Bill Status - 2026 Regular Session
Committee Activity
183 Bills Pending in Committee — House Education
| Bill | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| SB 67 | Relating to public charter schools | 03/09/26 |
| SB 388 | Requiring public elementary or secondary school make Aitken Bible available to certain classrooms | 01/30/26 |
| SB 445 | Adding Potomac State College as eligible institution for participation in Learn and Earn Program | 01/30/26 |
| SB 536 | Relating to qualifications for serving on certain academic boards | 02/04/26 |
| SB 633 | Relating to WV Commission on Holocaust Education | 02/12/26 |
| SB 644 | Requiring Economic Development Authority participate in federal tax credit scholarship program | 03/03/26 |
| SB 657 | Creating Cohen Craddock Student Athlete Safety Act | 03/05/26 |
| SB 689 | Creating WV Homeschool Student Athletics Participation Act | 03/03/26 |
| SB 745 | Relating to requirements for school nutrition programs | 03/06/26 |
| SB 778 | Relating to eligibility for homebound services for exceptional children | 03/08/26 |
| SB 802 | Relating to school preparation days | 03/02/26 |
| SB 804 | Removing physical education requirements for certain middle and high school athletes | 03/08/26 |
| SB 925 | Providing Future Farmers of America-sanctioned activities not count toward limit of excused absences | 02/23/26 |
| SB 929 | Relating to state board intervention into county school systems | 03/05/26 |
| SB 1020 | Allowing up to five educational leave days within definition of "excused absence" | 02/27/26 |
| SB 1024 | Allowing rescission or reversal of school closure decisions through July 15 | 03/03/26 |
| SB 1044 | Requiring Board of Education to promulgate rule that sets forth common graduation requirements | 03/03/26 |
| SB 1061 | Authorizing reassignment of school personnel in certain instances | 03/03/26 |
| SB 1077 | Requiring vocational education agriculture programs be offered to all students | 03/03/26 |
| HB 4034 | To display the Ten Commandments in public schools | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4037 | Consolidate county school boards | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4062 | To create the West Virginia Homeschool Student Athletics Participation Act. | 02/17/26 |
| HB 4065 | Relating to the membership of the Hope Scholarship Board | 02/17/26 |
| HB 4066 | Creating penalties for county and state boards of education for providing misinformation to parents, custodians, reviewers, or any other individual through any form of communication | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4082 | Require the West Virginia Department of Education to provide a complete and in-depth budget for review to the Legislature. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4086 | West Virginia Teachers Retirement system | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4093 | To allow those with a concealed carry license to carry a concealed handgun in public school property and buildings. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4100 | Relating to human growth and development curriculum | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4103 | Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4104 | American Civics and History Act | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4116 | Relating to eligiblity for WV Invests Grant Program | 02/03/26 |
| HB 4152 | Workforce-Education Partnership Act | 02/03/26 |
| HB 4181 | Permitting middle or high school students to participate in travel sports teams without repercussion. | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4189 | Relating to Hope Scholarships awards | 01/14/26 |
| HB 4337 | 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 | 01/15/26 |
| HB 4368 | Relating to military connected students | 01/15/26 |
| HB 4372 | Permit teachers in K-12 schools be authorized to carry concealed firearms as a designated school protection officer | 01/15/26 |
| HB 4383 | West Virginia Clean Air in Schools Act of 2026 | 01/15/26 |
| HB 4402 | Relating to school protection officers | 02/18/26 |
| HB 4438 | Relating to Sexual Abuse Prevention Screening, Hiring and Dismissal Requirements | 01/16/26 |
| HB 4440 | Permitting law enforcement to issue a citation when students are caught with nicotine in schools. | 02/03/26 |
| HB 4446 | Firefighter Pilot Program | 02/05/26 |
| HB 4448 | Removing bona fide schools, public libraries, and museums from the list of exemptions from criminal liability relating to distribution and display to minor of obscene matter | 01/16/26 |
| HB 4453 | Regarding Teacher Pay | 01/16/26 |
| HB 4465 | Regarding Substitute Teacher Pay | 01/16/26 |
| HB 4497 | To not entitle WV students to get aid from any WV schools unless they pass a college qualification exam in the 10th grade | 01/19/26 |
| HB 4505 | Requiring each county school board to employ at least one full time school nurse | 01/19/26 |
| HB 4533 | Including Potomac State College in the definition of community and technical college education program for participation in the “Learn and Earn Program” | 02/03/26 |
| HB 4536 | Allow students who enroll and successfully complete a driver’s education course to waive testing at the DMV | 01/19/26 |
| HB 4544 | To create a homeless education coordinator in urban and rural counties. | 01/19/26 |
| HB 4553 | To create a tuition reimbursement program for Corrections employees. | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4572 | Rural School Flexibility & Innovation Pilot Act | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4578 | To provide more local control over educational decisionmaking, differentiation of funding for counties, and to address operational efficiencies within education. | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4583 | Victims of Communism Day | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4584 | Market pay for Teachers | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4587 | Prohibiting public funds from supporting low-earning outcome postsecondary degree programs | 02/23/26 |
| HB 4593 | Allow for PE classes to be optional for students who can demonstrate 5 or more weekly hours of outside physical activity | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4605 | Relating to modifying the school aid formula to provide more support for schools under certain circumstances. | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4607 | Relating to standards of private schools | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4608 | School Board Election Date Act | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4611 | Creating the Hope to Help Community Schools Act of 2026. | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4633 | Enrollment Stabilizer for Budget Planning | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4634 | Support for neglected Schools | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4637 | Limit the time Teachers Aides can be pulled from their regular duties to 30 minutes per day. | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4641 | Relating to codifying the guidelines for nutritionally adequate school breakfasts and lunches | 02/03/26 |
| HB 4644 | Require that County Superintendents of Schools for the Department of Education be West Virginia residents. | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4646 | Remote Schools Support Act | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4654 | To require that teachers in grades 7 through twelve, who teach classes with more than 30 students in their classes receive an additional $25 per day per student over the 30 student-limit, with exceptions for physical education, band, chorus, strings, theater, dance, and other classes aimed at artistic performance. | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4655 | Expand the grade level for Laken’s Law | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4658 | To add to the teacher pay scale the increments of Bachelor’s Plus 30 and Master’s Plus 60 and add that amount in the appropriate increment. | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4659 | Transfer oversight of childcare from the Department of Human Services to the Department of Education | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4660 | To move any remaining sixth grade classifications from elementary schools to middle schools. | 01/23/26 |
| HB 4670 | To create a pilot program that would exempt certain counties from provisions of the Education code. | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4690 | To repeal obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code. | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4697 | 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 | 02/03/26 |
| HB 4698 | Require adoption awareness material be made available in high school counseling offices | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4701 | Relating to the creation of the West Virginia Math & Science Teacher Scholarship Act | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4705 | To require a moment of silence at the beginning of school each day in the state | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4708 | Clarifying how substitute teachers may serve for extended periods. | 01/21/26 |
| HB 4720 | Creating Sustaining Opportunities for Academics in Rural Schools Act | 01/22/26 |
| HB 4727 | To provide a 25% pay increase for state teachers (all salary scales) | 01/22/26 |
| HB 4759 | Modifing the rules for transferring students | 02/09/26 |
| HB 4774 | To set the salary of the Associate Superintendent of Schools | 01/23/26 |
| HB 4775 | Relating to addressing School Discipline in Public Schools | 02/03/26 |
| HB 4777 | Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program | 01/23/26 |
| HB 4788 | Allow school board members to run for the state legislature | 01/23/26 |
| HB 4794 | Requiring high school students to pass a test on the US Constitution to graduate from high school | 01/23/26 |
| HB 4818 | Relating to providing greater access to unused public buildings for public charter schools | 01/26/26 |
| HB 4834 | To permit women’s wrestling in public high schools as a sanctioned event | 02/17/26 |
| HB 4844 | Modify the procedure for teachers when using leave | 01/27/26 |
| HB 4847 | Local Shares teacher and school personnel pay | 01/27/26 |
| HB 4849 | Authorize the Superintendent of the county schools district to apply directly to the School Building Authority for emergency funding to facilitate remediation of hazards. | 01/27/26 |
| HB 4851 | Relating to creating a moratorium on school closures and consolidations pending a West Virginia Department of Education (“WVDE”) school aid formula proposal. | 01/27/26 |
| HB 4855 | To the elimination of the West Virginia Department of Education and providing direct funding for education | 01/28/26 |
| HB 4859 | Allowing a county board of education participating in the operation of a multicounty vocational center to withdraw | 01/28/26 |
| HB 4860 | Direct Classroom Funding Act | 01/28/26 |
| HB 4861 | Authorizing county boards to designate rural anchor schools. | 01/28/26 |
| HB 4871 | Make available vegetarian meal option for students enrolled in schools, provided that such meals comply with all applicable federal nutritional guidelines | 02/17/26 |
| HB 4892 | To expand the provisionof the literacy-based promation act in order to provide certin intervention and implementation stratagies for literacy proficiency among students in grade 4 through grade 8 | 01/28/26 |
| HB 4900 | To mandate county boards of education to provide feminine hygiene products in all public elementary, middle, and high schools for female students | 01/28/26 |
| HB 4904 | Relating to critical vacancies in public education | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4905 | 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 | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4914 | West Virginia Education Freedom and Parental Empowerment Act | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4918 | Mandate the number of School days or hours required | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4937 | Establish mandated monthly half days for students to all allow school staff planning time | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4938 | Require county boards of education to train at least one professional staff member at each school in a grant writing procedures. | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4939 | To provide $10,000 a year salary increase for any teacher who goes through the National Board Certification process and becomes nationally certified | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4940 | Relating to teacher fundraising | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4941 | To provide a raise for special education aides, as well as a raise for self-contained special education teachers | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4942 | To establish requirements for adult supervision on county school buses | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4943 | Require all students to be taught how to properly handle, fold, treat, honor, display, and retire the American flag | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4944 | To determine the salaries of all county Superintendent of School based on population. | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4945 | Prohibit the use of electronic devices for learning in all classrooms grades 3 and below | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4946 | Authorizing a pilot program for a four day school week | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4950 | To establish the West Virginia Freedom and Innovation Pilot Act of 2026 | 02/17/26 |
| HB 4952 | Related to the establishment of the Charter School Direct Loan Program and the Charter School Credit Enhancement Program within the West Virginia Economic Development Authority | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4953 | To require all West Virginia high school students to pass a Civics examination and the United States Naturalization Examination | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4955 | To ensure that classroom sizes are equal without losing a teachers aide | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4956 | To change the beginning of the school year to the Tuesday after Labor Day and the end of the school year to the Friday before Memorial Day. | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4957 | To change the amount of days in a school year from 180 to 160. | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4967 | To allow for the WVSSAC to pull coaching certificates of coaches who are found guilty of illegal recruiting | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4970 | To require all state employees, county employees, and employees of county school boards to be subject to random drug testing | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4973 | Relating to raising the state minimum salary for teachers to $50,000 beginning in school year 2026-2027 | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4975 | To consolidate county boards of education and create regional districts. | 01/29/26 |
| HB 4987 | Relating to the creation of the Safety and Violence Education for Students Act | 01/30/26 |
| HB 5000 | 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 | 01/30/26 |
| HB 5010 | Prohibiting institutions of higher education and affiliate organizations from accepting gifts partnerships, or other funding relationships from foreign adversaries. | 01/30/26 |
| HB 5020 | To prohibit a convicted felons of sexual assault, or abuse of juveniles on public school property | 02/02/26 |
| HB 5045 | Changing the recommended guidelines for full-day and half-day cooks to the minimum ratio of one cook for every 110 meals | 02/02/26 |
| HB 5047 | To create the Mobile Career and Technical Education Classroom Program. | 02/02/26 |
| HB 5054 | Relating to requiring the counties particpating in the QMHP Pilot Program to have at least one qualified mental health professional in each public school in that county. | 02/02/26 |
| HB 5061 | Relating to the consolidation of county school districts in the state. | 02/03/26 |
| HB 5072 | Creating the TechCred Program | 02/03/26 |
| HB 5090 | To eliminate all vaccine requirements for school children | 02/03/26 |
| HB 5115 | To implement trauma-informed practices in schools | 02/03/26 |
| HB 5118 | Provide for statewide participation in the federal Community Eligibility Provision for its duration | 02/03/26 |
| HB 5121 | To mandate county boards of education to provide feminine hygiene products in all public elementary, middle, and high schools for female students | 02/03/26 |
| HB 5124 | Relating to the eligibility of nonpublic schools and education service providers to participate in the Hope Scholarship Program | 02/03/26 |
| HB 5132 | Develop a new method to determine the minimum number of hours per day and per school year to be spent on instructional time. | 02/03/26 |
| HB 5137 | Exempting county school buses from paying the toll fees | 02/03/26 |
| HB 5143 | Relating to Social Media privacy and educational institutions | 02/03/26 |
| HB 5148 | Student Bill of Rights | 02/03/26 |
| HB 5180 | When schools have events the school needs to sell tickets at the gate as well as online and accept cash | 02/04/26 |
| HB 5192 | School funding calculations should be the last three-year running average or the current enrollment, whichever is highest | 02/04/26 |
| HB 5194 | To ban calculators and math computational devices from K-8 grade classrooms. | 02/04/26 |
| HB 5204 | Relating to establishing the Child Captivity Prevention Act. | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5205 | Requiring the State Board of Education to create model policies on the use of technology and artifical intelligence in a public school classroom | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5239 | To increase the minimum starting salary for a teacher to $50,000 | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5244 | To institute the Learn and Earn program for four-year schools. | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5245 | Creating the Governor’s Cup competition | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5247 | Establishing a pilot program to develop school-based mental and behavioral health services | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5248 | To create an initiative to provide minorities and males with an incentive to join the public education field | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5249 | Limiting the use of state funding under the Hope Scholarship Program for out-of-state private schools and providers | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5257 | Relating to education to children and adults housed in correctional facilities and regional jails | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5265 | Relating to calculating max number of students at alternative and year-round schools | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5268 | Mountaineer Games Sports League | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5270 | To allow public high schools to have full time athletic trainers | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5271 | Granting full time employees of county boards of education three months of paid leave following the birth of a child | 02/05/26 |
| HB 5339 | Prevent public school districts or supervisors from taking adverse action against public school employees for expressing opinions on social media or in public. | 02/09/26 |
| HB 5346 | Creating the school aid formula study commission | 02/09/26 |
| HB 5355 | If a person who is not certified is holding a teaching position in a WV public school - that position has to come up for bid every year until it is held by a certified person. | 02/09/26 |
| HB 5362 | Relating to Hope Scholarships awards | 02/09/26 |
| HB 5384 | To authorize the HEPC to be able to adjust the required composite testing score for ACT and SAT in regard to PROMISE scholarship year to year in order to maximize the number of awards | 02/09/26 |
| HB 5387 | Relating to high school graduation requirements | 02/10/26 |
| HB 5417 | Relating to authorizing the use of professional fireworks displays on public school property | 02/10/26 |
| HB 5434 | Creating a moratorium for two years on school closures and providing for a pause on impending school closures. | 02/11/26 |
| HB 5435 | The purpose of this bill is to increase funding for rural counties in this state by adding a multiplier to the IEP calculation. | 02/11/26 |
| HB 5481 | To ban ultraprocessed foods (exempt drinks) from schools in WV | 02/12/26 |
| HB 5495 | Creating certain requirements and accountability procedures regarding a student’s use of software in a public school. | 02/13/26 |
| HB 5499 | Relating to school system fiscal and governance early warning, stabilization, and accountability. | 02/13/26 |
| HB 5573 | Rural Medical Residency Program concentrating on obstetrics and gynecology for rural hospitals, can be funded from the Rural Health Inititive or other sources funded by the legislature. | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5577 | Strengthen school bullying laws. | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5583 | West Virginia Seal of Civic Literacy Act. | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5584 | Relating to require county school boards to provide one day in-service training to prepare county employees for annual competency tests. | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5606 | Establishing the “Stay in State” tax credit | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5607 | Expanding the amount of promise scholarship funds awarded to persons majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5616 | Modifying years of service experience to include service personnel. | 02/16/26 |
| HB 5637 | Add weighted funding back into the school aid funding formula for students with unique learning needs | 02/17/26 |
| HB 5643 | Allowing an LEA or public charter school to enroll, or refuse to enroll, a student who is unlawfully present in the United States | 02/17/26 |
| HB 5644 | To establish provisions regarding student immigration status and nationality in WV public educational institutions | 02/17/26 |
| HB 5647 | Relating to creating the Open and Equal Opportunities in Student Activities Act. | 02/17/26 |
| HB 5677 | To create the Career Pipeline for Coalfield Counties Act. | 02/17/26 |
| HB 5679 | To modify county school boards and county boards of directors | 02/17/26 |