Bill Status - 2019 Regular Session
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There are 44 bill(s) regarding Education (Higher)
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee | Step | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 1 | Increasing access to career education and workforce training | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2019) | ||
| SB 6 | Creating tax credits for certain educational expenses incurred by teachers | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/09/19 |
| SB 21 | Establishing Katherine Johnson Academy | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/09/19 |
| SB 25 | Authorizing certain higher education governing boards to eliminate faculty tenure | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/09/19 |
| SB 39 | Providing certain military members in-state residency tuition rates | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/06/19 |
| SB 59 | Creating Business PROMISE+ Scholarship | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/09/19 |
| SB 84 | Establishing Stay in State tax credit for higher education tuition | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/09/19 |
| SB 107 | Encouraging agreements between community and technical colleges and certain apprenticeship programs | Pending | Senate Workforce | Committee | 01/09/19 |
| SB 265 | Establishing Advanced Career Education programs | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/11/19 |
| SB 365 | Redistributing revenue-generated excise tax on soft drinks to four-year medical schools | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 01/24/19 |
| SB 440 | Relating to Antihazing Law | Vetoed | Vetoed | ||
| SB 441 | Relating to higher education campus police officers | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 2, 2019) | ||
| SB 479 | Requiring each state institution of higher education adopt and submit written sexual assault policy to WV HEPC | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/30/19 |
| SB 553 | Relating to federal funds for land-grant institutions | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/02/19 |
| SB 555 | Relating to authority of Higher Education Policy Commission | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/28/19 |
| SB 595 | Allowing retired teachers be employed by certain higher education entities | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/13/19 |
| SB 636 | Authorizing legislative rules for Higher Education Policy Commission | Signed | Effective from passage - (March 4, 2019) | ||
| SB 670 | Relating to WV College Prepaid Tuition and Savings Program | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 6, 2019) | ||
| SB 673 | Relating to public higher education accountability and planning | Signed | Effective from passage - (March 9, 2019) | ||
| HB 2004 | Providing for a program of instruction in workforce preparedness | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 6, 2019) | ||
| HB 2021 | Relating to relocation or closure of state higher education institutions | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/09/19 |
| HB 2034 | Prohibiting West Virginia institutions of higher learning and state agencies from discriminating against graduates of private, nonpublic or home schools by requiring them to submit to alternative testing | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/09/19 |
| HB 2059 | Expanding the amount of PROMISE scholarship funds awarded to persons majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/09/19 |
| HB 2065 | Expiring the PROMISE Scholarship Program, and establishing the Promise for All Scholarship Program | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/09/19 |
| HB 2072 | Relating to tuition and fees at community and technical colleges | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/09/19 |
| HB 2146 | Creating a loan tuition forgiveness program to encourage students in selected and necessary fields to remain in the state | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/09/19 |
| HB 2350 | Permitting public employees the right to collectively bargain | Pending | House Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business | Committee | 01/11/19 |
| HB 2377 | Making Promise scholarships available for students pursuing certificates or degrees through an accredited community and technical college | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/14/19 |
| HB 2455 | Redirecting excise tax revenue on bottled soft drinks from West Virginia University schools to the Public Employees Insurance Agency | Pending | House Banking and Insurance | Committee | 01/16/19 |
| HB 2513 | Relating to campus police officers of state institutions of higher learning | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/18/19 |
| HB 2519 | The Campus Self Defense Act | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 03/01/19 |
| HB 2520 | Relating to the Antihazing Law | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/18/19 |
| HB 2541 | Requiring certain safety measures be taken at public schools | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 6, 2019) | ||
| HB 2586 | Providing programs to train firefighters and emergency medical technicians | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/12/19 |
| HB 2604 | Permitting service credit in the Teachers Retirement System to persons with alternative school teaching experience | Pending | House Pensions and Retirement | Committee | 01/22/19 |
| HB 2674 | Creating a student loan repayment program for a mental health provider | Vetoed | Vetoed | ||
| HB 2793 | Expanding applicability of educational facilities for the West Virginia College Prepaid Tuition and Savings Program | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/15/19 |
| HB 2853 | Establishing the West Virginia Program for Open Education Resources | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2019) | ||
| HB 2862 | Relating to the Underwood-Smith scholarship and loan assistance program and teacher scholarship and loan program | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/06/19 |
| HB 2882 | Creating a health professionals’ student loan programs | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/28/19 |
| HB 3020 | Relating to sole source contracts for goods and services with nonprofit corporations affiliated with the respective education institutions | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2019) | ||
| HB 3048 | Permitting adjunct professors to serve on the institutional governing boards | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/12/19 |
| HB 3096 | Relating to four-year higher education | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/12/19 |
| HB 3125 | Coordinating a plan to provide the first two years of post-secondary education for free | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/12/19 |