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There are 119 bill(s) regarding Education (And Related Subheadings)

Bill Title Status Committee Step Last Action
SB 4 Requiring Legislative Auditor evaluate Secondary Schools Activities Commission Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/09/08 
SB 6 Providing county boards of education members per diem for mandatory education Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/09/08 
SB 9 Permitting hunter safety program in public schools Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
SB 10 Providing tax deduction on interest paid on student and automobile loans Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/09/08 
SB 19 Revising immunizations requirements for school children Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/09/08 
SB 37 Relating to sale of beverages in public schools Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/09/08 
SB 57 Allowing county boards of education to enter into certain lease-purchase agreements Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/23/08 
SB 65 Establishing school uniforms incentive plan pilot program Pending  House Education Committee  02/27/08 
SB 90 Exempting certain insurance agents from continuing education requirement Pending  Senate Banking and Insurance Committee  01/09/08 
SB 91 Reducing ratio of school nurses to school children Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/09/08 
SB 99 Allocating funding for transporting students to certain activities Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/09/08 
SB 132 Requiring principals take responsibility and control over teacher's classroom performance Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/09/08 
SB 153 Creating GED incentives Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/10/08 
SB 156 Providing tuition waivers for children and spouses of certain National Guard and active duty military personnel Pending  House Education Committee  02/21/08 
SB 174 Removing scholarship funds' cap for dependent children of deceased State Police Pending  Senate Pensions Committee  01/10/08 
SB 191 Allowing districts' certain substitute teacher hiring flexibility in critical need areas Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/10/08 
SB 192 Allowing county school boards' substitute service personnel placement flexibility Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/10/08 
SB 194 Providing electronic instructional materials to certain students Pending  House Education Committee  02/26/08 
SB 199 Rescinding student financial assistance due to certain alcohol violations Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/10/08 
SB 205 Establishing driver's license denial or suspension for students who fail or withdraw from school Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/10/08 
SB 222 Permitting only healthy beverages and snacks in schools Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/16/08 
SB 264 Authorizing job-related training reimbursement for certain state employees Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  01/18/08 
SB 269 Authorizing certain tax credit for new teachers in critical needs areas Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/15/08 
SB 297 Authorizing School Building Authority to issue revenue bonds from State Excess Lottery Fund Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
SB 314 Requiring certain public notice of school cancellation or delay Pending  Senate Education Committee  01/23/08 
SB 459 Authorizing rules of School Building Authority and Higher Education Policy Commission Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
SB 569 Relating to compulsory school attendance directors Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/05/08 
SB 594 Establishing Bill of Rights and Responsibilities for Students and School Personnel Pending  Senate Education Committee  03/06/08 
SB 595 Establishing education goals and objectives for 2020 Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
SB 606 Requiring hiring preference for summer school program positions Vetoed    Governor  03/16/08 
SB 607 Relating to teachers' professional development and preparation days Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/15/08 
SB 610 Eliminating Saturday school prohibition Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/13/08 
SB 611 Relating to teachers' alternative education Pending  House Education Committee  02/27/08 
SB 624 Limiting certain paraprofessionals' and interpreters' transfers Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/08/08 
SB 625 Requiring school principal make personnel recommendations Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/20/08 
SB 635 Authorizing State Board of Education to set and collect review fees from certain publishers Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/20/08 
SB 646 Relating to certain teachers' sanctions Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/12/08 
SB 675 Requiring boards of education hire best qualified candidate for extracurricular activities Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/15/08 
SB 681 Creating Beckley-Raleigh County Building Code Authority Pending  House Government Organization Committee  02/28/08 
SB 688 Requiring athletic trainers' presence at certain school games Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/18/08 
SB 690 Allowing teachers to determine what classroom material may be posted on internet Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/18/08 
SB 717 Creating State Police Higher Education Security Act Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/18/08 
SB 725 Relating to beverage sales in schools Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/18/08 
SB 743 Leasing school buses for voter transportation Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/18/08 
SB 750 Relating to continuing education requirements for insurance producers Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  02/27/08 
SB 761 Modifying ISE schedule Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/18/08 
HB 2063 Prohibiting individual county board of education members from acting on behalf of the board in an individual capacity unless authorized by law Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2076 Increasing the foundation allowances for professional educators to fifty-five and service personnel to thirty-seven for each one thousand students Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2084 Requiring the State Board of Education to promulgate rule implementing a tornado safety awareness plan in public schools Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2088 Changing the compulsory school attendance for children in the state from sixteen to eighteen years of age Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2108 Making armed assault or conspiracy to commit armed assault upon school property or school personnel or students a felony Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2111 Changing compulsory school attendance until age eighteen or until the student graduates Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2114 Providing that student residents of this state who commute to school in another state are eligible for the PROMISE scholarship program Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2128 Requiring county boards of education to establish the daily observance of a minute of silence in all county schools Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2133 Funding the PROMISE scholarship program Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2195 Requiring that the State School Board ensure that no class size for grades seven through twelve be greater than twenty-five students to every one teacher Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2198 Exempting county school boards of education school buses from paying tolls for transit over the West Virginia Turnpike or any parkways authority project Pending  House Finance Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2299 Allowing state employees to take paid leave to attend parent-teacher conference for their children Pending  House Government Organization Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2413 Creating the Student and Family Privacy Protection Act Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2480 Requiring voter approval prior to closure and consolidation of certain schools Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2489 Allowing the State Superintendent of Schools to designate certain geographical areas as a "School Choice Zone" Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2565 Relating to the delivery of controlled substances on or in an educational facility Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2699 Relating to reports of inspections of schools by local boards of health Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2706 Reforming the school aid formula by reducing the amount of regular levy deducted from county boards of education Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2730 Reducing the ratio of school nurses to school children Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2750 Providing county boards of education may study the economic feasibility of exercising an option of engaging in cooperative agreements with local public or regional transit authorities to transport students Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2814 Authorizing the state Board of Education to grant waivers to sparsely populated counties for relief from ratio limitations on state funding Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2817 Providing for a "moment of silence" in public schools Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2850 Setting standards for assignment of high school athletic directors Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2867 Authorizing and encouraging county boards of education to share services of central office administrative personnel Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2911 Providing a framework to avoid imposition of policies and practices on the public schools that distract from a thorough and efficient education Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2937 Requiring certain professional development to also be consistent with school and county strategic plans Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2965 Faculty Excellence Act Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2970 Providing a salary supplement for providers of medicaid eligible services in the public schools Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2971 Providing full daily rate of pay for substitute teachers if they have in excess of ten instructional days in the same school year Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2980 Allowing certain county boards of education to operate their schools on a four-day school week Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 3010 West Virginia Public School Employment Relations Act Pending  House Education Committee  01/09/08 
HB 3029 Exempting construction performed on behalf of educational authorities from prevailing wage requirements Pending  House Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business Committee  01/09/08 
HB 3215 Removing the administrative link between Shepherd University and Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
HB 4023 Provide for the denial or suspension of a driver's license for any student who withdraws from school or fails to receive passing grades Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
HB 4040 Nontraditional Career Development Centers Act Pending  House Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business Committee  01/14/08 
HB 4051 Providing that only healthy beverages and healthy or nutritional snacks may be sold in the county school system Pending  House Education Committee  01/29/08 
HB 4108 Allowing county school boards to establish a four-day school week and collect fees for use of school buildings on the fifth day Pending  House Education Committee  01/21/08 
HB 4123 Relating to transfers of teachers Pending  House Education Committee  01/22/08 
HB 4163 Clarifying that if a county board of education moved the library funding obligation of a "special act library" from the regular tax levy to the excess levy, the library funding obligation under the special act would cease Pending  House Finance Committee  02/15/08 
HB 4320 Relating to the use of personal leave days by a surviving spouse of a deceased employee of a school board Pending  House Education Committee  01/29/08 
HB 4341 Relating to payment of National Board for Professional Teaching Standards salary bonus Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/26/08 
HB 4346 Exempting all schools which include grades kindergarten through twelve from paying consumer sales tax on items the school sells Pending  House Education Committee  01/31/08 
HB 4350 Requiring that all decisions regarding certain reductions in full-time classified personnel workforce at state institutions of higher education be made on the basis of seniority Pending  House Education Committee  01/31/08 
HB 4352 Allowing teachers who graduated from colleges and universities that are not accredited by associations recognized in West Virginia, to obtain a teaching certificate based on their certification in another state Pending  House Education Committee  01/31/08 
HB 4365 Providing a minimum hourly rate of pay for extracurricular assignments for school service personnel Pending  House Education Committee  01/31/08 
HB 4368 Reducing acts of student violence and disruptive behavior and increasing penalties for chronically disruptive students Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
HB 4375 Approving fee waivers for certain students and faculty and staff at institutions of higher education Pending  House Education Committee  02/01/08 
HB 4377 Requiring the State Board of Education to create a school drug safety program Pending  House Education Committee  02/01/08 
HB 4401 Protecting the academic speech of professional educators Pending  House Education Committee  02/04/08 
HB 4406 Relating to state board standards for the recommended duration of school bus transportation times for students to and from school Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
HB 4407 Requiring automatic tire chains as standard equipment on all new school buses Vetoed    Governor  04/01/08 
HB 4433 Increasing the maximum amount of a medical student loan that may be cancelled Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
HB 4434 Establishing a higher education energy and water savings revolving loan fund Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
HB 4439 Including the school principal's recommendation in the criteria to be considered when hiring teachers and other professional personnel Pending  House Education Committee  02/06/08 
HB 4467 Making it a misdemeanor to falsify educational or academic records to obtain a benefit Pending  House Education Committee  02/08/08 
HB 4468 Permitting county board of education the power to employ the most qualified person to be athletic and other extracurricular coaches Pending  House Education Committee  02/08/08 
HB 4472 Requiring a board of education to wait ten days before posting a new job opening following the death of an employee Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
HB 4478 Limiting the mid-year transfer of certain school employees working with students with exceptionalities Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
HB 4479 Mandating that school principals submit recommendations for the superintendent regarding the appointment, assignment, promotion, transfer and dismissal of all personnel Pending  House Education Committee  02/11/08 
HB 4522 Reforming the school aid formula by reducing the regular levy deducted from county boards of education Pending  House Education Committee  02/13/08 
HB 4523 Allowing guidance counselors to compete equally for all guidance counselor positions Pending  House Education Committee  02/13/08 
HB 4537 Prohibiting lottery form using minors in advertising during school hours Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/14/08 
HB 4539 Providing for continuing contract status for teachers and establishing dismissal and suspension procedures Pending  House Education Committee  02/14/08 
HB 4557 Relating to continuing education for insurance producers Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
HB 4559 Providing nonsupervisory employees of the West Virginia State Board of Education with the same protections against summary dismissal as are applicable to employees of county boards of education Pending  House Education Committee  02/14/08 
HB 4589 Increasing the penalties for overtaking and passing a school bus Pending  House Education Committee  02/18/08 
HB 4593 Exempting persons with a masters or a doctorate degree in marriage or family therapy from being licensed Tabled    3rd Reading  02/29/08 
HB 4601 Directing the State Board of Education to develop a program of instruction on macroeconomics Pending  House Education Committee  02/18/08 
HB 4631 Giving county school superintendents more flexibility and ease in placing service personnel workers in positions of need on a day-to-day basis Pending  House Education Committee  02/18/08 
HB 4633 Relating to approval of a student for homebound services and their rights Pending  House Education Committee  02/18/08 
HB 4678 Relating to itinerant status for school service personnel Pending  House Education Committee  02/18/08 
HB 4687 Directing the State Board of Education to determine what principal and teacher reports are unnecessary Pending  House Education Committee  02/18/08 
HB 4688 Establishing a corporate tax credit up to fifty percent of the corporation's net income tax for contributions to scholarship funds Pending  House Finance Committee  02/18/08