Standing Committee on Education - Agenda

3/17/2025, 12:00 p.m.

Location: Education Committee Room

I. Call to Order

II. Roll Call

III. Approval of Minutes

IV. Reports from Subcommittees

HB2527 - To create a tuition reimbursement program for Corrections employees.

HB2610 - Tuition and fee exemptions for service-connected Disabled Veterans and their dependents

HB2737 - To establish the Higher Education Heath and Aid Grant

HB2777 - Relating to removing requirements to submit certain evidence on behalf of home-schooled children

HB2879 - Relating to the creation of the West Virginia Math & Science Teacher Scholarship Act

HB2958 - To clarify what constitutes trespassing at an institution of higher education

HB3279 - Relating to requirements for WVU and WVSU Board of Governors

V. Markup and Passage

Com. Sub. for HB2003 - Prohibiting Cell phones in class

HB2760 - To allow for the implementation of Educational Software in West Virginia public schools

Com. Sub. for HB2897 - Permitting the Legislative Auditor to conduct periodic performance and financial audits of the West Virginia Department of Education

Com. Sub. for HB3099 - Permitting law enforcement to issue a citation when students are caught with nicotine in schools.

Com. Sub. for HB3125 - To remove restrictions from teachers receiving permanent teaching licenses

Com. Sub. for HB3166 - Requirements for School Safety Mapping Data

VI. Committee Hearing

HB2394 - Requiring teachers to wear a “mobile alert button” for emergency situations, to be known as “Alyssa’s Law.”

HB2475 - To provide a raise for special education aides, as well as a raise for self-contained special education teachers.

Com. Sub for HB2499 - Training course for principals in public schools; informing teachers of their rights and protections; IEP format

HB2939 - Remote Schools Support Act

HB3295 - Troop- to-Teachers

HB3313 - Providing more opportunities for high school students in community colleges

HB3387 - Relating to the creation of a regional school district pilot program

SB199 - Relating to elementary behavior intervention and safety

SB283 - Expanding grade levels of personal finance course requirements needed for graduation

VII. Miscellaneous Business

VIII. Adjournment

*agenda subject to change

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