Bill Status - 2016 Regular Session
Committee Activity
126 Bills Pending in Committee — House Education
| Bill | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| SB 105 | Creating Tim Tebow Act allowing nonpublic school student participate in SSAC member school athletics | 02/18/16 |
| SB 313 | Relating to school calendar and allowing unused accrued instructional time count toward 180-day requirement | 02/20/16 |
| SB 488 | Requiring WV Secondary School Activities Commission manage hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | 02/22/16 |
| SB 669 | Requiring proficiency in civics as condition for high school or GED diploma | 03/02/16 |
| SB 677 | Relating to tuition rates set by higher education institutional governing boards | 03/02/16 |
| HB 2020 | Relating to requirements for PROMISE scholarships | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2032 | Increasing salary increments paid to principals and assistant principals | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2058 | Providing for the use of neck braces by football players | 01/13/16 |
| 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 | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2082 | Requiring county boards of education to employ a certified library media specialist in each county school | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2112 | Providing that school nutrition plans include take home meals for low income students | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2123 | Requiring students to attend school until the age of eighteen | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2151 | Making the West Virginia state teacher of the year an ex officio, nonvoting member of the West Virginia Board of Education | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2163 | Increasing salaries for school service personnel | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2164 | Providing pay increases for teachers and counselors | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2183 | Relating to salary increase for school personnel | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2184 | Discontinuing the use of common core standards and assessments in the state | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2188 | Relating to compulsory school attendance | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2194 | Relating to the School Building Authority | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2250 | Allowing parents or the school to serve sweets during the holidays if the school receives parental or guardian consent | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2261 | Requiring automated external defibrillators in public schools | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2267 | Authorizing a county school board to adopt a policy that allows an inspirational message | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2270 | Protecting academic freedom in higher education | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2412 | Relating to disclosure of sex offender registration to public and private elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2414 | Permitting a salary increase for certain kindergarten aides and early childhood classroom assistant teachers | 01/13/16 |
| 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 | 01/13/16 |
| 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 | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2446 | Permitting the possession of firearms on the grounds of higher education institutions by all persons with valid licenses | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2451 | Providing that recess periods or other such time allocated for student physical activity during the regular class day may not be reduced | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2453 | Relating to educational benefits for dependents of deceased or disabled veterans | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2458 | Prohibiting school employees from promoting abortion | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2465 | Authorizing the election of and specifying qualifications for nonappointed members of the West Virginia Board of Education | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2470 | Relating to nursing education faculty | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2486 | Relating to school curricular standards and assessments | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2499 | Making available elective courses on the history of the old and new testaments of the bible | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2528 | Providing scholarships for certain former coal miners | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2530 | Establishing a Library Facilities Improvement Fund | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2572 | Allowing certain county boards of education to operate their schools on a four-day school week | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2577 | Consolidating purchasing by county boards of education | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2579 | Allowing a tax deduction for all prepaid tuition contracts or college savings plan | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2582 | Requiring the State Board of Education to cause school buses to be equipped with safety belts | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2594 | Requiring that all higher education institutions in the state award credit to transfer students for similar courses completed at a different institution | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2599 | Exempting personal income earned by individuals working as teachers at primary and secondary schools from personal income tax | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2617 | Lengthening the residency requirement necessary to be eligible for the PROMISE Scholarship | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2642 | Reducing personnel employed by the West Virginia Department of Education | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2672 | Requiring that public schools provide facilities for students of all faiths and religions to have a place of fellowship, prayer and worship | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2725 | Permitting playground facilities to be part of a school construction project | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2749 | Relating to the secondary schools athletic commission | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2774 | Relating to public school standards and assessments | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2788 | Providing school days to register and transport students to vote | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2799 | Requiring all high schools to teach fetal development | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2842 | Establishing a four year pilot program to have social workers in public schools, from prekindergarten through the elementary school | 01/13/16 |
| 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 | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2848 | Requiring the Board of Education to implement a comprehensive drug awareness program in grades K through 12 | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2866 | Establishing legislative findings, providing physical education and physical activity requirements for physical education classes in schools | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2870 | Granting tax credits for parents and legal guardians whose children are in a home schooling program or private school | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2905 | Relating to athletic coaches in public schools | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2954 | Expanding the promise scholarship to technical and community college students | 01/13/16 |
| 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 | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2981 | Relating to purchase of service credit following transfer to the State Teachers Retirement System | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2986 | Increasing pay to teachers | 01/13/16 |
| HB 4011 | Providing for the authorization and oversight of public charter schools | 01/20/16 |
| HB 4018 | Establishing incentives for public schools to make their recreational facilities available for public use outside of school hours | 01/14/16 |
| HB 4020 | School Consolidation Task Force | 01/14/16 |
| HB 4024 | Prohibiting the use of the Smarter Balanced Assessment | 01/15/16 |
| HB 4025 | Requiring members of the State Board of Education to be physically present in state board meetings | 01/15/16 |
| HB 4026 | Limiting terms of citizen members of the School Building Authority | 01/15/16 |
| HB 4027 | Increasing pay to teachers and service personnel | 01/15/16 |
| HB 4028 | Relating to school calendar and school instructional days | 01/15/16 |
| HB 4036 | Restoring language that gives preference to currently employed certified professional educators when hiring athletic coaches | 01/18/16 |
| HB 4039 | Increasing salaries for teachers | 01/18/16 |
| HB 4167 | Permitting county boards of education to accumulate instructional days and use them when needed | 01/20/16 |
| HB 4182 | Prorating additional tuition charges for students taking higher education credit hours per term beyond a certain number | 01/20/16 |
| HB 4194 | Requiring each public high school to offer a course in computer science | 01/21/16 |
| HB 4215 | Removing the requirement that a home schooled student must acquire a general equivalency degree (GED) in order to qualify for a PROMISE scholarship | 01/21/16 |
| HB 4224 | Requiring school restroom facilities to have privacy walls | 01/22/16 |
| HB 4242 | Creating income tax credits against personal income tax for educational expenses incurred by parents for a child | 01/22/16 |
| HB 4260 | Providing private educational facilities authority to determine whether, and under what circumstances, to permit deadly weapons on school premises through written policies | 01/25/16 |
| HB 4269 | Relating to public school finance | 01/26/16 |
| HB 4281 | Providing that the statewide summative assessment only be administered in grades three through eight and once at the high school level | 01/26/16 |
| HB 4296 | Permitting county boards of education to accumulate instructional days and use them when needed | 01/27/16 |
| HB 4298 | Changing the age effective date of children for whom county boards of education must provide kindergarten programs | 01/27/16 |
| HB 4303 | Providing a salary increase for special education teachers | 01/27/16 |
| HB 4357 | Home Instruction Tax Relief Act | 02/02/16 |
| HB 4384 | Permitting students to opt out of taking certain academic assessments | 02/03/16 |
| HB 4403 | Relating to school calendar | 02/04/16 |
| HB 4405 | West Virginia Educational Restoration Act | 02/04/16 |
| HB 4409 | Requiring in-service training programs in the use of the Heimlich maneuver and response to choking emergencies for all school personnel in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and elementary schools | 02/24/16 |
| HB 4421 | Providing tax breaks for employers assisting employees paying student loans | 02/05/16 |
| HB 4429 | Relating to events involving firearms and ammunition on former National Guard sites | 02/08/16 |
| HB 4431 | Relating to relocation or closure of state higher education institutions | 02/08/16 |
| HB 4436 | Permitting probation officers to carry deadly weapons on school buses and property | 02/08/16 |
| HB 4446 | Increasing teacher salaries | 02/08/16 |
| HB 4447 | Granting a local school improvement council waiver for the purpose of increasing the compulsory school attendance age in Marshall County | 02/08/16 |
| HB 4469 | Providing a free lunch to all employees in a school building | 02/09/16 |
| HB 4482 | Relating to excused absences for personal illness from school | 02/10/16 |
| HB 4485 | Deaf Children’s Bill of Rights Act | 02/10/16 |
| HB 4492 | Establishing a mandatory course of instruction in firearm safety for high school students | 02/11/16 |
| HB 4514 | Reducing the number of pupils per school nurses | 02/11/16 |
| HB 4522 | Relating to basic state aid to public education | 02/12/16 |
| HB 4524 | Permitting community and technical colleges and universities to charge students half the cost of a credit for every credit taken over the fifteenth hour | 02/12/16 |
| HB 4546 | Requiring all higher education institutions to use statewide contracts issued by the Purchasing Division | 02/16/16 |
| HB 4549 | Requiring that four members of the State Board of Education be elected on a nonpartisan basis | 02/16/16 |
| HB 4556 | Relating to the PROMISE scholarship program | 02/16/16 |
| HB 4581 | Relating to ownership of real property housing BridgeValley Community and Technical College at the West Virginia Education, Research, and Technology Park | 02/17/16 |
| HB 4582 | Relating to Bridge Valley Community and Technical College service facility fee assessments | 02/17/16 |
| HB 4585 | Establishing the “Stay in State” tax credit | 02/17/16 |
| HB 4595 | Developing a county plan to use funds designated for the support of isolated schools | 02/17/16 |
| HB 4610 | Abolishing the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education | 02/18/16 |
| HB 4611 | Abolishing the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission | 02/18/16 |
| HB 4627 | Creating a digital learning pilot project | 02/20/16 |
| HB 4628 | Requiring county boards of education to conduct regular structural inspections of school facilities and structures | 02/20/16 |
| HB 4635 | Relating to a per-credit-hour tuition for community and technical colleges | 02/20/16 |
| HB 4640 | Providing a tax credit for a taxpayer educating a student in a private or home school | 02/22/16 |
| HB 4643 | Eliminating requirements that state provide for professional training and development of teachers | 02/22/16 |
| HB 4669 | Redirecting certain funds of the West Virginia Department of Education | 02/22/16 |
| HB 4670 | Relating to designation of social workers in the Department of Health and Human Services to promote better student school attendance | 02/22/16 |
| HB 4686 | Prohibiting the State Board of Education from adopting new Common Core academic content standards | 02/23/16 |
| HB 4687 | Relating to registration programs by the clerk of the county commission | 02/23/16 |
| HB 4688 | Relating to basic state aid to public education | 02/23/16 |
| HB 4694 | Permitting nonprofessional personnel to be hired as athletic coaches in certain circumstances | 02/23/16 |
| HB 4703 | Reclassifying Early Childhood Classroom Assistant Teacher I, II and III positions as Aide V, Aide VI and Aide VII positions | 02/23/16 |
| HB 4707 | Abolishing the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission | 02/23/16 |
| HB 4719 | Allowing employees with an NAPT certification to be eligible for transportation management positions | 02/23/16 |
| HB 4722 | Codifying the West Virginia Procedures Manual for the Education of Students with Exceptionalities | 02/23/16 |
| HB 4723 | Creating a program of instruction for students in workforce preparedness to be added to the curriculum of courses in secondary schools | 02/23/16 |