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There are 293 bill(s) regarding Education (K12)

Bill Title Status Committee Step Last Action
SB 6 Requiring legal actions concerning WVSSAC to be filed in Wood or Kanawha County Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 9 Requiring age-appropriate instruction on Holocaust in public schools Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 10 Prohibiting schools from starting earlier than 7:45 am Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 11 Allowing certain Teachers Retirement System members to exchange unused leave for monetary compensation Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/30/26 
SB 21 Allowing students, coaching staff, and athletic trainers to participate in non-school athletic activities Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 39 Requiring heart health program in grades three through six Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 41 Creating Standardized Testing Choice Act Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 46 Requiring moment of silence at beginning of each school day Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 51 Requiring course in public schools on human development Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 53 Providing greater access to unused buildings for public charter schools Pending  Senate Select Committee on School Choice Committee  01/14/26 
SB 63 Creating Sustaining Opportunities for Academics in Rural Schools Act Signed  Effective from passage - (March 14, 2026)
SB 67 Relating to public charter schools Pending  House Education Committee  03/09/26 
SB 83 Reducing number of days required for certain educators to apply for full-time employment Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 89 Providing members of State Teachers Retirement System are absent from service while serving as officer with statewide professional teaching association Pending  Senate Pensions Committee  01/14/26 
SB 92 Relating to enhanced pay for certain teachers Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 102 Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/28/26 
SB 116 Establishing Raylee's Law Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 122 Repealing athletic eligibility of transfer students Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 123 Requiring ambulance, if available, at middle school or high school football game Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 124 Authorizing certain age-appropriate child sexual abuse prevention and sexual violence prevention instruction Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 133 Relating to teaching experience requirement for teacher certification renewal and attainment of permanent certification Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 155 Relating to adjunct teaching permits Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
SB 162 Requiring WV Board of Education to promulgate legislative rule relating to concussion protocol Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 170 Allowing career technical education program to be part of local high school Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/29/26 
SB 171 Creating WV Released Time Education Act Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 176 Increasing non-traditional instruction days for WV teachers Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/04/26 
SB 196 Relating generally to liability insurance coverage for board of education Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/30/26 
SB 203 Providing for substantial deference to state school superintendent's interpretations of school laws Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/14/26 
SB 214 Creating Community School Funding Formula Revision Act Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 215 Creating WV Constitutional Schools Act of 2026 Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 216 Restoring Private Schools Act of 2026 Pending  Senate Select Committee on School Choice Committee  01/14/26 
SB 217 Creating Community Schools Funding Formula Revision Act Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 218 Creating Community School Support Fund Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 219 Creating moratorium on school closings and consolidation Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 223 Creating Community School Parents' Choice Act Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 224 Creating Support for Neglected Schools Act Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 232 Establishing WV Secondary School Athletic Trainer and Career Technical Education Program Act Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/04/26 
SB 234 West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission Reform Act Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 240 Approving overtime pay for teachers Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 241 Allowing Board of Education to prohibit individuals on sex offender registry from being on school property Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/14/26 
SB 246 Establishing minimum student enrollment for school aid formula Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/14/26 
SB 386 Creating mobile training team for school safety Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/15/26 
SB 388 Requiring public elementary or secondary school make Aitken Bible available to certain classrooms Pending  House Education Committee  01/30/26 
SB 394 Authorizing WVSSAC to promulgate legislative rules Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/15/26 
SB 406 Reorganizing School Building Authority as School Maintenance Authority Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/15/26 
SB 409 High School Educator Flexibility Act of 2026 Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/15/26 
SB 428 Creating three separate job titles for school bus operators Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/21/26 
SB 437 Fair State Aid Formula Act of 2026 Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/13/26 
SB 442 Creating homeless education coordinator position in counties designated by State Board as urban county Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/16/26 
SB 449 Relating to teaching and instructing world languages in public schools Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/16/26 
SB 489 Creating High School Educator Flexibility Act Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/19/26 
SB 504 West Virginia Rural School Protection Act Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/19/26 
SB 516 Increasing state minimum salary for teachers Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/20/26 
SB 536 Relating to qualifications for serving on certain academic boards Pending  House Education Committee  02/04/26 
SB 554 Establishing enrollment stabilizer mechanism within public school support plan Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/21/26 
SB 555 Establishing Essential Personnel Bridge Grant Program Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/21/26 
SB 558 Relating to school bus safety violations by vehicle operators Vetoed  Vetoed
SB 567 Prohibiting charging Hope Scholarship students fees for extracurricular program-related services Pending  Senate Select Committee on School Choice Committee  01/21/26 
SB 579 Improving school district efficiency Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/22/26 
SB 591 Prohibiting teaching of divisive acts and critical race theory in public schools Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/23/26 
SB 600 Limiting family income for Hope Scholarship eligibility Pending  Senate Select Committee on School Choice Committee  01/27/26 
SB 605 Providing tax credit for homeschool students Pending  Senate Select Committee on School Choice Committee  01/27/26 
SB 612 Establishing November 7 as Victims of Communism Day Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/27/26 
SB 619 Creating Stop the Bleed Act Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/24/26 
SB 633 Relating to WV Commission on Holocaust Education Pending  House Education Committee  02/12/26 
SB 644 Requiring Economic Development Authority participate in federal tax credit scholarship program Pending  House Education Committee  03/03/26 
SB 657 Creating Cohen Craddock Student Athlete Safety Act Pending  House Education Committee  03/05/26 
SB 684 Relating to required courses of instruction for private, parochial, and church schools Pending  Senate Select Committee on School Choice Committee  01/30/26 
SB 687 Prohibiting obscene materials in or within 2,500 feet of WV schools Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/30/26 
SB 689 Creating WV Homeschool Student Athletics Participation Act Pending  House Education Committee  03/03/26 
SB 694 Removing county residency requirement for county superintendent of schools Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2026)
SB 696 Permitting women's wrestling in certain public schools Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/02/26 
SB 713 Providing 10 percent raise for all public school staff Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/02/26 
SB 720 WV Comprehensive Student and Family Support Act Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/03/26 
SB 737 Authorizing county boards of education to accept volunteers as certified chaplains Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/04/26 
SB 739 Creating Protecting Shareholders Act Pending  Senate Banking and Insurance Committee  02/04/26 
SB 745 Relating to requirements for school nutrition programs Pending  House Education Committee  03/06/26 
SB 748 Requiring parental notification of school-based dispensaries of contraceptives to minors Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/05/26 
SB 758 Providing extra state aid to school districts for students enrolled in certain schools Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/05/26 
SB 778 Relating to eligibility for homebound services for exceptional children Pending  House Education Committee  03/08/26 
SB 801 Increasing each school district's basic foundation program Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/11/26 
SB 802 Relating to school preparation days Pending  House Education Committee  03/02/26 
SB 803 Requiring competency assessment upon return to public school Pending  Senate Select Committee on School Choice Committee  02/06/26 
SB 804 Removing physical education requirements for certain middle and high school athletes Pending  House Education Committee  03/08/26 
SB 870 Providing $10,000 pay raise to teachers across five years Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/09/26 
SB 885 Allowing Tier II teachers to bank unused sick time toward retirement Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/09/26 
SB 889 Requiring recreational facilities have AED accessible Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/09/26 
SB 890 Changing certain school calendar requirements from days or months to hours Signed  Effective July 1, 2027
SB 899 Permitting certain teachers to be certified to work as school principals Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
SB 910 Removing unintended limitation on excused absences for students in certain extracurriculars Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/11/26 
SB 919 Creating Safe School Events Music Act Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/11/26 
SB 925 Providing Future Farmers of America-sanctioned activities not count toward limit of excused absences Pending  House Education Committee  02/23/26 
SB 929 Relating to state board intervention into county school systems Pending  House Education Committee  03/05/26 
SB 962 Requiring high school students to pass US citizenship exam Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/17/26 
SB 964 Creating volunteer board to review and rate library books Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  02/17/26 
SB 966 Changing requirements for home school instruction Pending    2nd Reading  02/27/26 
SB 969 Providing county boards of education option to obtain certain alternate professional or other liability insurance coverage Pending  Senate Banking and Insurance Committee  02/17/26 
SB 988 Authorizing staffing recommendations and limits by Department of Education Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/18/26 
SB 1004 Adding voter approval requirement to close or consolidate schools Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/19/26 
SB 1020 Allowing up to five educational leave days within definition of "excused absence" Pending  House Education Committee  02/27/26 
SB 1024 Allowing rescission or reversal of school closure decisions through July 15 Pending  House Education Committee  03/03/26 
SB 1027 Modifying WV Invests Grant Program eligibility requirements Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/20/26 
SB 1034 Increasing amount of funding counties receive for HOPE Scholarship enrollments Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/20/26 
SB 1044 Requiring Board of Education to promulgate rule that sets forth common graduation requirements Pending  House Education Committee  03/03/26 
SB 1048 Transferring responsibility of school position eliminations to WV Board of Education Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/24/26 
SB 1051 Creating Charter School Revolving Loan Fund Pending  Senate Select Committee on School Choice Committee  02/21/26 
SB 1061 Authorizing reassignment of school personnel in certain instances Pending  House Education Committee  03/03/26 
SB 1064 Redefining "long-term substitute" as it relates to public school personnel Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
SB 1067 Creating extended daycare program for elementary schools Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/23/26 
SB 1070 Authorizing School Building Authority to fund grounds and site improvements Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/23/26 
SB 1078 Clarifying requirements of possession and administration of epinephrine in schools Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/23/26 
SB 1080 Requiring amount of reduction of state aid be appropriated in support of certain low-enrollment county school districts Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/24/26 
SB 1081 Establishing School Finance Transparency Commission Pending    1st Reading  02/27/26 
HB 4034 To display the Ten Commandments in public schools Pending  House Education Committee  01/14/26 
HB 4037 Consolidate county school boards Pending  House Education Committee  01/14/26 
HB 4062 To create the West Virginia Homeschool Student Athletics Participation Act. Pending  House Education Committee  02/17/26 
HB 4063 Relating to requiring the State Board of Education to design, test, and deploy an internet-based reporting system to be known as the School Choice Portal Pending  House Educational Choice Committee  01/19/26 
HB 4066 Creating penalties for county and state boards of education for providing misinformation to parents, custodians, reviewers, or any other individual through any form of communication Pending  House Education Committee  01/14/26 
HB 4071 Requiring K–12 schools to display school report card on website Pending  House Public Education Committee  01/19/26 
HB 4077 Remove standardized testing in public and private schools Pending  House Public Education Committee  01/19/26 
HB 4082 Require the West Virginia Department of Education to provide a complete and in-depth budget for review to the Legislature. Pending  House Education Committee  01/14/26 
HB 4090 Provide for the employment or acceptance as avolunteer of a Certified Chaplain by public school board Pending  House Public Education Committee  01/19/26 
HB 4093 To allow those with a concealed carry license to carry a concealed handgun in public school property and buildings. Pending  House Education Committee  01/14/26 
HB 4100 Relating to human growth and development curriculum Pending  House Education Committee  01/14/26 
HB 4103 Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools Pending  House Education Committee  01/14/26 
HB 4104 American Civics and History Act Pending  House Education Committee  01/14/26 
HB 4105 To provide requirements relating to education of students and young adults about unplannned pregnancy options Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/14/26 
HB 4112 Provide tax credit for homeschool students Pending  House Educational Choice Committee  01/19/26 
HB 4115 To modify the required amount of contracted teaching days and provide for breaks per semester for teachers. Pending  House Public Education Committee  01/19/26 
HB 4122 To require cameras in every classroom and room where children are present Pending  House Public Education Committee  01/19/26 
HB 4133 Defining a work day for school service personnel and removing a provision relating to employment of licensed practical nurses Pending  House Public Education Committee  01/19/26 
HB 4136 To require the Department of Education to alter who can certify homeschool portfolios or review them Pending  House Educational Choice Committee  01/19/26 
HB 4145 Creating a school choice office. Pending  House Government Administration Committee  01/14/26 
HB 4146 To require compulsory vaccinations for anyone employed by the public school system in this state. Pending  House Public Education Committee  01/19/26 
HB 4181 Permitting middle or high school students to participate in travel sports teams without repercussion. Pending  House Education Committee  01/14/26 
HB 4368 Relating to military connected students Pending  House Education Committee  01/15/26 
HB 4372 Permit teachers in K-12 schools be authorized to carry concealed firearms as a designated school protection officer Pending  House Education Committee  01/15/26 
HB 4383 West Virginia Clean Air in Schools Act of 2026 Pending  House Education Committee  01/15/26 
HB 4395 Relating to investigations of allegations of child safety violations for school personnel. Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 11, 2026)
HB 4402 Relating to school protection officers Pending  House Education Committee  02/18/26 
HB 4422 To permit students in eighth and ninth grade to attend summer school in order to raise their grades and establish academic eligibility to participate in extracurricular activities in the fall Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/30/26 
HB 4425 To repeal the provision allowing for students to transfer from one school to another without losing eligibility. Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 11, 2026)
HB 4440 Permitting law enforcement to issue a citation when students are caught with nicotine in schools. Pending  House Education Committee  02/03/26 
HB 4449 Permitting cameras in classrooms Pending  House Public Education Committee  01/19/26 
HB 4450 Removing restrictions of taxpayers to access online curriculum, and allow for taxpayers to inspect additional instructional material adopted by the county board pursuant to including books in the classroom Pending  House Public Education Committee  01/19/26 
HB 4453 Regarding Teacher Pay Pending  House Education Committee  01/16/26 
HB 4467 Relating to maternity leave for school employees Pending  House Public Education Committee  02/03/26 
HB 4485 Allow education employees to donate sick leave to co-workers for maternity leave Pending  House Finance Committee  02/20/26 
HB 4497 To not entitle WV students to get aid from any WV schools unless they pass a college qualification exam in the 10th grade Pending  House Education Committee  01/19/26 
HB 4505 Requiring each county school board to employ at least one full time school nurse Pending  House Education Committee  01/19/26 
HB 4544 To create a homeless education coordinator in urban and rural counties. Pending  House Education Committee  01/19/26 
HB 4572 Rural School Flexibility & Innovation Pilot Act Pending  House Education Committee  01/20/26 
HB 4573 Foster Youth Post-Secondary Transition Awareness Act Pending    Concurrence  03/14/26 
HB 4578 To provide more local control over educational decisionmaking, differentiation of funding for counties, and to address operational efficiencies within education. Pending  House Education Committee  01/20/26 
HB 4584 Market pay for Teachers Pending  House Education Committee  01/20/26 
HB 4588 Relating to participating in the federal tax credit scholarship program Pending    Concurrence  03/14/26 
HB 4593 Allow for PE classes to be optional for students who can demonstrate 5 or more weekly hours of outside physical activity Pending  House Education Committee  01/20/26 
HB 4605 Relating to modifying the school aid formula to provide more support for schools under certain circumstances. Pending  House Education Committee  01/20/26 
HB 4607 Relating to standards of private schools Pending  House Education Committee  01/20/26 
HB 4608 School Board Election Date Act Pending  House Education Committee  01/20/26 
HB 4611 Creating the Hope to Help Community Schools Act of 2026. Pending  House Education Committee  01/20/26 
HB 4634 Support for neglected Schools Pending  House Education Committee  01/21/26 
HB 4637 Limit the time Teachers Aides can be pulled from their regular duties to 30 minutes per day. Pending  House Education Committee  01/21/26 
HB 4641 Relating to codifying the guidelines for nutritionally adequate school breakfasts and lunches Pending  House Education Committee  02/03/26 
HB 4644 Require that County Superintendents of Schools for the Department of Education be West Virginia residents. Pending  House Education Committee  01/21/26 
HB 4646 Remote Schools Support Act Pending  House Education Committee  01/21/26 
HB 4654 To require that teachers in grades 7 through twelve, who teach classes with more than 30 students in their classes receive an additional $25 per day per student over the 30 student-limit, with exceptions for physical education, band, chorus, strings, theater, dance, and other classes aimed at artistic performance. Pending  House Education Committee  01/21/26 
HB 4655 Expand the grade level for Laken’s Law Pending  House Education Committee  01/21/26 
HB 4656 Relating to chronic absenteeism Pending  Senate Education Committee  03/11/26 
HB 4658 To add to the teacher pay scale the increments of Bachelor’s Plus 30 and Master’s Plus 60 and add that amount in the appropriate increment. Pending  House Education Committee  01/21/26 
HB 4659 Transfer oversight of childcare from the Department of Human Services to the Department of Education Pending  House Education Committee  01/21/26 
HB 4660 To move any remaining sixth grade classifications from elementary schools to middle schools. Pending  House Education Committee  01/23/26 
HB 4670 To create a pilot program that would exempt certain counties from provisions of the Education code. Pending  House Education Committee  01/21/26 
HB 4690 To repeal obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code. Pending  House Education Committee  01/21/26 
HB 4697 Require that any student in the 11th or 12th grade, who has been placed in a “free/elective/assistant” period, be informed of online college course opportunities available for them Pending  House Education Committee  02/03/26 
HB 4698 Require adoption awareness material be made available in high school counseling offices Pending  House Education Committee  01/21/26 
HB 4701 Relating to the creation of the West Virginia Math & Science Teacher Scholarship Act Pending  House Education Committee  01/21/26 
HB 4705 To require a moment of silence at the beginning of school each day in the state Pending  House Education Committee  01/21/26 
HB 4708 Clarifying how substitute teachers may serve for extended periods. Pending  House Education Committee  01/21/26 
HB 4727 To provide a 25% pay increase for state teachers (all salary scales) Pending  House Education Committee  01/22/26 
HB 4759 Modifing the rules for transferring students Pending  House Education Committee  02/09/26 
HB 4774 To set the salary of the Associate Superintendent of Schools Pending  House Education Committee  01/23/26 
HB 4775 Relating to addressing School Discipline in Public Schools Pending  House Education Committee  02/03/26 
HB 4777 Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program Pending  House Education Committee  01/23/26 
HB 4794 Requiring high school students to pass a test on the US Constitution to graduate from high school Pending  House Education Committee  01/23/26 
HB 4798 Permitting teachers to wear a “mobile alert button” for emergency situations, to be known as “Alyssa’s Law.” Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2026)
HB 4817 Relating to modifying the Charter Schools Startup Fund Pending  House Finance Committee  02/17/26 
HB 4818 Relating to providing greater access to unused public buildings for public charter schools Pending  House Education Committee  01/26/26 
HB 4834 To permit women’s wrestling in public high schools as a sanctioned event Pending  House Education Committee  02/17/26 
HB 4844 Modify the procedure for teachers when using leave Pending  House Education Committee  01/27/26 
HB 4847 Local Shares teacher and school personnel pay Pending  House Education Committee  01/27/26 
HB 4849 Authorize the Superintendent of the county schools district to apply directly to the School Building Authority for emergency funding to facilitate remediation of hazards. Pending  House Education Committee  01/27/26 
HB 4851 Relating to creating a moratorium on school closures and consolidations pending a West Virginia Department of Education (“WVDE”) school aid formula proposal. Pending  House Education Committee  01/27/26 
HB 4855 To the elimination of the West Virginia Department of Education and providing direct funding for education Pending  House Education Committee  01/28/26 
HB 4859 Allowing a county board of education participating in the operation of a multicounty vocational center to withdraw Pending  House Education Committee  01/28/26 
HB 4860 Direct Classroom Funding Act Pending  House Education Committee  01/28/26 
HB 4871 Make available vegetarian meal option for students enrolled in schools, provided that such meals comply with all applicable federal nutritional guidelines Pending  House Education Committee  02/17/26 
HB 4875 To provide a 25% pay increase for state school service personnel (all salary scales) Pending  House Finance Committee  01/28/26 
HB 4892 To expand the provisionof the literacy-based promation act in order to provide certin intervention and implementation stratagies for literacy proficiency among students in grade 4 through grade 8 Pending  House Education Committee  01/28/26 
HB 4900 To mandate county boards of education to provide feminine hygiene products in all public elementary, middle, and high schools for female students Pending  House Education Committee  01/28/26 
HB 4904 Relating to critical vacancies in public education Pending  House Education Committee  01/29/26 
HB 4905 Removing fees teachers have to pay in order to obtain any teaching license, certification, or additional continuing education credit hours (reporting fee) to the state Board of Education Pending  House Education Committee  01/29/26 
HB 4914 West Virginia Education Freedom and Parental Empowerment Act Pending  House Education Committee  01/29/26 
HB 4918 Mandate the number of School days or hours required Pending  House Education Committee  01/29/26 
HB 4937 Establish mandated monthly half days for students to all allow school staff planning time Pending  House Education Committee  01/29/26 
HB 4938 Require county boards of education to train at least one professional staff member at each school in a grant writing procedures. Pending  House Education Committee  01/29/26 
HB 4939 To provide $10,000 a year salary increase for any teacher who goes through the National Board Certification process and becomes nationally certified Pending  House Education Committee  01/29/26 
HB 4940 Relating to teacher fundraising Pending  House Education Committee  01/29/26 
HB 4941 To provide a raise for special education aides, as well as a raise for self-contained special education teachers Pending  House Education Committee  01/29/26 
HB 4942 To establish requirements for adult supervision on county school buses Pending  House Education Committee  01/29/26 
HB 4943 Require all students to be taught how to properly handle, fold, treat, honor, display, and retire the American flag Pending  House Education Committee  01/29/26 
HB 4944 To determine the salaries of all county Superintendent of School based on population. Pending  House Education Committee  01/29/26 
HB 4945 Prohibit the use of electronic devices for learning in all classrooms grades 3 and below Pending  House Education Committee  01/29/26 
HB 4946 Authorizing a pilot program for a four day school week Pending  House Education Committee  01/29/26 
HB 4950 To establish the West Virginia Freedom and Innovation Pilot Act of 2026 Pending  House Education Committee  02/17/26 
HB 4952 Related to the establishment of the Charter School Direct Loan Program and the Charter School Credit Enhancement Program within the West Virginia Economic Development Authority Pending  House Education Committee  01/29/26 
HB 4953 To require all West Virginia high school students to pass a Civics examination and the United States Naturalization Examination Pending  House Education Committee  01/29/26 
HB 4955 To ensure that classroom sizes are equal without losing a teachers aide Pending  House Education Committee  01/29/26 
HB 4956 To change the beginning of the school year to the Tuesday after Labor Day and the end of the school year to the Friday before Memorial Day. Pending  House Education Committee  01/29/26 
HB 4957 To change the amount of days in a school year from 180 to 160. Pending  House Education Committee  01/29/26 
HB 4967 To allow for the WVSSAC to pull coaching certificates of coaches who are found guilty of illegal recruiting Pending  House Education Committee  01/29/26 
HB 4973 Relating to raising the state minimum salary for teachers to $50,000 beginning in school year 2026-2027 Pending  House Education Committee  01/29/26 
HB 4975 To consolidate county boards of education and create regional districts. Pending  House Education Committee  01/29/26 
HB 4987 Relating to the creation of the Safety and Violence Education for Students Act Pending  House Education Committee  01/30/26 
HB 4995 Require the use of video cameras in certain special education classrooms Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 11, 2026)
HB 5005 Providing liability protection for video cameras in certain classrooms. Pending  House Public Education Committee  02/02/26 
HB 5012 Providing for in-year school personnel movement to meet school needs. Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 11, 2026)
HB 5043 Raising salaries for school service personnel Pending  House Finance Committee  02/02/26 
HB 5045 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  02/02/26 
HB 5048 To ensure virtual instruction for foster students while in temporary placement facilities. Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2026)
HB 5051 To modify the teacher retirement system so that Tier 2 teachers may use annual/sick leave towards retirement Pending  House Finance Committee  02/02/26 
HB 5053 To institute safeguards to verify educational quality for homeschooled students, particularly concerning core subjects and manufactured grades Pending  House Public Education Committee  02/17/26 
HB 5061 Relating to the consolidation of county school districts in the state. Pending  House Education Committee  02/03/26 
HB 5072 Creating the TechCred Program Pending  House Education Committee  02/03/26 
HB 5089 Relating to public school acceptance of student transcripts or other credentials Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2026)
HB 5090 To eliminate all vaccine requirements for school children Pending  House Education Committee  02/03/26 
HB 5115 To implement trauma-informed practices in schools Pending  House Education Committee  02/03/26 
HB 5118 Provide for statewide participation in the federal Community Eligibility Provision for its duration Pending  House Education Committee  02/03/26 
HB 5121 To mandate county boards of education to provide feminine hygiene products in all public elementary, middle, and high schools for female students Pending  House Education Committee  02/03/26 
HB 5124 Relating to the eligibility of nonpublic schools and education service providers to participate in the Hope Scholarship Program Pending  House Education Committee  02/03/26 
HB 5126 To make it explicit that both the lottery fund and the excess lottery fund can be utilized for early childhood education throughout West Virginia Pending  House Finance Committee  02/03/26 
HB 5132 Develop a new method to determine the minimum number of hours per day and per school year to be spent on instructional time. Pending  House Education Committee  02/03/26 
HB 5137 Exempting county school buses from paying the toll fees Pending  House Education Committee  02/03/26 
HB 5148 Student Bill of Rights Pending  House Education Committee  02/03/26 
HB 5163 Relating to exempting child-care programs operated by a county board of education exclusively for the children of its employees from certain licensing requirements Pending  Senate Finance Committee  03/09/26 
HB 5180 When schools have events the school needs to sell tickets at the gate as well as online and accept cash Pending  House Education Committee  02/04/26 
HB 5192 School funding calculations should be the last three-year running average or the current enrollment, whichever is highest Pending  House Education Committee  02/04/26 
HB 5194 To ban calculators and math computational devices from K-8 grade classrooms. Pending  House Education Committee  02/04/26 
HB 5205 Requiring the State Board of Education to create model policies on the use of technology and artifical intelligence in a public school classroom Pending  House Education Committee  02/05/26 
HB 5239 To increase the minimum starting salary for a teacher to $50,000 Pending  House Education Committee  02/05/26 
HB 5245 Creating the Governor’s Cup competition Pending  House Education Committee  02/05/26 
HB 5247 Establishing a pilot program to develop school-based mental and behavioral health services Pending  House Education Committee  02/05/26 
HB 5248 To create an initiative to provide minorities and males with an incentive to join the public education field Pending  House Education Committee  02/05/26 
HB 5249 Limiting the use of state funding under the Hope Scholarship Program for out-of-state private schools and providers Pending  House Education Committee  02/05/26 
HB 5257 Relating to education to children and adults housed in correctional facilities and regional jails Pending  House Education Committee  02/05/26 
HB 5265 Relating to calculating max number of students at alternative and year-round schools Pending  House Education Committee  02/05/26 
HB 5270 To allow public high schools to have full time athletic trainers Pending  House Education Committee  02/05/26 
HB 5271 Granting full time employees of county boards of education three months of paid leave following the birth of a child Pending  House Education Committee  02/05/26 
HB 5321 To guarantee timely educational evaluations and continuity of services for children entering foster care. Pending  Senate Education Committee  03/04/26 
HB 5322 Relating to Animal Abuse Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/09/26 
HB 5335 Relating to Animal Abuse Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/09/26 
HB 5338 Health Freedom for Teachers and Students Act. Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/09/26 
HB 5339 Prevent public school districts or supervisors from taking adverse action against public school employees for expressing opinions on social media or in public. Pending  House Education Committee  02/09/26 
HB 5346 Creating the school aid formula study commission Pending  House Education Committee  02/09/26 
HB 5355 If a person who is not certified is holding a teaching position in a WV public school - that position has to come up for bid every year until it is held by a certified person. Pending  House Education Committee  02/09/26 
HB 5356 Modify Funding to Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy Pending  House Finance Committee  02/09/26 
HB 5369 West Virginia Rural School Protection Act   House Education Introduced  02/09/26 
HB 5387 Relating to high school graduation requirements Pending  House Education Committee  02/10/26 
HB 5417 Relating to authorizing the use of professional fireworks displays on public school property Pending  House Education Committee  02/10/26 
HB 5420 Require the teaching of classical informal logic in public middle schools and implmenting rquirements for teachers to teach logic courses Pending  House Government Organization Committee  02/10/26 
HB 5434 Creating a moratorium for two years on school closures and providing for a pause on impending school closures. Pending  House Education Committee  02/11/26 
HB 5435 The purpose of this bill is to increase funding for rural counties in this state by adding a multiplier to the IEP calculation. Pending  House Education Committee  02/11/26 
HB 5438 To modify the foundation allowance to improve instructional programs. Signed    Governor  06/29/26 
HB 5453 To modify the school aid funding formula. Pending    Concurrence  03/14/26 
HB 5478 Establish a statewide pilot program to improve kindergarten readiness. Pending  House Finance Committee  02/23/26 
HB 5495 Creating certain requirements and accountability procedures regarding a student’s use of software in a public school. Pending  House Education Committee  02/13/26 
HB 5499 Relating to school system fiscal and governance early warning, stabilization, and accountability. Pending  House Education Committee  02/13/26 
HB 5511 To allow money to be paid to county board of education employees’ estates for accrued and unused leave if they pass away before retirement Pending  Senate Finance Committee  03/09/26 
HB 5537 Repealing obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code. Pending    Concurrence  03/14/26 
HB 5575 West Virginia Special Olympics Program. Pending  House Finance Committee  02/16/26 
HB 5577 Strengthen school bullying laws. Pending  House Education Committee  02/16/26 
HB 5583 West Virginia Seal of Civic Literacy Act. Pending  House Education Committee  02/16/26 
HB 5584 Relating to require county school boards to provide one day in-service training to prepare county employees for annual competency tests. Pending  House Education Committee  02/16/26 
HB 5586 Relating to granting an across-the-board raise for all classroom teachers. Pending  House Finance Committee  02/16/26 
HB 5587 To authorize cameras in school buses to send red light violators footage directly to the applicable law enforcement agency for ticketing and enforcement Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  03/05/26 
HB 5619 Display of National motto and Ten Commandments Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/16/26 
HB 5637 Add weighted funding back into the school aid funding formula for students with unique learning needs Pending  House Education Committee  02/17/26 
HB 5643 Allowing an LEA or public charter school to enroll, or refuse to enroll, a student who is unlawfully present in the United States Pending  House Education Committee  02/17/26 
HB 5644 To establish provisions regarding student immigration status and nationality in WV public educational institutions Pending  House Education Committee  02/17/26 
HB 5647 Relating to creating the Open and Equal Opportunities in Student Activities Act. Pending  House Education Committee  02/17/26 
HB 5663 Regarding venue for legal actions against the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/17/26 
HB 5669 Prohibiting the home schooling of children in certain circumstances Pending    2nd Reading  03/05/26 
HB 5679 To modify county school boards and county boards of directors Pending  House Education Committee  02/17/26