Bill Status - 2024 Regular Session
Committee Activity
155 Bills Pending in Committee — House Education
| Bill | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| SB 143 | Creating WV Guardian Program | 01/15/24 |
| SB 189 | Providing for substantial deference to state school superintendent's interpretations of school laws | 01/31/24 |
| SB 813 | Allowing students to participate in non-school competitive activities | 02/29/24 |
| SB 842 | Modifying training requirements for county boards of education members | 02/27/24 |
| SB 861 | Increasing support and professional development for educators | 02/27/24 |
| HB 4012 | Changing the recommended guidelines for full-day and half-day cooks to the minimum ratio of one cook for every 110 meals | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4171 | Relating to the special community development school pilot program | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4172 | Amend section providing for waiver of tuition and fees for older persons auditing certain college classes | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4182 | Relating to calculating max number of students at alternative and year-round schools | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4186 | Requiring high school students to pass a test on the US Constitution to graduate from high school | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4200 | Relating to pay for Board of Education members | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4204 | Relating to service employees with National Association for Pupil Transportation Certifications | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4220 | Providing that microschool tuition and fees are qualifying expenses for Hope Scholarship accounts | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4232 | To make the HOPE Scholarship applicable to all children | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4241 | To establish cultural competency training for teachers obtaining or renewing a teaching license in West Virginia | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4242 | Establish the Commission on American History Enrichment | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4243 | Mountaineer Games Sports League | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4248 | Establishing a pilot program to develop school-based mental and behavioral health services | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4262 | Creating three separate job titles for school bus operators | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4271 | Creating the Economic Development Tuition Waiver | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4282 | To allow parents to retain their child for an extra year of school without losing a year of sports eligibility | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4290 | To create the American Campuses Act | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4303 | To allow public high schools to have full time athletic trainers | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4308 | Relating to addressing School Discipline in Public Schools | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4316 | To create an initiative to provide minorities and males with an incentive to join the public education field | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4322 | Amending Hope Scholarship eligibility | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4338 | To allow for the construction of safe entry ways to all public schools in West Virginia. | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4343 | Remove homeschool testing and portfolio requirements | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4345 | State may not participate in or join the national school board association | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4346 | To require a moment of silence at the beginning of school each day in the state | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4349 | Establishing the Anti-Stereotyping Act | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4365 | Exempting personal income earned by individuals working as teachers at primary and secondary schools from personal income tax | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4367 | Discontinuing the use of common core standards and assessments in the state | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4369 | Relating to teacher salary enhancement | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4375 | Provide programs to educate senior citizens | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4387 | Relating to nondiscrimination at institutions of higher education | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4412 | Requiring each county school board to employ at least one full time school nurse | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4414 | To strengthen anti-hazing laws and policies for Pre-K to Grade 12 | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4416 | Heart Health Equity Inclusion | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4417 | To recognize school social workers as having the same status and funding as school counselors | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4419 | Relating to classroom teachers and special education classroom teachers individualized education program requirements | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4421 | Prohibit drag shows from being performed in front of minors and to prohibit people from dressing in drag when reading aloud during story time in schools. | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4446 | Providing school days to register and transport students to vote | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4453 | Remove standardized testing in public and private schools | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4455 | To require cameras in every classroom and room where children are present | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4457 | Remove assessments for homeschoolers | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4468 | Establishing the Anti-Stereotyping Act | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4471 | Modifying the school calendar | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4480 | To provide debt incentives for STEM teachers | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4488 | Provide for statewide participation in the federal Community Eligibility Provision for its duration | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4490 | Provide for statewide participation in the federal Community Eligibility Provision for its duration | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4491 | Prohibiting the home schooling of children in certain circumstances | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4493 | Exempting school buses with students on board from paying turnpike tolls | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4495 | Relating to WV Secondary School Activities | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4500 | To provide all National Merit Scholars free tuition to any West Virginia higher education institution in order to keep these scholars in state | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4509 | Relating to designation of social workers in the Department of Health and Human Services | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4510 | Student Rescue Act | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4513 | Granting full time employees of county boards of education three months of paid leave following the birth of a child | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4542 | Creating a homeless education coordinator for county schools | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4553 | Relating to teacher duty-free lunch and daily planning periods | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4557 | Providing for contracted employment of substitute teachers for 180 instructional days | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4572 | Relating to Social Media privacy and educational institutions | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4579 | To prohibit punishment for teachers who refuse to use pronouns inconsistent with a child’s sex | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4586 | Bill to fund armed veterans at our schools. | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4604 | Creating the Virtual Public Schools Act | 01/11/24 |
| HB 4608 | Relating to mandatory drug testing of all classes of employees in K through 12 schools | 01/11/24 |
| HB 4629 | Hunger-Free Campus Act | 01/11/24 |
| HB 4637 | To establish a grant program for colleges that take steps to establish themselves as Student Basic Needs campuses | 01/11/24 |
| HB 4639 | Exempting county school buses from paying the toll fees | 01/11/24 |
| HB 4649 | Relating to education to children and adults housed in correctional facilities and regional jails | 01/12/24 |
| HB 4650 | Clarifying and updating school bus rules and the types of vehicles covered | 01/12/24 |
| HB 4663 | To implement trauma-informed practices in schools | 01/12/24 |
| HB 4670 | To include electric-powered school busses in the county foundation allowance | 01/12/24 |
| HB 4693 | Expanding the amount of promise scholarship funds awarded to persons majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics | 01/15/24 |
| HB 4701 | Establishing the “Stay in State” tax credit | 01/15/24 |
| HB 4713 | Requiring Director of transportation have 2 years experience for bus operator | 01/15/24 |
| HB 4733 | To allow classroom aides with 10 or more years of service and good evaluations to bid on teaching positions | 01/15/24 |
| HB 4773 | To permit students in eighth and ninth grade to attend summer school in order to raise their grades and establish academic eligibility to play sports in the fall. | 01/16/24 |
| HB 4774 | To repeal the provision allowing for students to transfer from one school to another without losing eligibility. | 01/16/24 |
| HB 4792 | To require principals to have additional training in certain subjects. | 01/16/24 |
| HB 4810 | Create the Education Tax Credit | 01/16/24 |
| HB 4819 | To require higher education institutions in West Virginia to accept the CLT as an ACT or SAT equivalent. | 01/16/24 |
| HB 4820 | To ensure free parking and school supplies for children in public schools. | 01/16/24 |
| HB 4821 | Requiring certain standards for virtual students in West Virginia. | 01/16/24 |
| HB 4833 | Require that any student in the 11th or 12th grade, who has been placed in a “free/elective/assistant” period, be informed of online college course opportunities available for them | 01/17/24 |
| HB 4839 | Relating to online instructors contracted by the WVDE or counties. | 01/17/24 |
| HB 4843 | Prohibit the use of school resources in election advocacy efforts and prohibit school employees from political activity during their work hours or on behalf of the school administration | 01/17/24 |
| HB 4846 | Relating to “In God We Trust” signs donated in schools | 01/17/24 |
| HB 4847 | To provide school access for Patriotic Youth Groups | 01/17/24 |
| HB 4862 | Introduction of a “School Safety Program” | 01/17/24 |
| HB 4893 | To increase the minimum starting salary for a teacher to $50,000 | 01/18/24 |
| HB 4896 | Relating to eligibility requirements for student transfers to a public school for WVSSAC sanctioned sports | 01/18/24 |
| HB 4899 | WV Belief-Based Campus Student Organization Bill | 01/18/24 |
| HB 4903 | Relating to critical vacancies in public education | 01/18/24 |
| HB 4921 | Relating generally to tuition for children of out of state alumni of WV state universities. | 01/18/24 |
| HB 4946 | Add as required material in public schools the teaching of the full Constitution of the United States, The Federalist Papers and Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letters from Birmingham Jail | 01/19/24 |
| HB 4948 | Removing fees teachers have to pay in order to obtain any teaching license, certification, or additional continuing education credit hours (reporting fee) to the state Board of Education | 01/19/24 |
| HB 4955 | Relating to the nonpartisan election of county superintendents of schools | 01/22/24 |
| HB 4958 | To create the American Campuses Act | 01/22/24 |
| HB 4959 | To exclude certain students from drop out rate data | 01/22/24 |
| HB 4960 | To establish career exploration courses | 01/22/24 |
| HB 4969 | To allow schools to withhold a diploma from students who cause at least $1,000 in damage due to destruction of property or defacement | 01/22/24 |
| HB 4981 | Gun carry allowed on college campuses | 01/22/24 |
| HB 4988 | To ensure that classroom sizes are equal without losing a teachers aide | 01/22/24 |
| HB 4990 | To allow for the WVSSAC to pull coaching certificates of coaches who are found guilty of illegal recruiting | 01/22/24 |
| HB 5011 | Relating generally to transfer of high school athletes. | 01/23/24 |
| HB 5040 | Fast Track for Agriculture Education Endorsement | 01/23/24 |
| HB 5046 | Removal of Mandatory Homeschool Reporting | 01/23/24 |
| HB 5059 | Defining a work day for school service personnel and removing a provision relating to employment of licensed practical nurses | 01/24/24 |
| HB 5075 | Relating to human growth and development curriculum | 01/25/24 |
| HB 5081 | Relating to any school employee before being hired must pass a CPS background check | 01/25/24 |
| HB 5088 | To require all state employees, county employees, and employees of county school boards to be subject to random drug testing | 01/25/24 |
| HB 5095 | Require county boards of education to train at least one professional staff member at each school in a grant writing procedures. | 01/25/24 |
| HB 5111 | Create the Statewide Online Education Act | 01/25/24 |
| HB 5124 | The purpose of this bill is to remove the restrictions of taxpayers to access online curriculum, and allow for taxpayers to inspect additional instructional material adopted by the county board pursuant to including books in the classroom. | 01/25/24 |
| HB 5139 | Allow teachers to bank personal and sick days. | 01/25/24 |
| HB 5152 | To permit students in Christian schools at the elementary and middle school level to participate in county level sport tournaments | 01/25/24 |
| HB 5189 | Provide tax credit for homeschool students | 01/25/24 |
| HB 5195 | Create a half day position for all school service personnel | 01/25/24 |
| HB 5196 | To require all West Virginia high school students to pass a Civics examination and the United States Naturalization Examination | 01/25/24 |
| HB 5199 | Provide for exemption from required physical education | 01/25/24 |
| HB 5227 | Requiring age-appropriate instruction on the Holocaust | 01/26/24 |
| HB 5277 | Require adoption awareness material be made available in high school counseling offices | 01/29/24 |
| HB 5290 | To create “Holocaust Education Week” | 01/29/24 |
| HB 5292 | Relating to Extracurricular Inclusion and Learning Pod Freedom | 01/29/24 |
| HB 5300 | Moving the school system from a 5 day work week into a 4 day work week. | 01/29/24 |
| HB 5302 | Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools | 01/29/24 |
| HB 5325 | Relating to the Pledge of Allegiance in schools | 01/29/24 |
| HB 5329 | Limiting the use of state funding under the Hope Scholarship Program for out-of-state private schools and providers | 01/29/24 |
| HB 5330 | Require DHHR-CPS to notify the county school superintendent & local BOE president (of the public school system where the child attends) of pending CPS investigations. | 01/29/24 |
| HB 5336 | To require parental notification of certain immunization-related items by public school districts any time school-related immunization notifications or letters are sent to parents | 01/29/24 |
| HB 5346 | To clean up statutory provisions regarding the Hope Scholarship program to better reflect the intent and operation of the program | 01/30/24 |
| HB 5428 | Exempt WV public school buses transporting students from tolls on WV Turnpike | 02/02/24 |
| HB 5431 | Permitting county boards of education to send parents of students who are chronically disruptive the pro-rated amount of their education and to remove them from the school system for a year to continue their education | 02/02/24 |
| HB 5436 | To allow elected members of county Boards of Education to be short-term substitute teachers | 02/05/24 |
| HB 5442 | Free to Speak Act | 02/05/24 |
| HB 5484 | Relating to age appropriate instruction in health education | 02/06/24 |
| HB 5513 | To create the Great Expectations Pilot Program | 02/07/24 |
| HB 5517 | To require a statewide public school calendar to begin no earlier that September 1 and end no later than May 31 | 02/07/24 |
| HB 5518 | To adjust the School Aid Formula’s Transportation calculations from its current standard of student enrollment to school bus mileage traveled daily | 02/07/24 |
| HB 5527 | To allow those with a concealed carry license to carry a concealed handgun in public school property and buildings. | 02/08/24 |
| HB 5529 | Relating to foster care support services | 02/09/24 |
| HB 5563 | Adding a proviso that any county will open attendance zones and an existing transportaion Arrangement shall not be permitted to close the open attendance zone reestablish closed boarders or modify existing transportation routes or arrangements for any current or future students who chooose to utilize these options | 02/12/24 |
| HB 5586 | Requiring publicly funded medical schools to teach certain life-saving methods | 02/12/24 |
| HB 5588 | Transfer of Funds from Department of Economic Development to School Building Authority | 02/12/24 |
| HB 5598 | Requiring a shcool administrator and local Board of Education to assess whether a student is in the foster care system or undre the supervision of Child Protective Services prior to being disiplined for a level 3 or 4 behavior policy violation | 02/12/24 |
| HB 5625 | Relating to updating names of institutions of higher education and nondiscrimination in leadership positions | 02/12/24 |
| HB 5653 | To repeal the provision allowing for students to transfer from one school to another without losing eligibility | 02/13/24 |
| HB 5658 | To require all projects funded by the school building authority to have an assessment of school safety when a new project is created. | 02/13/24 |
| HB 5661 | To mandate county boards of education to provide feminine hygiene products in all public elementary, middle, and high schools for female students | 02/13/24 |
| HB 5664 | To automatically start a Smart 529 account for every newborn in West Virginia. | 02/13/24 |
| HB 5666 | The Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act | 02/13/24 |
| HB 5671 | Medical Redshirt Bill for High School Students | 02/13/24 |
| HB 5673 | Consolidate county school boards | 02/13/24 |
| HB 5687 | To repurpose retired military service dogs for use in West Virginia public schools. | 02/13/24 |