Bill Status - 2015 Regular Session
Committee Activity
93 Bills Pending in Committee — House Education
| Bill | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| SB 457 | Relating to selection of school athletic coaches or other extracurricular activities coaches | 03/03/15 |
| HB 2007 | Requiring CPR to be taught in the public school system | 01/14/15 |
| HB 2014 | West Virginia Public Charter Schools Act of 2015 | 01/14/15 |
| HB 2020 | Relating to requirements for PROMISE scholarships | 01/14/15 |
| HB 2032 | Increasing salary increments paid to principals and assistant principals | 01/14/15 |
| HB 2056 | Making clear that the Pledge of Allegiance said each instructional day in West Virginia public schools shall include the phrase "one nation under God." | 01/14/15 |
| HB 2058 | Providing for the use of neck braces by football players | 01/15/15 |
| HB 2077 | Requiring county boards of education to provide released time for professional educators and service personnel when serving in an elected municipal or county office | 01/15/15 |
| HB 2082 | Requiring county boards of education to employ a certified library media specialist in each county school | 01/15/15 |
| HB 2094 | Creating an environmental awareness program in the West Virginia School system | 01/19/15 |
| HB 2107 | Relating to required courses of school instruction generally | 01/20/15 |
| HB 2112 | Providing that school nutrition plans include take home meals for low income students | 01/20/15 |
| HB 2118 | Relating to school nutrition standards during a state of emergency or state of preparedness | 02/18/15 |
| HB 2123 | Requiring students to attend school until the age of eighteen | 01/20/15 |
| HB 2146 | Allowing a public school's recognition of, and education, regarding traditional winter celebrations | 01/20/15 |
| HB 2155 | Increasing pay to teachers and service personnel | 01/20/15 |
| HB 2156 | Relating to the State Board of Education | 01/20/15 |
| HB 2163 | Increasing salaries for school service personnel | 01/21/15 |
| HB 2164 | Providing pay increases for teachers and counselors | 01/21/15 |
| HB 2183 | Relating to salary increase for school personnel | 01/21/15 |
| HB 2184 | Discontinuing the use of common core standards and assessments in the state | 01/21/15 |
| HB 2188 | Relating to compulsory school attendance | 01/21/15 |
| HB 2194 | Relating to the School Building Authority | 01/21/15 |
| HB 2228 | Modifying the funding ratio of school students to counselors | 01/22/15 |
| HB 2250 | Allowing parents or the school to serve sweets during the holidays if the school receives parental or guardian consent | 01/23/15 |
| HB 2261 | Requiring automated external defibrillators in public schools | 01/23/15 |
| HB 2267 | Authorizing a county school board to adopt a policy that allows an inspirational message | 01/23/15 |
| HB 2270 | Protecting academic freedom in higher education | 01/23/15 |
| HB 2271 | Relating to state control of county schools | 01/23/15 |
| HB 2372 | Relating to school calendars | 01/26/15 |
| HB 2388 | Requiring the State Board of Education to cause school buses to be equipped with safety belts | 01/27/15 |
| HB 2392 | Adding flexibility for use of certain public school support plan amounts | 01/27/15 |
| HB 2412 | Relating to disclosure of sex offender registration to public and private elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education | 01/27/15 |
| HB 2413 | Providing pay rates for teachers and other personnel employed by county boards of education and institutions of higher education for work assignments outside of regular school days | 01/27/15 |
| HB 2414 | Permitting a salary increase for certain kindergarten aides and early childhood classroom assistant teachers | 01/27/15 |
| HB 2422 | Removing the requirement that home schooled students have to acquire a general equivalency degree (GED) in order to qualify for the promise scholarship | 01/27/15 |
| HB 2425 | Requiring a test that is identical to the civics portion of the naturalization test in order to graduate from high school or obtain a General Educational Development (GED) diploma | 01/27/15 |
| HB 2438 | Increasing the educational increment for school service personnel | 01/27/15 |
| HB 2442 | Relating to employment of retired teachers as substitutes in areas of critical need and shortage for substitutes | 01/27/15 |
| HB 2443 | Relating to required instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid in public school health education subjects | 01/27/15 |
| HB 2446 | Permitting the possession of firearms on the grounds of higher education institutions by all persons with valid licenses | 01/28/15 |
| HB 2451 | Providing that recess periods or other such time allocated for student physical activity during the regular class day may not be reduced | 01/28/15 |
| HB 2453 | Relating to educational benefits for dependents of deceased or disabled veterans | 01/28/15 |
| HB 2458 | Prohibiting school employees from promoting abortion | 01/28/15 |
| HB 2465 | Authorizing the election of and specifying qualifications for nonappointed members of the West Virginia Board of Education | 01/28/15 |
| HB 2470 | Relating to nursing education faculty | 01/28/15 |
| HB 2486 | Relating to school curricular standards and assessments | 01/28/15 |
| HB 2491 | Requiring the State Board of Education to conduct a study and periodically publish starting salary schedules for new hire teachers | 01/28/15 |
| HB 2499 | Making available elective courses on the history of the old and new testaments of the bible | 01/29/15 |
| HB 2510 | Relating to school celebrations, recognition programs and events | 02/13/15 |
| HB 2513 | Relating to school personnel, employment term and class titles of service personnel and definitions | 01/29/15 |
| HB 2516 | Awarding of a posthumous high school diploma to parents of a high school senior who dies during the senior year; "Todd's Law" | 01/30/15 |
| HB 2528 | Providing scholarships for certain former coal miners | 02/02/15 |
| HB 2530 | Establishing a Library Facilities Improvement Fund | 02/02/15 |
| HB 2563 | Requiring the State Superintendent of Schools to be elected on a nonpartisan basis | 02/02/15 |
| HB 2564 | Relating to school curricular standards and assessments | 02/02/15 |
| HB 2567 | Electing members of county school boards on a nonpartisan basis in general elections only | 02/02/15 |
| HB 2572 | Allowing certain county boards of education to operate their schools on a four-day school week | 02/03/15 |
| HB 2577 | Consolidating purchasing by county boards of education | 02/03/15 |
| HB 2579 | Allowing a tax deduction for all prepaid tuition contracts or college savings plan | 02/03/15 |
| HB 2582 | Requiring the State Board of Education to cause school buses to be equipped with safety belts | 02/04/15 |
| HB 2594 | Requiring that all higher education institutions in the state award credit to transfer students for similar courses completed at a different institution | 02/04/15 |
| HB 2599 | Exempting personal income earned by individuals working as teachers at primary and secondary schools from personal income tax | 02/04/15 |
| HB 2617 | Lengthening the residency requirement necessary to be eligible for the PROMISE Scholarship | 02/05/15 |
| HB 2623 | Establishing guidelines and materials to inform and educate students, parents and coaches about the nature and warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest | 02/05/15 |
| HB 2642 | Reducing personnel employed by the West Virginia Department of Education | 02/06/15 |
| HB 2672 | Requiring that public schools provide facilities for students of all faiths and religions to have a place of fellowship, prayer and worship | 02/09/15 |
| HB 2685 | Relating to eligible uses of prepaid tuition plans generally | 02/10/15 |
| HB 2690 | Relating to student safety on higher education campuses | 02/11/15 |
| HB 2725 | Permitting playground facilities to be part of a school construction project | 02/13/15 |
| HB 2749 | Relating to the secondary schools athletic commission | 02/13/15 |
| HB 2774 | Relating to public school standards and assessments | 02/16/15 |
| HB 2786 | Prohibiting transfers of school personnel to other positions under certain conditions | 02/17/15 |
| HB 2788 | Providing school days to register and transport students to vote | 02/17/15 |
| HB 2799 | Requiring all high schools to teach fetal development | 02/18/15 |
| HB 2815 | Authorizing certain state institutions of higher education to invest unlimited funds with their respective nonprofit foundations | 02/19/15 |
| HB 2824 | Requiring the instruction in penmanship and writing in cursive in all public, private, parochial and denominational schools | 02/19/15 |
| HB 2837 | Increasing pay to teachers and service personnel by one percent a year, for three years | 02/20/15 |
| HB 2842 | Establishing a four year pilot program to have social workers in public schools, from prekindergarten through the elementary school | 02/20/15 |
| HB 2843 | Requiring school bus aides, who are trained in preventing bullying and providing a safe environment for students while being transported on a school bus, to be present on school buses | 02/20/15 |
| HB 2848 | Requiring the Board of Education to implement a comprehensive drug awareness program in grades K through 12 | 02/20/15 |
| HB 2866 | Establishing legislative findings, providing physical education and physical activity requirements for physical education classes in schools | 02/20/15 |
| HB 2870 | Granting tax credits for parents and legal guardians whose children are in a home schooling program or private school | 02/20/15 |
| HB 2894 | Providing tax breaks for employers assisting employees paying student loans | 02/24/15 |
| HB 2905 | Relating to athletic coaches in public schools | 02/24/15 |
| HB 2923 | Relating to complaints by school bus drivers, against drivers who illegally pass or overtake a school bus | 02/24/15 |
| HB 2935 | Relating to public education higher education personnel generally | 02/24/15 |
| HB 2954 | Expanding the promise scholarship to technical and community college students | 02/24/15 |
| HB 2960 | Permitting county boards of education to develop emergency preparedness drills in schools | 02/24/15 |
| HB 2972 | 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 | 02/24/15 |
| HB 2973 | Relating to public higher education procurement and payment generally | 02/24/15 |
| HB 2981 | Relating to purchase of service credit following transfer to the State Teachers Retirement System | 02/24/15 |
| HB 2986 | Increasing pay to teachers | 02/24/15 |