Bill Status - 2017 Regular Session
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There are 126 bill(s) regarding Education (K12)
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee | Step | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 2 | Providing additional funding for exceptional children with high-cost/high-acuity special needs | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/08/17 |
| SB 3 | Relating generally to truancy intervention | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/08/17 |
| SB 6 | Creating Tim Tebow Act | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/08/17 |
| SB 18 | Requiring new comprehensive statewide student assessment | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/25/17 |
| SB 24 | Creating education expenses tax credits | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/08/17 |
| SB 36 | Permitting school nurses to possess and administer opioid antagonists | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 30, 2017) | ||
| SB 39 | Requiring BRIM cover volunteer workers and student teachers | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 02/13/17 |
| SB 40 | Requiring inclusion of protocols for response to after-school emergencies in school crisis response plans | Signed | Effective August 1, 2017 | ||
| SB 63 | Requiring school counselors spend all their time on comprehensive school counseling programs | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/13/17 |
| SB 68 | Relating generally to compulsory school attendance and early childhood education programs | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/08/17 |
| SB 181 | Abolishing regional education service agencies | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/08/17 |
| SB 186 | Adjusting date when children become eligible for certain school programs and school attendance requirements | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 4, 2017) | ||
| SB 200 | Increasing high-quality educational opportunities within public school system | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/13/17 |
| SB 203 | Defining "professional services" with respect to energy saving contracts | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 02/09/17 |
| SB 231 | Relating to State Board of Education and Medicaid-eligible children | Signed | Effective July 1, 2017 | ||
| SB 242 | Relating to school calendars | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/23/17 |
| SB 251 | Creating pilot program for school-based mental and behavioral health services for students and families | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/10/17 |
| SB 252 | Allowing county boards of education and RESA agencies to purchase computer technology from other than statewide contract | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/10/17 |
| SB 256 | Relating to prohibiting aiding and abetting of sexual abuse by school personnel | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 5, 2017) | ||
| SB 271 | Preventing State Board of Education from implementing common core academic standards | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/13/17 |
| SB 312 | Establishing four-year pilot program to have social workers in public schools | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/14/17 |
| SB 319 | Relating to requirements for employing nurses in public schools | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/15/17 |
| SB 327 | Relating to teaching certificates for teachers whose spouses are members of armed forces on active duty stationed in state | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/08/17 |
| SB 359 | Allowing exemptions from mandated immunizations | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/21/17 |
| SB 371 | Requiring CPRB adopt smoothing method regarding gains and losses on Teachers Retirement System Fund assets | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/23/17 |
| SB 401 | Allowing county board of education base employment decisions on individual's qualifications | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/29/17 |
| SB 431 | Providing ratio of pupils to licensed school psychologist | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/24/17 |
| SB 432 | Requiring proficiency in civics as condition of receiving high school diploma | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/24/17 |
| SB 524 | Relating to WV academic standards | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/20/17 |
| SB 527 | Relating to traumatic brain injury | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/07/17 |
| SB 528 | Establishing process to provide student is ineligible for home instruction exemption | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/07/17 |
| SB 530 | Replacing regional education service agencies | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/07/17 |
| SB 541 | Permitting county boards of education post professional personnel job vacancies | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/08/17 |
| SB 543 | Allowing maximum number of pupils exceed up to 5 in certain instances | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/08/17 |
| SB 550 | Relating to disposition of vacated school buildings or other state-owned buildings | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 03/08/17 |
| SB 551 | Limiting School Building Authority's discretion to disburse funds | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/08/17 |
| SB 553 | Providing teachers with 3 percent pay raise | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/08/17 |
| SB 605 | Establishing election procedure for all members of State Board of Education | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 03/15/17 |
| SB 609 | Creating additional flexibility for school systems in use of school aid funds | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/30/17 |
| SB 621 | Providing certain rules inapplicable after county board of education notifies state board of possible closing or consolidations | Pending | RECD | 04/08/17 | |
| SB 626 | Relating to online posting of required calendar of scheduled activities | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/16/17 |
| SB 630 | Establishing Accessibility and Equity in Public Education Enhancement Act | Signed | Effective from passage - (April 8, 2017) | ||
| SB 640 | Relating to school attendance directors | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/17/17 |
| SB 655 | Adding digital literacy skills to high-quality education standards | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/18/17 |
| SB 656 | Relating to Student Data Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act | Vetoed | Vetoed | ||
| SB 674 | Relating to public school support | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/20/17 |
| HB 2031 | Eliminating requirements that state provide for professional training and development of teachers | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2123 | Making the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind eligible to participate in any and all funding administered or distributed by the West Virginia School Building Authority | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/01/17 |
| HB 2142 | Providing a salary increase for special education teachers | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2147 | Permitting county boards of education to accumulate instructional days and use them when needed | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2151 | Prohibiting the use of the Smarter Balanced Assessment | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2153 | Relating to designation of social workers in the Department of Health and Human Services to promote better student school attendance | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2157 | Relating to school calendar | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2188 | Extending the length of time for the special Community-Based Pilot Demonstration Project to Improve Outcomes for At-Risk Youth | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 3, 2017) | ||
| HB 2195 | Relating to requiring comprehensive drug awareness and prevention program in all public schools | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 5, 2017) | ||
| HB 2198 | Redirecting certain funds of the West Virginia Department of Education | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2199 | Creating a digital learning pilot project | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2200 | Requiring that four members of the State Board of Education be elected on a nonpartisan basis | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2210 | Increasing pay to teachers and service personnel | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2211 | Increasing salaries for teachers | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2214 | West Virginia Educational Restoration Act | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/08/17 |
| HB 2313 | Providing that the statewide summative assessment only be administered in grades three through eight and once at the high school level | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/09/17 |
| HB 2333 | Relating to the administration of the statewide summative assessment | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/10/17 |
| HB 2336 | Reducing the number of pupils per school nurses | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/10/17 |
| HB 2337 | Requiring each public high school to offer a course in computer science | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/10/17 |
| HB 2374 | Requiring schools post signs displaying the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/13/17 |
| HB 2387 | Requiring the State Board of Education to prescribe a comprehensive drug awareness and prevention program | Pending | House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse | Committee | 02/13/17 |
| HB 2388 | Relating to the comprehensive statewide student assessment | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/13/17 |
| HB 2392 | Relating to truancy intervention | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/13/17 |
| HB 2398 | Extending funding for School Innovation and Local Solution Dropout Prevention and Recovery Innovation Zones | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/13/17 |
| HB 2401 | Increasing teacher salaries | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/13/17 |
| HB 2403 | Permitting county boards of education to accumulate instructional days and use them when needed | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/13/17 |
| HB 2412 | Relating to the public school calendar | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/13/17 |
| HB 2420 | Providing that the State Board of Education may delegate its Medicaid provider status and subsequent reimbursement to regional educational service agencies or county boards | Tabled | 3rd Reading | 03/01/17 | |
| HB 2436 | Suspending the implementation of the school aid formula until the year 2021 | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/14/17 |
| HB 2438 | Allowing county boards of education and regional educational service agencies to purchase computer technology from other than a state-wide contract | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/14/17 |
| HB 2443 | Establishing academic standards and assessment methods | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/14/17 |
| HB 2449 | Requiring the West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission to adopt certain safety standards for youth lacrosse | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/15/17 |
| HB 2478 | Changing the age effective date of children for whom county boards of education must provide kindergarten programs | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/15/17 |
| HB 2491 | Relating to school calendar and testing | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/16/17 |
| HB 2494 | Providing that statewide school report cards are only to be made available to custodial parents and guardians of students upon request | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 5, 2017) | ||
| HB 2524 | Improving the focus on school-level continuous improvement processes | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/25/17 |
| HB 2525 | Relieving the county superintendent of schools of the duty of nominating personnel to be employed by the county board | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/16/17 |
| HB 2527 | Relating to public school support | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/16/17 |
| HB 2543 | Preventing the State Board of Education from implementing common core academic standards and assessments | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/20/17 |
| HB 2551 | Requiring the West Virginia Department of Education to create a Bible literacy course in public schools | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/20/17 |
| HB 2560 | Providing a free lunch to all employees in a school building | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/20/17 |
| HB 2561 | Relating to public school support | Signed | Effective July 1, 2017 | ||
| HB 2569 | Relating to employment, promotion and transfer of professional personnel by county boards of education | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/20/17 |
| HB 2571 | Developing a resource for use by parents to monitor and track deaf and hard-of-hearing children’s expressive and receptive language acquisition | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/11/17 |
| HB 2572 | Providing for the authorization and oversight of public charter schools | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/20/17 |
| HB 2574 | Middle School Technical Education Program Act | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/09/17 |
| HB 2584 | Relating to primary and secondary school instructional terms | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/21/17 |
| HB 2609 | Requiring county boards of education to conduct regular structural inspections of school facilities and structures | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/21/17 |
| HB 2610 | Allowing private entities to lease buildings to local school boards in cases of emergency or condemnation | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/21/17 |
| HB 2618 | Relating to body mass index | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 03/16/17 |
| HB 2637 | Relating to employment of retired teachers and prospective employable professional personnel in areas of critical need and shortage | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 7, 2017) | ||
| HB 2651 | Relating generally to standardized testing requirements for nonpublic schools | Pending | Senate Rules | Committee | 04/08/17 |
| HB 2652 | Relating generally to school closing or consolidation requirements | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/22/17 |
| HB 2695 | Creating a pilot program for expansion of school-based mental health and school-based diversion | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/24/17 |
| HB 2702 | Relating to excused absences for personal illness from school | Signed | Effective July 1, 2017 | ||
| HB 2738 | Providing flexibility in the transfer process of school personnel | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/22/17 |
| HB 2742 | School Consolidation Task Force | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/01/17 |
| HB 2761 | Relating to qualifications of paraprofessionals, autism mentors and braille or sign support specialists | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/01/17 |
| HB 2771 | Relating to temporary teaching certificates for Armed Forces spouses | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 7, 2017) | ||
| HB 2787 | Creating an additional class of special education classroom aides | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/03/17 |
| HB 2795 | Clarifying a director of a multicounty vocational technical school is a principal | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/06/17 |
| HB 2809 | Relating to basic state aid to public education | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/21/17 |
| HB 2875 | Relating to the adoption of instructional educational resources | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/09/17 |
| HB 2886 | Relating to generally applied associate of science degrees that target workforce needs | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/09/17 |
| HB 2902 | Requiring county school boards to provide adequate mental health and counseling services | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/09/17 |
| HB 2926 | Relating to the comprehensive statewide student assessment | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/10/17 |
| HB 2928 | Creating a low-interest student loan refinancing program for teachers | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/10/17 |
| HB 2945 | Relating to exemptions from mandated immunizations | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 03/13/17 |
| HB 2950 | Requiring the State Superintendent of Schools to have a terminal degree | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/13/17 |
| HB 2974 | Relating to public school education in dating violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence prevention | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/13/17 |
| HB 2997 | Relating generally to applied associate of science degrees that target workforce needs | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/14/17 |
| HB 3008 | Relating to eliminating county school systems and creating ten school districts | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/14/17 |
| HB 3023 | Relating to public school education assessment of students for dyslexia and dyscalculia | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/14/17 |
| HB 3031 | Creating a state program allowing high school students advance to getting a college degree or technical training while in high school | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/14/17 |
| HB 3036 | Allowing county boards of education to hire retired teachers | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/14/17 |
| HB 3061 | Encouraging mastery-based education through the Innovation In Schools program | Pending | 3rd Reading | 04/08/17 | |
| HB 3080 | Requiring instruction in the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 7, 2017) | ||
| HB 3088 | Relating generally to teacher-pupil ratios | Rejected | 03/28/17 | ||
| HB 3089 | Relating to the adoption of instructional resources for use in the public schools | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 03/24/17 |
| HB 3090 | Relating to the maximum licensed school psychologist-pupil ratio | Pending | House Education | Committee | 03/14/17 |