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There are 62 bill(s) regarding Education (Higher)

Bill Title Status Committee Step Last Action
SB 259 Requiring Higher Education Policy Commission to create and administer PROMISE Plus Program Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/22/24 
SB 292 Hunger-Free Campus Act Pending    2nd Reading  03/04/24 
SB 327 Providing funding for Hope Scholarship Program Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/12/24 
SB 334 Enabling WVSU and Bluefield State University to offer associate degrees Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/12/24 
SB 343 Providing medical examination transportation services for students who seek support after experiencing sexual violence Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/12/24 
SB 361 Promise for Promise Act Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/12/24 
SB 363 Creating mobile training team for school safety Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/12/24 
SB 423 Relating to voluntary private school immunization Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/12/24 
SB 529 Including Salem University in PROMISE Scholarship program Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 2, 2024)
SB 543 Relating to research and economic development agreements for state institutions of higher education Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 9, 2024)
SB 546 Updating STEM scholarship program Pending  Senate Rules Committee  02/08/24 
SB 547 Authorizing legislative rules for Higher Education Policy Commission Signed  Effective from passage - (February 12, 2024)
SB 558 Requiring publicly funded medical schools to teach certain life-saving methods Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/25/24 
SB 563 Creating Office of Nursing Education and Workforce Development Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/02/24 
SB 572 Creating Forensic Pathology Recruitment Program Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/07/24 
SB 584 Including Salem University in PROMISE Scholarship program Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/29/24 
SB 599 Exempting certain military veterans and their dependents from tuition Pending  Senate Military Committee  01/30/24 
SB 681 Revising service obligation for certain doctoral medical degree programs Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2024)
SB 795 Limiting liability for accredited academic hospitals Pending  Senate Banking and Insurance Committee  02/15/24 
HB 4172 Amend section providing for waiver of tuition and fees for older persons auditing certain college classes Pending  House Education Committee  01/10/24 
HB 4243 Mountaineer Games Sports League Pending  House Education Committee  01/10/24 
HB 4271 Creating the Economic Development Tuition Waiver Pending  House Education Committee  01/10/24 
HB 4357 To prohibit public university names for gender affirming care Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/10/24 
HB 4387 Relating to nondiscrimination at institutions of higher education Pending  House Education Committee  01/10/24 
HB 4439 Prohibit requiring Covid-19 vaccine or booster shot to attend in person classes at colleges and universities Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/10/24 
HB 4500 To provide all National Merit Scholars free tuition to any West Virginia higher education institution in order to keep these scholars in state Pending  House Education Committee  01/10/24 
HB 4572 Relating to Social Media privacy and educational institutions Pending  House Education Committee  01/10/24 
HB 4629 Hunger-Free Campus Act Pending  House Education Committee  01/11/24 
HB 4637 To establish a grant program for colleges that take steps to establish themselves as Student Basic Needs campuses Pending  House Education Committee  01/11/24 
HB 4693 Expanding the amount of promise scholarship funds awarded to persons majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics Pending  House Education Committee  01/15/24 
HB 4720 Tuition and fee exemptions for service-connected Disabled Veterans and their dependents. Pending  House Finance Committee  02/08/24 
HB 4763 Establishing the behavioral health workforce education initiative at the Higher Education Policy Commission Pending  House Finance Committee  02/08/24 
HB 4814 Relating to extending the reporting and sunset dates of the State Advisory Council on Postsecondary Attainment Goals Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 29, 2024)
HB 4819 To require higher education institutions in West Virginia to accept the CLT as an ACT or SAT equivalent. Pending  House Education Committee  01/16/24 
HB 4846 Relating to “In God We Trust” signs donated in schools Pending  House Education Committee  01/17/24 
HB 4899 WV Belief-Based Campus Student Organization Bill Pending  House Education Committee  01/18/24 
HB 4919 Relating to the Promise Scholarship Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2024)
HB 4921 Relating generally to tuition for children of out of state alumni of WV state universities. Pending  House Education Committee  01/18/24 
HB 4939 Banning certain practices by medical students without informed consent Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/19/24 
HB 4945 Relating generally to the Hope Scholarship Program Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2024)
HB 4958 To create the American Campuses Act Pending  House Education Committee  01/22/24 
HB 4969 To allow schools to withhold a diploma from students who cause at least $1,000 in damage due to destruction of property or defacement Pending  House Education Committee  01/22/24 
HB 4981 Gun carry allowed on college campuses Pending  House Education Committee  01/22/24 
HB 4986 Relating to computer science and cybersecurity instruction for adult learners Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 4, 2024)
HB 5038 Relating to research and economic development agreements for state institutions of higher education Pending    2nd Reading  02/07/24 
HB 5040 Fast Track for Agriculture Education Endorsement Pending  House Education Committee  01/23/24 
HB 5050 Relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education. Pending    2nd Reading  02/07/24 
HB 5078 To include Salem University in programs wherein the Promise Scholarship is accepted Pending  House Finance Committee  02/02/24 
HB 5127 Including Potomac State College in the definition of community and technical college education program for participation in the “Learn and Earn Program” Pending    3rd Reading  03/07/24 
HB 5141 Universities must accept religious, medical, or right of conscience exemptions to taking vaccinations Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/25/24 
HB 5153 Relating to revising, updating and streamlining the requirements governing the West Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarship. Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 13, 2024)
HB 5162 Establish a program to promote creation and expansion of registered apprenticeship programs Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2024)
HB 5175 Eliminate funding for the Center for Nursing and transfer its duties and authorities to the Higher Education Policy Commission. Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 29, 2024)
HB 5210 Relating to voluntary private school immunization Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/12/24 
HB 5223 To create the Southern Coalfield Resiliency and Revitalization Program Pending    Concurrence  03/09/24 
HB 5347 Relating to establishing a program for emergency medical services personnel to become certified paramedics Signed  Effective July 1, 2024
HB 5435 Establishing the registered apprenticeship to associate of applied science program to be administered by the Council for Community and Technical College Education Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 6, 2024)
HB 5513 To create the Great Expectations Pilot Program Pending  House Education Committee  02/07/24 
HB 5586 Requiring publicly funded medical schools to teach certain life-saving methods Pending  House Education Committee  02/12/24 
HB 5594 Exempting the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, West Virginia University and Marshall University from contracts, agreements, or memorandums of understanding with spending units in state government with exceptions. Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2024)
HB 5625 Relating to updating names of institutions of higher education and nondiscrimination in leadership positions Pending  House Education Committee  02/12/24 
HB 5666 The Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act Pending  House Education Committee  02/13/24