Bill Status - 2011 Regular Session
Committee Activity
120 Bills Pending in Committee — House Education
| Bill | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| SB 229 | Creating Math and Science Teacher Loan Assistance Program | 03/01/11 |
| SB 280 | Changing certain deadlines associated with employment of school personnel | 02/15/11 |
| SB 447 | Relating to violations of school attendance requirements | 03/03/11 |
| SB 467 | Requiring incidence reports when teachers are unlawfully assigned any responsibility during their planning period | 03/02/11 |
| SB 516 | Requiring state board establish digital learning program | 03/01/11 |
| HB 2002 | Relating to the denial of course credits for unexcused absences in school | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2003 | Giving state institutions of higher education more flexibility in the planning and operation of their schools | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2005 | Extending the provisions of the Higher Education Flexibility Act | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2018 | Creating the Higher Education Merit Screening Advisory Committee | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2023 | Requiring that transportation to and from school be provided for each child that needs or desires transportation | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2031 | Relating to the reporting of assaults, batteries and other incidents on school property | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2041 | Allowing for more teachers to be reimbursed for approved course work | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2052 | Providing a loan forgiveness program for nurses, social workers, dentists and hygienists | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2053 | Providing paid childbirth leave for higher education personnel | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2060 | Requiring schools to post and make available to the public the schedules of teachers and staff | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2063 | Requiring elementary students to have access to a certified library media specialist, art specialist, music specialist and physical education specialist | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2070 | Requiring the subject of physics as a required course in all public secondary schools for graduation | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2071 | Providing for the use of neck braces by football players | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2074 | Permitting a retired law-enforcement officer to be employed by a county board of education as a resource prevention officer | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2078 | Raising the county board of education pay to that of the county commissioners | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2088 | Providing for increased compensation for aides and paraprofessionals with large numbers of pupils in kindergarten and grades one through six | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2099 | Relating to the minimum salaries of teachers based on years experience and level of education | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2100 | Including Salem International University as an eligible institution and modifying provisions regarding eligible higher education institutions receiving PROMISE scholarship funds | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2106 | Allowing a tax deduction for all prepaid tuition contracts or college savings plan | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2108 | 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 | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2112 | Reforming the school aid formula by reducing the regular levy deducted from county boards of education | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2116 | Reducing staff development programs for school personnel from eighteen hours to twelve hours | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2118 | Prohibiting individual county board of education members from acting on behalf of the board in an individual capacity unless authorized by law | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2126 | Exempting children receiving an exemption from compulsory school attendance in favor of church school from standardized testing requirement | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2127 | Providing full daily rate of pay for substitute teachers if they have in excess of ten instructional days in the same school year | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2128 | Relating to itinerant status for school service personnel | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2130 | Providing a salary supplement for providers of medicaid eligible services in the public schools | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2131 | Setting standards for assignment of high school athletic directors | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2134 | Requiring all high schools include in their health classes a course in fetal development | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2139 | 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 | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2143 | Salary increases for school service employees based upon residential housing costs | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2147 | Relating to the use of personal leave days by a surviving spouse of a deceased employee of a school board | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2148 | Providing a tax credit for scholarship donations | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2154 | Establishing school service personnel class title and pay grade for the positions of "Administrative Assistant" and "Legal Secretary" | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2167 | Relating to the hiring of substitute service personnel by county school boards | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2195 | Increasing salary increments paid to principals and assistant principals | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2197 | Allowing guidance counselors to compete equally for all guidance counselor positions | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2211 | 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 | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2215 | Exempting undergraduate students attending state colleges or universities for the first two years postgraduation, from the payment of state income tax | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2217 | Allowing certain county boards of education to operate their schools on a four-day school week | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2220 | Consolidating purchasing by county boards of education | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2221 | 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 | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2249 | Prohibiting the use of calculators for teaching purposes in grades K through eight | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2253 | Providing additional state minimum salary for certain teachers | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2256 | Relating to approval of a student for homebound services and their rights | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2257 | Authorizing and encouraging county boards of education to share services of central office administrative personnel | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2266 | Requiring the State Board of Education to promulgate rule implementing a tornado safety awareness plan in public schools | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2280 | Relating to redemption or repayment of PROMISE scholarship funds when a student drops or withdraws from classes | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2285 | Directing the State Board of Education to determine what principal and teacher reports are unnecessary | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2302 | Providing an annual $5,000 bonus to teachers of advanced placement math and science classes | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2304 | Relating to the employment and compensation of school service personnel | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2317 | Redefining planning periods for teachers | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2321 | Giving teachers credit toward the pay scale for completing an accredited seminary | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2323 | The Family Education Tax Credit Act | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2324 | Special Needs Scholarship Program | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2329 | Reimbursing teachers for recertification fees | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2334 | 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 | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2338 | Relating to the employment and compensation of school service personnel | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2353 | Allowing the State Superintendent of Schools to designate certain geographical areas as a "School Choice Zone" | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2356 | Requiring county boards of education to employ a certified library media specialist in each county school | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2365 | Preventing a professional educator from taking a coaching position away from a current coach | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2377 | Setting standards for assignment of high school athletic directors | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2380 | Increasing the pay grade of cafeteria managers | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2389 | Setting compensation standards for classified employees who work overtime on weekends or holidays | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2394 | Protecting academic speech of professional educators | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2414 | Instituting a "Celebrate Freedom Week" and requiring the instruction in the study of the Declaration of Independence and other American historical documents | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2435 | Allowing the school building authority to designate money for the building of playgrounds | 01/12/11 |
| HB 2478 | Charter Schools Act | 01/14/11 |
| HB 2483 | Authorizing public school teachers to purchase one personal computer and related devices per year from the state contract for use outside the classroom | 01/14/11 |
| HB 2485 | Establishing a corporate tax credit up to fifty percent of the corporation's net income tax for contributions to scholarship funds | 01/14/11 |
| HB 2496 | Allowing comparable credit at trade or vocational schools approved by the state board to count towards certain service personnel pay rates | 01/14/11 |
| HB 2501 | Relating to donation and transfer of surplus state owned personal computers for educational purposes | 01/14/11 |
| HB 2508 | Providing for a credit against the West Virginia personal income tax liability in the amount of payments made on student loans | 01/17/11 |
| HB 2523 | Permitting a retired person to accept employment as a substitute teacher without affecting monthly retirement benefits | 01/17/11 |
| HB 2560 | Relating to the employment of personnel in public schools | 01/19/11 |
| HB 2563 | Relating to reimbursement of tuition, registration and other required fees for course work completed by teachers | 01/19/11 |
| HB 2660 | Allowing fireworks displays on public school property upon approval of the State Superintendent of Schools and the State Fire Marshal | 01/20/11 |
| HB 2669 | Relating to persons who do not qualify for professional certificates who are issued certificates to serve in the public schools as athletic coaches | 01/20/11 |
| HB 2673 | Directing the State Board of Education to develop a program of instruction on macroeconomics | 01/20/11 |
| HB 2675 | West Virginia Public School Employment Relations Act | 01/20/11 |
| HB 2681 | Waiving tuition and fees for members of the WV State Police | 01/20/11 |
| HB 2704 | Adding to the definition of harassment, intimidation or bullying | 01/21/11 |
| HB 2723 | Protecting academic freedom in higher education | 01/21/11 |
| HB 2726 | Giving all school personnel, including teachers and service personnel and retired teachers a raise | 01/21/11 |
| HB 2731 | Authorizing a tax credit for new teachers in critical needs areas | 01/21/11 |
| HB 2738 | Creating the math and science teacher loan assistance program | 01/21/11 |
| HB 2756 | Relating to the improvement of schools and school districts | 01/24/11 |
| HB 2778 | Extending the expiration date of employment of retired teachers beyond the post-retirement employment limit | 01/24/11 |
| HB 2783 | 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 | 01/24/11 |
| HB 2797 | 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 | 01/24/11 |
| HB 2825 | Relating to tuition and fee waivers for members of the West Virginia State Police to attend a college or university | 01/24/11 |
| HB 2838 | Relating to alternative principal and teacher certification | 01/25/11 |
| HB 2868 | Requiring every county board of education to employ a nurse in each public school | 01/26/11 |
| HB 2920 | Establishing a tax credit for graduates of a higher education institution | 01/28/11 |
| HB 2954 | Relating to the construction, planning and location of comprehensive career technical education facilities | 02/01/11 |
| HB 3035 | Preventing teachers from being assigned additional responsibilities during planning period | 02/07/11 |
| HB 3039 | Replacing the different classifications for school cooks with a single classification and increasing the salary for the cook position | 02/07/11 |
| HB 3048 | Requiring public schools to institute mandatory recycling programs | 02/08/11 |
| HB 3051 | The Parent Empowerment and Choice Act | 02/08/11 |
| HB 3055 | Retaining nursing educators | 02/08/11 |
| HB 3059 | Relating to teacher pay rate for work assignment outside regular school day or beyond a contracted employment period | 02/08/11 |
| HB 3062 | Reforming the school aid formula | 02/08/11 |
| HB 3069 | Returning funding levels of regional educational service agencies to original levels | 02/09/11 |
| HB 3081 | Permitting the use of reasonable corporal punishment by a teacher or administrator | 02/09/11 |
| HB 3104 | Relating to health professionals student loan programs | 02/11/11 |
| HB 3130 | Removing the dollar cap on the funding formula for Regional Education Service Agencies | 02/15/11 |
| HB 3135 | Decreasing the student to teacher ratio in kindergarten through sixth grades | 02/15/11 |
| HB 3148 | Relating to residency requirements for persons appointed as campus police officers | 02/15/11 |
| HB 3151 | Requiring that national assessment of educational progress program tests be administered during the last week of the academic school year | 02/15/11 |
| HB 3152 | Relating to tests and methods to annually assess the basic skills of achievement and proficiency of home schooled students and students in private, parochial or church schools | 02/15/11 |
| HB 3195 | Providing eligibility for a license to teach in the public schools for candidates who are not United States citizens | 02/18/11 |
| HB 3199 | Creating a pathway to proficiency for third graders though eleventh graders | 02/18/11 |
| HB 3211 | Adding school social workers to the list of professional personnel who may receive salary supplement and educational expense reimbursement | 02/21/11 |
| HB 3245 | Establishing "The School Truancy Pilot Study Project Act" | 02/21/11 |
| HB 3264 | Designating $10 million of the State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund for the funding of high school and middle school athletics | 02/21/11 |