Bill Status - 2026 Regular Session
Committee Activity
79 Bills Pending in Committee — Senate Education
| Bill | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| SB 6 | Requiring legal actions concerning WVSSAC to be filed in Wood or Kanawha County | 01/14/26 |
| SB 9 | Requiring age-appropriate instruction on Holocaust in public schools | 01/14/26 |
| SB 10 | Prohibiting schools from starting earlier than 7:45 am | 01/14/26 |
| SB 21 | Allowing students, coaching staff, and athletic trainers to participate in non-school athletic activities | 01/14/26 |
| SB 39 | Requiring heart health program in grades three through six | 01/14/26 |
| SB 41 | Creating Standardized Testing Choice Act | 01/14/26 |
| SB 46 | Requiring moment of silence at beginning of each school day | 01/14/26 |
| SB 51 | Requiring course in public schools on human development | 01/14/26 |
| SB 69 | Requiring higher education institutions to accept Classic Learning Test | 01/14/26 |
| SB 83 | Reducing number of days required for certain educators to apply for full-time employment | 01/14/26 |
| SB 92 | Relating to enhanced pay for certain teachers | 01/14/26 |
| SB 95 | Creating WV Farm Equipment Repair Pilot Program | 01/14/26 |
| SB 101 | Creating position of homeless education coordinator in counties designated by state board as urban county | 01/14/26 |
| SB 116 | Establishing Raylee's Law | 01/14/26 |
| SB 122 | Repealing athletic eligibility of transfer students | 01/14/26 |
| SB 123 | Requiring ambulance, if available, at middle school or high school football game | 01/14/26 |
| SB 124 | Authorizing certain age-appropriate child sexual abuse prevention and sexual violence prevention instruction | 01/14/26 |
| SB 133 | Relating to teaching experience requirement for teacher certification renewal and attainment of permanent certification | 01/14/26 |
| SB 162 | Requiring WV Board of Education to promulgate legislative rule relating to concussion protocol | 01/14/26 |
| SB 170 | Allowing career technical education program to be part of local high school | 01/29/26 |
| SB 171 | Creating WV Released Time Education Act | 01/14/26 |
| SB 177 | Providing certified law-enforcement officers tuition-free education up to highest tuition rate for public higher education in WV | 01/14/26 |
| SB 214 | Creating Community School Funding Formula Revision Act | 01/14/26 |
| SB 215 | Creating WV Constitutional Schools Act of 2026 | 01/14/26 |
| SB 217 | Creating Community Schools Funding Formula Revision Act | 01/14/26 |
| SB 218 | Creating Community School Support Fund | 01/14/26 |
| SB 219 | Creating moratorium on school closings and consolidation | 01/14/26 |
| SB 223 | Creating Community School Parents' Choice Act | 01/14/26 |
| SB 224 | Creating Support for Neglected Schools Act | 01/14/26 |
| SB 234 | West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission Reform Act | 01/14/26 |
| SB 240 | Approving overtime pay for teachers | 01/14/26 |
| SB 246 | Establishing minimum student enrollment for school aid formula | 01/14/26 |
| SB 386 | Creating mobile training team for school safety | 01/15/26 |
| SB 394 | Authorizing WVSSAC to promulgate legislative rules | 01/15/26 |
| SB 406 | Reorganizing School Building Authority as School Maintenance Authority | 01/15/26 |
| SB 409 | High School Educator Flexibility Act of 2026 | 01/15/26 |
| SB 412 | Relating to required instruction in human growth and development | 01/15/26 |
| SB 414 | Keep Accreditation About Academics Act | 01/15/26 |
| SB 442 | Creating homeless education coordinator position in counties designated by State Board as urban county | 01/16/26 |
| SB 449 | Relating to teaching and instructing world languages in public schools | 01/16/26 |
| SB 476 | Selecting Neutral Accreditors Act | 01/19/26 |
| SB 489 | Creating High School Educator Flexibility Act | 01/19/26 |
| SB 504 | West Virginia Rural School Protection Act | 01/19/26 |
| SB 516 | Increasing state minimum salary for teachers | 01/20/26 |
| SB 551 | Restoring voting rights to faculty, student, and employee members of institutional boards of governors | 01/21/26 |
| SB 552 | Authorizing county boards of education to designate schools as rural anchor schools | 01/21/26 |
| SB 554 | Establishing enrollment stabilizer mechanism within public school support plan | 01/21/26 |
| SB 555 | Establishing Essential Personnel Bridge Grant Program | 01/21/26 |
| SB 579 | Improving school district efficiency | 01/22/26 |
| SB 591 | Prohibiting teaching of divisive acts and critical race theory in public schools | 01/23/26 |
| SB 612 | Establishing November 7 as Victims of Communism Day | 01/27/26 |
| SB 618 | Prohibiting public funds from supporting low-earning outcome postsecondary degree programs | 01/27/26 |
| SB 619 | Creating Stop the Bleed Act | 02/24/26 |
| SB 675 | Relating to composition of boards of governors in higher education | 01/30/26 |
| SB 696 | Permitting women's wrestling in certain public schools | 02/02/26 |
| SB 713 | Providing 10 percent raise for all public school staff | 02/02/26 |
| SB 720 | WV Comprehensive Student and Family Support Act | 02/03/26 |
| SB 737 | Authorizing county boards of education to accept volunteers as certified chaplains | 02/04/26 |
| SB 758 | Providing extra state aid to school districts for students enrolled in certain schools | 02/05/26 |
| SB 779 | Exempting certain county boards of education from certain licensure | 02/05/26 |
| SB 870 | Providing $10,000 pay raise to teachers across five years | 02/09/26 |
| SB 885 | Allowing Tier II teachers to bank unused sick time toward retirement | 02/09/26 |
| SB 889 | Requiring recreational facilities have AED accessible | 02/09/26 |
| SB 909 | Modernizing educational programs and technologies | 02/11/26 |
| SB 910 | Removing unintended limitation on excused absences for students in certain extracurriculars | 02/11/26 |
| SB 919 | Creating Safe School Events Music Act | 02/11/26 |
| SB 962 | Requiring high school students to pass US citizenship exam | 02/17/26 |
| SB 988 | Authorizing staffing recommendations and limits by Department of Education | 02/18/26 |
| SB 1004 | Adding voter approval requirement to close or consolidate schools | 02/19/26 |
| SB 1027 | Modifying WV Invests Grant Program eligibility requirements | 02/20/26 |
| SB 1067 | Creating extended daycare program for elementary schools | 02/23/26 |
| SB 1070 | Authorizing School Building Authority to fund grounds and site improvements | 02/23/26 |
| HB 4081 | To create the Higher Education Health and Aid Grant. | 01/27/26 |
| HB 4422 | To permit students in eighth and ninth grade to attend summer school in order to raise their grades and establish academic eligibility to participate in extracurricular activities in the fall | 01/30/26 |
| HB 4574 | Relating to providing for condition-based emergency funding for a financially distressed county. | 01/20/26 |
| HB 4591 | To recognize School Athletic Directors who have achieved a nationally recognized professional certification through the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA). | 02/25/26 |
| HB 4656 | Relating to chronic absenteeism | 03/11/26 |
| HB 5321 | To guarantee timely educational evaluations and continuity of services for children entering foster care. | 03/04/26 |
| HB 5683 | Relating to graduation requirements for public schools | 03/04/26 |