Bill Status - 2008 Regular Session
Committee Activity
137 Bills Pending in Committee — House Education
| Bill | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| SB 65 | Establishing school uniforms incentive plan pilot program | 02/27/08 |
| SB 156 | Providing tuition waivers for children and spouses of certain National Guard and active duty military personnel | 02/21/08 |
| SB 194 | Providing electronic instructional materials to certain students | 02/26/08 |
| SB 611 | Relating to teachers' alternative education | 02/27/08 |
| SB 747 | Creating PROMISE Scholarship Summer Internship Program | 02/26/08 |
| SB 777 | Authorizing Marshall University and West Virginia University to manage certain real property | 02/28/08 |
| HB 2001 | Relating to providing additional state minimum salary for certain teachers | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2018 | Providing for the use of neck braces by football players | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2063 | Prohibiting individual county board of education members from acting on behalf of the board in an individual capacity unless authorized by law | 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 | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2081 | Requiring accumulation of certain historical instruction before high school graduation | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2084 | Requiring the State Board of Education to promulgate rule implementing a tornado safety awareness plan in public schools | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2086 | Requiring schools to post and make available to the public the schedules of teachers and staff | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2088 | Changing the compulsory school attendance for children in the state from sixteen to eighteen years of age | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2108 | Making armed assault or conspiracy to commit armed assault upon school property or school personnel or students a felony | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2111 | Changing compulsory school attendance until age eighteen or until the student graduates | 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 | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2125 | Community volunteer enrichment programs in the public schools | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2128 | Requiring county boards of education to establish the daily observance of a minute of silence in all county schools | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2133 | Funding the PROMISE scholarship program | 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 | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2205 | Relating to the denial of course credits for unexcused absences in school | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2211 | Increasing supplemental benefits to certain teacher retirement annuitants | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2215 | Creating incentives for encouraging West Virginia workers to obtain the GED | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2243 | Allowing comparable credit at trade or vocational schools approved by the State Board to count towards service personnel pay rates | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2270 | Providing West Virginia students with a partial PROMISE scholarship for schooling outside this state for the reason that no in-state institution offers a course for a major or a degree in the student's desired field | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2272 | Relating to allowing bus operators for county school systems to carry-over years of experience operating buses for purposes of determining seniority | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2292 | Increasing salary increments paid to principals and assistant principals | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2298 | Providing for increased compensation for aides and paraprofessionals with large numbers of pupils in kindergarten and grades one through six | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2316 | Changing the PROMISE Scholarship Program to the PROMISE Forgivable Student Loan Program and establishing deferment and forgiveness conditions | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2336 | Allowing school service personnel the opportunity to vote on giving transfer preference to employees from a merged school | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2356 | Establishing a secure residential school for juvenile status offenders | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2381 | Establishing school service personnel class title and pay grade for the positions of "Administrative Assistant" and "Legal Secretary" | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2383 | Allowing a school service mechanic to have experience, training and certifications considered towards his or her pay rate | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2397 | Relating to salary increases for teachers based upon residential housing costs | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2403 | Increasing the salary increments paid to principals and assistant principals | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2413 | Creating the Student and Family Privacy Protection Act | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2415 | Allowing for more teachers to be reimbursed for approved course work | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2418 | Increasing certain county boards of education personnel salaries | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2419 | Salary increases for school service employees based upon residential housing costs | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2420 | Augmentation to any salary increase for any public employee, teacher or school service personnel | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2429 | Rectifying inequities in the salary schedule and pay grades for service personnel by upgrading the pay grade of cooks and custodians | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2453 | Providing that the assignment and transfer of real property for research and development at institutions of higher education for economic development purposes includes housing projects | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2480 | Requiring voter approval prior to closure and consolidation of certain schools | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2489 | Allowing the State Superintendent of Schools to designate certain geographical areas as a "School Choice Zone" | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2556 | Creating the institute for increased postsecondary education participation | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2557 | Providing a two-tiered personal income tax credit for parents who provide home schooling | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2565 | Relating to the delivery of controlled substances on or in an educational facility | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2582 | Adjusting foundation allowance for transportation for projected fuel costs | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2699 | Relating to reports of inspections of schools by local boards of health | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2706 | Reforming the school aid formula by reducing the amount of regular levy deducted from county boards of education | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2719 | Verifiable Science Act | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2720 | Pay incentives for teachers who teach in their core field degree | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2725 | Authorizing public school teachers to purchase one personal computer and related devices per year from the state contract for use outside the classroom | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2730 | Reducing the ratio of school nurses to school children | 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 | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2757 | Consolidating purchasing by county boards of education | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2779 | Increasing the faculty senate allotment for classroom teachers and librarians | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2783 | Exempting undergraduate students attending state colleges or universities for the first two years postgraduation, from the payment of state income tax | 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 | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2836 | Allowing a public school employee or retiree who missed work as a result of pregnancy to purchase up to one year of service credit in the teachers retirement system | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2846 | Authorizing school level implementation of student uniform policies | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2850 | Setting standards for assignment of high school athletic directors | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2859 | Establishing requirements for college readiness and work readiness credentials that certify to colleges and employers that a student has demonstrated the proficiencies needed to be successful | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2867 | Authorizing and encouraging county boards of education to share services of central office administrative personnel | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2878 | Requiring school boards to set and maintain reliable bussing schedules and to limit the duration of travel for students | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2884 | Protecting academic freedom in higher education | 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 | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2937 | Requiring certain professional development to also be consistent with school and county strategic plans | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2949 | Increasing compensation of school service personnel and rectifying inequities in the salary schedule and pay grades | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2965 | Faculty Excellence Act | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2969 | Requiring the subject of physics as a required course in all public secondary schools for graduation | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2970 | Providing a salary supplement for providers of medicaid eligible services in the public schools | 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 | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2980 | Allowing certain county boards of education to operate their schools on a four-day school week | 01/09/08 |
| HB 3010 | West Virginia Public School Employment Relations Act | 01/09/08 |
| HB 3042 | Exempting children receiving an exemption from compulsory school attendance in favor of church school from standardized testing requirement | 01/09/08 |
| HB 3082 | Providing for tuition and fee waiver for certain child survivors of domestic violence deaths | 01/09/08 |
| HB 3098 | Allowing a tax deduction for all prepaid tuition contracts or college savings plan | 01/09/08 |
| HB 3103 | Relating to persons who do not qualify for professional certificates who are issued certificates to serve in the public schools as athletic coaches | 01/09/08 |
| HB 3125 | Providing a cost-of-living provision for certain persons retired under the Teachers Retirement System | 01/09/08 |
| HB 3132 | Protecting the academic speech of higher education professional educators | 01/09/08 |
| HB 3177 | Increasing the compensation of members of county boards of education | 01/09/08 |
| HB 3232 | Reducing staff development programs for school personnel from eighteen hours to twelve hours | 01/09/08 |
| HB 3240 | Extending the provisions of the higher education flexibility act | 01/09/08 |
| HB 3252 | Instituting a "Celebrate Freedom Week" and requiring the instruction in the study of the Declaration of Independence and other American historical documents | 01/09/08 |
| HB 3273 | Modifying the provisions regarding the higher education institutions that are eligible for receiving PROMISE scholarship funds | 01/09/08 |
| HB 3276 | Including Salem International University as an eligible institution for PROMISE scholarship students | 01/09/08 |
| HB 4033 | Providing for a legislative rule requiring repayment of a PROMISE scholarship award under certain circumstances | 01/11/08 |
| HB 4051 | Providing that only healthy beverages and healthy or nutritional snacks may be sold in the county school system | 01/29/08 |
| HB 4055 | Authorizing an additional salary bonus for certain classroom teachers | 01/16/08 |
| HB 4056 | Requiring county board establishment of an additional supplemental salary schedule for classroom teachers in certain circumstances | 01/16/08 |
| 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 | 01/21/08 |
| HB 4123 | Relating to transfers of teachers | 01/22/08 |
| HB 4136 | Allowing pregnancy leave buy-back by teachers who are currently employed or retired | 01/23/08 |
| HB 4152 | Providing cost-of-living benefits to retired teachers funded from the severance tax collections on natural gas | 01/23/08 |
| HB 4154 | Providing members of the Defined Contribution Retirement System a one-time option to transfer to the State Teachers' Retirement System | 01/23/08 |
| HB 4155 | Giving teachers and service personnel and retired teachers a raise | 01/23/08 |
| HB 4159 | Rescinding state financial assistance from students who receive two or more citations for illegal consumption or possession of alcohol | 01/24/08 |
| HB 4167 | Relating to reports of inspections of primary and secondary schools by local boards of health | 02/05/08 |
| HB 4293 | West Virginia Public School Employment Relations Act | 01/25/08 |
| HB 4316 | Requiring all high schools include in their health classes a course in fetal development | 01/29/08 |
| HB 4320 | Relating to the use of personal leave days by a surviving spouse of a deceased employee of a school board | 01/29/08 |
| HB 4346 | Exempting all schools which include grades kindergarten through twelve from paying consumer sales tax on items the school sells | 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 | 01/31/08 |
| HB 4351 | Limiting the posting of certain classroom material on the internet | 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 | 01/31/08 |
| HB 4365 | Providing a minimum hourly rate of pay for extracurricular assignments for school service personnel | 01/31/08 |
| HB 4373 | Clarifying how payment of the library funding obligation of a "special act library" is made from the local share | 02/01/08 |
| HB 4375 | Approving fee waivers for certain students and faculty and staff at institutions of higher education | 02/01/08 |
| HB 4377 | Requiring the State Board of Education to create a school drug safety program | 02/01/08 |
| HB 4401 | Protecting the academic speech of professional educators | 02/04/08 |
| HB 4425 | Permitting firework displays on public school property provided the State Superintendent and the Fire Marshal approve the display | 02/05/08 |
| HB 4432 | Increasing annual salaries of public school teachers, providing salary bonuses for classroom teachers, and increasing annual salaries for school service personnel | 02/05/08 |
| HB 4436 | Creating a course in solar hot water heating at each community and technical college in the state | 02/06/08 |
| HB 4439 | Including the school principal's recommendation in the criteria to be considered when hiring teachers and other professional personnel | 02/06/08 |
| HB 4456 | Relating to replacing unuseable athletic facilities | 02/07/08 |
| HB 4467 | Making it a misdemeanor to falsify educational or academic records to obtain a benefit | 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 | 02/08/08 |
| HB 4469 | Allowing state colleges and universities to better manage real property gifted to them or acquired by them with private funds | 02/08/08 |
| HB 4479 | Mandating that school principals submit recommendations for the superintendent regarding the appointment, assignment, promotion, transfer and dismissal of all personnel | 02/11/08 |
| HB 4505 | Allowing fireworks displays on public school property upon approval of the State Superintendent of Schools and the State Fire Marshal | 02/12/08 |
| HB 4510 | Relating to requirements for PROMISE scholarships | 02/12/08 |
| HB 4522 | Reforming the school aid formula by reducing the regular levy deducted from county boards of education | 02/13/08 |
| HB 4523 | Allowing guidance counselors to compete equally for all guidance counselor positions | 02/13/08 |
| HB 4531 | Prohibiting illegal aliens from obtaining in-state tuition rates at state colleges and universities | 02/14/08 |
| HB 4539 | Providing for continuing contract status for teachers and establishing dismissal and suspension procedures | 02/14/08 |
| 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 | 02/14/08 |
| HB 4564 | Increasing the pay grade of cafeteria managers | 02/14/08 |
| HB 4589 | Increasing the penalties for overtaking and passing a school bus | 02/18/08 |
| HB 4601 | Directing the State Board of Education to develop a program of instruction on macroeconomics | 02/18/08 |
| HB 4610 | Giving state institutions of higher education more flexibility in the planning and operation of their schools | 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 | 02/18/08 |
| HB 4633 | Relating to approval of a student for homebound services and their rights | 02/18/08 |
| HB 4678 | Relating to itinerant status for school service personnel | 02/18/08 |
| HB 4686 | Specifying the types of topics that are to be covered in school programs on personal finance | 02/18/08 |
| HB 4687 | Directing the State Board of Education to determine what principal and teacher reports are unnecessary | 02/18/08 |