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There are 95 bill(s) regarding Education (K12)

Bill Title Status Committee Step Last Action
SB 318 Clarifying that home schooled student may not be classified as habitually absent Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/19/16 
SB 321 Providing additional funding for exceptional children with high-cost/high-acuity special needs Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/10/16 
SB 373 Granting more control of regional education service agencies to county boards Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/08/16 
SB 378 Relating to truancy intervention Rejected    CONF  03/12/16 
SB 380 Relating to comprehensive statewide student assessment Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/25/16 
SB 382 Including volunteer workers and student teachers under Board of Risk and Insurance Management coverage Pending  Senate Banking and Insurance Committee  01/25/16 
SB 406 Changing age date of attending school Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/27/16 
SB 407 Increasing high-quality educational opportunities in public school system Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/27/16 
SB 452 Revising school aid formula Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/24/16 
SB 458 Creating Innovation in Education-designated schools Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/02/16 
SB 459 Requiring county board of education to pay tuition to Mountaineer Challenge Academy Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2016)
SB 476 Relating to driving restrictions in school zones Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2016)
SB 483 Marshall County and Wyoming County LSIC waiver Signed  Effective July 1, 2016
SB 488 Requiring WV Secondary School Activities Commission manage hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Pending  House Education Committee  02/22/16 
SB 499 Preventing State Board of Education from implementing common core academic standards Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/03/16 
SB 513 Relating to composition of School Building Authority Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/04/16 
SB 611 Including protocols for responding to after-school injuries or emergencies in school crisis response plans Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/17/16 
SB 630 Ratio of pupils per licensed school psychologist Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/18/16 
SB 632 Requiring county superintendent of schools and county board members meet regarding established goals for public education Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/18/16 
SB 636 Increasing salaries for teachers through fiscal year 2020 Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/19/16 
SB 668 Increasing excise tax on bottled soft drinks, syrups and dry mixtures Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/22/16 
SB 669 Requiring proficiency in civics as condition for high school or GED diploma Pending  House Education Committee  03/02/16 
SB 671 Creating digital learning pilot project Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/22/16 
SB 676 Relating to comprehensive statewide student assessment Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/22/16 
SB 681 Providing teachers' lessons plans be available on Internet to student and parents Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/22/16 
HB 4011 Providing for the authorization and oversight of public charter schools Pending  House Education Committee  01/20/16 
HB 4014 Preventing the State Board of Education from implementing common core academic standards and assessments Vetoed  Vetoed
HB 4018 Establishing incentives for public schools to make their recreational facilities available for public use outside of school hours Pending  House Education Committee  01/14/16 
HB 4020 School Consolidation Task Force Pending  House Education Committee  01/14/16 
HB 4024 Prohibiting the use of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Pending  House Education Committee  01/15/16 
HB 4025 Requiring members of the State Board of Education to be physically present in state board meetings Pending  House Education Committee  01/15/16 
HB 4026 Limiting terms of citizen members of the School Building Authority Pending  House Education Committee  01/15/16 
HB 4027 Increasing pay to teachers and service personnel Pending  House Education Committee  01/15/16 
HB 4028 Relating to school calendar and school instructional days Pending  House Education Committee  01/15/16 
HB 4036 Restoring language that gives preference to currently employed certified professional educators when hiring athletic coaches Pending  House Education Committee  01/18/16 
HB 4039 Increasing salaries for teachers Pending  House Education Committee  01/18/16 
HB 4147 Making the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind eligible to participate in any and all funding administered or distributed by the West Virginia School Building Authority Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/15/16 
HB 4167 Permitting county boards of education to accumulate instructional days and use them when needed Pending  House Education Committee  01/20/16 
HB 4171 Relating to the public school calendar Vetoed  Vetoed
HB 4175 Relating generally to home schooling Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 23, 2016)
HB 4194 Requiring each public high school to offer a course in computer science Pending  House Education Committee  01/21/16 
HB 4215 Removing the requirement that a home schooled student must acquire a general equivalency degree (GED) in order to qualify for a PROMISE scholarship Pending  House Education Committee  01/21/16 
HB 4224 Requiring school restroom facilities to have privacy walls Pending  House Education Committee  01/22/16 
HB 4242 Creating income tax credits against personal income tax for educational expenses incurred by parents for a child Pending  House Education Committee  01/22/16 
HB 4260 Providing private educational facilities authority to determine whether, and under what circumstances, to permit deadly weapons on school premises through written policies Pending  House Education Committee  01/25/16 
HB 4261 Prohibiting the sale or transfer of student data to vendors and other profit making entities Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4269 Relating to public school finance Pending  House Education Committee  01/26/16 
HB 4281 Providing that the statewide summative assessment only be administered in grades three through eight and once at the high school level Pending  House Education Committee  01/26/16 
HB 4291 Increasing penalties for teachers who commit sexual offenses against children Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/18/16 
HB 4295 Relating to the School Innovation Zones Act Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4296 Permitting county boards of education to accumulate instructional days and use them when needed Pending  House Education Committee  01/27/16 
HB 4298 Changing the age effective date of children for whom county boards of education must provide kindergarten programs Pending  House Education Committee  01/27/16 
HB 4301 Relating to a framework for initiating comprehensive transformation of school leadership Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2016)
HB 4303 Providing a salary increase for special education teachers Pending  House Education Committee  01/27/16 
HB 4316 Relating to reimbursement of certification fee for National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2016)
HB 4325 Requiring promulgation of a rule to provide for payment of tuition by county boards of education to the Mountaineer Challenge Academy Pending  House Finance Committee  02/04/16 
HB 4351 Transferring the Cedar Lakes Camp and Conference Center from the West Virginia Board of Education to the Department of Agriculture Signed  Effective July 1, 2016
HB 4384 Permitting students to opt out of taking certain academic assessments Pending  House Education Committee  02/03/16 
HB 4397 Exempting certain child care facilities from licensure, certification, approval and registration requirements Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/04/16 
HB 4403 Relating to school calendar Pending  House Education Committee  02/04/16 
HB 4405 West Virginia Educational Restoration Act Pending  House Education Committee  02/04/16 
HB 4409 Requiring in-service training programs in the use of the Heimlich maneuver and response to choking emergencies for all school personnel in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and elementary schools Pending  House Education Committee  02/24/16 
HB 4432 Clarifying procedures for removal of office of any person holding any county, school district or municipal office Pending  House Political Subdivisions Committee  02/08/16 
HB 4445 Relating to the adoption of instructional educational resources Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/23/16 
HB 4446 Increasing teacher salaries Pending  House Education Committee  02/08/16 
HB 4447 Granting a local school improvement council waiver for the purpose of increasing the compulsory school attendance age in Marshall County Pending  House Education Committee  02/08/16 
HB 4461 Relating to School Building Authority School Major Improvement Fund eligibility Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2016)
HB 4465 Relating to salary equity among school systems Pending    2nd Reading  03/12/16 
HB 4466 Relating to public school support Pending  Senate Education Committee  03/02/16 
HB 4467 Including financial aid planning and completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid in secondary school instruction in personal finance Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/19/16 
HB 4469 Providing a free lunch to all employees in a school building Pending  House Education Committee  02/09/16 
HB 4482 Relating to excused absences for personal illness from school Pending  House Education Committee  02/10/16 
HB 4492 Establishing a mandatory course of instruction in firearm safety for high school students Pending  House Education Committee  02/11/16 
HB 4514 Reducing the number of pupils per school nurses Pending  House Education Committee  02/11/16 
HB 4522 Relating to basic state aid to public education Pending  House Education Committee  02/12/16 
HB 4535 Extending the length of time for the special Community-Based Pilot Demonstration Project to Improve Outcomes for At-Risk Youth Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/15/16 
HB 4549 Requiring that four members of the State Board of Education be elected on a nonpartisan basis Pending  House Education Committee  02/16/16 
HB 4566 Relating to school personnel Signed  Effective July 1, 2016
HB 4572 Excepting specialized contract instructors from the definition of teacher Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/26/16 
HB 4588 Requiring the West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission adopt certain safety standards for youth lacrosse Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/17/16 
HB 4595 Developing a county plan to use funds designated for the support of isolated schools Pending  House Education Committee  02/17/16 
HB 4627 Creating a digital learning pilot project Pending  House Education Committee  02/20/16 
HB 4628 Requiring county boards of education to conduct regular structural inspections of school facilities and structures Pending  House Education Committee  02/20/16 
HB 4638 Relating to truancy intervention Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/20/16 
HB 4640 Providing a tax credit for a taxpayer educating a student in a private or home school Pending  House Education Committee  02/22/16 
HB 4643 Eliminating requirements that state provide for professional training and development of teachers Pending  House Education Committee  02/22/16 
HB 4669 Redirecting certain funds of the West Virginia Department of Education Pending  House Education Committee  02/22/16 
HB 4670 Relating to designation of social workers in the Department of Health and Human Services to promote better student school attendance Pending  House Education Committee  02/22/16 
HB 4686 Prohibiting the State Board of Education from adopting new Common Core academic content standards Pending  House Education Committee  02/23/16 
HB 4688 Relating to basic state aid to public education Pending  House Education Committee  02/23/16 
HB 4694 Permitting nonprofessional personnel to be hired as athletic coaches in certain circumstances Pending  House Education Committee  02/23/16 
HB 4703 Reclassifying Early Childhood Classroom Assistant Teacher I, II and III positions as Aide V, Aide VI and Aide VII positions Pending  House Education Committee  02/23/16 
HB 4719 Allowing employees with an NAPT certification to be eligible for transportation management positions Pending  House Education Committee  02/23/16 
HB 4722 Codifying the West Virginia Procedures Manual for the Education of Students with Exceptionalities Pending  House Education Committee  02/23/16 
HB 4723 Creating a program of instruction for students in workforce preparedness to be added to the curriculum of courses in secondary schools Pending  House Education Committee  02/23/16