Education

WV - Representative Joe Ellington (R)

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Chair

WV - Representative Joe Statler (R)

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Vice-chair

WV - Representative Anitra Hamilton (D)

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Minority Chair

WV - Representative Rick Garcia (D)

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Minority Vice-chair

WV - Representative Trenton Barnhart (R)

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Member

WV - Representative Jeff Campbell (R)

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WV - Representative Geno Chiarelli (R)

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WV - Representative Elias Coop-Gonzalez (R)

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WV - Representative Thomas Clark (R)

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WV - Representative Kathie Hess Crouse (R)

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WV - Representative Lori Dittman (R)

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WV - Representative Michael Hornby (R)

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WV - Representative D. Rolland Jennings (R)

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WV - Representative Laura Kimble (R)

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WV - Representative Phil Mallow (R)

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WV - Representative George Miller (R)

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WV - Representative David Elliott Pritt (R)

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WV - Representative Mike Pushkin (D)

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WV - Representative Andy Shamblin (R)

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WV - Representative Jeffrey Stephens (R)

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WV - Representative Christopher W. Toney (R)

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WV - Representative Adam Vance (R)

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WV - Representative Bryan Ward (R)

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WV - Representative Lisa White (R)

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WV - Representative Jimmy Willis (R)

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WV - HB2034 Requiring high school students to pass a test on the US Constitution to graduate from high school

WV - HB2058 Relating to military connected students

WV - HB2059 To move childcare from the Department of Human Services to the State Board of Education and reclassify early childhood education

WV - HB2071 Prohibiting public schools from requiring students to participate in sexual orientation instruction

WV - HB2080 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

WV - HB2086 Relating to foster care support services

WV - HB2087 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

WV - HB2088 Prohibiting those listed on the state sex offender database from public school activities and events

WV - HB2203 Removing Hepatitis B from the list of required vaccinations

WV - HB2138 Require adoption awareness material be made available in high school counseling offices

WV - HB2142 Providing that microschool tuition and fees are qualifying expenses for Hope Scholarship accounts

WV - HB2143 Require elementary school teachers to be certified in the science of reading

WV - HB2150 Relating to human growth and development curriculum

WV - HB2164 To allow for public and private schools in West Virginia to employ security personnel.

WV - HB2166 Establishing the behavioral health workforce education initiative at the Higher Education Policy Commission

WV - HB2167 Relating to public charter schools code provisions

WV - HB2187 Permit teachers in K-12 schools be authorized to carry concealed firearms as a designated school protection officer

WV - HB2190 Including Potomac State College in the definition of community and technical college education program for participation in the “Learn and Earn Program”

WV - SB54 Requiring age-appropriate instruction on Holocaust in public schools

WV - SB89 Creating alternative high-risk population public charter schools

WV - SB92 Glucagon for Schools Act

WV - SB154 Prohibiting public schools from requiring students to participate in sexual orientation instruction

WV - SB155 Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program

WV - SB158 Modifying eligibility requirements for serving as member of State Board of Education

WV - SB197 Limiting requirements for issuance of professional teaching certificate

WV - SB199 Relating to elementary behavior intervention and safety

WV - SB275 Removing requirement school cooks or custodians have high school diploma or equivalent

WV - SB280 Displaying official US motto in public schools

WV - SB282 Modifying provisions for employment of retired teachers as substitutes in areas of critical need and shortage

WV - SB283 Expanding grade levels of personal finance course requirements needed for graduation

WV - SB284 Relating to county board of education member orientation and compensation

WV - HB2355 Permitting middle or high school students to participate in travel sports teams without reprecussion.

WV - SB449 Permitting compressed air and rimfire shooting teams in public schools

WV - SB450 Establishing WV Guardian Program

WV - HB2394 Requiring teachers to wear a “mobile alert button” for emergency situations, to be known as “Alyssa’s Law.”

WV - HB2396 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

WV - SB470 Creating WV Athletic Freedom Act

WV - SB474 Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs

WV - HB2405 Provide tax credit for homeschool students

WV - HB2411 To provide and change graduation requirements and change duties relating to academic content standards

WV - HB2453 Allow teachers to bank personal and sick days

WV - HB2458 School Board Election Date Act

WV - HB2459 Relating to WV Secondary School Activities

WV - HB2460 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

WV - HB2462 To make April 19th, Patriots Day in West Virginia

WV - HB2475 To provide a raise for special education aides, as well as a raise for self-contained special education teachers.

WV - HB2476 To provide a 25% pay increase for state teachers (all salary scales)

WV - HB2478 Clarifying eligibility for the HOPE Scholarship.

WV - HB2479 Relating to Management and control of county authority vested in board

WV - HB2480 To consolidate school boards from 55 counties to 11 counties

WV - HB2483 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

WV - HB2486 Relating to addressing School Discipline in Public Schools

WV - HB2499 To require principals to have additional training in certain subjects.

WV - HB2500 Relating to hiring of teachers

WV - HB2504 Relating to teacher fundraising

WV - HB2512 Creating three separate job titles for school bus operators

WV - HB2513 Enahancing training requirements for county boards of education members

WV - HB2514 To remove reference to one-time reports that have already been given.

WV - HB2515 Relating to elementary behavior intervention and safety

WV - HB2516 To repeal antiquated and inoperative portions of code.

WV - HB2519 Raising salaries for school service personnel

WV - HB2520 Changing the recommended guidelines for full-day and half-day cooks to the minimum ratio of one cook for every 110 meals

WV - HB2525 Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools

WV - HB2003 Prohibiting Cell phones in class

WV - HB2527 To create a tuition reimbursement program for Corrections employees.

WV - HB2528 To permit students in Christian schools at the elementary and middle school level to participate in county level sport tournaments

WV - HB2545 Allow corporal punishment in schools

WV - HB2548 To bring the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) under rulemaking review of the Legislature

WV - HB2554 To require all West Virginia high school students to pass a Civics examination and the United States Naturalization Examination

WV - HB2574 Relating to nondiscrimination at institutions of higher education

WV - HB2576 NIL Protection Act

WV - HB2595 Non Profit Athletics Act

WV - HB2602 Discontinuing the use of common core standards and assessments in the state

WV - HB2603 Exempting personal income earned by individuals working as teachers at primary and secondary schools from personal income tax

WV - HB2610 Tuition and fee exemptions for service-connected Disabled Veterans and their dependents

WV - HB2614 To allow money paid to state employees to go to their estate if they pass away before their retirement date

WV - HB2630 To require all state employees, county employees, and employees of county school boards to be subject to random drug testing

WV - HB2635 To ensure that classroom sizes are equal without losing a teachers aide

WV - HB2639 Prohibit use of calculators in grades K through 6

WV - HB2646 To permit students in eighth and ninth grade to attend summer school in order to raise their grades and establish academic eligibility to play sports in the fall.

WV - HB2647 To repeal the provision allowing for students to transfer from one school to another without losing eligibility.

WV - HB2649 Relating to adding elementary schools into school disciplinary measures

WV - HB2650 To allow those with a concealed carry license to carry a concealed handgun in public school property and buildings.

WV - HB2651 Making administration employees at the local board of education at will and pleasure employees

WV - HB2657 Allow county school boards provide school on Saturday for students with failing grades

WV - HB2668 Requiring students in public high schools to complete a course of computer science instruction

WV - HB2674 Allow licensed substitute and full time teachers to serve as parent volunteers without an additional background check.

WV - HB2677 To prohibit cell phone possession and usage by students during instructional time in grades K-12.

WV - HB2681 Require all students to be taught how to properly handle, fold, treat, honor, display, and retire the American flag

WV - HB2691 To allow teachers and school employees to carry a firearm with a concealed carry permit

WV - HB2697 To prohibit colleges, universities, and community colleges to charge for students for transcripts

WV - HB2708 To allow for the WVSSAC to pull coaching certificates of coaches who are found guilty of illegal recruiting

WV - SB547 Creating Charter Schools Startup Fund

WV - SB548 Creating Safety and Violence Education for Students Act

WV - HB2721 Require county boards of education to train at least one professional staff member at each school in a grant writing procedures.

WV - HB2723 To provide $10,000 a year salary increase for any teacher who goes through the National Board Certification process and becomes nationally certified

WV - HB2724 American Civics and History Act

WV - HB2726 Remove standardized testing in public and private schools

WV - HB2734 Requiring K–12 schools to display school report card on website

WV - HB2737 To establish the Higher Education Heath and Aid Grant

WV - HB2740 To establish requirements for adult supervision on county school buses

WV - HB2741 Prohibit the use of electronic devices for learning in all classrooms grades 3 and below

WV - HB2755 To provide that the West Virginia Board of Education may promulgate rules or policies to be submitted to the Legislature for review

WV - HB2760 To allow for the implementation of Educational Software in West Virginia public schools

WV - HB2773 Higher Ed Rules

WV - HB2777 Relating to removing requirements to submit certain evidence on behalf of home-schooled children

WV - HB2779 To require cameras in every classroom and room where children are present

WV - HB2782 Relating to “In God We Trust” signs donated in schools

WV - HB2798 Relating to the establishment of a trades based elective course for public high school students

WV - HB2727 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

WV - HB2813 Limiting the amount of carbohydrates served to children during a school day to a total of 75g per day

WV - HB2819 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

WV - HB2821 Provide for statewide participation in the federal Community Eligibility Provision for its duration

WV - HB2833 Hunger-Free Campus Act

WV - HB2834 Requiring moment of silence at beginning of each school day

WV - HB2837 Relating to clarifying the amount of experience required in the hiring of professional education personnel

WV - HB2838 To mandate county boards of education to provide feminine hygiene products in all public elementary, middle, and high schools for female students

WV - HB2839 To mandate county boards of education to provide feminine hygiene products in all public elementary, middle, and high schools for female students

WV - HB2840 Relating to critical vacancies in public education

WV - HB2841 To determine the salaries of all county Superintendent of Scholl based on population.

WV - HB2845 Relating to Social Media privacy and educational institutions

WV - HB2846 To implement trauma-informed practices in schools

WV - HB2855 To define a statewide common definition of first-generation status for college admission

WV - HB2874 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

WV - HB2875 To create the American Campuses Act

WV - HB2879 Relating to the creation of the West Virginia Math & Science Teacher Scholarship Act

WV - HB2890 Relating to clarifying county boards of education members’ compensation rate

WV - HB2891 Require high school graduates to complete at least 20 hours of community service

WV - HB2897 Permitting the Legislative Auditor to conduct periodic performance and financial audits of the West Virginia Department of Education

WV - HB2915 Exempting county school buses from paying the toll fees

WV - HB2926 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

WV - HB2927 Moving the school system from a 5 day work week into a 4 day work week.

WV - HB2929 To ban caluclators and math computational devices from K-8 grade classrooms.

WV - HB2931 Establish mandated monthly half days for students to all allow school staff planning time

WV - HB2932 To set the salary of the Associate Superintendent of Schools.

WV - HB2933 To set the salary of the State Superintendent of Schools

WV - SB581 Relating to school attendance and student participation in 4-H activities

WV - HB2939 Remote Schools Support Act

WV - HB2955 Limiting the use of state funding under the Hope Scholarship Program for out-of-state private schools and providers

WV - HB2958 To clarify what constitutes trespassing at an institution of higher education

WV - HB2973 Regarding venue for legal actions against the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission

WV - HB2997 Support for neglected Shools

WV - HB3019 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

WV - HB3023 Requiring each county school board to employ at least one full time school nurse

WV - HB3024 Guaranteed course transfer bill

WV - HB3029 To create an education internet-based reporting portal for Homeschool parents and Boards of Education.

WV - HB3034 Establishing the West Virginia TEACH Scholarship Program

WV - HB3041 To display the Ten Commandments in public schools

WV - HB3046 Consolidate county school boards

WV - HB3049 Community School Parent Choice Act

WV - HB3050 Community School Funding Formula Revision Act

WV - HB3051 Provide programs to educate senior citizens

WV - HB3069 Market pay for Teachers

WV - HB3081 Amend section providing for waiver of tuition and fees for older persons auditing certain college classes

WV - HB3086 Establishing minimum student enrollment for school aid formula

WV - SB646 Extending non-traditional instruction days for WV teachers from five to 10

WV - SB650 Relating to full-time interventionists

WV - HB3099 Permitting law enforcement to issue a citation when students are caught with nicotine in schools.

WV - HB3101 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.

WV - HB3102 To change the amount of days in a school year from 180 to 160.

WV - HB3125 To remove restrictions from teachers receiving permanent teaching licenses

WV - HB3139 Relating to charter schools applications

WV - HB3143 Workforce-Education Partnership Act

WV - HB3148 Firefighter Pilot Program

WV - HB3150 Health Science and Medical Student Loan Programs

WV - HB3165 To regulate high school sports streaming fees and assert equality of amounts charged across the state

WV - HB3166 Requirements for School Safety Mapping Data

WV - SB705 Allowing Board of Education to promulgate rules for submission to Legislature

WV - HB3176 Defining a work day for school service personnel and removing a provision relating to employment of licensed practical nurses

WV - HB3192 To repeal obsolete, conflicting or inoperative provisions of code that pertain to higher education

WV - HB3195 Relating to the membership of the Hope Scholarship Board

WV - HB3208 To modify the required amount of contracted teaching days and provide for breaks per semester for teachers.

WV - HB3209 To provide at least one counselor for every 250 students in public schools and public charter schools in this state.

WV - HB3210 Modify the procedure for teachers when using leave

WV - HB3220 Relating to creating a moratorium on school closures and consolidations pending a West Virginia Department of Education (“WVDE”) school aid formula proposal.

WV - HB3225 To create an initiative to provide minorities and males with an incentive to join the public education field

WV - HB3234 To allow public high schools to have full time athletic trainers

WV - HB3241 Relating to education to children and adults housed in correctional facilities and regional jails

WV - HB3243 Relating to calculating max number of students at alternative and year-round schools

WV - HB3254 Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program

WV - HB3256 Granting full time employees of county boards of education three months of paid leave following the birth of a child

WV - HB3259 To increase the minimum starting salary for a teacher to $50,000

WV - HB3260 Develop a new method to determine the minimum number of hours per day and per school year to be spent on instructional time.

WV - HB3266 Relating generally to compulsory school attendance

WV - HB3268 Modifing the rules for transferring students

WV - HB3279 Relating to requirements for WVU and WVSU Board of Governors

WV - HB3284 Establishing the “Stay in State” tax credit

WV - HB3285 Expanding the amount of promise scholarship funds awarded to persons majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics

WV - HB3295 Troop- to-Teachers

WV - HB3313 Providing more opportunities for high school students in community colleges

WV - HB3314 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.

WV - HB3315 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.

WV - HB3317 allow students who enroll and successfully complete a driver’s education course to waive testing at the DMV

WV - HB3319 Restoring Sanity Act

WV - HB3326 Student Bill of Rights

WV - HB3327 Relating to the eligibility of nonpublic schools and education service providers to participate in the Hope Scholarship Program

WV - HB3337 Clarifying how substitute teachers may serve for extended periods.

WV - SB746 Allowing State Board of Education to delegate its Medicaid provider status to public charter schools

WV - HB3374 To raise the per child allotment to 3-1 for students with IEPs in rural communities

WV - HB3376 Allowing for an emergency levy election to be held under certain circumstances.

WV - HB3383 To create the Great Expectations Pilot Program

WV - HB3387 Relating to the creation of a regional school district pilot program

WV - SB765 Establishing Troops to Teachers Program

WV - HB3394 Creating the school aid formula study commission

WV - HB3396 Establishing a pilot program to develop school-based mental and behavioral health services

WV - HB3398 Mountaineer Games Sports League

WV - HB3414 To automatically start a Smart 529 account for every newborn in West Virginia.

WV - HB3422 Relating to requiring the State Board of Education to design, test, and deploy an internet-based reporting system to be known as the School Choice Portal

WV - HB3438 To allow retired teachers in long-term substitute positions with specialties in maths, sciences, English, and foreign languages to remain in the substitute teaching positions for the entire school year without interruption to their retirement pay in order to allow students to have a quality, uninterrupted education.

WV - HB3446 Requiring public high school students submit FAFSA prior to graduation

WV - HB3452 Transferring administration of Advanced Career Education (ACE) classes and programs from county boards of education to community and technical colleges.

WV - HB3454 Allow school board members to run for the state legislature

WV - HB3465 Relating to type 1 diabetes informational materials for the parents and guardians of public and public charter school students

WV - HB3472 Relating to eligiblity for WV Invests Grant Program

WV - HB2017 To adjust the School Aid Formula’s Transportation calculations from its current standard of student enrollment to school bus mileage traveled daily

WV - HB2018 To require a statewide public school calendar to begin no earlier that September 1 and end no later than May 31

WV - HB3482 Relating generally to microschools.

WV - HB3488 To create the West Virginia Homeschool Student Athletics Participation Act.

WV - HB3490 The Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act

WV - HB3499 Prohibiting the home schooling of children in certain circumstances

WV - HB3500 Creating the Governor’s Cup competition

WV - SB866 Requiring WV Board of Education to promulgate legislative rule in consultation with WV Board of Physical Therapy

WV - SB911 Relating to adjunct teaching permits

WV - SB912 Relating to student growth assessment program

WV - SB914 Relating to testing and attendance requirements for private, parochial, and church schools