Education

WV - Representative Joe Ellington (R)

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Chair

WV - Representative Joshua Higginbotham (R)

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Vice-chair

WV - Representative Sean Hornbuckle (D)

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Minority Chair

WV - Representative John Doyle (D)

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Minority Vice-chair

WV - Representative Martin Atkinson III (R)

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Member

WV - Representative T. Kevan Bartlett (R)

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Member

WV - Representative Tom Bibby (R)

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Member

WV - Representative Jim Butler (R)

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WV - Representative Jeff Campbell (D)

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Member

WV - Representative Roy Cooper (R)

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Member

WV - Representative Danny Hamrick (R)

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WV - Representative Mark Dean (R)

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WV - Representative Paul Espinosa (R)

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WV - Representative Amanda Estep-Burton (D)

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WV - Representative Ed Evans (D)

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WV - Representative Caleb Hanna (R)

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WV - Representative D. Rolland Jennings (R)

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WV - Representative John R. Kelly (R)

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WV - Representative Patrick Martin (R)

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WV - Representative Cindy Lavender-Bowe (D)

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WV - Representative Ralph Rodighiero (D)

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WV - Representative Matthew Rohrbach (R)

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WV - Representative Cody Thompson (D)

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WV - Representative Robert Thompson (D)

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WV - Representative Steve Westfall (R)

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WV - Representative Chris Toney (R)

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WV - Representative Terry Waxman (R)

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WV - Representative Lisa Zukoff (D)

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Member

WV - SB1 Increasing access to career education and workforce training

WV - SB86 Requiring county boards provide free feminine hygiene products in grades five to 12

WV - SB154 Using school facilities for funeral and memorial services for certain community members

WV - HB2021 Relating to relocation or closure of state higher education institutions

WV - HB2022 Permitting county boards of education to accumulate instructional days and use them when needed

WV - HB2032 Permitting the carrying of concealed weapons on the campus of a state institution of higher education

WV - HB2034 Prohibiting West Virginia institutions of higher learning and state agencies from discriminating against graduates of private, nonpublic or home schools by requiring them to submit to alternative testing

WV - HB2037 Creating an additional class of special education classroom aides

WV - HB2039 Requiring county boards of education to employ a certified library media specialist in each county school

WV - HB2040 Relating to qualifications of paraprofessionals, autism mentors and braille or sign support specialists

WV - HB2042 Specifying the grade point average required for student participation in interscholastic athletics at the high school level

WV - HB2059 Expanding the amount of PROMISE scholarship funds awarded to persons majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics

WV - HB2065 Expiring the PROMISE Scholarship Program, and establishing the Promise for All Scholarship Program

WV - HB2072 Relating to tuition and fees at community and technical colleges

WV - HB2093 Relating to seniority rights and school consolidation

WV - HB2095 Assessing the college- and career-readiness of 11th and 12th grade students

WV - HB2098 Home Instruction Tax Relief Act

WV - HB2100 Establishing a pilot program to develop school-based mental and behavioral health services

WV - HB2122 Relating to more equitable disbursement of funds to county boards

WV - HB2126 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 - HB2141 Providing for the use of neck braces by football players

WV - HB2146 Creating a loan tuition forgiveness program to encourage students in selected and necessary fields to remain in the state

WV - HB2205 Developing a resource for use by parents to monitor and track deaf and hard-of-hearing children’s expressive and receptive language acquisition

WV - HB2226 Providing taxpayers repaying their own student loans a modification reducing federal adjusted gross in the amount of the interest paid

WV - HB2002 Education Savings Account Act

WV - HB2322 Providing a salary increase for special education teachers

WV - HB2327 Relating to public school education in dating violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence prevention

WV - HB2328 Relating to designation of social workers in the Department of Health and Human Services

WV - HB2339 Establishing the “Stay in State” tax credit

WV - HB2345 Developing a resource for use by parents to monitor and track deaf and hard-of-hearing children’s receptive and expressive language

WV - HB2004 Providing for a program of instruction in workforce preparedness

WV - HB2363 Relating to the Upper Kanawha Valley Resiliency and Revitalization Program

WV - HB2367 Creating a state program allowing high school students advance to getting a college degree or technical training while in high school

WV - HB2368 Relating to education to children and adults housed in correctional facilities and regional jails

WV - HB2370 Exempting personal income earned by individuals working as teachers at primary and secondary schools from personal income tax

WV - HB2374 Discontinuing the use of common core standards and assessments in the state

WV - HB2377 Making Promise scholarships available for students pursuing certificates or degrees through an accredited community and technical college

WV - HB2378 Relating generally to grounds for revocation of a teaching certificate

WV - HB2381 Exempting certain contracts between the Department of Health and Human Resources and West Virginia University, Marshall University or the School for Osteopathic Medicine from state purchasing requirements

WV - HB2391 Requiring school counselors in public schools to spend 100 percent of their time on comprehensive school counseling programs

WV - HB2395 Providing school days to register and transport students to vote

WV - HB2397 Requiring county school boards to provide adequate mental health and counseling services

WV - HB2009 Creating a new category of Innovation in Education grant program

WV - HB2415 Requiring the State Board of Education to adopt a policy detailing the appropriate level of computer science instruction

WV - HB2422 Relating to the time for the observation of “Celebrate Freedom Week”

WV - HB2425 Defining a work day for school service personnel and removing a provision relating to employment of licensed practical nurses

WV - HB2432 Electing members of county school boards on a nonpartisan basis in general elections

WV - HB2433 Modifying the school calendar to begin not earlier than Labor Day and end prior to Memorial Day

WV - SB329 Relating to agricultural education in high schools

WV - HB2447 Exempting certain kindergartens, preschools and school education programs that are operated by a private school from state licensure requirements

WV - HB2448 Middle School Technical Education Program Act

WV - HB2449 WV Invests Grant Program

WV - HB2450 Increasing access to career education and workforce training

WV - HB2451 Katherine Johnson Hope Scholarship Act

WV - HB2457 Educational Equality Act

WV - HB2464 Requiring free feminine hygiene products in grades 6 through 12

WV - HB2470 Allowing public school education or employer-sponsored training programs to count towards occupational certification and/or licensure

WV - HB2483 Relating to incentives for mathematics teachers

WV - HB2513 Relating to campus police officers of state institutions of higher learning

WV - HB2520 Relating to the Antihazing Law

WV - SB379 Permitting county board of education to include faith-based electives in drug prevention programs

WV - HB2539 Allowing private entities to lease buildings to local school boards in cases of emergency or condemnation

WV - HB2541 Requiring certain safety measures be taken at public schools

WV - HB2549 Relating to compulsory school attendance

WV - HB2551 Requiring the State Board of Education to develop a method for funding student transportation costs as a stand-alone consideration

WV - HB2554 Relating to transfers and enrollment policies for students in public schools

WV - HB2561 Expanding the eligibility for service on county school boards

WV - HB2570 Providing that schools be closed for two weeks during the holiday season preceding Christmas Day and following New Year’s Day

WV - HB2586 Providing programs to train firefighters and emergency medical technicians

WV - HB2593 Limiting the increase or decrease of state funding to a county board of education

WV - HB2606 Requiring 30 minutes of unstructured play time daily for students in kindergarten through grade 5

WV - HB2615 Requiring the state board of education to develop an elective course on Vocational Agriculture

WV - HB2013 Providing a bonus for teachers willing to teach in certain critical needs areas

WV - HB2620 Modifying the contact requirements with a student’s guardians upon accrual of unexcused absences

WV - HB2630 Requiring each county school board to employ at least one full time school nurse

WV - HB2632 Tim Tebow Act

WV - HB2634 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 - HB2635 Granting all public employees, all teachers, all service employees, all public employee retirees, all teacher retirees and all service employee retirees a $1,000 per year permanent pay increase

WV - HB2639 Placing a limit on the salary of a county superintendent of schools

WV - HB2688 Requiring air conditioning on all school buses

WV - SB441 Relating to higher education campus police officers

WV - SB451 Comprehensive education reform

WV - HB2713 Expunging records of unsubstantiated complaints made by the Department of Health and Human Resources against teachers

WV - HB2719 Establishing an optional bus operator in residence program for school districts

WV - HB2721 Relating to the compensation of personnel employed at the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind

WV - HB2742 Making available elective courses on the history of the Old and New Testaments of the Bible

WV - HB2747 Allowing parents or the school to serve sweets during the holidays if the school receives parental or guardian consent

WV - HB2758 Establishing minimum numbers of school counselors

WV - HB2766 Relating to a student not advancing to the next grade by teacher recommendation

WV - HB2775 Requiring each high school student to complete a one-half credit course of study in personal finance

WV - HB2777 Requiring schools to offer elective vocational courses in middle schools

WV - HB2778 Providing that school nutrition plans include take home meals for low income students

WV - HB2787 Requiring schools to have persons with first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training on-site

WV - HB2794 Establishing the Summer Feeding for All initiative

WV - HB2799 Requiring county boards of education to conduct regular structural inspections of school facilities and structures

WV - HB2800 Permitting vocational education classes for homeschooled and private schooled students

WV - HB2803 Increasing the number of days a retired teacher may accept employment

WV - HB2805 Relating to persons to whom schools are open

WV - HB2824 Relating to teacher to pupil ratio in grades first through third

WV - HB2826 Altering the school calendar to begin the Tuesday after Labor Day and end the Friday before Memorial Day

WV - HB2842 Increasing the amount that a faculty senate of a public school may allocate to a classroom teacher or librarian for academic materials

WV - HB2852 Increasing the expenditure for academic materials, supplies, and equipment

WV - HB2853 Establishing the West Virginia Program for Open Education Resources

WV - HB2859 Authorizing certain teachers to use alternative teaching programs

WV - HB2860 Relating to mandatory drug testing of all classes of employees in K through 12 schools

WV - HB2862 Relating to the Underwood-Smith scholarship and loan assistance program and teacher scholarship and loan program

WV - HB2865 Changing the school aid formula Step 7 allowances for instructional technology and enrollment advanced placement and dual credit

WV - HB2870 Reducing the number of students and schools that a school nurse must serve

WV - HB2874 Increasing annual compensation for the West Virginia State Police, public school teachers, and school service personnel

WV - SB553 Relating to federal funds for land-grant institutions

WV - HB2882 Creating a health professionals’ student loan programs

WV - HB2913 Relating to language development milestones

WV - HB2917 Relating to classroom teachers retaining seniority

WV - HB2919 Establishing an Education Employees Fund

WV - HB2921 Extending period in which county boards of education may hire certified, retired teachers in areas of critical shortages of certified teachers

WV - HB2938 Relating to vocational and technical education programs

WV - SB555 Relating to authority of Higher Education Policy Commission

WV - HB2952 Reducing the personnel of the State Department of Education

WV - HB2963 Modifying the school calendar

WV - HB2965 Providing that schools that do not follow protocol on head injuries in interscholastic athletes are subject to disciplinary actions

WV - HB2994 Requiring cursive writing to be taught in grades K-5

WV - HB3001 Increasing compensation of county board of education members

WV - HB3006 Providing school day to register and transport students to vote

WV - HB3009 The Young Professional Tax Credits

WV - HB3012 Providing new graduates of an in-state or out-of-state higher educational institution a tax credit on the personal property tax

WV - HB3013 College Graduate Tax Credit

WV - HB3015 West Virginia Residential Incentive Tax Credit Act

WV - HB3020 Relating to sole source contracts for goods and services with nonprofit corporations affiliated with the respective education institutions

WV - HB3048 Permitting adjunct professors to serve on the institutional governing boards

WV - HB3058 Granting full time employees of county boards of education three months of paid leave following the birth of a child

WV - HB3063 Relating to a home Instruction and private school tax credit

WV - HB3080 Redirecting a percentage of any surplus to state institutions of higher education to restore their state allocation funding levels

WV - HB3090 Relating to employment, promotion and transfer of professional personnel by county boards of education

WV - HB3096 Relating to four-year higher education

WV - HB3113 Directing county school boards to construct covered bus stops

WV - HB3114 Eliminating the requirement that schools be closed on election days

WV - HB3118 Relating to mandatory drug testing for state legislators and teachers

WV - HB3122 Requiring state institutions of higher education adopt policies and programs relating to sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking

WV - HB3125 Coordinating a plan to provide the first two years of post-secondary education for free

WV - HB3127 Relating to the Secondary School Activities Commission and participation by home schooled students

WV - HB3128 Changing the recommended guidelines for full-day and half-day cooks to the minimum ratio of one cook for every 110 meals

WV - HB3130 Creating three separate job titles for school bus operators

WV - SB605 Permitting Secondary Schools Athletic Commission discipline schools for not following protocol for concussions and head injuries

WV - SB624 Allowing county boards of education use alternative assessment provided in Every Student Succeeds Act

WV - SB632 Improving student safety

WV - SB636 Authorizing legislative rules for Higher Education Policy Commission

WV - SB670 Relating to WV College Prepaid Tuition and Savings Program

WV - SB672 Authorizing School Building Authority to promulgate legislative rules

WV - SB673 Relating to public higher education accountability and planning