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There are 39 bill(s) regarding Education (Higher)

Bill Title Status Committee Step Last Action
SB 17 Relating generally to salary structure for temporary higher education employees Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/13/17 
SB 32 Increasing high education student success Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/08/17 
SB 72 Relating to higher education advance allowance accounts Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  02/08/17 
SB 184 Transitioning WV School of Osteopathic Medicine to nonprofit corporation Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  02/08/17 
SB 273 Establishing Education Savings Account Pilot Program Pending  Senate Finance Committee  03/24/17 
SB 274 Relating to public higher education personnel Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/13/17 
SB 324 Prohibiting Governor and Legislature from administering budget cuts to higher education Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/15/17 
SB 394 Relating generally to applied associate of science degrees targeting workforce needs Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/24/17 
SB 520 Relating to in-state resident tuition rates for certain reserve members Pending  Senate Education Committee  03/08/17 
SB 525 Establishing education savings accounts for WV students Pending  Senate Education Committee  03/06/17 
SB 527 Relating to traumatic brain injury Pending  Senate Education Committee  03/07/17 
SB 540 Requiring school counselors inform graduating students of student aid availability Pending  Senate Education Committee  03/08/17 
SB 561 Allowing economically depressed county to retain 50 percent of coal severance tax collected in county Pending  Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee  03/08/17 
SB 651 Relating to research, development and technology parks Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  03/18/17 
SB 671 Relating to WV Anatomical Board Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 3, 2017)
HB 2075 Providing the Auditor with greater oversight of advance allowance accounts Pending  House Education Committee  02/08/17 
HB 2079 Abolishing the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission Pending  House Education Committee  02/08/17 
HB 2097 Permitting community and technical colleges and universities to charge students half the cost of a credit for every credit taken over the fifteenth hour Pending  House Education Committee  02/08/17 
HB 2118 Abolishing the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education Pending  House Education Committee  02/08/17 
HB 2144 Relating to relocation or closure of state higher education institutions Pending  House Education Committee  02/08/17 
HB 2542 Relating to public higher education personnel Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 12, 2017)
HB 2557 Relating to tuition and fees at community and technical colleges Pending  House Education Committee  02/20/17 
HB 2559 Relating to concealed carry on higher education campuses Pending  House Education Committee  02/20/17 
HB 2667 Relating to accreditation of nursing schools Pending  House Judiciary Committee  03/08/17 
HB 2689 Educational Savings Account Program Pending  House Education Committee  02/24/17 
HB 2705 Eliminating obsolete, duplicate or unnecessary code language as it relates to higher education Pending  House Education Committee  02/24/17 
HB 2706 Authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 3, 2017)
HB 2756 Making Promise scholarships available for students pursuing certificates or degrees through an accredited community and technical college Pending  House Education Committee  03/01/17 
HB 2763 Relating to the approval by the Council for Community and Technical College Education of acquisitions Pending  Senate Education Committee  03/28/17 
HB 2770 Reducing regulatory control over academic programs of state institutions Pending  House Education Committee  03/01/17 
HB 2818 Prohibiting West Virginia institutions of higher learning and state agencies from discriminating against graduates of private, nonpublic or home schools by requiring them to submit to alternative testing Pending  House Education Committee  03/08/17 
HB 2849 Providing that the compensation level of the Chancellor for Higher Education may be no more than the salary of the Governor Pending  House Education Committee  03/08/17 
HB 2858 Creating a loan tuition forgiveness program to encourage students in selected and necessary fields to remain in the state Pending  House Education Committee  03/08/17 
HB 2887 Relating to retirement and separation incentives Pending    Concurrence  04/08/17 
HB 2912 Abolishing regional service education agencies Pending  House Education Committee  03/10/17 
HB 2973 Preserving and transferring firefighter training courses Pending  House Education Committee  03/13/17 
HB 3001 Abolishing the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission Pending  House Education Committee  03/14/17 
HB 3078 Establishing a merit-based Katherine Johnson Hope Scholarship program to provide tuition and fee payments for certain qualified students Pending  House Education Committee  03/14/17 
HB 3095 Allowing retired teachers to be employed by a higher education institution Pending    3rd Reading  04/08/17