Bill Status - 2009 Regular Session
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There are 137 bill(s) regarding Education (And Related Subheadings)
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee | Step | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 1 | Revising immunization requirements for school children | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/11/09 |
| SB 8 | Requiring certain nonprofit directors and board members attend training | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 03/12/09 |
| SB 18 | Reducing ratio of school nurses to students | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/11/09 |
| SB 35 | Requiring employees selling alcohol take alcohol awareness course | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/11/09 |
| SB 56 | Awarding National Board for Professional Teaching Standards salary bonus to certain teachers | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/31/09 |
| SB 57 | Relating to certain school coaches' requirements | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/26/09 |
| SB 59 | Requiring principals take responsibility and control over teacher's classroom performance | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/11/09 |
| SB 63 | Increasing deposit from State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund to Higher Education Improvement Fund | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 04/01/09 |
| SB 66 | Relating to school employees' donated personal leave days | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 04/06/09 |
| SB 67 | Allocating funding for transporting students to certain activities | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/11/09 |
| SB 70 | Removing scholarship funds' cap for dependent children of deceased State Police | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/11/09 |
| SB 74 | Allowing county school boards' substitute service personnel placement flexibility | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/11/09 |
| SB 100 | Allowing school districts certain substitute teacher hiring flexibility in critical need areas | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/11/09 |
| SB 111 | Requiring Legislative Auditor evaluate Secondary Schools Activities Commission | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/11/09 |
| SB 113 | Rescinding student financial assistance due to certain alcohol or drug violations | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 03/04/09 |
| SB 114 | Relating to teachers' professional development and preparation days | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/11/09 |
| SB 121 | Setting school athletic director standards | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/11/09 |
| SB 125 | Requiring boards of education hire best qualified candidate for extracurricular activities | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/11/09 |
| SB 245 | Requiring state participation in Yellow Ribbon G. I. Education Enhancement Program | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/02/09 |
| SB 249 | Relating to annual school calendar | Pending | CONF | 04/11/09 | |
| SB 254 | Providing reduction in certain inmate sentences for completing education and rehabilitation programs | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/13/09 |
| SB 257 | Creating nonvoting student member position on county boards of education | Pending | House Education | Committee | 04/01/09 |
| SB 265 | Authorizing tax credit for new teachers in critical needs areas | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 03/25/09 |
| SB 269 | Relating to supplemental funding provision for limited English proficient students' alternative programs | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/16/09 |
| SB 270 | Relating to Public School Support Plan | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/16/09 |
| SB 273 | Creating incentives to obtain GED | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 03/25/09 |
| SB 274 | Allowing county boards of education enter into lease-purchase agreements | Pending | House Education | Committee | 04/01/09 |
| SB 287 | Relating to State Teachers Retirement System | Pending | Senate Pensions | Committee | 02/18/09 |
| SB 288 | Clarifying teachers' retirement systems return of contribution eligibility | Pending | Senate Pensions | Committee | 02/18/09 |
| SB 296 | Requiring State Board of Education create school drug safety program | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/19/09 |
| SB 304 | Relating to Nurse Faculty Loan Program | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 03/20/09 |
| SB 333 | Basing school nurse ratio on total net enrollment | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 04/07/09 |
| SB 373 | Relating to PROMISE Scholarship | Signed | Governor | 06/09/09 | |
| SB 376 | Creating School Innovation Zones Act | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/25/09 |
| SB 386 | Creating critical skills instructional support programs for certain students | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/26/09 |
| SB 435 | Creating Learn and Earn Cooperative Education Program | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 04/06/09 |
| SB 485 | Requiring certain students undergo dental examination | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 04/01/09 |
| SB 498 | Relating to early childhood education | Signed | Effect from passage | ||
| SB 513 | Relating to hiring, termination, transfer and reassignment of school personnel | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/31/09 |
| SB 557 | Relating to county school boards' members qualifications | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/12/09 |
| SB 576 | Creating Religious Viewpoints Anti-Discrimination Act | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/13/09 |
| SB 602 | Establishing teacher dress code | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/16/09 |
| SB 609 | Relating to magistrate education and workload requirements | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 03/17/09 |
| SB 618 | Relating to regional education service agencies' foundation allowance | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/17/09 |
| SB 635 | Relating to Process for Improving Education Council | Pending | House Education | Committee | 04/01/09 |
| SB 638 | Relating to higher education capital facilities | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 04/07/09 |
| SB 640 | Relating to higher education employees' eligibility for Legislature | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 03/25/09 |
| SB 644 | Relating to removing certain continuing education requirement for insurers | Pending | Senate Banking and Insurance | Committee | 03/19/09 |
| SB 652 | Relating to mentor teacher | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 03/25/09 |
| SB 697 | Relating to mandatory immunization exemptions | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 03/23/09 |
| SB 723 | Increasing PROMISE Scholarship funding | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/23/09 |
| SB 738 | Requiring higher education institutions use Educational Information System student identifier | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/23/09 |
| SB 739 | Relating to county school board members' qualifications, training and duties | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/23/09 |
| SB 743 | Relating to Higher Education Policy Commission | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/23/09 |
| SB 750 | Relating to teacher certification and shortages | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/23/09 |
| SB 757 | Requiring Higher Education Policy Commission, Council for Community and Technical College Education and State Board of Education enter into state data-sharing compact | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/23/09 |
| SB 758 | Creating WV Public Charter Schools Act of 2009 | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 03/25/09 |
| HB 2017 | Authorizing and encouraging county boards of education to share services of central office administrative personnel | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2024 | Reducing staff development programs for school personnel from eighteen hours to twelve hours | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2031 | Permitting firework displays on public school property provided the State Superintendent and the Fire Marshal approve the display | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2059 | Prohibiting certain sex offenders from loitering within one thousand feet of a school or child care facility, school bus stop, or other child safety zone | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2085 | Providing county boards of education may study the economic feasibility of exercising an option of engaging in cooperative agreements with local public or regional transit authorities to transport students | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2093 | Providing a framework to avoid imposition of policies and practices on the public schools that distract from a thorough and efficient education | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2095 | Faculty Excellence Act | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2118 | Requiring the State Board of Education to promulgate rule implementing a tornado safety awareness plan in public schools | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2119 | Changing the compulsory school attendance for children in the state from sixteen to eighteen years of age | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2121 | Making armed assault or conspiracy to commit armed assault upon school property or school personnel or students a felony | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2126 | Requiring that the State School Board ensure that no class size for grades seven through twelve be greater than twenty-five students to every one teacher | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2147 | Reforming the school aid formula by reducing the regular levy deducted from county boards of education | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2209 | Insurance Commission, Continuing Education for Individual Insurance Producers | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/19/09 |
| HB 2269 | Relating to approval of a student for homebound services and their rights | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/12/09 |
| HB 2271 | Relating to itinerant status for school service personnel | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/12/09 |
| HB 2284 | Prohibiting individual county board of education members from acting on behalf of the board in an individual capacity unless authorized by law | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/12/09 |
| HB 2288 | Changing compulsory school attendance until age eighteen or until the student graduates | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/12/09 |
| HB 2310 | Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Education and the Arts - Division of Culture and History | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/12/09 |
| HB 2311 | Allowing certain county boards of education to operate their schools on a four-day school week | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/12/09 |
| HB 2326 | Allowing county school boards to establish a four-day school week and collect fees for use of school buildings on the fifth day | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/12/09 |
| HB 2330 | Requiring that all decisions regarding certain reductions in full-time classified personnel workforce at state institutions of higher education be made on the basis of seniority | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/12/09 |
| HB 2335 | Relating to the federal "Yellow Ribbon G. I. Education Enhancement Program" | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 10, 2009) | ||
| HB 2340 | Approving fee waivers for certain students and faculty and staff at institutions of higher education and providing that nonresident faculty and staff may get the exemption only up to the amount of in-state tuition | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/13/09 |
| HB 2341 | Requiring the State Board of Education to create a school drug safety program | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/13/09 |
| HB 2349 | Providing for continuing contract status for teachers and establishing dismissal and suspension procedures | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/13/09 |
| HB 2352 | Providing nonsupervisory employees of the West Virginia State Board of Education with the same protections against summary dismissal as are applicable to employees of county boards of education | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/13/09 |
| HB 2384 | Allowing the State Superintendent of Schools to designate certain geographical areas as a "School Choice Zone" | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/13/09 |
| HB 2392 | Setting standards for assignment of high school athletic directors | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/13/09 |
| HB 2397 | Providing a salary supplement for providers of medicaid eligible services in the public schools | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/13/09 |
| HB 2402 | Relating to the annual school calendar | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/13/09 |
| HB 2419 | Providing inmates a reduction in sentence for completion of education and rehabilitation programs | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 9, 2009) | ||
| HB 2470 | Exempting all schools which include grades kindergarten through twelve from paying consumer sales tax on items the school sells | Pending | 2nd Reading | 04/08/09 | |
| HB 2481 | Giving state institutions of higher education more flexibility in the planning and operation of their schools | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/16/09 |
| HB 2494 | Giving local authorities the authority to decrease the speed limit on streets and highways where school buses travel in its jurisdiction | Pending | House Roads and Transportation | Committee | 02/17/09 |
| HB 2508 | Permitting county board of education the power to employ the most qualified person to be athletic and other extracurricular coaches | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/17/09 |
| HB 2510 | Allowing guidance counselors to compete equally for all guidance counselor positions | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/17/09 |
| HB 2515 | Consolidating purchasing by county boards of education | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/17/09 |
| HB 2530 | Relating to further defining professional student support personnel | Signed | Effective July 1, 2009 | ||
| HB 2550 | Extending the provisions of the Higher Education Flexibility Act | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/17/09 |
| HB 2556 | Prohibiting lottery form using minors in advertising during school hours | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/17/09 |
| HB 2559 | Directing the State Board of Education to determine what principal and teacher reports are unnecessary | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/17/09 |
| HB 2563 | Allowing state employees to take paid leave to attend parent-teacher conference for their children | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/17/09 |
| HB 2577 | Allowing a public school employee or retiree who missed work as a result of pregnancy to purchase up to one year of service credit in the teachers retirement system | Pending | House Pensions and Retirement | Committee | 02/18/09 |
| HB 2588 | Providing that only healthy beverages and healthy or nutritional snacks may be sold in the county school system | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/18/09 |
| HB 2599 | Changing the PROMISE Scholarship Program to the PROMISE Forgivable Student Loan Program and establishing deferment and forgiveness conditions | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/18/09 |
| HB 2604 | West Virginia Public School Employment Relations Act | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/18/09 |
| HB 2606 | Exempting county school boards of education school buses from paying tolls for transit over the West Virginia Turnpike or any parkways authority project | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/18/09 |
| HB 2614 | Prohibiting school employees from promoting abortion | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/18/09 |
| HB 2631 | West Virginia Public School Employment Relations Act | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/18/09 |
| HB 2718 | Authorizing public school teachers to purchase one personal computer and related devices per year from the state contract for use outside the classroom | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/20/09 |
| HB 2730 | Authorizing a tax credit for new teachers in critical needs areas | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/20/09 |
| HB 2732 | Requiring county boards of education to employ a certified library media specialist in each county school | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/23/09 |
| HB 2749 | Permitting home school children to participate in athletic and other extracurricular activities of secondary schools | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/23/09 |
| HB 2768 | Exempting construction performed on behalf of educational authorities from prevailing wage requirements | Pending | House Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business | Committee | 02/24/09 |
| HB 2804 | Preventing a professional educator from taking a coaching position away from a current coach | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/25/09 |
| HB 2834 | Capping the amount of a PROMISE scholarship, dissolving the PROMISE Board, and reconstituting the Financial Aid Advisory Board | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/26/09 |
| HB 2836 | School Innovation Zones Act | Pending | CONF | 04/11/09 | |
| HB 2849 | Requiring automatic tire chains as standard equipment on all new school buses | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/06/09 |
| HB 2865 | Exempting certain children from having to provide the otherwise appropriate written excuse from a physician or school nurse for a prolonged absence | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/27/09 |
| HB 2872 | Allowing county school boards to enter into energy-saving contracts | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/27/09 |
| HB 2984 | Relating to the hiring of substitute service personnel by county school boards | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/09/09 |
| HB 3006 | Relating to the hiring, termination, transfer and reassignment of teachers and school personnel | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/09/09 |
| HB 3011 | Repealing the section of code relating to limitation on political activity of officers or employees in the administration of the Vocational Rehabilitation Program | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 9, 2009) | ||
| HB 3026 | Providing a two-tiered personal income tax credit to parents or legal guardians who provide home or private, primary or secondary education for their children | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/10/09 |
| HB 3043 | Prohibiting extended coverage upon retirement based on years of service for new higher education employees | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 04/01/09 |
| HB 3064 | Providing that persons sixty-five years of age or older may be admitted to athletic and other extracurricular activities of secondary schools without payment of admission fees | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/11/09 |
| HB 3088 | Allowing parents or the school to serve sweets during the holidays if the school receives parental or guardian consent | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 03/12/09 |
| HB 3105 | Establishing drug free zones at regularly designated school bus stops | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 04/01/09 |
| HB 3123 | Relating to donation and transfer of surplus personal computers and other information systems, technology and equipment for educational purposes | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/24/09 |
| HB 3150 | Requiring school boards to set and maintain reliable bussing schedules for bussing students and limiting the duration of travel for the students | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/16/09 |
| HB 3151 | Relating to the frequency of funding of the courtesy patrol program | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/16/09 |
| HB 3157 | Relating to allowing a county board of education to enter into lease-purchase agreements and allowing the School Building Authority to provide one-time grants to a county board of education for that purpose | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/16/09 |
| HB 3167 | Decreasing the student to nurse staffing ratio and eliminating a county's ability to contract out nursing services | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/17/09 |
| HB 3235 | Prohibiting the use of calculators for teaching purposes in grades K through eight | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/19/09 |
| HB 3295 | Relating to the West Virginia State Treasurer's Office | Signed | Effective from passage - (April 10, 2009) | ||
| HB 3308 | Prohibiting members of the same family within a certain degree of relationship to occupy more than one seat on a board of education simultaneously | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/23/09 |
| HB 3313 | Allowing depositories and banks to meet the security requirement necessary to be a depository for boards of education by providing a letter of credit from a federal home loan bank | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 9, 2009) | ||
| HB 3319 | Permitting the parents of an autistic student to seek a change in the student's aide or mentor | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/23/09 |
| HB 3320 | The Family Education Tax Credit Act | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/23/09 |
| HB 3330 | Charter Schools Act | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/23/09 |