Bill Status - 2009 Regular Session
Committee Activity
129 Bills Pending in Committee — House Education
| Bill | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| SB 56 | Awarding National Board for Professional Teaching Standards salary bonus to certain teachers | 03/31/09 |
| SB 57 | Relating to certain school coaches' requirements | 03/26/09 |
| SB 257 | Creating nonvoting student member position on county boards of education | 04/01/09 |
| SB 274 | Allowing county boards of education enter into lease-purchase agreements | 04/01/09 |
| SB 513 | Relating to hiring, termination, transfer and reassignment of school personnel | 03/31/09 |
| SB 635 | Relating to Process for Improving Education Council | 04/01/09 |
| HB 2001 | Providing additional state minimum salary for certain teachers | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2005 | Requiring schools to post and make available to the public the schedules of teachers and staff | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2013 | Increasing salary increments paid to principals and assistant principals | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2017 | Authorizing and encouraging county boards of education to share services of central office administrative personnel | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2020 | Exempting children receiving an exemption from compulsory school attendance in favor of church school from standardized testing requirement | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2024 | Reducing staff development programs for school personnel from eighteen hours to twelve hours | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2031 | Permitting firework displays on public school property provided the State Superintendent and the Fire Marshal approve the display | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2037 | Relating to requirements for PROMISE scholarships | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2044 | Including Salem International University as an eligible institution and modifying provisions regarding eligible higher education institutions receiving PROMISE scholarship funds | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2067 | Allowing a tax deduction for all prepaid tuition contracts or college savings plan | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2085 | Providing county boards of education may study the economic feasibility of exercising an option of engaging in cooperative agreements with local public or regional transit authorities to transport students | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2093 | Providing a framework to avoid imposition of policies and practices on the public schools that distract from a thorough and efficient education | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2095 | Faculty Excellence Act | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2096 | Requiring the subject of physics as a required course in all public secondary schools for graduation | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2101 | Providing for a credit against the West Virginia personal income tax liability in the amount of payments made on student loans | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2118 | Requiring the State Board of Education to promulgate rule implementing a tornado safety awareness plan in public schools | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2119 | Changing the compulsory school attendance for children in the state from sixteen to eighteen years of age | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2121 | Making armed assault or conspiracy to commit armed assault upon school property or school personnel or students a felony | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2126 | Requiring that the State School Board ensure that no class size for grades seven through twelve be greater than twenty-five students to every one teacher | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2131 | Providing West Virginia students with a partial PROMISE scholarship for schooling outside this state for the reason that no in-state institution offers a course for a major or a degree in the student's desired field | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2132 | Relating to allowing bus operators for county school systems to carry-over years of experience operating buses for purposes of determining seniority | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2147 | Reforming the school aid formula by reducing the regular levy deducted from county boards of education | 02/11/09 |
| HB 2245 | Relating to the denial of course credits for unexcused absences in school | 02/12/09 |
| HB 2249 | Allowing comparable credit at trade or vocational schools approved by the State Board to count towards service personnel pay rates | 02/12/09 |
| HB 2256 | Exempting undergraduate students attending state colleges or universities for the first two years postgraduation, from the payment of state income tax | 02/12/09 |
| HB 2258 | Providing full daily rate of pay for substitute teachers if they have in excess of ten instructional days in the same school year | 02/12/09 |
| HB 2269 | Relating to approval of a student for homebound services and their rights | 02/12/09 |
| HB 2271 | Relating to itinerant status for school service personnel | 02/12/09 |
| HB 2277 | Providing for the use of neck braces by football players | 02/12/09 |
| HB 2284 | Prohibiting individual county board of education members from acting on behalf of the board in an individual capacity unless authorized by law | 02/12/09 |
| HB 2288 | Changing compulsory school attendance until age eighteen or until the student graduates | 02/12/09 |
| HB 2297 | Establishing a secure residential school for juvenile status offenders | 02/12/09 |
| HB 2311 | Allowing certain county boards of education to operate their schools on a four-day school week | 02/12/09 |
| HB 2326 | Allowing county school boards to establish a four-day school week and collect fees for use of school buildings on the fifth day | 02/12/09 |
| HB 2327 | Providing cost-of-living benefits to retired teachers funded from the severance tax collections on natural gas | 02/12/09 |
| HB 2329 | Requiring all high schools include in their health classes a course in fetal development | 02/12/09 |
| HB 2330 | Requiring that all decisions regarding certain reductions in full-time classified personnel workforce at state institutions of higher education be made on the basis of seniority | 02/12/09 |
| HB 2331 | Allowing teachers who graduated from colleges and universities that are not accredited by associations recognized in West Virginia, to obtain a teaching certificate based on their certification in another state | 02/12/09 |
| HB 2340 | Approving fee waivers for certain students and faculty and staff at institutions of higher education and providing that nonresident faculty and staff may get the exemption only up to the amount of in-state tuition | 02/13/09 |
| HB 2341 | Requiring the State Board of Education to create a school drug safety program | 02/13/09 |
| HB 2349 | Providing for continuing contract status for teachers and establishing dismissal and suspension procedures | 02/13/09 |
| HB 2352 | Providing nonsupervisory employees of the West Virginia State Board of Education with the same protections against summary dismissal as are applicable to employees of county boards of education | 02/13/09 |
| HB 2370 | Providing for increased compensation for aides and paraprofessionals with large numbers of pupils in kindergarten and grades one through six | 02/13/09 |
| HB 2376 | Allowing a school service mechanic to have experience, training and certifications considered towards his or her pay rate | 02/13/09 |
| HB 2379 | Salary increases for school service employees based upon residential housing costs | 02/13/09 |
| HB 2381 | Relating to the employment and compensation of school service personnel | 02/13/09 |
| HB 2384 | Allowing the State Superintendent of Schools to designate certain geographical areas as a "School Choice Zone" | 02/13/09 |
| HB 2392 | Setting standards for assignment of high school athletic directors | 02/13/09 |
| HB 2397 | Providing a salary supplement for providers of medicaid eligible services in the public schools | 02/13/09 |
| HB 2399 | Providing for tuition and fee waiver for certain child survivors of domestic violence deaths | 02/13/09 |
| HB 2402 | Relating to the annual school calendar | 02/13/09 |
| HB 2435 | Creating a new pay grade classification of "bus operator II" | 02/16/09 |
| HB 2437 | Relating to the use of personal leave days by a surviving spouse of a deceased employee of a school board | 02/16/09 |
| HB 2453 | Providing a tax credit for scholarship donations | 02/16/09 |
| HB 2481 | Giving state institutions of higher education more flexibility in the planning and operation of their schools | 02/16/09 |
| HB 2500 | Establishing school service personnel class title and pay grade for the positions of "Administrative Assistant" and "Legal Secretary" | 02/17/09 |
| HB 2508 | Permitting county board of education the power to employ the most qualified person to be athletic and other extracurricular coaches | 02/17/09 |
| HB 2510 | Allowing guidance counselors to compete equally for all guidance counselor positions | 02/17/09 |
| HB 2513 | Pay incentives for teachers who teach in their core field degree | 02/17/09 |
| HB 2515 | Consolidating purchasing by county boards of education | 02/17/09 |
| HB 2519 | Allowing fireworks displays on public school property upon approval of the State Superintendent of Schools and the State Fire Marshal | 02/17/09 |
| HB 2542 | "Jason Flatt Act of 2009" | 02/17/09 |
| HB 2550 | Extending the provisions of the Higher Education Flexibility Act | 02/17/09 |
| HB 2551 | Instituting a "Celebrate Freedom Week" and requiring the instruction in the study of the Declaration of Independence and other American historical documents | 02/17/09 |
| HB 2558 | Exempting from taxation certain property owned by a nonprofit organization | 02/17/09 |
| HB 2559 | Directing the State Board of Education to determine what principal and teacher reports are unnecessary | 02/17/09 |
| HB 2580 | Directing the State Board of Education to develop a program of instruction on macroeconomics | 02/18/09 |
| HB 2582 | Establishing a corporate tax credit up to fifty percent of the corporation's net income tax for contributions to scholarship funds | 02/18/09 |
| HB 2589 | Relating to persons who do not qualify for professional certificates who are issued certificates to serve in the public schools as athletic coaches | 02/18/09 |
| HB 2599 | Changing the PROMISE Scholarship Program to the PROMISE Forgivable Student Loan Program and establishing deferment and forgiveness conditions | 02/18/09 |
| HB 2604 | West Virginia Public School Employment Relations Act | 02/18/09 |
| HB 2617 | Waving tuition and fees for members of the WV State Police | 02/18/09 |
| HB 2631 | West Virginia Public School Employment Relations Act | 02/18/09 |
| HB 2670 | Giving all school personnel, including teachers and service personnel and retired teachers a raise | 02/19/09 |
| HB 2700 | Protecting academic freedom in higher education | 02/20/09 |
| HB 2714 | Specifying the types of topics that are to be covered in school programs on personal finance | 02/20/09 |
| HB 2718 | Authorizing public school teachers to purchase one personal computer and related devices per year from the state contract for use outside the classroom | 02/20/09 |
| HB 2730 | Authorizing a tax credit for new teachers in critical needs areas | 02/20/09 |
| HB 2732 | Requiring county boards of education to employ a certified library media specialist in each county school | 02/23/09 |
| HB 2749 | Permitting home school children to participate in athletic and other extracurricular activities of secondary schools | 02/23/09 |
| HB 2804 | Preventing a professional educator from taking a coaching position away from a current coach | 02/25/09 |
| HB 2834 | Capping the amount of a PROMISE scholarship, dissolving the PROMISE Board, and reconstituting the Financial Aid Advisory Board | 02/26/09 |
| HB 2865 | Exempting certain children from having to provide the otherwise appropriate written excuse from a physician or school nurse for a prolonged absence | 02/27/09 |
| HB 2872 | Allowing county school boards to enter into energy-saving contracts | 02/27/09 |
| HB 2921 | Relating to tuition and fee waivers for members of the West Virginia State Police to attend a college or university | 03/03/09 |
| HB 2922 | Prohibiting credit card solicitation of students on college campuses | 03/03/09 |
| HB 2955 | Removing West Virginia University of Technology from the merger with West Virginia University | 03/05/09 |
| HB 2984 | Relating to the hiring of substitute service personnel by county school boards | 03/09/09 |
| HB 3006 | Relating to the hiring, termination, transfer and reassignment of teachers and school personnel | 03/09/09 |
| HB 3025 | Raising the county board of education pay to that of the county commissioners | 03/10/09 |
| HB 3026 | Providing a two-tiered personal income tax credit to parents or legal guardians who provide home or private, primary or secondary education for their children | 03/10/09 |
| HB 3031 | Protecting academic speech of professional educators | 03/10/09 |
| HB 3064 | Providing that persons sixty-five years of age or older may be admitted to athletic and other extracurricular activities of secondary schools without payment of admission fees | 03/11/09 |
| HB 3085 | Allowing male teachers to use sick leave to attend prenatal care appointments with spouse | 03/12/09 |
| HB 3093 | Relating to the definition of a transfer for classroom teachers | 03/12/09 |
| HB 3109 | Requiring reporting of assaults, batteries and other incidents on school property | 03/13/09 |
| HB 3137 | Special Needs Scholarship Program | 03/13/09 |
| HB 3138 | Providing paid childbirth leave for higher education personnel | 03/13/09 |
| HB 3150 | Requiring school boards to set and maintain reliable bussing schedules for bussing students and limiting the duration of travel for the students | 03/16/09 |
| HB 3157 | Relating to allowing a county board of education to enter into lease-purchase agreements and allowing the School Building Authority to provide one-time grants to a county board of education for that purpose | 03/16/09 |
| HB 3167 | Decreasing the student to nurse staffing ratio and eliminating a county's ability to contract out nursing services | 03/17/09 |
| HB 3173 | Setting compensation standards for classified employees who work overtime on weekends or holidays | 03/17/09 |
| HB 3180 | Providing a salary increase for school service personnel and rectifying certain inequities in the salary schedule and pay grades | 03/17/09 |
| HB 3186 | Increasing the stipend paid to mentor teachers and enforcing teacher mentor provisions | 03/17/09 |
| HB 3188 | Relating to the Higher Education Merit Screening Advisory Committee | 03/17/09 |
| HB 3191 | Requiring public and private institutions of higher learning to present plans to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance that involve making their campuses more "military or veteran friendly" | 03/18/09 |
| HB 3215 | Eliminating the start and the end date of the instructional term for public schools and increasing the number of instructional days | 03/18/09 |
| HB 3217 | Decreasing a teacher's professional development days from six days per year to three | 03/18/09 |
| HB 3234 | Requiring that fetal models be displayed in public schools | 03/19/09 |
| HB 3235 | Prohibiting the use of calculators for teaching purposes in grades K through eight | 03/19/09 |
| HB 3257 | Providing a loan forgiveness program for nurses, social workers, dentists and hygienists | 03/20/09 |
| HB 3260 | Requiring the accumulation of one and one-half years of instruction in the study of the Declaration of Independence and other founding American historical documents, including the Bill of Rights, before high school graduation | 03/20/09 |
| HB 3272 | Providing a five percent increase in teacher's salaries and adding pay increment categories for teachers with additional hours of graduate work | 03/20/09 |
| HB 3277 | Changing West Virginia University at Parkersburg from a community and technical college and merging it with West Virginia University | 03/23/09 |
| HB 3280 | Relating to higher education capital facilities | 03/23/09 |
| HB 3282 | Relating to PROMISE Scholarship requirements | 03/23/09 |
| HB 3286 | The Eustace Frederick Preengineering and Technology Education Programs | 03/23/09 |
| HB 3308 | Prohibiting members of the same family within a certain degree of relationship to occupy more than one seat on a board of education simultaneously | 03/23/09 |
| HB 3310 | Increasing the salary adjustment for those educational professions with national certifications | 03/23/09 |
| HB 3319 | Permitting the parents of an autistic student to seek a change in the student's aide or mentor | 03/23/09 |
| HB 3320 | The Family Education Tax Credit Act | 03/23/09 |
| HB 3330 | Charter Schools Act | 03/23/09 |
| HB 3338 | Integrating the operations of the Community and Technical College at West Virginia University Institute of Technology into West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 03/23/09 |