with unique learning needs
Make available vegetarian meal option for students enrolled in schools, provided that such meals comply with all applicable federal nutritional guidelines
To modify county school boards and county boards of directors
To establish provisions regarding student immigration status and nationality in WV public educational institutions
To permit women’s wrestling in public high schools as a sanctioned event
To create the Career Pipeline for Coalfield Counties Act.
To establish the West Virginia Freedom and Innovation Pilot Act of 2026
Relating to creating the Open and Equal Opportunities in Student Activities Act.
To create the West Virginia Homeschool Student Athletics Participation Act.
Relating to the membership of the Hope Scholarship Board
Relating to modifying the Charter Schools Startup Fund
To institute safeguards to verify educational quality for homeschooled students, particularly concerning core subjects and manufactured grades
To establish the West Virginia Freedom and Innovation Pilot Act of 2026
Make available vegetarian meal option for students enrolled in schools, provided that such meals comply with all applicable federal nutritional guidelines
To permit women’s wrestling in public high schools as a sanctioned event
Relating to modifying the Charter Schools Startup Fund
To create the West Virginia Homeschool Student Athletics Participation Act.
Relating to the membership of the Hope Scholarship Board
Establishing the “Stay in State” tax credit
Rural Medical Residency Program concentrating on obstetrics and gynecology for rural hospitals, can be funded from the Rural Health Inititive or other sources funded by the legislature.
Relating to require county school boards to provide one day in-service training to prepare county employees for annual competency tests.
West Virginia Seal of Civic Literacy Act.
Strengthen school bullying laws.
Modifying years of service experience to include service personnel.
Expanding the amount of promise scholarship funds awarded to persons majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics
Relating to school system fiscal and governance early warning, stabilization, and accountability.
Creating certain requirements and accountability procedures regarding a student’s use of software in a public school.
To ban ultraprocessed foods (exempt drinks) from schools in WV
Relating to WV Commission on Holocaust Education
Creating a moratorium for two years on school closures and providing for a pause on impending school closures.
The purpose of this bill is to increase funding for rural counties in this state by adding a multiplier to the IEP calculation.
Relating to authorizing the use of professional fireworks displays on public school property
Relating to high school graduation requirements
Relating to Hope Scholarships awards
Prevent public school districts or supervisors from taking adverse action against public school employees for expressing opinions on social media or in public.
West Virginia Rural School Protection Act
If a person who is not certified is holding a teaching position in a WV public school - that position has to come up for bid every year until it is held by a certified person.
To authorize the HEPC to be able to adjust the required composite testing score for ACT and SAT in regard to PROMISE scholarship year to year in order to maximize the number of awards
Creating the school aid formula study commission
Modifing the rules for transferring students
Relating to calculating max number of students at alternative and year-round schools
Establishing a pilot program to develop school-based mental and behavioral health services
To increase the minimum starting salary for a teacher to $50,000
Relating to establishing the Child Captivity Prevention Act.
To create an initiative to provide minorities and males with an incentive to join the public education field
To institute the Learn and Earn program for four-year schools.
Limiting the use of state funding under the Hope Scholarship Program for out-of-state private schools and providers
Relating to education to children and adults housed in correctional facilities and regional jails
Creating the Governor’s Cup competition
Requiring the State Board of Education to create model policies on the use of technology and artifical intelligence in a public school classroom
To allow public high schools to have full time athletic trainers
Mountaineer Games Sports League
Granting full time employees of county boards of education three months of paid leave following the birth of a child
Firefighter Pilot Program
School funding calculations should be the last three-year running average or the current enrollment, whichever is highest
When schools have events the school needs to sell tickets at the gate as well as online and accept cash
To ban calculators and math computational devices from K-8 grade classrooms.
Relating to qualifications for serving on certain academic boards
To implement trauma-informed practices in schools
Workforce-Education Partnership Act
Relating to codifying the guidelines for nutritionally adequate school breakfasts and lunches
Relating to eligiblity for WV Invests Grant Program
Relating to the consolidation of county school districts in the state.
Provide for statewide participation in the federal Community Eligibility Provision for its duration
Creating the TechCred Program
Exempting county school buses from paying the toll fees
Relating to Social Media privacy and educational institutions
Develop a new method to determine the minimum number of hours per day and per school year to be spent on instructional time.
Relating to a right to early childhood education
To eliminate all vaccine requirements for school children
To mandate county boards of education to provide feminine hygiene products in all public elementary, middle, and high schools for female students
Including Potomac State College in the definition of community and technical college education program for participation in the “Learn and Earn Program”
Student Bill of Rights
Relating to the eligibility of nonpublic schools and education service providers to participate in the Hope Scholarship Program
Relating to addressing School Discipline in Public Schools
Require that any student in the 11th or 12th grade, who has been placed in a “free/elective/assistant” period, be informed of online college course opportunities available for them
Including Potomac State College in the definition of community and technical college education program for participation in the “Learn and Earn Program”
Permitting law enforcement to issue a citation when students are caught with nicotine in schools.
Relating to maternity leave for school employees
Relating to eligiblity for WV Invests Grant Program
Workforce-Education Partnership Act
Relating to requiring the counties particpating in the QMHP Pilot Program to have at least one qualified mental health professional in each public school in that county.
To create the Mobile Career and Technical Education Classroom Program.
Changing the recommended guidelines for full-day and half-day cooks to the minimum ratio of one cook for every 110 meals
To prohibit a convicted felons of sexual assault, or abuse of juveniles on public school property
Providing liability protection for video cameras in certain classrooms.
Adding Potomac State College as eligible institution for participation in Learn and Earn Program
Prohibiting institutions of higher education and affiliate organizations from accepting gifts partnerships, or other funding relationships from foreign adversaries.
Prohibit the use of school resources in election advocacy efforts and prohibit school employees from political activity during their work hours or on behalf of the school administration
Relating to the creation of the Safety and Violence Education for Students Act
Requiring public elementary or secondary school make Aitken Bible available to certain classrooms
To permit students in eighth and ninth grade to attend summer school in order to raise their grades and establish academic eligibility to participate in extracurricular activities in the fall
To provide a raise for special education aides, as well as a raise for self-contained special education teachers
Amendment to Clarify WV Board of Education duties and authority
Require all students to be taught how to properly handle, fold, treat, honor, display, and retire the American flag
Related to the establishment of the Charter School Direct Loan Program and the Charter School Credit Enhancement Program within the West Virginia Economic Development Authority
To require all state employees, county employees, and employees of county school boards to be subject to random drug testing
Removing fees teachers have to pay in order to obtain any teaching license, certification, or additional continuing education credit hours (reporting fee) to the state Board of Education
Relating to teacher fundraising
Establish mandated monthly half days for students to all allow school staff planning time
To provide $10,000 a year salary increase for any teacher who goes through the National Board Certification process and becomes nationally certified
Mandate the number of School days or hours required
Relating to critical vacancies in public education
Require county boards of education to train at least one professional staff member at each school in a grant writing procedures.
West Virginia Education Freedom and Parental Empowerment Act
Prohibit the use of electronic devices for learning in all classrooms grades 3 and below
To establish requirements for adult supervision on county school buses
To allow for the WVSSAC to pull coaching certificates of coaches who are found guilty of illegal recruiting
To ensure that classroom sizes are equal without losing a teachers aide
Relating to raising the state minimum salary for teachers to $50,000 beginning in school year 2026-2027
To change the beginning of the school year to the Tuesday after Labor Day and the end of the school year to the Friday before Memorial Day.
Authorizing a pilot program for a four day school week
To consolidate county boards of education and create regional districts.
To determine the salaries of all county Superintendent of School based on population.
To require all West Virginia high school students to pass a Civics examination and the United States Naturalization Examination
To change the amount of days in a school year from 180 to 160.
Allowing a county board of education participating in the operation of a multicounty vocational center to withdraw
Direct Classroom Funding Act
Authorizing county boards to designate rural anchor schools.
To expand the provisionof the literacy-based promation act in order to provide certin intervention and implementation stratagies for literacy proficiency among students in grade 4 through grade 8
To the elimination of the West Virginia Department of Education and providing direct funding for education
To mandate county boards of education to provide feminine hygiene products in all public elementary, middle, and high schools for female students
To clarify what constitutes trespassing at an institution of higher education
Workforce Readiness and Opportunity Act
Relating to creating a moratorium on school closures and consolidations pending a West Virginia Department of Education (“WVDE”) school aid formula proposal.
Modify the procedure for teachers when using leave
Authorize the Superintendent of the county schools district to apply directly to the School Building Authority for emergency funding to facilitate remediation of hazards.
Local Shares teacher and school personnel pay
To create the Higher Education Health and Aid Grant.
Relating to providing greater access to unused public buildings for public charter schools
Requiring high school students to pass a test on the US Constitution to graduate from high school
To set the salary of the Associate Superintendent of Schools
Allow school board members to run for the state legislature
Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program
To move any remaining sixth grade classifications from elementary schools to middle schools.
Establishing the West Virginia TEACH Scholarship Program
To provide a 25% pay increase for state teachers (all salary scales)
Creating Sustaining Opportunities for Academics in Rural Schools Act
Constitutional amendment to make the state superintendent of schools, a constitutional officer position, elected by the people
To repeal obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code.
To require a moment of silence at the beginning of school each day in the state
Limit the time Teachers Aides can be pulled from their regular duties to 30 minutes per day.
Support for neglected Schools
Clarifying how substitute teachers may serve for extended periods.
Enrollment Stabilizer for Budget Planning
Require adoption awareness material be made available in high school counseling offices
To create a pilot program that would exempt certain counties from provisions of the Education code.
Require that County Superintendents of Schools for the Department of Education be West Virginia residents.
Transfer oversight of childcare from the Department of Human Services to the Department of Education
Relating to the creation of the West Virginia Math & Science Teacher Scholarship Act
To require that teachers in grades 7 through twelve, who teach classes with more than 30 students in their classes receive an additional $25 per day per student over the 30 student-limit, with exceptions for physical education, band, chorus, strings, theater, dance, and other classes aimed at artistic performance.
Expand the grade level for Laken’s Law
Remote Schools Support Act
To add to the teacher pay scale the increments of Bachelor’s Plus 30 and Master’s Plus 60 and add that amount in the appropriate increment.
Rural School Flexibility & Innovation Pilot Act
Victims of Communism Day
Allow for PE classes to be optional for students who can demonstrate 5 or more weekly hours of outside physical activity
Relating to modifying the school aid formula to provide more support for schools under certain circumstances.
Market pay for Teachers
School Board Election Date Act
To provide more local control over educational decisionmaking, differentiation of funding for counties, and to address operational efficiencies within education.
Creating the Hope to Help Community Schools Act of 2026.
Relating to standards of private schools
To create a tuition reimbursement program for Corrections employees.
To create a homeless education coordinator in urban and rural counties.
To not entitle WV students to get aid from any WV schools unless they pass a college qualification exam in the 10th grade
Requiring each county school board to employ at least one full time school nurse
Allow students who enroll and successfully complete a driver’s education course to waive testing at the DMV
Permitting cameras in classrooms
Removing restrictions of taxpayers to access online curriculum, and allow for taxpayers to inspect additional instructional material adopted by the county board pursuant to including books in the classroom
Requiring K–12 schools to display school report card on website
To require compulsory vaccinations for anyone employed by the public school system in this state.
Provide tax credit for homeschool students
To require cameras in every classroom and room where children are present
To modify the required amount of contracted teaching days and provide for breaks per semester for teachers.
Per-Credit Tuition for WV Community Colleges
To require the Department of Education to alter who can certify homeschool portfolios or review them
Provide programs to educate senior citizens
Defining a work day for school service personnel and removing a provision relating to employment of licensed practical nurses
Provide for the employment or acceptance as avolunteer of a Certified Chaplain by public school board
Relating to requiring the State Board of Education to design, test, and deploy an internet-based reporting system to be known as the School Choice Portal
Remove standardized testing in public and private schools
Removing bona fide schools, public libraries, and museums from the list of exemptions from criminal liability relating to distribution and display to minor of obscene matter
Relating to Sexual Abuse Prevention Screening, Hiring and Dismissal Requirements
Regarding Teacher Pay
Regarding Substitute Teacher Pay
West Virginia Clean Air in Schools Act of 2026
Permit teachers in K-12 schools be authorized to carry concealed firearms as a designated school protection officer
Relating to military connected students
Prohibit the use of school resources in election advocacy efforts and prohibit school employees from political activity during their work hours or on behalf of the school administration
Relating to Hope Scholarships awards
To amend the West Virginia Constitution to provide for the election of the West Virginia Superintendent of Free Schools in the General Election.
Permitting middle or high school students to participate in travel sports teams without repercussion.
West Virginia Teachers Retirement system
To allow those with a concealed carry license to carry a concealed handgun in public school property and buildings.
To amend the West Virginia Constitution to create nine seperate districts for the members of the West Virginia Board of Education.
To amend the West Virginia Constitution to change the term of office of the members of the West Virginia Board of Education from nine years to five years.
Require the West Virginia Department of Education to provide a complete and in-depth budget for review to the Legislature.
Relating to human growth and development curriculum
American Civics and History Act
To display the Ten Commandments in public schools
Consolidate county school boards
Creating penalties for county and state boards of education for providing misinformation to parents, custodians, reviewers, or any other individual through any form of communication
Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools
Relating to testing and attendance requirements for private, parochial, and church schools
Relating to student growth assessment program
Modifying eligibility requirements for serving as member of State Board of Education
Requiring WV Board of Education to promulgate legislative rule in consultation with WV Board of Physical Therapy
Establishing Troops-to-Teachers Program
Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs
Allowing State Board of Education to delegate its Medicaid provider status to public charter schools
Permitting compressed air and rimfire shooting teams in public schools
Displaying official US motto in public schools
Relating to requirements for WVU and WVSU Board of Governors
Relating to full-time interventionists
Prohibiting Cell phones in class
To remove restrictions from teachers receiving permanent teaching licenses
To permit students in Christian schools at the elementary and middle school level to participate in county level sport tournaments
Providing more opportunities for high school students in community colleges
Permitting the Legislative Auditor to conduct periodic performance and financial audits of the West Virginia Department of Education
Training course for principals in public schools; informing teachers of their rights and protections; IEP format
Requirements for School Safety Mapping Data
Higher Ed Rules
Relating to elementary behavior intervention and safety
Relating to requirements for WVU and WVSU Board of Governors
Prohibiting sexual orientation instruction in public schools
To provide at least one counselor for every 250 students in public schools and public charter schools in this state.
Relating to school attendance and student participation in 4-H activities
Requirements for School Safety Mapping Data
Enhancing training requirements for county boards of education members
Relating to public charter schools code provisions
To remove restrictions from teachers receiving permanent teaching licenses
To provide and change graduation requirements and change duties relating to academic content standards
Guaranteed course transfer bill
Removing requirement school cooks or custodians have high school diploma or equivalent
Modifying provisions for employment of retired teachers as substitutes in areas of critical need and shortage
Permitting the Legislative Auditor to conduct periodic performance and financial audits of the West Virginia Department of Education
To provide that the West Virginia Board of Education may promulgate rules or policies to be submitted to the Legislature for review
Higher Ed Rules
Prohibiting Cell phones in class
NIL Protection Act
Clarifying duties of state superintendent regarding rule implementation
To permit students in Christian schools at the elementary and middle school level to participate in county level sport tournaments
Non Profit Athletics Act
Relating to Management and control of county authority vested in board
Training course for principals in public schools; informing teachers of their rights and protections; IEP format
Enhancing training requirements for county boards of education members
To provide and change graduation requirements and change duties relating to academic content standards
To allow for public and private schools in West Virginia to employ security personnel.
Relating to public charter schools code provisions
Relating to adjunct teaching permits
Creating alternative high-risk population public charter schools
Relating to requiring the State Board of Education to design, test, and deploy an internet-based reporting system to be known as the School Choice Portal
Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program
To repeal obsolete, conflicting or inoperative provisions of code that pertain to higher education
To repeal antiquated and inoperative portions of code.
To repeal antiquated and inoperative portions of code.
Creating WV Athletic Freedom Act
Limiting requirements for issuance of professional teaching certificate
Requiring age-appropriate instruction on Holocaust in public schools
Creating Charter Schools Startup Fund
Creating Safety and Violence Education for Students Act
Including Potomac State College in the definition of community and technical college education program for participation in the “Learn and Earn Program”
Including Potomac State College in the definition of community and technical college education program for participation in the “Learn and Earn Program”
Permitting public high school students submit FAFSA prior to graduation
Relating to removing requirements to submit certain evidence on behalf of home-schooled children
Regarding venue for legal actions against the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission
Regarding venue for legal actions against the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission
Relating to removing requirements to submit certain evidence on behalf of home-schooled children
Requesting Joint Committee on Government and Finance study WV Secondary School Activities Commission
Increasing non-traditional instruction days for WV teachers
Glucagon for Schools Act
Expanding grade levels of personal finance course requirements needed for graduation
To clarify what constitutes trespassing at an institution of higher education
To clarify what constitutes trespassing at an institution of higher education
Health Science and Medical Student Loan Programs
To remove reference to one-time reports that have already been given.
Permitting middle or high school students to participate in travel sports teams without repercussion.
Transferring administration of Advanced Career Education (ACE) classes and programs from county boards of education to community and technical colleges.
Relating to the creation of a regional school district pilot program
Urging West Virginia’s members of Congress to ask the President not to cut funding for the Local Food an Schools and Child Care nutrition
Allowing Board of Education to promulgate rules for submission to Legislature
To allow retired teachers in long-term substitute positions with specialties in maths, sciences, English, and foreign languages to remain in the substitute teaching positions for the entire school year without interruption to their retirement pay in order to allow students to have a quality, uninterrupted education.
Relating to charter schools applications
To permit students in eighth and ninth grade to attend summer school in order to raise their grades and establish academic eligibility to play sports in the fall.
Establishing minimum student enrollment for school aid formula
To establish the Higher Education Heath and Aid Grant
To establish the Higher Education Heath and Aid Grant
Establishing WV Guardian Program
Making administration employees at the local board of education at will and pleasure employees
Tuition and fee exemptions for service-connected Disabled Veterans and their dependents
To create a tuition reimbursement program for Corrections employees.
Relating to the creation of the West Virginia Math & Science Teacher Scholarship Act
Relating to the creation of the West Virginia Math & Science Teacher Scholarship Act
Tuition and fee exemptions for service-connected Disabled Veterans and their dependents
To create a tuition reimbursement program for Corrections employees.
To provide a raise for special education aides, as well as a raise for self-contained special education teachers.
Removing restrictions of taxpayers to access online curriculum, and allow for taxpayers to inspect additional instructional material adopted by the county board pursuant to including books in the classroom
Remote Schools Support Act
Troop- to-Teachers
Remote Schools Support Act
Requiring teachers to wear a “mobile alert button” for emergency situations, to be known as “Alyssa’s Law.”
The Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act
Prohibiting the home schooling of children in certain circumstances
To require a statewide public school calendar to begin no earlier that September 1 and end no later than May 31
To create the West Virginia Homeschool Student Athletics Participation Act.
To modify the makeup of the State Board of Education.
To adjust the School Aid Formula’s Transportation calculations from its current standard of student enrollment to school bus mileage traveled daily
Creating the Governor’s Cup competition
Relating generally to microschools.
Permitting law enforcement to issue a citation when students are caught with nicotine in schools.
To allow for the implementation of Educational Software in West Virginia public schools
Require elementary school teachers to be certified in the science of reading
To ensure that classroom sizes are equal without losing a teachers aide
Permitting law enforcement to issue a citation when students are caught with nicotine in schools.
To allow for the implementation of Educational Software in West Virginia public schools
To ensure that classroom sizes are equal without losing a teachers aide
Require elementary school teachers to be certified in the science of reading
Establishing a pilot program to develop school-based mental and behavioral health services
Relating to type 1 diabetes informational materials for the parents and guardians of public and public charter school students
To automatically start a Smart 529 account for every newborn in West Virginia.
Creating the school aid formula study commission
Mountaineer Games Sports League
Relating to eligiblity for WV Invests Grant Program
Allow school board members to run for the state legislature
To raise the per child allotment to 3-1 for students with IEPs in rural communities
To create the Great Expectations Pilot Program
Allowing for an emergency levy election to be held under certain circumstances.
Clarifying how substitute teachers may serve for extended periods.
Relating generally to compulsory school attendance
Relating to the eligibility of nonpublic schools and education service providers to participate in the Hope Scholarship Program
Allow students who enroll and successfully complete a driver’s education course to waive testing at the DMV
Restoring Sanity Act
Student Bill of Rights
Relating to creating a moratorium on school closures and consolidations pending a West Virginia Department of Education (“WVDE”) school aid formula proposal.
Community School Parent Choice Act
To define a statewide common definition of first-generation status for college admission
To require that teachers in grades 7 through twelve, who teach classes with more than 30 students in their classes receive an additional $25 per day per student over the 30 student-limit, with exceptions for physical education, band, chorus, strings, theater, dance, and other classes aimed at artistic performance.
To add to the teacher pay scale the increments of Bachelor’s Plus 30 and Master’s Plus 60 and add that amount in the appropriate increment.
To define a statewide common definition of first-generation status for college admission
To prohibit colleges, universities, and community colleges to charge for students for transcripts
Establishing the “Stay in State” tax credit
Expanding the amount of promise scholarship funds awarded to persons majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics
To increase the minimum starting salary for a teacher to $50,000
To create an initiative to provide minorities and males with an incentive to join the public education field
Develop a new method to determine the minimum number of hours per day and per school year to be spent on instructional time.
Constitutional amendment to make the state superintendent of schools, a constitutional officer position, elected by the people
Modify the procedure for teachers when using leave
Granting full time employees of county boards of education three months of paid leave following the birth of a child
Relating to education to children and adults housed in correctional facilities and regional jails
Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program
Modifing the rules for transferring students
Relating to calculating max number of students at alternative and year-round schools
To allow public high schools to have full time athletic trainers
Amendment to Clarify WV Board of Education duties and authority
Relating to county board of education member orientation and compensation
Defining a work day for school service personnel and removing a provision relating to employment of licensed practical nurses
Relating to the membership of the Hope Scholarship Board
To modify the required amount of contracted teaching days and provide for breaks per semester for teachers.
To allow money paid to state employees to go to their estate if they pass away before their retirement date
Establishing the behavioral health workforce education initiative at the Higher Education Policy Commission
To allow money paid to state employees to go to their estate if they pass away before their retirement date
Establishing the behavioral health workforce education initiative at the Higher Education Policy Commission
To regulate high school sports streaming fees and assert equality of amounts charged across the state
Moving the school system from a 5 day work week into a 4 day work week.
Establish mandated monthly half days for students to all allow school staff planning time
Require all students to be taught how to properly handle, fold, treat, honor, display, and retire the American flag
Allow teachers to bank personal and sick days
To move childcare from the Department of Human Services to the State Board of Education and reclassify early childhood education
To change the beginning of the school year to the Tuesday after Labor Day and the end of the school year to the Friday before Memorial Day.
Workforce-Education Partnership Act
To change the amount of days in a school year from 180 to 160.
Firefighter Pilot Program
Relating to elementary behavior intervention and safety
Amend section providing for waiver of tuition and fees for older persons auditing certain college classes
Market pay for Teachers
Consolidate county school boards
Establishing the West Virginia TEACH Scholarship Program
To display the Ten Commandments in public schools
Relating to providing for free early childhood education for all West Virginia children
To create an education internet-based reporting portal for Homeschool parents and Boards of Education.
Community School Funding Formula Revision Act
Provide programs to educate senior citizens
Requiring each county school board to employ at least one full time school nurse
To require parental notification of certain immunization-related items by public school districts any time school-related immunization notifications or letters are sent to parents
Hunger-Free Campus Act
Require at least one person of the WVU Board of Governors and of the West Virginia State University with a background in agriculture or agricultural field
Relating to “In God We Trust” signs donated in schools
Support for neglected Schools
Creating penalties for county and state boards of education for providing misinformation to parents, custodians, reviewers, or any other individual through any form of communication
Clarifying eligibility for the HOPE Scholarship.
Provide tax credit for homeschool students
Limiting the use of state funding under the Hope Scholarship Program for out-of-state private schools and providers
To implement trauma-informed practices in schools
To mandate county boards of education to provide feminine hygiene products in all public elementary, middle, and high schools for female students
Require high school graduates to complete at least 20 hours of community service
Removing fees teachers have to pay in order to obtain any teaching license, certification, or additional continuing education credit hours (reporting fee) to the state Board of Education
Requiring moment of silence at beginning of each school day
To set the salary of the State Superintendent of Schools
To determine the salaries of all county Superintendent of School based on population.
To create the American Campuses Act
Limiting the amount of carbohydrates served to children during a school day to a total of 75g per day
Exempting county school buses from paying the toll fees
Relating to clarifying the amount of experience required in the hiring of professional education personnel
Relating to critical vacancies in public education
To set the salary of the Associate Superintendent of Schools.
Relating to Social Media privacy and educational institutions
Provide for statewide participation in the federal Community Eligibility Provision for its duration
Require that any student in the 11th or 12th grade, who has been placed in a “free/elective/assistant” period, be informed of online college course opportunities available for them
Relating to clarifying county boards of education members’ compensation rate
To ban calculators and math computational devices from K-8 grade classrooms.
To mandate county boards of education to provide feminine hygiene products in all public elementary, middle, and high schools for female students
Relating to the establishment of a trades based elective course for public high school students
To require all state employees, county employees, and employees of county school boards to be subject to random drug testing
To provide $10,000 a year salary increase for any teacher who goes through the National Board Certification process and becomes nationally certified
Require county boards of education to train at least one professional staff member at each school in a grant writing procedures.
Requiring K–12 schools to display school report card on website
To establish requirements for adult supervision on county school buses
Prohibit the use of electronic devices for learning in all classrooms grades 3 and below
Remove standardized testing in public and private schools
American Civics and History Act
To require cameras in every classroom and room where children are present
To allow for the WVSSAC to pull coaching certificates of coaches who are found guilty of illegal recruiting
Relating to adding elementary schools into school disciplinary measures
To repeal the provision allowing for students to transfer from one school to another without losing eligibility.
To allow those with a concealed carry license to carry a concealed handgun in public school property and buildings.
Requiring students in public high schools to complete a course of computer science instruction
To prohibit cell phone possession and usage by students during instructional time in grades K-12.
To allow teachers and school employees to carry a firearm with a concealed carry permit
Allow county school boards provide school on Saturday for students with failing grades
Prohibit use of calculators in grades K through 6
Allow licensed substitute and full time teachers to serve as parent volunteers without an additional background check.
Exempting personal income earned by individuals working as teachers at primary and secondary schools from personal income tax
Discontinuing the use of common core standards and assessments in the state
To require all West Virginia high school students to pass a Civics examination and the United States Naturalization Examination
Relating to nondiscrimination at institutions of higher education
Allow corporal punishment in schools
Providing that microschool tuition and fees are qualifying expenses for Hope Scholarship accounts
Creating three separate job titles for school bus operators
Raising salaries for school service personnel
To make April 19th, Patriots Day in West Virginia
To consolidate school boards from 55 counties to 11 counties
Relating to hiring of teachers
Relating to teacher fundraising
Any state permitting, county regulations or municipality shall treat private schools the same as public schools when it comes to building permits, fees charged, safety standards, waste water management, septic systems, and the timeliness of permitting process
To provide a 25% pay increase for state teachers (all salary scales)
Relating to WV Secondary School Activities
Relating to addressing School Discipline in Public Schools
Permitting county boards of education to send parents of students who are chronically disruptive the pro-rated amount of their education and to remove them from the school system for a year to continue their education
School Board Election Date Act
Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools
Changing the recommended guidelines for full-day and half-day cooks to the minimum ratio of one cook for every 110 meals
To eliminate vaccination requirements for public virtual schools
Removing bona fide schools, public libraries, and museums from the list of exemptions from criminal liability relating to distribution and display to minor of obscene matter
To amend the West Virginia Constitution to change the term of office of the members of the West Virginia Board of Education from nine years to five years.
To amend the West Virginia Constitution to provide for the election of the West Virginia Superintendent of Free Schools in the General Election.
To amend the West Virginia Constitution to create nine seperate districts for the members of the West Virginia Board of Education.
Prohibiting public schools from requiring students to participate in sexual orientation instruction
Relating to military connected students
Requiring high school students to pass a test on the US Constitution to graduate from high school
Prohibiting those listed on the state sex offender database from public school activities and events
Prohibit the use of school resources in election advocacy efforts and prohibit school employees from political activity during their work hours or on behalf of the school administration
Relating to foster care support services
Relating to human growth and development curriculum
Require adoption awareness material be made available in high school counseling offices
Relating to a public charter school’s application for funding
Protecting belief-based student organizations from certain types of discrimination
Creating multi-tiered system for school absenteeism
Removing certain required reports to Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability
Including Salem University in PROMISE Scholarship program
Relating to repeal of WV EDGE
Requiring State Board of Education develop Safety While Accessing Technology education program
Requiring periodic review of professional development for teachers and education staff
Allowing teachers in public schools to discuss scientific theories
Creating adult education taskforce
Revising requirements of local school improvement councils
Establish a program to promote creation and expansion of registered apprenticeship programs
Allow suspended school personnel to enter school property functions open to the public
Relating to fentanyl prevention and awareness Education (Laken’s Law)
Enhancing training requirements for county boards of education members.
Eliminate funding for the Center for Nursing and transfer its duties and authorities to the Higher Education Policy Commission.
Establishing the registered apprenticeship to associate of applied science program to be administered by the Council for Community and Technical College Education
Providing additional professional development and support to West Virginia educators through teacher and leader induction and professional growth.
Relating generally to teacher’s bill of rights
Requiring certain minimum experience for the director or coordinator of services class title involving school transportation.
Relating to revising, updating and streamlining the requirements governing the West Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarship.
Relating to making technical corrections to the special education code
Relating to substitute service personnel positions
Relating to computer science and cybersecurity instruction for adult learners
To facilitate the interstate practice of School Psychology in educational or school settings
Relating generally to the Hope Scholarship Program
Relating to the Promise Scholarship
Patriotic Access to Students in Schools Act
Providing that a general education teacher may not be responsible for accommodation logs
Relating to state superintendent’s reports regarding the finances of school districts
Require county boards of education to provide long-term substitute teachers, upon hiring, with certain information
Relating to employment of service personnel and removing the requirement for a high school diploma or general education development certificate.
Extending in-state tuition rates to all members and veterans of the National Guard, reserves, and armed forces as well as their spouses and dependents
To address the professional development of teachers.
Relating to increasing the number of out-of-state medical students receiving in-state tuition rates who agree to practice for a specific time within West Virginia.
Relating to extending the reporting and sunset dates of the State Advisory Council on Postsecondary Attainment Goals
Relating to vocational and technical education programs
Relating to granting in-state resident status to economic development participants
Revising process for county boards of education to hire support staff
Relating to elementary behavior intervention and safety
To provide and change graduation requirements and change duties relating to academic content standards
Displaying official US motto in public schools
To allow for public and private schools in West Virginia to employ security personnel.
Limiting requirements for issuance of professional teaching certificate
To create a study resolution to examine the school aid formula.
Hunger-Free Campus Act
Allowing students to participate in non-school competitive activities
To allow for the implementation of Educational Software in West Virginia public schools.
Removing requirements to submit certain evidence on behalf of home schooled children
Relating to clarifying the amount of experience required in the hiring of professional education personnel
Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program
Modifying training requirements for county boards of education members
Increasing support and professional development for educators
To study on the cost of an alternative school in each county, that doesn’t have an alternative school
To provide a raise for special education aides, as well as a raise for self-contained special education teachers.
Permit teachers in K-12 schools be authorized to carry concealed firearms as a designated school protection officer
Relating to school bus driver charged with DUI
Relating to cardiac response plans
Relating to public charter school’s application for funding.
To automatically start a Smart 529 account for every newborn in West Virginia.
Medical Redshirt Bill for High School Students
To repurpose retired military service dogs for use in West Virginia public schools.
To repeal the provision allowing for students to transfer from one school to another without losing eligibility
To require all projects funded by the school building authority to have an assessment of school safety when a new project is created.
To mandate county boards of education to provide feminine hygiene products in all public elementary, middle, and high schools for female students
The Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act
Consolidate county school boards
Requiring a shcool administrator and local Board of Education to assess whether a student is in the foster care system or undre the supervision of Child Protective Services prior to being disiplined for a level 3 or 4 behavior policy violation
Adding a proviso that any county will open attendance zones and an existing transportaion Arrangement shall not be permitted to close the open attendance zone reestablish closed boarders or modify existing transportation routes or arrangements for any current or future students who chooose to utilize these options
Requiring publicly funded medical schools to teach certain life-saving methods
Transfer of Funds from Department of Economic Development to School Building Authority
Relating to updating names of institutions of higher education and nondiscrimination in leadership positions
Relating to the creation of “Jaycie’s Law.”
Relating to foster care support services
To allow those with a concealed carry license to carry a concealed handgun in public school property and buildings.
Requiring that school counselors serving students in preschool through the 12th grade participate in the School Counselors Conference at least once every two years
Relating to WV teaching salaries
Establishing the behavioral health workforce education initiative at the Higher Education Policy Commission
Raising salaries for school service personnel
To require a statewide public school calendar to begin no earlier that September 1 and end no later than May 31
To create the Great Expectations Pilot Program
To adjust the School Aid Formula’s Transportation calculations from its current standard of student enrollment to school bus mileage traveled daily
Relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education.
Relating to research and economic development agreements for state institutions of higher education
Relating to age appropriate instruction in health education
Free to Speak Act
To allow elected members of county Boards of Education to be short-term substitute teachers
Permitting county boards of education to send parents of students who are chronically disruptive the pro-rated amount of their education and to remove them from the school system for a year to continue their education
Exempt WV public school buses transporting students from tolls on WV Turnpike
To include Salem University in programs wherein the Promise Scholarship is accepted
To create a tuition reimbursement program for Corrections employees.
Relating to adding elementary schools into school disciplinary measures
Providing for substantial deference to state school superintendent's interpretations of school laws
To clean up statutory provisions regarding the Hope Scholarship program to better reflect the intent and operation of the program
Allow staff members in public schools to eat lunch for free if there is food left over after every student has been fed
Relating to Extracurricular Inclusion and Learning Pod Freedom
Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools
Require adoption awareness material be made available in high school counseling offices
To create “Holocaust Education Week”
Limiting the use of state funding under the Hope Scholarship Program for out-of-state private schools and providers
Require DHHR-CPS to notify the county school superintendent & local BOE president (of the public school system where the child attends) of pending CPS investigations.
Relating to the Pledge of Allegiance in schools
To require parental notification of certain immunization-related items by public school districts any time school-related immunization notifications or letters are sent to parents
Moving the school system from a 5 day work week into a 4 day work week.
Requiring age-appropriate instruction on the Holocaust
Require bathroom use in schools based upon biological sex
Clarifying appropriate and inappropriate duties for school counselors while also providing the definition of a school counselor.
To allow money paid to state employees to go to their estate if they pass away before their retirement date
Modifying the definitions and pay grades of certain school cafeteria personnel
To permit students in Christian schools at the elementary and middle school level to participate in county level sport tournaments
Allow teachers to bank personal and sick days.
Create a half day position for all school service personnel
The purpose of this bill is to remove the restrictions of taxpayers to access online curriculum, and allow for taxpayers to inspect additional instructional material adopted by the county board pursuant to including books in the classroom.
Relating to human growth and development curriculum
Require county boards of education to train at least one professional staff member at each school in a grant writing procedures.
Provide for exemption from required physical education
To require all West Virginia high school students to pass a Civics examination and the United States Naturalization Examination
Provide tax credit for homeschool students
Relating to any school employee before being hired must pass a CPS background check
To require all state employees, county employees, and employees of county school boards to be subject to random drug testing
Create the Statewide Online Education Act
Defining a work day for school service personnel and removing a provision relating to employment of licensed practical nurses
Removal of Mandatory Homeschool Reporting
Fast Track for Agriculture Education Endorsement
Relating generally to transfer of high school athletes.
Relating to the nonpartisan election of county superintendents of schools
To allow for the WVSSAC to pull coaching certificates of coaches who are found guilty of illegal recruiting
To ensure that classroom sizes are equal without losing a teachers aide
To allow schools to withhold a diploma from students who cause at least $1,000 in damage due to destruction of property or defacement
To establish career exploration courses
To exclude certain students from drop out rate data
Gun carry allowed on college campuses
To create the American Campuses Act
Removing fees teachers have to pay in order to obtain any teaching license, certification, or additional continuing education credit hours (reporting fee) to the state Board of Education
Add as required material in public schools the teaching of the full Constitution of the United States, The Federalist Papers and Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letters from Birmingham Jail
Relating to eligibility requirements for student transfers to a public school for WVSSAC sanctioned sports
Relating generally to tuition for children of out of state alumni of WV state universities.
Relating to critical vacancies in public education
WV Belief-Based Campus Student Organization Bill
To increase the minimum starting salary for a teacher to $50,000
Require that any student in the 11th or 12th grade, who has been placed in a “free/elective/assistant” period, be informed of online college course opportunities available for them
Prohibit the use of school resources in election advocacy efforts and prohibit school employees from political activity during their work hours or on behalf of the school administration
To provide school access for Patriotic Youth Groups
Introduction of a “School Safety Program”
Relating to “In God We Trust” signs donated in schools
Relating to online instructors contracted by the WVDE or counties.
Create the Education Tax Credit
To ensure free parking and school supplies for children in public schools.
To require higher education institutions in West Virginia to accept the CLT as an ACT or SAT equivalent.
To repeal the provision allowing for students to transfer from one school to another without losing eligibility.
To permit students in eighth and ninth grade to attend summer school in order to raise their grades and establish academic eligibility to play sports in the fall.
To require principals to have additional training in certain subjects.
Requiring certain standards for virtual students in West Virginia.
Requiring Director of transportation have 2 years experience for bus operator
Creating WV Guardian Program
Expanding the amount of promise scholarship funds awarded to persons majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics
To allow classroom aides with 10 or more years of service and good evaluations to bid on teaching positions
Establishing the “Stay in State” tax credit
To include electric-powered school busses in the county foundation allowance
Relating to education to children and adults housed in correctional facilities and regional jails
Clarifying and updating school bus rules and the types of vehicles covered
To implement trauma-informed practices in schools
Exempting county school buses from paying the toll fees
Relating to mandatory drug testing of all classes of employees in K through 12 schools
Hunger-Free Campus Act
To establish a grant program for colleges that take steps to establish themselves as Student Basic Needs campuses
Creating the Virtual Public Schools Act
To allow for the construction of safe entry ways to all public schools in West Virginia.
Provide programs to educate senior citizens
Heart Health Equity Inclusion
To make the HOPE Scholarship applicable to all children
Relating to nondiscrimination at institutions of higher education
Relating to teacher duty-free lunch and daily planning periods
Providing that microschool tuition and fees are qualifying expenses for Hope Scholarship accounts
Changing the recommended guidelines for full-day and half-day cooks to the minimum ratio of one cook for every 110 meals
To establish cultural competency training for teachers obtaining or renewing a teaching license in West Virginia
To create an initiative to provide minorities and males with an incentive to join the public education field
To recognize school social workers as having the same status and funding as school counselors
Exempting school buses with students on board from paying turnpike tolls
To strengthen anti-hazing laws and policies for Pre-K to Grade 12
Relating to classroom teachers and special education classroom teachers individualized education program requirements
Bill to fund armed veterans at our schools.
To require a moment of silence at the beginning of school each day in the state
To allow parents to retain their child for an extra year of school without losing a year of sports eligibility
Creating the Economic Development Tuition Waiver
Creating a homeless education coordinator for county schools
Discontinuing the use of common core standards and assessments in the state
Relating to service employees with National Association for Pupil Transportation Certifications
Creating three separate job titles for school bus operators
Relating to Social Media privacy and educational institutions
Establishing the Anti-Stereotyping Act
Relating to the special community development school pilot program
Prohibiting the home schooling of children in certain circumstances
Amend section providing for waiver of tuition and fees for older persons auditing certain college classes
To allow public high schools to have full time athletic trainers
Relating to addressing School Discipline in Public Schools
Establishing a pilot program to develop school-based mental and behavioral health services
Remove assessments for homeschoolers
Providing for contracted employment of substitute teachers for 180 instructional days
Requiring high school students to pass a test on the US Constitution to graduate from high school
Establish the Commission on American History Enrichment
Remove homeschool testing and portfolio requirements
Mountaineer Games Sports League
Exempting personal income earned by individuals working as teachers at primary and secondary schools from personal income tax
Relating to WV Secondary School Activities
To require cameras in every classroom and room where children are present
Granting full time employees of county boards of education three months of paid leave following the birth of a child
Provide for statewide participation in the federal Community Eligibility Provision for its duration
Modifying the school calendar
To provide all National Merit Scholars free tuition to any West Virginia higher education institution in order to keep these scholars in state
Providing school days to register and transport students to vote
To create the American Campuses Act
Requiring each county school board to employ at least one full time school nurse
Relating to designation of social workers in the Department of Health and Human Services
Provide for statewide participation in the federal Community Eligibility Provision for its duration
Establishing the Anti-Stereotyping Act
Amending Hope Scholarship eligibility
To prohibit punishment for teachers who refuse to use pronouns inconsistent with a child’s sex
Prohibit drag shows from being performed in front of minors and to prohibit people from dressing in drag when reading aloud during story time in schools.
To provide debt incentives for STEM teachers
Relating to pay for Board of Education members
Remove standardized testing in public and private schools
Student Rescue Act
Relating to teacher salary enhancement
State may not participate in or join the national school board association
Relating to calculating max number of students at alternative and year-round schools
Requiring public schools to publish curriculum online at beginning of each new school year
Allowing BOE to hire retired teachers to assist with tutoring
Requiring certain transcripts to be accepted as record of student's performance for placement in micro school programs
Aligning state and federal accreditation rules
Authorizing rule-making changes to terms, procedures and reporting duties in higher education
Relating to meetings among county boards of education
Revising the training requirements for members of the Higher Education Policy Commission, Council for Community and Technical College Education and the institutional governing boards
Increasing the number of personal leave days that county board of education employees may use
Creating Charter Schools Stimulus Fund
Relating to federal funds for land-grant institutions
Adding State Fire Marshals to statute included with law enforcement and first responders that receive information on school safety requirements
Relating to increasing monitoring of special education classrooms
Adding West Virginia Junior College to the list of eligible institutions that accept PROMISE scholarship recipients
Relating to requiring suicide prevention resources be printed on student identification cards
Requiring impact statement in certain instances of school closing or consolidation
Requiring high school students to complete course of study in personal finance
Creating Student Journalist Press Freedom Protection Act
Relating to revising provisions related to public charter schools
Relating generally to high-quality education programs and school operations
To create a vocational math class for students interested in careers in the trades.
Establishing the dual enrollment pilot program to be administered by the Higher Education Policy Commission and the Council for Community and Technical College Education in conjunction with the State Board of Education.
Modifying student discipline
Repeal outdated provisions of code relating to the West Virginia graduate college and Marshall University
To provide HOPE Scholarship recipients with the ability to play sports
Make public charter schools eligible for Safe Schools Funds
All relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education
Reestablishing certain specialized school service personnel classifications
Amending performance evaluations of professional personnel
To modify when a nonresident student’s transfer may be denied
Clarify that vehicles with a capacity larger than 10 passengers may be used to transport students provided that no more than 10 passengers may be transported at one time.
Declaring a shortage of qualified bus operators and allowing retired bus operators to accept employment
Relating to School Building Authority
Requiring periodic performance audits of WV Secondary School Activities Commission
Allowing students to transfer schools and retain athletic eligibility
Requiring BOE provide free feminine hygiene products in certain grades
Third Grade Success Act
Relating to increasing the number of out-of-state medical students receiving in-state tuition rates who agree to practice for a specific time within West Virginia.
Displaying official motto of United States in public schools and institutions of higher education
Requiring all schools to instruct students on Holocaust, other genocides and financial literacy
Creating WV Guardian Program
Fast Track for Agriculture Education Endorsement
To clean up statutory provisions regarding the Hope Scholarship program to better reflect the intent and operation of the program
To create the American Campuses Act
Clarifying and updating school bus rules and the types of vehicles covered
Relating to teacher duty-free lunch and daily planning periods
Creating special revenue account known as School Building Authority Agricultural, Vocational and Technical Training Facilities Grant Fund
Revising provisions related to public charter schools
Abolishing the Center for Nursing and transferring its duties and authorities to the Higher Education Policy Commission
Allowing teachers in public schools to teach intelligent design
To allow classroom aides with 10 or more years of service and good evaluations to bid on teaching positions
Enabling WVSU and Bluefield State University to offer associate degrees
Relating to classroom teachers and special education classroom teachers individualized education program requirements
Relating to changing the term teacher in residence to clinical teacher of record
To provide all National Merit Scholars free tuition to any West Virginia higher education institution in order to keep these scholars in state
Troop- to-Teachers
Relating generally to identifying and educating exceptional children exhibiting indicators or diagnosed with dyslexia or dyscalculia
To include electric-powered school busses in the county foundation allowance
Providing for contracted employment of substitute teachers for 180 instructional days
To create a Special Education Instructor Entitlement
Providing for the election of members of the State Board of Education
Amending Hope Scholarship eligibility
Relating to the West Virginia Summative Assessment and formative assessment
Creating a Meat Cutting and Processing Program
To set the school calendar to 175 days of instruction to provide for 5 days of professional development
Relating to weighting final semester examinations
Relating generally to identifying and educating exceptional children exhibiting indicators or diagnosed with dyslexia or dyscalculia
Relating to WV Secondary School Activities
Relating to nondiscrimination at institutions of higher education
Create State Tech Transfer Commission
To increase the minimum starting salary for a teacher to $50,000
Relating to the Antihazing Law
Relating to addressing School Discipline in Public Schools
To increase the 35 year limit on interval pay raises to 40 years
Relating generally to waivers from tuition and other costs and fees for certain resident veterans and their resident dependents
To create an initiative to provide minorities and males with an incentive to join the public education field
Relating to eligibility requirements for student transfers to a public school for WVSSAC sanctioned sports
Limiting recovery on claims for abuse in the State’s school system
To recognize school social workers as having the same status and funding as school counselors
To allow public high schools to have full time athletic trainers
Clarifying appropriate and inappropriate duties for school counselors while also providing the definition of a school counselor.
To provide debt incentives for STEM teachers
To require for the demolition of old schools in certain circumstances
To allow for the construction of safe entry ways to all public schools in West Virginia.
Provide for statewide participation in the federal Community Eligibility Provision for its duration
To extend the end date of the State Advisory Council on Postsecondary Attainment Goals
Relating to service employees with National Association for Pupil Transportation Certifications
To require a semester of personal finance to be taught in high school as a prerequisite for graduation
Relating to requiring video cameras in certain special education classrooms
Exempting county school buses from paying the toll fees
Relating to standardized test reporting exemptions for contingencies
Amending the existing War Orphan program so children and spouses of deceased active-duty officers AND enlisted Service members would both be eligible for the War Orphan Education Program
Provide for statewide participation in the federal Community Eligibility Provision for its duration
Providing that Homeschooled Students be eligible to participate in public school extracurricular activities
To add State Fire Marshals to the statute to be included with law enforcement that receive information related to school safety requirements
Direct Foundation Funding Act
Heart Health Equity Inclusion
To allow money paid to state employees to go to their estate if they pass away before their retirement date
Revising requirements of local school improvement councils
Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program
Creating adult education taskforce
Relating to students with exceptional needs
Prohibit drag shows from being performed in front of minors and to prohibit people from dressing in drag when reading aloud during story time in schools.
Relating to revocation of school personnel certification
Relating to WV teaching salaries
Raising salaries for school service personnel
Anti-Racism Act of 2023
Relating to granting in-state resident status to economic development participants
Providing educational benefits to veterans who commit to WV residency
No vaccine mandate for schools
Requiring Director of transportation have 2 years experience for bus operator
Remove assessments for homeschoolers
To establish a grant program for colleges that take steps to establish themselves as Student Basic Needs campuses
Relating to hiring of therapists in schools
Relating to hiring a “therapist” in WVDE
Permit teachers in K-12 schools be authorized to carry concealed firearms as a designated school protection officer
Clarifying Classroom Overloads for Special Education
Relating to Emergency Agriculture Certification
Removal of Mandatory Homeschool Reporting
Student Suicide Prevention - ID Cards
Expanding early childhood education programs to three-year-old children
Hunger-Free Campus Act
Repeal Teacher Required CE
Relating to student suicide prevention
To prohibit punishment for teachers who refuse to use pronouns inconsistent with a child’s sex
Establishing the Anti-Stereotyping Act
To make the HOPE Scholarship applicable to all children
Relating to abolishing the center for nursing and moving the functions to the Higher Education Policy Commission
Relating to mandatory drug testing of all classes of employees in K through 12 schools
Establishing the behavioral health workforce education initiative at the Higher Education Policy Commission
A study of public charter schools student population
State may not participate in or join the national school board association
Authorizing child sexual abuse and sexual violence prevention program and in-service training in child sexual abuse prevention
Library boards who make decisions on books must have ideological equality
Bill to fund armed veterans at our schools.
Creating a homeless education coordinator for county schools
Creating the Virtual Public Schools Act
Relating to campus carry
Providing early childhood assistant teachers and systems of support to help students achieve grade level literacy and numeracy by end of third grade.
To create curriculum transparency in public schools
Create the Education Tax Credit
Providing that microschool tuition and fees are qualifying expenses for Hope Scholarship accounts
Creating the Economic Development Tuition Waiver
Create the Statewide Online Education Act
To implement trauma-informed practices in schools
Relating to no child in the State of West Virginia should be admitted into the general classroom of a public school in WV unless they can speak basic English and meet the same expectations of non-special education students who are native English speakers
To provide that out of school suspensions be considered “excused” absences.
Exempting personal income earned by individuals working as teachers at primary and secondary schools from personal income tax
Relating to the Campus Self Defense Act
Allowing county BOE participating in operation of multicounty vocational center to withdraw
Relating to the nonpartisan election of county superintendents of schools
Requiring an annual test for students to advance to the next grade level
Requiring each county BOE to ensure all its meetings are open to public through in-person attendance and broadcast live on its website
To study the legislative findings public school support plan.
To require cameras in every classroom and room where children are present
Creating the Homeschool Credential Recognition Act
Creating the Supported Decision-Making Act
Provide that coaching days do not count towards limit on days for retired employees
Relating to PROMISE Scholarship Program requirements
Granting full time employees of county boards of education three months of paid leave following the birth of a child
Require cameras in all classrooms
The Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act
Allowing private school students to play public school sports in some instances
Requiring each high school student to complete a full credit course of study in personal finance
Requiring high school students to pass a test on the US Constitution to graduate from high school
Defining a work day for school service personnel and removing a provision relating to employment of licensed practical nurses
Video and audio recordings in self-contained classrooms
Amend section providing for waiver of tuition and fees for older persons auditing certain college classes
Relating to teacher salary enhancement
Discontinuing the use of common core standards and assessments in the state
Prohibiting the home schooling of children in certain circumstances
Establishing a pilot program to develop school-based mental and behavioral health services
Establishing the behavioral health workforce education initiative at the Higher Education Policy Commission
Relating to the special community development school pilot program
Modifying the school calendar
Allowing substitute teachers to work and not receive any deduction on their retirement over the 140-day of work
Relating to calculating max number of students at alternative and year-round schools
Requiring State Board of Education to establish a Personal Finance Literacy pilot program to be implemented in at least five public high schools
Changing the recommended guidelines for full-day and half-day cooks to the minimum ratio of one cook for every 110 meals
Relating to relocation or closure of state higher education institutions
Establishing the Anti-Stereotyping Act
To provide that third grade students be competent in reading and math before moving on to fourth grade
Relating to repealing school innovation zones provisions superseded by Innovation in Education Act
Providing a tax credit to encourage new teachers to remain in the state
Establishing the Katherine Johnson Academy
Expanding the amount of promise scholarship funds awarded to persons majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics
To allow parents to retain their child for an extra year of school without losing a year of sports eligibility
Gun carry allowed on college campuses
Relating to public school personnel
Relating to pay for Board of Education members
Increase access to and amount covered of the promise scholarship to ensure full ride regardless of tuition costs, double majors, or courses of interest
Establishing the “Stay in State” tax credit
Prohibit parents from being restricted from monitoring virtual public education classrooms
Authorizing children age 12 or older to referee youth sporting events
Relating to the creation and administration of a scholarship program for college students who remain in-state after graduation
To dissolve the West Virginia School Building Authority
Requiring all higher education institutions to use statewide contracts issued by the Purchasing Division
Student Rescue Act
Relating to vocational and technical education programs
To establish cultural competency training for teachers obtaining or renewing a teaching license in West Virginia
Home Instruction Tax Relief Act
Relating generally to school nurses
Remove standardized testing in public and private schools
Modifying the definitions and pay grades of certain school cafeteria personnel
Policy offering a housing credit for educators who live in West Virginia 5 or more years after becoming an educator in the state
Reducing federal adjusted gross income for interest paid on student loans
Establishing the Katherine Johnson Academy
Creating a youth advisory council for civic engagement
Relating to vocational and technical education programs
Provide programs to educate senior citizens
To acknowledge that the mental health of higher education students is of paramount importance, and due to a variety of issues
Providing school days to register and transport students to vote
To require a moment of silence at the beginning of school each day in the state
Relating to education to children and adults housed in correctional facilities and regional jails
Establish the Commission on American History Enrichment
Exempting school buses with students on board from paying turnpike tolls
To strengthen anti-hazing laws and policies for Pre-K to Grade 12
Creating three separate job titles for school bus operators
Relating to designation of social workers in the Department of Health and Human Services
Requiring each county school board to employ at least one full time school nurse
Granting jurisdiction to supervise youth sport league events to county boards of education and the Secondary School Activities Commission
Remove homeschool testing and portfolio requirements
The Campus Self Defense Act
Allowing parents, grandparents, and guardians to inspect instructional materials in classroom
Encouraging additional computer science education in WV schools
Creating exemption from compulsory school attendance for child who participates in learning pod or micro school
Creating Anti-Racism Act of 2022
Establishing alternative educational opportunities for elective course credit
Relating to public higher education governance
Requesting that a formal feasibility study be conducted on the viability of establishing an accredited school of veterinary medicine in West Virginia
Regulating private schools for students with disabilities
Relating to meetings among county boards of education
Including children and spouses of deceased active-duty officers in eligibility for War Orphan Education Program
Creating Student Journalist Press Freedom Restoration Act
Requesting the study of the possibility of combining certain programs related to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (“DHHR”), Workforce West Virginia, the West Virginia Community and Technical College System to create “one-stop shop” for applicants be admitted into higher education programs.
Relating to athletic eligibility of transfer students
Allowing county BOE participating in operation of multicounty vocational center to withdraw
Requiring homeschooled child’s academic assessment be submitted by certain date
Relating to vocational and technical education programs
Creating Learning Loss Mitigation Program
Require county school boards to relinquish (sell, donate, etc.) ownership of closed school properties within a year of closure
To establish a grant program for colleges that take steps to establish themselves as Student Basic Needs campuses
Expanding early childhood education programs to three-year-old children
Creating a youth advisory council for civic engagement
Relating to public higher education governance
Relating to requiring video cameras in certain special education classrooms
Relating to the creation and administration of a scholarship program for college students who remain in-state after graduation
Relating to county BOE employee personal leave
The Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act
Allowing substitute teachers to work and not receive any deduction on their retirement over the 140-day of work
Increase access to and amount covered of the promise scholarship to ensure full ride regardless of tuition costs, double majors, or courses of interest
To acknowledge that the mental health of higher education students is of paramount importance, and due to a variety of issues