WEST virginia legislature

2019 regular session

Introduced

Senate Bill 381

By Senator Maynard

[Introduced January 21, 2019; Referred
to the Committee on Education; and then to the Committee on Finance]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2-7d, relating to requiring the State Board of Education to develop a program of instruction on home maintenance for the elderly and the disabled.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 2. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

§18-2-7d. Program on home maintenance.

The state board shall develop a program of instruction on home maintenance with the objective of assisting the elderly and the disabled to maintain the exterior premises of their homes be integrated into the curriculum as a new course or as part of an appropriate existing course or courses for students in secondary schools.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require the State Board of Education to develop a program of instruction on home maintenance for the elderly and the disabled.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.