Education

WV - Representative Joe Ellington (R)

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Chair

WV - Representative Joe Statler (R)

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Vice-chair

WV - Representative Sean Hornbuckle (D)

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Minority Chair

WV - Representative Cody Thompson (D)

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Minority Vice-chair

WV - Representative Jordan Bridges (R)

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Member

WV - Representative Wayne Clark (R)

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Member

WV - Representative John Doyle (D)

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Member

WV - Representative Ed Evans (D)

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WV - Representative Dana Ferrell (R)

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WV - Representative Ric Griffith (D)

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WV - Representative Danny Hamrick (R)

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WV - Representative Caleb Hanna (R)

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WV - Representative Chuck Horst (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 Kayla Kessinger (R)

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WV - Representative Laura Kimble (R)

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WV - Representative Todd Longanacre (R)

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WV - Representative Jordan Maynor (R)

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WV - Representative Margitta Mazzocchi (R)

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WV - Representative Doug Smith (R)

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WV - Representative Christopher W. Toney (R)

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WV - Representative Heather Tully (R)

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WV - Representative Danielle Walker (D)

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WV - Representative Johnnie Wamsley (R)

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WV - HB2155 Creating three separate job titles for school bus operators

WV - HB2586 Expanding the amount of promise scholarship funds awarded to persons majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics

WV - HB2771 Creating the Economic Development Tuition Waiver

WV - HB2778 Create the Education Tax Credit

WV - HB2930 Require the School Improvement Council appoint two members to a Selection Committee

WV - HB2214 Home Instruction Tax Relief Act

WV - HB2268 Changing the recommended guidelines for full-day and half-day cooks to the minimum ratio of one cook for every 110 meals

WV - HB3102 Requiring Director of transportation to have experience in transportation department

WV - HB2994 Relating to the special community development school pilot program

WV - HB3017 Remove homeschool testing and portfolio requirements

WV - HB2320 Relating to mandatory drug testing of all classes of employees in K through 12 schools

WV - HB3048 Allow a school district to develop or adopt a program in which the subject of nutrition and exercise education is taught

WV - HB2314 Relating to teacher salary enhancement

WV - HB2315 Relating to PROMISE Scholarship Program requirements

WV - HB3110 Student Suicide Prevention - ID Cards

WV - HB3126 Public School Protection Act

WV - SB228 Providing tuition and fee waivers at state higher education institutions for volunteers who have completed service in AmeriCorps programs in WV

WV - HB3207 Protecting teacher work schedules

WV - HB3236 Relating to pay for Board of Education members

WV - HB3251 Exempting school buses with students on board from paying turnpike tolls

WV - HB3271 Providing that the WVSSAC promulgate rules relating to the right to broadcast interscholastic athletic events

WV - HB2484 Relating to relocation or closure of state higher education institutions

WV - HB2057 Establishing the Summer Feeding for All initiative

WV - HB2547 Establishing the “Stay in State” tax credit

WV - HB2067 Relating to designation of social workers in the Department of Health and Human Services

WV - HB2061 Katherine Johnson College Award Program

WV - HB2541 Requiring seat belts on every new school bus

WV - HB2080 “Bank Time” used in reaching 180 instructional requirement

WV - HB2066 Providing school days for registering eligible students to vote and to provide transportation to voting places

WV - HB2079 Providing equitable distribution to county boards of education of reimbursement costs of special needs students

WV - HB2109 Relating to vocational and technical education programs

WV - HB2118 Providing school days to register and transport eligible students to vote

WV - HB4425 Authorize a law school program at Marshall University

WV - HB4466 Relating to School Building Authority’s review of school bond applications

WV - HB4467 Requiring early childhood classroom assistant teacher in certain grade levels and enrollment levels in said grade levels

WV - HB4445 Modifying the school calendar

WV - HB4444 Establishing a pilot program to develop school-based mental and behavioral health services

WV - HB4448 Establish the Commission on American History Enrichment.

WV - HB4446 Student Rescue Act

WV - HB4447 To establish cultural competency training for teachers obtaining or renewing a teaching license in West Virginia.

WV - SB246 Requiring newly constructed public schools and public schools with major improvements to have water bottle filling stations

WV - HB4565 To exempt temporary employees and employees of the Higher Education Policy Commission from automatic enrollment into the state’s 457 (b) plan

WV - HB4617 To strengthen anti-hazing laws and policies for Pre-K to Grade 12

WV - HB4619 Require cameras in all classrooms

WV - HB4551 To create the West Virginia Warranty of Workers

WV - HB2657 Relating to the Antihazing Law

WV - HB4102 To allow money paid to state employees to go to their estate if they pass away before their retirement date

WV - HB4304 To provide that out of school suspensions be considered “excused” absences.

WV - HB2755 Requiring the State Board of Education to provide for the routine education of all professional educators

WV - HB4095 To require a moment of silence at the beginning of school each day in the state

WV - HB4291 Relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education

WV - HB2206 Discontinuing the use of common core standards and assessments in the state

WV - HB2210 Exempting personal income earned by individuals working as teachers at primary and secondary schools from personal income tax

WV - HB2233 Coordinating a plan to provide the first two years of post-secondary education for free

WV - HB2937 Requiring a vote on school closure or consolidation in certain circumstances

WV - HB4289 Establishing the behavioral health workforce education initiative at the Higher Education Policy Commission

WV - HB4253 Relating to School Building Authority

WV - HB3125 Mandating that teachers receive supplemental pay for compelled teaching outside of established schedule

WV - SB22 Relating to exempting certain organizations from property taxation

WV - HB4264 Change designation of Glenville State College to “Glenville State University”

WV - HB3225 Hunger-Free Campus Act

WV - HB4008 Relating to Higher Education Policy Commission funding formula

WV - HB3284 To differentiate the roles of public high school teachers

WV - HB4355 Relating to the disclosure by state institutions of higher education of certain information regarding textbooks and digital courseware and certain charges assessed for those items

WV - HB4071 Mask and Quarantine Option For Parents and Faculty

WV - HB2039 Expunging records of unsubstantiated complaints made by the Department of Health and Human Resources against teachers

WV - HB2543 Relating to calculation of the school aid formula based on net enrollment

WV - HB4415 Establishing the Katherine Johnson Academy

WV - HB4400 Granting jurisdiction to supervise youth sport league events to county boards of education and the Secondary School Activities Commission

WV - HB4510 To provide that third grade students be competent in reading and math before moving on to fourth grade

WV - HB4503 Related to revocation of school personnel certification or licensure

WV - HB4571 Modifying foundation allowance to account for transportation by electric powered buses

WV - HB4580 To authorize retired bus operators to work in areas of critical need

WV - HB4579 Relating to public school personnel

WV - HB4602 Relating to student suicide prevention

WV - SB499 Authorizing legislative rules for School Building Authority

WV - SB493 Requiring county BOE make meetings available to public in-person and through internet

WV - HB4648 Providing protections for exceptional children in public schools

WV - SB701 Including children and spouses of deceased active-duty officers in eligibility for War Orphan Education Program

WV - HB2623 Providing a tax credit to encourage new teachers to remain in the state

WV - HB2144 Modifying the definitions and pay grades of certain school cafeteria personnel

WV - HB2157 Forbidding displays relating to sexuality in public school facilities and forbidding the teaching of sexuality in public schools

WV - HB2576 Creating the Virtual Public Schools Act

WV - HB2753 Provide programs to educate senior citizens

WV - HB2728 Require all vaccinations for school attendance be included in the West Virginia code

WV - HB4110 Relating to staffing levels at multi-county vocational centers

WV - HB2806 To allow parents to retain their child without losing a year of sports eligibility

WV - HB2712 Modifying the school calendar to begin not earlier than September 1 and end no later than June 7

WV - HB2815 Requiring air conditioning on all school buses

WV - HB4105 Relating to service employees with National Association for Pupil Transportation Certifications

WV - HB2978 Gun carry allowed on college campuses

WV - HB2279 Establishing a higher education scholarship program for foster children

WV - HB2364 Permit teachers in K-12 schools be authorized to carry concealed firearms as a designated school protection officer

WV - HB3019 Creating the Campus Free Expression Act

WV - HB2345 Requiring each county school board to employ at least one full time school nurse

WV - HB2341 Reducing federal adjusted gross income for interest paid on student loans

WV - HB3006 Creating a homeless education coordinator for county schools

WV - HB2362 Implementing trauma-informed practices in schools

WV - HB3073 Relating to the West Virginia Emergency School Food Act

WV - HB3022 The Campus Self Defense Act

WV - HB4321 Remove standardized testing in public and private schools

WV - HB3111 Supporting Students Who Are Parents Act

WV - HB2367 Creating the Homeschool Credential Recognition Act

WV - HB4058 Require all schools to update restrooms for privacy

WV - HB4330 Allowing private school students to play public school sports in some instances

WV - HB3187 Prohibit parents from being restricted from monitoring virtual public education classrooms

WV - HB3190 Allow anyone with a master’s degree to sit for WV Bar exam and become licensed attorney

WV - HB4360 Relating to WV Invests Grant Program community service requirements

WV - HB4362 Allow a board of education member to hold another part-time office so long as it is a nonpartisan position

WV - HB4357 Expanding the Learn And Earn Program to baccalaureate institutions

WV - HB3282 Establish caps on the numbers of students per classroom at all grade levels

WV - HB4363 Allow teachers and service personnel in public school to transfer to public charter schools without losing their benefits

WV - HB4074 Require schools provide eating disorder and self-harm training for teacher and students

WV - HB2501 Suspend School Aid Funding Formula implementation until budget year 2024

WV - HB4065 Allowing the Division of Natural Resources to teach hunter’s safety courses in school

WV - HB2033 Establishing matrix necessary for an institution of higher education to become exempt from the Higher Education Policy Commission

WV - HB4072 Increase amount of Promise Scholarship to present day costs

WV - HB2089 Defining a work day for school service personnel and removing a provision relating to employment of licensed practical nurses

WV - HB2084 Amend section providing for waiver of tuition and fees for older persons auditing certain college classes.

WV - HB2622 College Graduate Tax Credit

WV - HB2577 Create the Statewide Online Education Act

WV - HB2092 Requiring each high school student to complete a full credit course of study in personal finance

WV - HB2097 Relating to calculating net enrollment for home-school students enrolled in one virtual school course in the public school system

WV - HB2637 West Virginia Residential Incentive Tax Credit Act

WV - HB2584 Prohibiting the home schooling of children in certain circumstances

WV - HB2110 Relating to senior citizens attending college classes at state institutions without receiving college credit

WV - HB2143 Declaring a shortage of qualified bus operators and allowing retired bus operators to accept employment

WV - HB2546 Relating to education to children and adults housed in correctional facilities and regional jails

WV - HB2624 Redirecting a percentage of any surplus to state institutions of higher education to restore their state allocation funding levels

WV - HB4380 Relating to transportation of athletic teams

WV - HB4379 Requiring all higher education institutions to use statewide contracts issued by the Purchasing Division

WV - HB4378 To dissolve the West Virginia School Building Authority

WV - HB4376 Granting full time employees of county boards of education three months of paid leave following the birth of a child

WV - SB60 Allowing BOE create and provide course in family and consumer sciences in secondary schools

WV - SB229 Requiring impact statement in certain instances of school closing or consolidation

WV - HB4389 Relating to repealing school innovation zones provisions superseded by Innovation in Education Act

WV - HB4391 Relating generally to school nurses

WV - HB4420 To modify definitions of school bus operators.

WV - HB4011 Establishing the Anti-Stereotyping Act

WV - HB4016 Creating The Anti-Racism, Anti-Sexism, and Prevention of Political-Economic Bias in School Curriculum and Pedagogy Act of 2022

WV - HB4489 Require counties to post open positions on statewide job bank

WV - SB261 Requiring video cameras in certain special education classrooms

WV - HB4547 Requiring high school students to pass a test on the US Constitution to graduate from high school

WV - HB4545 Require annual inspections of all public K-12 schools by private contractors

WV - HB4532 Related to computer science education in West Virginia schools

WV - HB4556 Video and audio recordings in self-contained classrooms

WV - HB4664 To allow public high schools to have full time athletic trainers

WV - HB4819 Policy offering a housing credit for educators who live in West Virginia 5 or more years after becoming an educator in the state

WV - HB4814 Creating a youth advisory council for civic engagement

WV - HB4812 Requiring State Board of Education to establish a Personal Finance Literacy pilot program to be implemented in at least five public high schools

WV - HB4821 Increase access to and amount covered of the promise scholarship to ensure full ride regardless of tuition costs, double majors, or courses of interest

WV - HB4798 Allowing substitute teachers to work and not receive any deduction on their retirement over the 140-day of work

WV - HB4763 Authorizing children age 12 or older to referee youth sporting events

WV - HB4705 To establish a grant program for colleges that take steps to establish themselves as Student Basic Needs campuses

WV - HB4786 The Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act

WV - HB4750 Relating to the creation and administration of a scholarship program for college students who remain in-state after graduation

WV - HB4733 Require county school boards to relinquish (sell, donate, etc.) ownership of closed school properties within a year of closure

WV - HB4723 Relating to public higher education governance

WV - HB4678 To acknowledge that the mental health of higher education students is of paramount importance, and due to a variety of issues

WV - HB4711 Relating to requiring video cameras in certain special education classrooms

WV - HB4732 Expanding early childhood education programs to three-year-old children

WV - HB4699 Creating Learning Loss Mitigation Program

WV - SB509 Relating to county BOE employee personal leave

WV - HB4823 Relating to vocational and technical education programs

WV - SB268 Creating exemption from compulsory school attendance for child who participates in learning pod or micro school

WV - SB529 Encouraging additional computer science education in WV schools

WV - SB541 Requiring homeschooled child’s academic assessment be submitted by certain date

WV - SB216 Creating Student Journalist Press Freedom Restoration Act

WV - SB586 Relating to athletic eligibility of transfer students

WV - SB651 Allowing county BOE participating in operation of multicounty vocational center to withdraw

WV - SB645 Regulating private schools for students with disabilities

WV - SB704 Allowing parents, grandparents, and guardians to inspect instructional materials in classroom

WV - SB711 Establishing alternative educational opportunities for elective course credit

WV - SB687 Relating to meetings among county boards of education

WV - SB653 Relating to public higher education governance

WV - SB498 Creating Anti-Racism Act of 2022