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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