Bill Status - 2017 Regular Session
Committee Activity
127 Bills Pending in Committee — House Education
| Bill | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| SB 18 | Requiring new comprehensive statewide student assessment | 03/25/17 |
| SB 242 | Relating to school calendars | 02/23/17 |
| SB 401 | Allowing county board of education base employment decisions on individual's qualifications | 03/29/17 |
| SB 524 | Relating to WV academic standards | 03/20/17 |
| HB 2014 | Allowing parents or the school to serve sweets during the holidays if the school receives parental or guardian consent | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2015 | Establishing seniority rights for public employees | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2019 | Relating to salary increase for school personnel | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2031 | Eliminating requirements that state provide for professional training and development of teachers | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2046 | Requiring county boards of education to provide released time for professional educators and service personnel when serving in an elected municipal or county office | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2056 | Providing for the use of neck braces by football players | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2062 | Deaf Children’s Bill of Rights Act | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2073 | Making available elective courses on the history of the old and new testaments of the bible | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2075 | Providing the Auditor with greater oversight of advance allowance accounts | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2079 | Abolishing the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2093 | Exempting personal income earned by individuals working as teachers at primary and secondary schools from personal income tax | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2094 | Home Instruction Tax Relief Act | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2097 | Permitting community and technical colleges and universities to charge students half the cost of a credit for every credit taken over the fifteenth hour | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2104 | Requiring that public schools provide facilities for students of all faiths and religions to have a place of fellowship, prayer and worship | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2108 | 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 | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2117 | Removing the requirement that home schooled students have to acquire a general equivalency degree (GED) in order to qualify for the promise scholarship | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2118 | Abolishing the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2142 | Providing a salary increase for special education teachers | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2144 | Relating to relocation or closure of state higher education institutions | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2147 | Permitting county boards of education to accumulate instructional days and use them when needed | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2148 | Providing taxpayers repaying their own student loans a modification reducing federal adjusted gross in the amount of the interest paid | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2151 | Prohibiting the use of the Smarter Balanced Assessment | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2153 | Relating to designation of social workers in the Department of Health and Human Services to promote better student school attendance | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2157 | Relating to school calendar | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2166 | Requiring county boards of education to employ a certified library media specialist in each county school | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2172 | Providing that school nutrition plans include take home meals for low income students | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2174 | Granting all public employees, all teachers, all service employees, all public employee retirees, all teacher retirees and all service employee retirees a $1,000 per year permanent pay increase | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2191 | Relating to educational benefits for dependents of deceased or disabled veterans | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2194 | Reducing personnel employed by the West Virginia Department of Education | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2198 | Redirecting certain funds of the West Virginia Department of Education | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2199 | Creating a digital learning pilot project | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2200 | Requiring that four members of the State Board of Education be elected on a nonpartisan basis | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2210 | Increasing pay to teachers and service personnel | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2211 | Increasing salaries for teachers | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2213 | Relating to compulsory school attendance | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2214 | West Virginia Educational Restoration Act | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2309 | Discontinuing the use of common core standards and assessments in the state | 02/09/17 |
| HB 2313 | Providing that the statewide summative assessment only be administered in grades three through eight and once at the high school level | 02/09/17 |
| HB 2333 | Relating to the administration of the statewide summative assessment | 02/10/17 |
| HB 2334 | Relating to school curricular standards and assessments | 02/10/17 |
| HB 2335 | Protecting academic freedom in higher education | 02/10/17 |
| HB 2336 | Reducing the number of pupils per school nurses | 02/10/17 |
| HB 2337 | Requiring each public high school to offer a course in computer science | 02/10/17 |
| HB 2368 | Relating to candidates for professional employee positions involving supervision of a county transportation department | 02/13/17 |
| HB 2374 | Requiring schools post signs displaying the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline | 02/13/17 |
| HB 2378 | Providing school days to register and transport students to vote | 02/13/17 |
| HB 2388 | Relating to the comprehensive statewide student assessment | 02/13/17 |
| HB 2392 | Relating to truancy intervention | 02/13/17 |
| HB 2398 | Extending funding for School Innovation and Local Solution Dropout Prevention and Recovery Innovation Zones | 02/13/17 |
| HB 2401 | Increasing teacher salaries | 02/13/17 |
| HB 2403 | Permitting county boards of education to accumulate instructional days and use them when needed | 02/13/17 |
| HB 2409 | Relating to the School Building Authority | 02/13/17 |
| HB 2412 | Relating to the public school calendar | 02/13/17 |
| HB 2421 | 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 | 02/14/17 |
| HB 2429 | Granting tax credits for parents and legal guardians whose children are in a home schooling program or private school | 02/14/17 |
| HB 2436 | Suspending the implementation of the school aid formula until the year 2021 | 02/14/17 |
| HB 2438 | Allowing county boards of education and regional educational service agencies to purchase computer technology from other than a state-wide contract | 02/14/17 |
| HB 2442 | 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 | 02/14/17 |
| HB 2443 | Establishing academic standards and assessment methods | 02/14/17 |
| HB 2449 | Requiring the West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission to adopt certain safety standards for youth lacrosse | 02/15/17 |
| HB 2462 | Relating to the compensation of personnel employed at the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind | 02/15/17 |
| HB 2467 | Prohibiting school employees from promoting abortion | 02/15/17 |
| HB 2478 | Changing the age effective date of children for whom county boards of education must provide kindergarten programs | 02/15/17 |
| HB 2491 | Relating to school calendar and testing | 02/16/17 |
| HB 2525 | Relieving the county superintendent of schools of the duty of nominating personnel to be employed by the county board | 02/16/17 |
| HB 2527 | Relating to public school support | 02/16/17 |
| HB 2543 | Preventing the State Board of Education from implementing common core academic standards and assessments | 02/20/17 |
| HB 2551 | Requiring the West Virginia Department of Education to create a Bible literacy course in public schools | 02/20/17 |
| HB 2557 | Relating to tuition and fees at community and technical colleges | 02/20/17 |
| HB 2559 | Relating to concealed carry on higher education campuses | 02/20/17 |
| HB 2560 | Providing a free lunch to all employees in a school building | 02/20/17 |
| HB 2569 | Relating to employment, promotion and transfer of professional personnel by county boards of education | 02/20/17 |
| HB 2572 | Providing for the authorization and oversight of public charter schools | 02/20/17 |
| HB 2584 | Relating to primary and secondary school instructional terms | 02/21/17 |
| HB 2609 | Requiring county boards of education to conduct regular structural inspections of school facilities and structures | 02/21/17 |
| HB 2610 | Allowing private entities to lease buildings to local school boards in cases of emergency or condemnation | 02/21/17 |
| HB 2633 | Requiring state institutions of higher education to conduct Phase 3 clinical research studies for any cancer treatment | 02/21/17 |
| HB 2652 | Relating generally to school closing or consolidation requirements | 02/22/17 |
| HB 2686 | Providing a mechanism for the independent evaluation of revenue estimates by West Virginia and Marshall Universities’ business colleges | 02/23/17 |
| HB 2689 | Educational Savings Account Program | 02/24/17 |
| HB 2695 | Creating a pilot program for expansion of school-based mental health and school-based diversion | 02/24/17 |
| HB 2705 | Eliminating obsolete, duplicate or unnecessary code language as it relates to higher education | 02/24/17 |
| HB 2713 | Permitting the carrying of concealed weapons on the campus of a state institution of higher education | 02/27/17 |
| HB 2714 | Permitting a firearm or other deadly weapon on or in a private primary or secondary education building, structure or facility | 02/27/17 |
| HB 2742 | School Consolidation Task Force | 03/01/17 |
| HB 2756 | Making Promise scholarships available for students pursuing certificates or degrees through an accredited community and technical college | 03/01/17 |
| HB 2761 | Relating to qualifications of paraprofessionals, autism mentors and braille or sign support specialists | 03/01/17 |
| HB 2764 | Allowing the State Building Commission or the Higher Education Policy Commission to request and receive money from the Investment Management Board | 03/01/17 |
| HB 2770 | Reducing regulatory control over academic programs of state institutions | 03/01/17 |
| HB 2787 | Creating an additional class of special education classroom aides | 03/03/17 |
| HB 2793 | Relating to the nonpartisan election of county superintendents of schools | 03/06/17 |
| HB 2795 | Clarifying a director of a multicounty vocational technical school is a principal | 03/06/17 |
| HB 2818 | Prohibiting West Virginia institutions of higher learning and state agencies from discriminating against graduates of private, nonpublic or home schools by requiring them to submit to alternative testing | 03/08/17 |
| HB 2825 | Requiring state institutions of higher education adopt policies concerning sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking | 03/08/17 |
| HB 2835 | Permitting an individual with a current West Virginia issued license to carry a concealed deadly weapon to carry such weapon on the campus of a state institution of higher education | 03/08/17 |
| HB 2849 | Providing that the compensation level of the Chancellor for Higher Education may be no more than the salary of the Governor | 03/08/17 |
| HB 2853 | Relating to more equitable disbursement of funds to county boards | 03/08/17 |
| HB 2858 | Creating a loan tuition forgiveness program to encourage students in selected and necessary fields to remain in the state | 03/08/17 |
| HB 2862 | Establishing the “Stay in State” tax credit | 03/08/17 |
| HB 2875 | Relating to the adoption of instructional educational resources | 03/09/17 |
| HB 2876 | Creating a loan tuition forgiveness program | 03/09/17 |
| HB 2885 | Relating to designation of social workers in the Department of Health and Human Services | 03/09/17 |
| HB 2886 | Relating to generally applied associate of science degrees that target workforce needs | 03/09/17 |
| HB 2902 | Requiring county school boards to provide adequate mental health and counseling services | 03/09/17 |
| HB 2912 | Abolishing regional service education agencies | 03/10/17 |
| HB 2926 | Relating to the comprehensive statewide student assessment | 03/10/17 |
| HB 2928 | Creating a low-interest student loan refinancing program for teachers | 03/10/17 |
| HB 2950 | Requiring the State Superintendent of Schools to have a terminal degree | 03/13/17 |
| HB 2973 | Preserving and transferring firefighter training courses | 03/13/17 |
| HB 2974 | Relating to public school education in dating violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence prevention | 03/13/17 |
| HB 2987 | Making PROMISE Scholarship funds available for use at community and technical colleges | 03/14/17 |
| HB 2997 | Relating generally to applied associate of science degrees that target workforce needs | 03/14/17 |
| HB 3001 | Abolishing the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission | 03/14/17 |
| HB 3008 | Relating to eliminating county school systems and creating ten school districts | 03/14/17 |
| HB 3023 | Relating to public school education assessment of students for dyslexia and dyscalculia | 03/14/17 |
| HB 3031 | Creating a state program allowing high school students advance to getting a college degree or technical training while in high school | 03/14/17 |
| HB 3036 | Allowing county boards of education to hire retired teachers | 03/14/17 |
| HB 3047 | Extending the time that teachers may pay into the State Teachers Retirement System | 03/14/17 |
| HB 3056 | Relating to Promise scholarship program requirements for home schooled students | 03/14/17 |
| HB 3068 | Stay in State tax credit | 03/14/17 |
| HB 3078 | Establishing a merit-based Katherine Johnson Hope Scholarship program to provide tuition and fee payments for certain qualified students | 03/14/17 |
| HB 3090 | Relating to the maximum licensed school psychologist-pupil ratio | 03/14/17 |
| HB 3100 | Increasing penalties for public school employees that embezzle public funds | 03/14/17 |