Education

WV - Representative Amanda Pasdon (R)

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Chair

WV - Representative Walter Duke (R)

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Vice-chair

WV - Representative David G. Perry (D)

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Minority Chair

WV - Representative Rick Moye (D)

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Minority Vice-chair

WV - Representative George Ambler (R)

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Member

WV - Representative Roy Cooper (R)

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Member

WV - Representative Joe Ellington (R)

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Member

WV - Representative Paul Espinosa (R)

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Member

WV - Representative David Evans (R)

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Member

WV - Representative Danny Hamrick (R)

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Member

WV - Representative John R. Kelly (R)

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Member

WV - Representative Brian Kurcaba (R)

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Member

WV - Representative Matthew Rohrbach (R)

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Member

WV - Representative William R. Romine (R)

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Member

WV - Representative Ruth Rowan (R)

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Member

WV - Representative Joe Statler (R)

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Member

WV - Representative Jill Upson (R)

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Member

WV - Representative Danny Wagner (R)

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Member

WV - Representative Sean Hornbuckle (D)

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Member

WV - Representative Don Perdue (D)

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Member

WV - Representative Mike Pushkin (D)

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Member

WV - Representative Doug Reynolds (D)

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Member

WV - Representative Ralph Rodighiero (D)

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Member

WV - Representative Patsy Samuel Trecost (D)

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Member

WV - HB2413 Providing pay rates for teachers and other personnel employed by county boards of education and institutions of higher education for work assignments outside of regular school days

WV - HB2267 Authorizing a county school board to adopt a policy that allows an inspirational message

WV - HB2005 Relating to alternative programs for the education of teachers

WV - HB2388 Requiring the State Board of Education to cause school buses to be equipped with safety belts

WV - HB2412 Relating to disclosure of sex offender registration to public and private elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education

WV - HB2425 Requiring a test that is identical to the civics portion of the naturalization test in order to graduate from high school or obtain a General Educational Development (GED) diploma

WV - HB2391 Reducing early childhood education program requirements from five days per week to four days per week and imposing minimum instructional hours per week and minimum instructional days per year

WV - HB2392 Adding flexibility for use of certain public school support plan amounts

WV - HB2422 Removing the requirement that home schooled students have to acquire a general equivalency degree (GED) in order to qualify for the promise scholarship

WV - HB2441 Reducing the liability of county boards of education for loss or injury from the use of school property made available for unorganized recreation

WV - HB2632 Exempting the procurement of certain instructional materials for use in and in support of public schools from the division of purchasing requirements

WV - HB2972 Requiring the accumulation of one and one-half years of instruction in the study of the Declaration of Independence and other founding American historical documents

WV - SB425 Relating to investments by MU, WVU and WVSOM

WV - SB494 Relating to prescriptions for epinephrine auto-injectors

WV - SB287 Providing posthumous high school diplomas

WV - HB2370 Increasing the powers of regional councils for governance of regional education service agencies

WV - HB2582 Requiring the State Board of Education to cause school buses to be equipped with safety belts

WV - HB2599 Exempting personal income earned by individuals working as teachers at primary and secondary schools from personal income tax

WV - HB2598 Ensuring that teachers of students with disabilities receive complete information about the school's plan for accommodating the child's disabilities

WV - HB2594 Requiring that all higher education institutions in the state award credit to transfer students for similar courses completed at a different institution

WV - HB2617 Lengthening the residency requirement necessary to be eligible for the PROMISE Scholarship

WV - HB2623 Establishing guidelines and materials to inform and educate students, parents and coaches about the nature and warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest

WV - HB2674 Making home schooled students eligible for a PROMISE scholarship without taking the GED test

WV - HB2153 The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

WV - HB2986 Increasing pay to teachers

WV - SB457 Relating to selection of school athletic coaches or other extracurricular activities coaches

WV - HB2815 Authorizing certain state institutions of higher education to invest unlimited funds with their respective nonprofit foundations

WV - HB2824 Requiring the instruction in penmanship and writing in cursive in all public, private, parochial and denominational schools

WV - HB2846 Relating to increasing salaries for teachers

WV - HB2866 Establishing legislative findings, providing physical education and physical activity requirements for physical education classes in schools

WV - HB2867 Requiring recommendations for higher education course credit transfer

WV - HB2840 Providing an alternative plan to make up lost days of instruction

WV - HB2842 Establishing a four year pilot program to have social workers in public schools, from prekindergarten through the elementary school

WV - HB2848 Requiring the Board of Education to implement a comprehensive drug awareness program in grades K through 12

WV - HB2870 Granting tax credits for parents and legal guardians whose children are in a home schooling program or private school

WV - HB2905 Relating to athletic coaches in public schools

WV - HB2973 Relating to public higher education procurement and payment generally

WV - HB2981 Relating to purchase of service credit following transfer to the State Teachers Retirement System

WV - HB2082 Requiring county boards of education to employ a certified library media specialist in each county school

WV - HB2077 Requiring county boards of education to provide released time for professional educators and service personnel when serving in an elected municipal or county office

WV - HB2058 Providing for the use of neck braces by football players

WV - HB2184 Discontinuing the use of common core standards and assessments in the state

WV - HB2164 Providing pay increases for teachers and counselors

WV - HB2486 Relating to school curricular standards and assessments

WV - HB2530 Establishing a Library Facilities Improvement Fund

WV - HB2516 Awarding of a posthumous high school diploma to parents of a high school senior who dies during the senior year; "Todd's Law"

WV - HB2579 Allowing a tax deduction for all prepaid tuition contracts or college savings plan

WV - HB2934 Repealing the common core standards

WV - HB2563 Requiring the State Superintendent of Schools to be elected on a nonpartisan basis

WV - HB2155 Increasing pay to teachers and service personnel

WV - HB2372 Relating to school calendars

WV - HB2094 Creating an environmental awareness program in the West Virginia School system

WV - HB2843 Requiring school bus aides, who are trained in preventing bullying and providing a safe environment for students while being transported on a school bus, to be present on school buses

WV - HB2107 Relating to required courses of school instruction generally

WV - HB2139 Relating to employment of retired teachers as substitutes in areas of critical need and shortage for substitutes

WV - HB2160 WV Schools for the Deaf and Blind eligible for School Building Authority funding

WV - HB2140 Building governance and leadership capacity of county board during period of state intervention

WV - HB2156 Relating to the State Board of Education

WV - HB2123 Requiring students to attend school until the age of eighteen

WV - HB2151 Making the West Virginia state teacher of the year an ex officio, nonvoting member of the West Virginia Board of Education

WV - HB2702 Redefining service personnel class titles of early childhood classroom assistant teacher

WV - HB2567 Electing members of county school boards on a nonpartisan basis in general elections only

WV - SB537 Changing mandatory school instructional time from days to minutes

WV - HB2250 Allowing parents or the school to serve sweets during the holidays if the school receives parental or guardian consent

WV - HB2271 Relating to state control of county schools

WV - HB2837 Increasing pay to teachers and service personnel by one percent a year, for three years

WV - HB2892 Authorizing certain legislative rules regarding higher education

WV - HB2786 Prohibiting transfers of school personnel to other positions under certain conditions

WV - HB2443 Relating to required instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid in public school health education subjects

WV - HB2377 Authorizing State Board of Education to approve certain alternatives with respect to instructional time

WV - HB2499 Making available elective courses on the history of the old and new testaments of the bible

WV - HB2502 Possessing deadly weapons on school buses or on the premises of educational facilities

WV - HB2513 Relating to school personnel, employment term and class titles of service personnel and definitions

WV - HB2146 Allowing a public school's recognition of, and education, regarding traditional winter celebrations

WV - HB2020 Relating to requirements for PROMISE scholarships

WV - HB2527 Creating a Task Force on Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children; "Erin Merryn's Law"

WV - HB2528 Providing scholarships for certain former coal miners

WV - HB2564 Relating to school curricular standards and assessments

WV - HB2572 Allowing certain county boards of education to operate their schools on a four-day school week

WV - HB2577 Consolidating purchasing by county boards of education

WV - SB7 Requiring CPR and care for conscious choking instruction in public schools

WV - HB2713 Providing taxpayers repaying their own student loans a modification reducing federal adjusted gross in the amount of the interest paid

WV - HB2749 Relating to the secondary schools athletic commission

WV - HB2725 Permitting playground facilities to be part of a school construction project

WV - HB2510 Relating to school celebrations, recognition programs and events

WV - HB2780 Enhancing the ability of campus police officers at public colleges to perform their duties

WV - HB2793 Relating to exemptions from mandatory school attendance

WV - HB2788 Providing school days to register and transport students to vote

WV - HB2799 Requiring all high schools to teach fetal development

WV - HB2509 Determining federal health care legislation invalid in this state

WV - HB2112 Providing that school nutrition plans include take home meals for low income students

WV - HB2596 Providing that all hunting and fishing licenses are valid for one year from the date issued

WV - HB2381 Providing a teacher mentoring increment for classroom teachers with national board certification who teach and mentor at certain schools

WV - HB2118 Relating to school nutrition standards during a state of emergency or state of preparedness

WV - HB2884 Modifying training and development requirement for certain members of certain higher education boards

WV - HB2923 Relating to complaints by school bus drivers, against drivers who illegally pass or overtake a school bus

WV - HB2976 Expanding the eligible master's and doctoral level programs for which a Nursing Scholarship may be awarded

WV - HB2894 Providing tax breaks for employers assisting employees paying student loans

WV - HB2954 Expanding the promise scholarship to technical and community college students

WV - HB2960 Permitting county boards of education to develop emergency preparedness drills in schools

WV - HB2007 Requiring CPR to be taught in the public school system

WV - HB2014 West Virginia Public Charter Schools Act of 2015

WV - HB2056 Making clear that the Pledge of Allegiance said each instructional day in West Virginia public schools shall include the phrase "one nation under God."

WV - HB2774 Relating to public school standards and assessments

WV - HB2690 Relating to student safety on higher education campuses

WV - HB2685 Relating to eligible uses of prepaid tuition plans generally

WV - HB2935 Relating to public education higher education personnel generally

WV - HB2453 Relating to educational benefits for dependents of deceased or disabled veterans

WV - HB2470 Relating to nursing education faculty

WV - HB2163 Increasing salaries for school service personnel

WV - HB2188 Relating to compulsory school attendance

WV - HB2194 Relating to the School Building Authority

WV - SB455 Relating to public higher education procurement and payment of expenses

WV - HB2228 Modifying the funding ratio of school students to counselors

WV - HB2202 Relating to more equitable disbursement of funds to county boards

WV - SB447 Allowing issuance of diploma by public, private or home school administrator

WV - SB14 Creating Public Charter Schools Act of 2015

WV - SB439 Relating to higher education personnel

WV - HB2414 Permitting a salary increase for certain kindergarten aides and early childhood classroom assistant teachers

WV - HB2438 Increasing the educational increment for school service personnel

WV - HB2458 Prohibiting school employees from promoting abortion

WV - HB2465 Authorizing the election of and specifying qualifications for nonappointed members of the West Virginia Board of Education

WV - HB2478 Relating to public school finance

WV - HB2491 Requiring the State Board of Education to conduct a study and periodically publish starting salary schedules for new hire teachers

WV - HB2446 Permitting the possession of firearms on the grounds of higher education institutions by all persons with valid licenses

WV - HB2451 Providing that recess periods or other such time allocated for student physical activity during the regular class day may not be reduced

WV - HB2474 Relating to the compensation of personnel employed at the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind

WV - HB2442 Relating to employment of retired teachers as substitutes in areas of critical need and shortage for substitutes

WV - HB2261 Requiring automated external defibrillators in public schools

WV - HB2550 Increasing the number of unexcused absences of a student before action may be taken against the parent

WV - HB2545 Relating to reimbursement of certification fee for National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification

WV - HB2387 Relating to a framework for initiating comprehensive transformation of school leadership

WV - HB2032 Increasing salary increments paid to principals and assistant principals

WV - HB2645 Expanding the availability of the Underwood-Smith Teacher Loan Assistance Program

WV - HB2642 Reducing personnel employed by the West Virginia Department of Education

WV - HB2270 Protecting academic freedom in higher education

WV - HB2669 Relating to compulsory tuberculosis testing

WV - HB2672 Requiring that public schools provide facilities for students of all faiths and religions to have a place of fellowship, prayer and worship

WV - SB243 Relating to school nutrition standards during state of emergency or preparedness

WV - SB19 Specifying minimum early childhood education program instruction days

WV - HB2755 Relating to service and professional employee positions at jointly established schools

WV - HB2183 Relating to salary increase for school personnel

WV - HB2717 Relating to hiring of public school employees