Bill Status - 2025 Regular Session
Committee Activity
153 Bills Pending in Committee — House Education
| Bill | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| SB 54 | Requiring age-appropriate instruction on Holocaust in public schools | 03/26/25 |
| SB 92 | Glucagon for Schools Act | 04/02/25 |
| SB 197 | Limiting requirements for issuance of professional teaching certificate | 04/04/25 |
| SB 284 | Relating to county board of education member orientation and compensation | 03/06/25 |
| SB 450 | Establishing WV Guardian Program | 03/21/25 |
| SB 470 | Creating WV Athletic Freedom Act | 04/04/25 |
| SB 548 | Creating Safety and Violence Education for Students Act | 04/04/25 |
| SB 646 | Increasing non-traditional instruction days for WV teachers | 04/02/25 |
| SB 705 | Allowing Board of Education to promulgate rules for submission to Legislature | 03/26/25 |
| HB 2017 | To adjust the School Aid Formula’s Transportation calculations from its current standard of student enrollment to school bus mileage traveled daily | 03/18/25 |
| HB 2018 | To require a statewide public school calendar to begin no earlier that September 1 and end no later than May 31 | 03/18/25 |
| HB 2034 | Requiring high school students to pass a test on the US Constitution to graduate from high school | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2058 | Relating to military connected students | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2059 | To move childcare from the Department of Human Services to the State Board of Education and reclassify early childhood education | 03/05/25 |
| HB 2071 | Prohibiting public schools from requiring students to participate in sexual orientation instruction | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2080 | Prohibit the use of school resources in election advocacy efforts and prohibit school employees from political activity during their work hours or on behalf of the school administration | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2086 | Relating to foster care support services | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2087 | Removing restrictions of taxpayers to access online curriculum, and allow for taxpayers to inspect additional instructional material adopted by the county board pursuant to including books in the classroom | 03/20/25 |
| HB 2088 | Prohibiting those listed on the state sex offender database from public school activities and events | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2138 | Require adoption awareness material be made available in high school counseling offices | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2142 | Providing that microschool tuition and fees are qualifying expenses for Hope Scholarship accounts | 02/18/25 |
| HB 2150 | Relating to human growth and development curriculum | 02/12/25 |
| HB 2203 | To eliminate vaccination requirements for public virtual schools | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2396 | Removing bona fide schools, public libraries, and museums from the list of exemptions from criminal liability relating to distribution and display to minor of obscene matter | 02/14/25 |
| HB 2405 | Provide tax credit for homeschool students | 02/26/25 |
| HB 2453 | Allow teachers to bank personal and sick days | 03/05/25 |
| HB 2458 | School Board Election Date Act | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2459 | Relating to WV Secondary School Activities | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2460 | Any state permitting, county regulations or municipality shall treat private schools the same as public schools when it comes to building permits, fees charged, safety standards, waste water management, septic systems, and the timeliness of permitting process | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2462 | To make April 19th, Patriots Day in West Virginia | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2476 | To provide a 25% pay increase for state teachers (all salary scales) | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2478 | Clarifying eligibility for the HOPE Scholarship. | 02/26/25 |
| HB 2480 | To consolidate school boards from 55 counties to 11 counties | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2483 | Permitting county boards of education to send parents of students who are chronically disruptive the pro-rated amount of their education and to remove them from the school system for a year to continue their education | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2486 | Relating to addressing School Discipline in Public Schools | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2500 | Relating to hiring of teachers | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2504 | Relating to teacher fundraising | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2512 | Creating three separate job titles for school bus operators | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2514 | To remove reference to one-time reports that have already been given. | 03/28/25 |
| HB 2519 | Raising salaries for school service personnel | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2520 | Changing the recommended guidelines for full-day and half-day cooks to the minimum ratio of one cook for every 110 meals | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2525 | Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools | 02/17/25 |
| HB 2545 | Allow corporal punishment in schools | 02/18/25 |
| HB 2554 | To require all West Virginia high school students to pass a Civics examination and the United States Naturalization Examination | 02/18/25 |
| HB 2574 | Relating to nondiscrimination at institutions of higher education | 02/18/25 |
| HB 2602 | Discontinuing the use of common core standards and assessments in the state | 02/19/25 |
| HB 2603 | Exempting personal income earned by individuals working as teachers at primary and secondary schools from personal income tax | 02/19/25 |
| HB 2630 | To require all state employees, county employees, and employees of county school boards to be subject to random drug testing | 02/21/25 |
| HB 2639 | Prohibit use of calculators in grades K through 6 | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2647 | To repeal the provision allowing for students to transfer from one school to another without losing eligibility. | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2649 | Relating to adding elementary schools into school disciplinary measures | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2650 | To allow those with a concealed carry license to carry a concealed handgun in public school property and buildings. | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2651 | Making administration employees at the local board of education at will and pleasure employees | 03/21/25 |
| HB 2657 | Allow county school boards provide school on Saturday for students with failing grades | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2668 | Requiring students in public high schools to complete a course of computer science instruction | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2674 | Allow licensed substitute and full time teachers to serve as parent volunteers without an additional background check. | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2677 | To prohibit cell phone possession and usage by students during instructional time in grades K-12. | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2681 | Require all students to be taught how to properly handle, fold, treat, honor, display, and retire the American flag | 03/05/25 |
| HB 2691 | To allow teachers and school employees to carry a firearm with a concealed carry permit | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2697 | To prohibit colleges, universities, and community colleges to charge for students for transcripts | 03/11/25 |
| HB 2708 | To allow for the WVSSAC to pull coaching certificates of coaches who are found guilty of illegal recruiting | 02/20/25 |
| HB 2721 | Require county boards of education to train at least one professional staff member at each school in a grant writing procedures. | 02/21/25 |
| HB 2723 | To provide $10,000 a year salary increase for any teacher who goes through the National Board Certification process and becomes nationally certified | 02/21/25 |
| HB 2724 | American Civics and History Act | 02/21/25 |
| HB 2726 | Remove standardized testing in public and private schools | 02/21/25 |
| HB 2727 | Require at least one person of the WVU Board of Governors and of the West Virginia State University with a background in agriculture or agricultural field | 02/27/25 |
| HB 2734 | Requiring K–12 schools to display school report card on website | 02/21/25 |
| HB 2740 | To establish requirements for adult supervision on county school buses | 02/21/25 |
| HB 2741 | Prohibit the use of electronic devices for learning in all classrooms grades 3 and below | 02/21/25 |
| HB 2779 | To require cameras in every classroom and room where children are present | 02/21/25 |
| HB 2782 | Relating to “In God We Trust” signs donated in schools | 02/27/25 |
| HB 2798 | Relating to the establishment of a trades based elective course for public high school students | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2813 | Limiting the amount of carbohydrates served to children during a school day to a total of 75g per day | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2819 | Creating penalties for county and state boards of education for providing misinformation to parents, custodians, reviewers, or any other individual through any form of communication | 02/26/25 |
| HB 2821 | Provide for statewide participation in the federal Community Eligibility Provision for its duration | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2833 | Hunger-Free Campus Act | 02/27/25 |
| HB 2834 | Requiring moment of silence at beginning of each school day | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2837 | Relating to clarifying the amount of experience required in the hiring of professional education personnel | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2838 | To mandate county boards of education to provide feminine hygiene products in all public elementary, middle, and high schools for female students | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2839 | To mandate county boards of education to provide feminine hygiene products in all public elementary, middle, and high schools for female students | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2840 | Relating to critical vacancies in public education | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2841 | To determine the salaries of all county Superintendent of School based on population. | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2845 | Relating to Social Media privacy and educational institutions | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2846 | To implement trauma-informed practices in schools | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2855 | To define a statewide common definition of first-generation status for college admission | 03/11/25 |
| HB 2874 | Require that any student in the 11th or 12th grade, who has been placed in a “free/elective/assistant” period, be informed of online college course opportunities available for them | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2875 | To create the American Campuses Act | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2890 | Relating to clarifying county boards of education members’ compensation rate | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2891 | Require high school graduates to complete at least 20 hours of community service | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2915 | Exempting county school buses from paying the toll fees | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2926 | Removing fees teachers have to pay in order to obtain any teaching license, certification, or additional continuing education credit hours (reporting fee) to the state Board of Education | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2927 | Moving the school system from a 5 day work week into a 4 day work week. | 03/05/25 |
| HB 2929 | To ban calculators and math computational devices from K-8 grade classrooms. | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2931 | Establish mandated monthly half days for students to all allow school staff planning time | 03/05/25 |
| HB 2932 | To set the salary of the Associate Superintendent of Schools. | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2933 | To set the salary of the State Superintendent of Schools | 02/24/25 |
| HB 2955 | Limiting the use of state funding under the Hope Scholarship Program for out-of-state private schools and providers | 02/25/25 |
| HB 2997 | Support for neglected Schools | 02/26/25 |
| HB 3019 | To require parental notification of certain immunization-related items by public school districts any time school-related immunization notifications or letters are sent to parents | 02/27/25 |
| HB 3023 | Requiring each county school board to employ at least one full time school nurse | 02/27/25 |
| HB 3029 | To create an education internet-based reporting portal for Homeschool parents and Boards of Education. | 02/28/25 |
| HB 3034 | Establishing the West Virginia TEACH Scholarship Program | 02/28/25 |
| HB 3041 | To display the Ten Commandments in public schools | 02/28/25 |
| HB 3046 | Consolidate county school boards | 02/28/25 |
| HB 3049 | Community School Parent Choice Act | 03/12/25 |
| HB 3050 | Community School Funding Formula Revision Act | 02/28/25 |
| HB 3051 | Provide programs to educate senior citizens | 02/28/25 |
| HB 3069 | Market pay for Teachers | 03/03/25 |
| HB 3081 | Amend section providing for waiver of tuition and fees for older persons auditing certain college classes | 03/03/25 |
| HB 3101 | To change the beginning of the school year to the Tuesday after Labor Day and the end of the school year to the Friday before Memorial Day. | 03/04/25 |
| HB 3102 | To change the amount of days in a school year from 180 to 160. | 03/04/25 |
| HB 3143 | Workforce-Education Partnership Act | 03/04/25 |
| HB 3148 | Firefighter Pilot Program | 03/04/25 |
| HB 3165 | To regulate high school sports streaming fees and assert equality of amounts charged across the state | 03/05/25 |
| HB 3176 | Defining a work day for school service personnel and removing a provision relating to employment of licensed practical nurses | 03/06/25 |
| HB 3195 | Relating to the membership of the Hope Scholarship Board | 03/06/25 |
| HB 3208 | To modify the required amount of contracted teaching days and provide for breaks per semester for teachers. | 03/06/25 |
| HB 3210 | Modify the procedure for teachers when using leave | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3220 | Relating to creating a moratorium on school closures and consolidations pending a West Virginia Department of Education (“WVDE”) school aid formula proposal. | 03/12/25 |
| HB 3225 | To create an initiative to provide minorities and males with an incentive to join the public education field | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3234 | To allow public high schools to have full time athletic trainers | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3241 | Relating to education to children and adults housed in correctional facilities and regional jails | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3243 | Relating to calculating max number of students at alternative and year-round schools | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3254 | Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3256 | Granting full time employees of county boards of education three months of paid leave following the birth of a child | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3259 | To increase the minimum starting salary for a teacher to $50,000 | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3260 | Develop a new method to determine the minimum number of hours per day and per school year to be spent on instructional time. | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3266 | Relating generally to compulsory school attendance | 03/13/25 |
| HB 3268 | Modifing the rules for transferring students | 03/07/25 |
| HB 3284 | Establishing the “Stay in State” tax credit | 03/10/25 |
| HB 3285 | Expanding the amount of promise scholarship funds awarded to persons majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics | 03/10/25 |
| HB 3314 | To require that teachers in grades 7 through twelve, who teach classes with more than 30 students in their classes receive an additional $25 per day per student over the 30 student-limit, with exceptions for physical education, band, chorus, strings, theater, dance, and other classes aimed at artistic performance. | 03/11/25 |
| HB 3315 | To add to the teacher pay scale the increments of Bachelor’s Plus 30 and Master’s Plus 60 and add that amount in the appropriate increment. | 03/11/25 |
| HB 3317 | Allow students who enroll and successfully complete a driver’s education course to waive testing at the DMV | 03/12/25 |
| HB 3319 | Restoring Sanity Act | 03/12/25 |
| HB 3326 | Student Bill of Rights | 03/12/25 |
| HB 3327 | Relating to the eligibility of nonpublic schools and education service providers to participate in the Hope Scholarship Program | 03/12/25 |
| HB 3337 | Clarifying how substitute teachers may serve for extended periods. | 03/13/25 |
| HB 3374 | To raise the per child allotment to 3-1 for students with IEPs in rural communities | 03/14/25 |
| HB 3376 | Allowing for an emergency levy election to be held under certain circumstances. | 03/14/25 |
| HB 3383 | To create the Great Expectations Pilot Program | 03/14/25 |
| HB 3394 | Creating the school aid formula study commission | 03/17/25 |
| HB 3396 | Establishing a pilot program to develop school-based mental and behavioral health services | 03/17/25 |
| HB 3398 | Mountaineer Games Sports League | 03/17/25 |
| HB 3414 | To automatically start a Smart 529 account for every newborn in West Virginia. | 03/17/25 |
| HB 3454 | Allow school board members to run for the state legislature | 03/17/25 |
| HB 3465 | Relating to type 1 diabetes informational materials for the parents and guardians of public and public charter school students | 03/17/25 |
| HB 3472 | Relating to eligiblity for WV Invests Grant Program | 03/17/25 |
| HB 3482 | Relating generally to microschools. | 03/18/25 |
| HB 3488 | To create the West Virginia Homeschool Student Athletics Participation Act. | 03/18/25 |
| HB 3490 | The Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act | 03/18/25 |
| HB 3499 | Prohibiting the home schooling of children in certain circumstances | 03/18/25 |
| HB 3500 | Creating the Governor’s Cup competition | 03/18/25 |