Bill Status - 2012 Regular Session
Committee Activity
106 Bills Pending in Committee — House Education
| Bill | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| SB 404 | Relating to issuance of barrister's teaching certificate | 02/14/12 |
| SB 568 | Relating to college and career readiness initiative | 02/22/12 |
| HB 2002 | Relating to the denial of course credits for unexcused absences in school | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2003 | Giving state institutions of higher education more flexibility in the planning and operation of their schools | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2005 | Extending the provisions of the Higher Education Flexibility Act | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2018 | Creating the Higher Education Merit Screening Advisory Committee | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2023 | Requiring that transportation to and from school be provided for each child that needs or desires transportation | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2041 | Allowing for more teachers to be reimbursed for approved course work | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2052 | Providing a loan forgiveness program for nurses, social workers, dentists and hygienists | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2053 | Providing paid childbirth leave for higher education personnel | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2060 | Requiring schools to post and make available to the public the schedules of teachers and staff | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2063 | Requiring elementary students to have access to a certified library media specialist, art specialist, music specialist and physical education specialist | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2071 | Providing for the use of neck braces by football players | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2078 | Raising the county board of education pay to that of the county commissioners | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2099 | Relating to the minimum salaries of teachers based on years experience and level of education | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2100 | Including Salem International University as an eligible institution and modifying provisions regarding eligible higher education institutions receiving PROMISE scholarship funds | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2106 | Allowing a tax deduction for all prepaid tuition contracts or college savings plan | 01/11/12 |
| 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 | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2112 | Reforming the school aid formula by reducing the regular levy deducted from county boards of education | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2118 | Prohibiting individual county board of education members from acting on behalf of the board in an individual capacity unless authorized by law | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2126 | Exempting children receiving an exemption from compulsory school attendance in favor of church school from standardized testing requirement | 01/11/12 |
| 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 | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2128 | Relating to itinerant status for school service personnel | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2130 | Providing a salary supplement for providers of medicaid eligible services in the public schools | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2131 | Setting standards for assignment of high school athletic directors | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2134 | Requiring all high schools include in their health classes a course in fetal development | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2143 | Salary increases for school service employees based upon residential housing costs | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2147 | Relating to the use of personal leave days by a surviving spouse of a deceased employee of a school board | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2154 | Establishing school service personnel class title and pay grade for the positions of "Administrative Assistant" and "Legal Secretary" | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2164 | Relating to public school support computation of local share | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2167 | Relating to the hiring of substitute service personnel by county school boards | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2195 | Increasing salary increments paid to principals and assistant principals | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2197 | Allowing guidance counselors to compete equally for all guidance counselor positions | 01/11/12 |
| 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 | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2215 | Exempting undergraduate students attending state colleges or universities for the first two years postgraduation, from the payment of state income tax | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2217 | Allowing certain county boards of education to operate their schools on a four-day school week | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2220 | Consolidating purchasing by county boards of education | 01/11/12 |
| 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 | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2249 | Prohibiting the use of calculators for teaching purposes in grades K through eight | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2253 | Providing additional state minimum salary for certain teachers | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2256 | Relating to approval of a student for homebound services and their rights | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2257 | Authorizing and encouraging county boards of education to share services of central office administrative personnel | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2280 | Relating to redemption or repayment of PROMISE scholarship funds when a student drops or withdraws from classes | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2285 | Directing the State Board of Education to determine what principal and teacher reports are unnecessary | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2302 | Providing an annual $5,000 bonus to teachers of advanced placement math and science classes | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2304 | Relating to the employment and compensation of school service personnel | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2321 | Giving teachers credit toward the pay scale for completing an accredited seminary | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2323 | The Family Education Tax Credit Act | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2324 | Special Needs Scholarship Program | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2329 | Reimbursing teachers for recertification fees | 01/11/12 |
| 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 | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2338 | Relating to the employment and compensation of school service personnel | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2353 | Allowing the State Superintendent of Schools to designate certain geographical areas as a "School Choice Zone" | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2356 | Requiring county boards of education to employ a certified library media specialist in each county school | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2380 | Increasing the pay grade of cafeteria managers | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2389 | Setting compensation standards for classified employees who work overtime on weekends or holidays | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2394 | Protecting academic speech of professional educators | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2414 | Instituting a "Celebrate Freedom Week" and requiring the instruction in the study of the Declaration of Independence and other American historical documents | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2435 | Allowing the school building authority to designate money for the building of playgrounds | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2478 | Charter Schools Act | 01/11/12 |
| 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 | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2500 | Relating to school personnel | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2508 | Providing for a credit against the West Virginia personal income tax liability in the amount of payments made on student loans | 01/11/12 |
| 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 | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2723 | Protecting academic freedom in higher education | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2726 | Giving all school personnel, including teachers and service personnel and retired teachers a raise | 01/11/12 |
| 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 | 01/11/12 |
| 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 | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2825 | Relating to tuition and fee waivers for members of the West Virginia State Police to attend a college or university | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2889 | Creating the "Jason Flatt Act of 2011" | 01/11/12 |
| HB 2920 | Establishing a tax credit for graduates of a higher education institution | 01/11/12 |
| HB 3035 | Preventing teachers from being assigned additional responsibilities during planning period | 01/11/12 |
| HB 3048 | Requiring public schools to institute mandatory recycling programs | 01/11/12 |
| HB 3051 | The Parent Empowerment and Choice Act | 01/11/12 |
| HB 3055 | Retaining nursing educators | 01/11/12 |
| HB 3059 | Relating to teacher pay rate for work assignment outside regular school day or beyond a contracted employment period | 01/11/12 |
| HB 3069 | Returning funding levels of regional educational service agencies to original levels | 01/11/12 |
| HB 3135 | Decreasing the student to teacher ratio in kindergarten through sixth grades | 01/11/12 |
| HB 3148 | Relating to residency requirements for persons appointed as campus police officers | 01/11/12 |
| HB 3211 | Adding school social workers to the list of professional personnel who may receive salary supplement and educational expense reimbursement | 01/11/12 |
| HB 4014 | Creating the "Jason Flatt Act of 2012" | 01/12/12 |
| HB 4031 | Requiring kindergarten programs be provided for children who have attained the age of five prior to the August 1 school year | 01/12/12 |
| HB 4073 | Increasing the amount of compensation a member of a county board of education may receive for attending certain meetings | 01/13/12 |
| HB 4235 | Allowing flexibility within county school systems | 01/20/12 |
| HB 4270 | Providing that a member of the service personnel in the system may be hired as a coach when there is no qualified teacher in the system | 01/23/12 |
| HB 4309 | Clarifying that a child who is physically healthy and presumed safe is a neglected child if the child is habitually absent from school | 01/26/12 |
| HB 4323 | Permitting the issuance of a barrister's certificate to teach course specific curricula in public schools | 01/27/12 |
| HB 4333 | Relating to the School Building Authority | 01/27/12 |
| HB 4340 | Requiring the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission to propose legislative rules concerning concussions | 01/30/12 |
| HB 4370 | Reforming the school aid formula | 02/01/12 |
| HB 4435 | Increasing the educational increment for school service personnel | 02/06/12 |
| HB 4442 | Requiring automated external defibrillators in public schools | 02/07/12 |
| HB 4454 | Adopting policies to promote school attendance | 02/08/12 |
| HB 4455 | Requiring that handicap restroom facilities and stalls in all colleges and universities be constructed with automatic doors | 02/08/12 |
| HB 4467 | Reforming the school aide formula | 02/08/12 |
| HB 4470 | Relating to the State Board of Education | 02/09/12 |
| HB 4536 | Relating to compulsory school attendance | 02/15/12 |
| HB 4545 | Relating to date changes for notice of transfer or dismissal of school personnel | 02/15/12 |
| HB 4570 | Changing the student-school nurse staffing ratio | 02/16/12 |
| HB 4591 | Establishing a pilot program for school age expectant mothers | 02/17/12 |
| HB 4593 | Allowing for the participation of home schooled students in certain secondary school activities | 02/17/12 |
| HB 4594 | Requiring inclusion of science fiction reading material in certain existing middle school and high school courses | 02/17/12 |
| HB 4597 | Permitting volunteer firefighters to automatically qualify for Promise Scholarships | 02/17/12 |
| HB 4608 | Relating to the powers and duties of Higher Education Policy Commission | 02/17/12 |
| HB 4620 | Modifying the restriction on the number of terms that a chairperson of an institutional governing board of higher education may serve | 02/20/12 |
| HB 4625 | Relating to the school access safety act | 02/20/12 |