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There are 170 bill(s) regarding Education (K12)

Bill Title Status Committee Step Last Action
SB 14 Providing for private, parochial, or church schools to enter into agreements with public schools to permit student participation in athletic or other extracurricular activities Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/12/22 
SB 17 Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/12/22 
SB 18 Providing pay raises to teachers Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/12/22 
SB 21 Relating to school aid formula and minimum student enrollment Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/11/22 
SB 41 Allowing certain schools with enrollment of 25 or fewer students to operate as nonpublic micro-school Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/12/22 
SB 60 Allowing BOE create and provide course in family and consumer sciences in secondary schools Pending  House Education Committee  01/25/22 
SB 146 Relating to interpretations of school laws Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/17/22 
SB 166 Creating position of homeless education coordinator in certain counties Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/12/22 
SB 167 Implementing trauma-informed practices in schools Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/12/22 
SB 168 Establishing vocational-technical programs in middle schools Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/12/22 
SB 173 Restricting participation in State Teachers Retirement System by members who serve as officer in professional teaching association Pending  Senate Pensions Committee  01/12/22 
SB 174 Designating DHHR social workers to promote school attendance and performance Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/12/22 
SB 178 Relating to vocational and technical education programs Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/12/22 
SB 182 Prohibiting teaching of divisive acts and critical race theory in public schools Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/12/22 
SB 188 Creating WV Children's Vision Act Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/12/22 
SB 195 Expanding early childhood education programs to three-year-old children Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/12/22 
SB 216 Creating Student Journalist Press Freedom Restoration Act Pending  House Judiciary Committee  03/01/22 
SB 217 Allowing private schools option of making vaccinations required for enrollment Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/12/22 
SB 218 Requiring parental notification of school-based dispensing of contraceptives to minors Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/12/22 
SB 219 Relating to nutrition and exercise education Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/26/22 
SB 226 Allowing substitute teachers who suspect unfair exclusion from certain assignments to request explanation from certain school officials Pending  Senate Rules Committee  02/21/22 
SB 227 Requiring county boards of education and county superintendents to comply with instructions of State Board of Education Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/03/22 
SB 229 Requiring impact statement in certain instances of school closing or consolidation Pending  House Finance Committee  02/21/22 
SB 243 Granting all public employees 10 percent per year permanent pay increase Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  01/12/22 
SB 246 Requiring newly constructed public schools and public schools with major improvements to have water bottle filling stations Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2022)
SB 261 Requiring video cameras in certain special education classrooms Signed  Effective from passage - (March 12, 2022)
SB 267 Relating to transportation of students in county board owned and insured vehicles Pending  Senate Rules Committee  02/02/22 
SB 268 Creating exemption from compulsory school attendance for child who participates in learning pod or micro school Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2022)
SB 456 Requiring county boards of education to develop seizure action plans Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  03/02/22 
SB 493 Requiring county BOE make meetings available to public in-person and through internet Pending    Concurrence  03/12/22 
SB 495 Requiring graduating high school seniors to pledge oath to Constitution Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/27/22 
SB 498 Creating Anti-Racism Act of 2022 Pending    Concurrence  03/12/22 
SB 499 Authorizing legislative rules for School Building Authority Signed  Effective from passage - (March 3, 2022)
SB 509 Relating to county BOE employee personal leave Pending  House Education Committee  02/15/22 
SB 541 Requiring homeschooled child’s academic assessment be submitted by certain date Pending  House Education Committee  02/22/22 
SB 586 Relating to athletic eligibility of transfer students Pending  House Education Committee  02/24/22 
SB 587 Providing tip line to report teaching of critical race theory Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/07/22 
SB 589 Defining area of critical need and shortage for substitute bus operators Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/16/22 
SB 631 Allowing WV Professional Charter School Board to vote for its executive director and other employees to participate in Teachers’ Retirement System Pending  Senate Pensions Committee  02/14/22 
SB 644 Creating Charter Schools Stimulus Fund Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/23/22 
SB 645 Regulating private schools for students with disabilities Pending  House Education Committee  03/03/22 
SB 646 Requiring each county BOE to provide free feminine hygiene products in grades six through 12 Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/15/22 
SB 651 Allowing county BOE participating in operation of multicounty vocational center to withdraw Pending  House Education Committee  02/24/22 
SB 658 Providing for salary supplement and expense reimbursements for licensed school psychologist Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/23/22 
SB 676 Relating to use of personal leave days by teachers Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/23/22 
SB 687 Relating to meetings among county boards of education Pending  House Education Committee  03/03/22 
SB 696 Relating to funding for public libraries Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/21/22 
SB 704 Allowing parents, grandparents, and guardians to inspect instructional materials in classroom Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2022)
SB 707 Providing minimum experience requirement for director of services class title involving school transportation Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/21/22 
SB 711 Establishing alternative educational opportunities for elective course credit Pending    Concurrence  03/12/22 
HB 2039 Expunging records of unsubstantiated complaints made by the Department of Health and Human Resources against teachers Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2057 Establishing the Summer Feeding for All initiative Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2066 Providing school days for registering eligible students to vote and to provide transportation to voting places Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2079 Providing equitable distribution to county boards of education of reimbursement costs of special needs students Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2080 “Bank Time” used in reaching 180 instructional requirement Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2089 Defining a work day for school service personnel and removing a provision relating to employment of licensed practical nurses Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2092 Requiring each high school student to complete a full credit course of study in personal finance Pending    2nd Reading  03/12/22 
HB 2097 Relating to calculating net enrollment for home-school students enrolled in one virtual school course in the public school system Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2109 Relating to vocational and technical education programs Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2118 Providing school days to register and transport eligible students to vote Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2125 Creating a School Consolidation Task Force Pending  House Government Organization Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2143 Declaring a shortage of qualified bus operators and allowing retired bus operators to accept employment Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2144 Modifying the definitions and pay grades of certain school cafeteria personnel Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2155 Creating three separate job titles for school bus operators Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2157 Forbidding displays relating to sexuality in public school facilities and forbidding the teaching of sexuality in public schools Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2160 Issuing identification documents to homeless individuals residing at homeless shelters Pending  House Finance Committee  02/08/22 
HB 2246 Prohibiting manufacturing plants from locating within two air miles of an existing public school Pending  House Workforce Development Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2247 Requiring the authority to obtain approval from county board of education for agreements that involve tax revenues expended for public schools Pending  House Political Subdivisions Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2268 Changing the recommended guidelines for full-day and half-day cooks to the minimum ratio of one cook for every 110 meals Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2314 Relating to teacher salary enhancement Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2320 Relating to mandatory drug testing of all classes of employees in K through 12 schools Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2345 Requiring each county school board to employ at least one full time school nurse Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2362 Implementing trauma-informed practices in schools Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2364 Permit teachers in K-12 schools be authorized to carry concealed firearms as a designated school protection officer Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/18/22 
HB 2367 Creating the Homeschool Credential Recognition Act Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2501 Suspend School Aid Funding Formula implementation until budget year 2024 Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2541 Requiring seat belts on every new school bus Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2543 Relating to calculation of the school aid formula based on net enrollment Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2546 Relating to education to children and adults housed in correctional facilities and regional jails Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2576 Creating the Virtual Public Schools Act Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2577 Create the Statewide Online Education Act Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2584 Prohibiting the home schooling of children in certain circumstances Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2623 Providing a tax credit to encourage new teachers to remain in the state Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2712 Modifying the school calendar to begin not earlier than September 1 and end no later than June 7 Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2728 Require all vaccinations for school attendance be included in the West Virginia code Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2755 Requiring the State Board of Education to provide for the routine education of all professional educators Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2806 To allow parents to retain their child without losing a year of sports eligibility Pending  House Finance Committee  02/22/22 
HB 2815 Requiring air conditioning on all school buses Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2930 Require the School Improvement Council appoint two members to a Selection Committee Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2937 Requiring a vote on school closure or consolidation in certain circumstances Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2973 To modify the teacher retirement system so that Tier 2 teachers may use annual/sick leave towards retirement Pending  House Pensions and Retirement Committee  01/12/22 
HB 2994 Relating to the special community development school pilot program Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 3006 Creating a homeless education coordinator for county schools Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 3017 Remove homeschool testing and portfolio requirements Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 3048 Allow a school district to develop or adopt a program in which the subject of nutrition and exercise education is taught Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 3073 Relating to the West Virginia Emergency School Food Act Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2022)
HB 3102 Requiring Director of transportation to have experience in transportation department Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 3103 Educational Employee Tax Credit Pending  House Finance Committee  01/12/22 
HB 3109 Salary increase for teachers and school service personnel Pending  House Finance Committee  01/12/22 
HB 3110 Student Suicide Prevention - ID Cards Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 3111 Supporting Students Who Are Parents Act Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 3125 Mandating that teachers receive supplemental pay for compelled teaching outside of established schedule Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 3126 Public School Protection Act Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 3187 Prohibit parents from being restricted from monitoring virtual public education classrooms Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 3207 Protecting teacher work schedules Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 3236 Relating to pay for Board of Education members Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 3258 Requiring party affiliation on school board elections Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/12/22 
HB 3271 Providing that the WVSSAC promulgate rules relating to the right to broadcast interscholastic athletic events Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 3282 Establish caps on the numbers of students per classroom at all grade levels Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 3284 To differentiate the roles of public high school teachers Pending  House Education Committee  01/12/22 
HB 4008 Relating to Higher Education Policy Commission funding formula Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2022)
HB 4011 Establishing the Anti-Stereotyping Act Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/07/22 
HB 4016 Creating The Anti-Racism, Anti-Sexism, and Prevention of Political-Economic Bias in School Curriculum and Pedagogy Act of 2022 Pending  House Education Committee  02/01/22 
HB 4058 Require all schools to update restrooms for privacy Pending  House Finance Committee  01/17/22 
HB 4074 Require schools provide eating disorder and self-harm training for teacher and students Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 12, 2022)
HB 4080 To create an apprenticeship program for students and local companies in West Virginia to increase hiring and retention Pending  House Finance Committee  02/10/22 
HB 4095 To require a moment of silence at the beginning of school each day in the state Pending  House Education Committee  01/17/22 
HB 4096 To exempt school buses from toll fees in West Virginia Pending  House Technology and Infrastructure Committee  01/17/22 
HB 4102 To allow money paid to state employees to go to their estate if they pass away before their retirement date Pending  House Finance Committee  02/17/22 
HB 4105 Relating to service employees with National Association for Pupil Transportation Certifications Pending  Senate Rules Committee  03/12/22 
HB 4106 Exempt school buses with students on board from paying turnpike tolls Pending  House Technology and Infrastructure Committee  01/17/22 
HB 4253 Relating to School Building Authority Pending  House Finance Committee  01/25/22 
HB 4304 To provide that out of school suspensions be considered “excused” absences. Pending  House Education Committee  01/20/22 
HB 4321 Remove standardized testing in public and private schools Pending  House Education Committee  01/21/22 
HB 4330 Allowing private school students to play public school sports in some instances Pending  House Education Committee  01/21/22 
HB 4362 Allow a board of education member to hold another part-time office so long as it is a nonpartisan position Pending  House Education Committee  01/24/22 
HB 4363 Allow teachers and service personnel in public school to transfer to public charter schools without losing their benefits Pending  House Education Committee  01/24/22 
HB 4376 Granting full time employees of county boards of education three months of paid leave following the birth of a child Pending  House Education Committee  01/25/22 
HB 4378 To dissolve the West Virginia School Building Authority Pending  House Education Committee  01/25/22 
HB 4380 Relating to transportation of athletic teams Signed  Effective from passage - (March 9, 2022)
HB 4389 Relating to repealing school innovation zones provisions superseded by Innovation in Education Act RQST    CONF  03/12/22 
HB 4391 Relating generally to school nurses Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/24/22 
HB 4400 Granting jurisdiction to supervise youth sport league events to county boards of education and the Secondary School Activities Commission Pending  House Education Committee  01/26/22 
HB 4402 Creating the Prevention Through K-12 Education Act Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/26/22 
HB 4427 To establish a review process for periodic monitoring video cameras in special education classrooms by authorizing each county school board to designate a monitoring supervisor to do periodic reviews of retained videos. Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/31/22 
HB 4444 Establishing a pilot program to develop school-based mental and behavioral health services Pending  House Education Committee  01/31/22 
HB 4445 Modifying the school calendar Pending  House Education Committee  01/31/22 
HB 4446 Student Rescue Act Pending  House Education Committee  01/31/22 
HB 4447 To establish cultural competency training for teachers obtaining or renewing a teaching license in West Virginia. Pending  House Education Committee  01/31/22 
HB 4448 Establish the Commission on American History Enrichment. Pending  House Education Committee  01/31/22 
HB 4466 Relating to School Building Authority’s review of school bond applications Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2022)
HB 4467 Requiring early childhood classroom assistant teacher in certain grade levels and enrollment levels in said grade levels Pending  Senate Finance Committee  03/07/22 
HB 4489 Require counties to post open positions on statewide job bank Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 6, 2022)
HB 4510 To provide that third grade students be competent in reading and math before moving on to fourth grade Pending  Senate Finance Committee  03/08/22 
HB 4520 To amend the laws relating to overtaking and passing school buses in West Virginia Pending  House Technology and Infrastructure Committee  02/02/22 
HB 4535 Repeal section relating to school attendance and satisfactory academic progress as conditions of licensing for privilege of operation of motor vehicle Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2022)
HB 4545 Require annual inspections of all public K-12 schools by private contractors Pending  House Education Committee  02/03/22 
HB 4547 Requiring high school students to pass a test on the US Constitution to graduate from high school Pending  House Education Committee  02/03/22 
HB 4551 To create the West Virginia Warranty of Workers Pending  House Education Committee  02/10/22 
HB 4556 Video and audio recordings in self-contained classrooms Pending  House Finance Committee  02/15/22 
HB 4562 Relating generally to the suspension and dismissal of school personnel by board and the appeals process Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2022)
HB 4571 Modifying foundation allowance to account for transportation by electric powered buses Signed  Effective July 1, 2022
HB 4576 To remove limit of 140 days for retired substitute teachers Pending  House Pensions and Retirement Committee  02/08/22 
HB 4578 Relating to authorizing the Superintendent of the State Police to administer the Handle with Care program Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2022)
HB 4579 Relating to public school personnel Pending  House Finance Committee  02/17/22 
HB 4602 Relating to student suicide prevention Pending  House Finance Committee  02/17/22 
HB 4617 To strengthen anti-hazing laws and policies for Pre-K to Grade 12 Pending  House Education Committee  02/10/22 
HB 4619 Require cameras in all classrooms Pending  House Education Committee  02/10/22 
HB 4646 To expand funding for school safety use CARES and infrastructure funds Pending  House Finance Committee  02/11/22 
HB 4648 Providing protections for exceptional children in public schools Pending  House Education Committee  02/11/22 
HB 4664 To allow public high schools to have full time athletic trainers Pending  House Education Committee  02/14/22 
HB 4671 Establishing an increase in monthly pension for certain teachers who retired twenty or more years ago by two dollars per month per year of service Pending  House Pensions and Retirement Committee  02/14/22 
HB 4699 Creating Learning Loss Mitigation Program Pending  House Education Committee  02/15/22 
HB 4711 Relating to requiring video cameras in certain special education classrooms Pending  House Education Committee  02/15/22 
HB 4713 To require the athletic associations and sports entities of WV to implement a “Heat and Humidity Practice Policy.” Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/15/22 
HB 4732 Expanding early childhood education programs to three-year-old children Pending  House Education Committee  02/15/22 
HB 4733 Require county school boards to relinquish (sell, donate, etc.) ownership of closed school properties within a year of closure Pending  House Education Committee  02/15/22 
HB 4798 Allowing substitute teachers to work and not receive any deduction on their retirement over the 140-day of work Pending  House Education Committee  02/15/22 
HB 4812 Requiring State Board of Education to establish a Personal Finance Literacy pilot program to be implemented in at least five public high schools Pending  House Education Committee  02/15/22 
HB 4819 Policy offering a housing credit for educators who live in West Virginia 5 or more years after becoming an educator in the state Pending  House Education Committee  02/15/22