Legislative Browser - Subject Education (And Related Subheadings)
| State | Bill Number | Summary/Title | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WV | SB648 | The purpose of this bill is to repeal outdated and obsolete sections of the education code. | Effective Date | 2010-06-11 |
| WV | HB4031 | The purpose of this bill is to allow the foundation allowance allocated for regional education service agencies to be an amount not to exceed $4.2 million. | Chapter 64, Acts, 2010 | 2010-04-22 |
| WV | HB4512 | The purpose of this bill is to update the law regarding the certification testing of school bus operators, the wages of those engaged in the training of school bus operators and the definition of "supervisor of transportation." | Chapter 67, Acts, 2010 | 2010-04-22 |
| WV | SB631 | The purpose of this bill is to update the process for the adoption of textbooks and other instructional material and technologies to enable county boards more flexibility in adopting vendor updated print and electronic instructional resources. The bi... Read more | Chapter 57, Acts, Regular Session, 2010 | 2010-04-22 |
| WV | SB480 | The purpose of this bill is to create "FACTS for Higher Education" by establishing Fair, Accountable, Credible, Transparent, and Systematic mechanisms to determine classification status and compensation for classified employees in public hi... Read more | Not enrolled due to technical deficiency | 2010-03-17 |
| WV | HB4448 | The purpose of this bill is to correct an inconsistency between the two sections to be amended and the 2007 amendments to §11-8-9. | On 1st reading, House Calendar | 2010-03-13 |
| WV | HB4306 | The purpose of this bill is to replace provisions that reduce the school aid formula funding for counties when the property assessments in the county are not at least fifty-four percent of market value as indicated by an assessment ratio study with p... Read more | Senate requests House to concur | 2010-03-10 |
| WV | SB626 | The purpose of this bill is to provide eligibility for a license to teach in the public schools for candidates who are not United States citizens. | To House Education Committee | 2010-03-03 |
| WV | SB686 | The purpose of this bill is to allow county boards of education to authorize the creation of new public charter schools and the conversion of public schools to public charter schools under certain conditions; set forth which laws and rules apply to... Read more | Recommitted to Finance on 2nd reading | 2010-03-02 |
| WV | HB4650 | The purpose of this bill is to add language to allow playgrounds to be funded as part of projects considered by the school building authority. | To House Education Committee | 2010-02-22 |
| WV | SB659 | The purpose of this bill is to provide for resident tuition rates and eligibility for state funded student financial aid, grants and scholarships for a limited duration for children of certain military personnel indicating an intent to establish resi... Read more | To Senate Education Committee | 2010-02-22 |
| WV | SB681 | The purpose of this bill is to require that evaluations of certain professional personnel be on an annual basis. | To Senate Education Committee | 2010-02-22 |
| WV | SB683 | The purpose of this bill is to direct the state board to propose a legislative rule for alternative principal certification, and to outline the m inimum requirements for the certification program. | To Senate Education Committee | 2010-02-22 |
| WV | SB684 | The purpose of this bill is to enable the Department of Education to intervene in a more timely fashion to assist a school to improve before more substantive interventions could ensue. | To Senate Education Committee | 2010-02-22 |
| WV | HB4662 | The purpose of this bill is to permit a retired law- enforcement officer to be employed by a county board of education as a resource prevention officer in public schools. | To House Education Committee | 2010-02-22 |
| WV | HB4653 | The purpose of this bill is to require elementary students to have access to a certified library media specialist, art specialist, music specialist and physical education specialist at least twice a week. §18-2-7d is new; therefore, it has been ... Read more | To House Education Committee | 2010-02-22 |
| WV | SB654 | The purpose of this bill is to authorize a tax credit, not to exceed $200, for teachers for out of pocket school supplies. This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted. | To Senate Finance Committee | 2010-02-22 |
| WV | SB530 | The purpose of this bill is to require all children entering school in this state to demonstrate that they have been immunized against diphtheria, polio, rubeola, rubella, tetanus and whooping cough. The bill provides medical and nonmedical exemption... Read more | To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee | 2010-02-19 |
| WV | HB4579 | The purpose of this bill is to reform the school aid formula by reducing over two years from ninety percent to eighty percent, then to seventy percent the amount of the regular levy deducted from county boards of education for general current expense... Read more | To House Education Committee | 2010-02-19 |
| WV | HB4586 | The purpose of this bill is to provide a $1,200 cost of living adjustment to all eligible state employees and retirees. §5-5-7, §5-10-22k and §18-7A-26v are new; therefore, they have been completely underscored. | To House Pensions & Retirement Committee | 2010-02-19 |
| WV | SB586 | The purpose of this bill is to mandate procedure as to when parents should be notified by county school boards of school choice options. Underachieving schools are required to notify parents of school choice options at the end of the school year for ... Read more | To Senate Education Committee | 2010-02-16 |
| WV | HB4495 | The purpose of this bill is to require the State Superintendent of Schools to report annually to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability regarding special demonstration professional development school projects and to specify ... Read more | To House Education Committee | 2010-02-15 |
| WV | SB568 | The purpose of this bill is to abolish the Distance Learning Coordinating Council. | To Senate Government Organization Committee | 2010-02-12 |
| WV | HB4487 | The purpose of this bill is to improve security at state schools by requiring the reporting of assaults, batteries and other incidents on school property, during school hours or during school activities to the appropriate local juvenile authority. Th... Read more | To House Education Committee | 2010-02-12 |
| WV | SB343 | The purpose of this bill is to increase the minimum age for ending compulsory school attendance from age sixteen to age seventeen and to reduce from ten to five the number of days of unexcused absences at which proceeding to enforce attendance begin.... Read more | To Senate Finance Committee | 2010-02-10 |
| WV | HB3123 | The purpose of this bill is to provide for the donation and transfer of personal computers and other information systems to the Department of Education when these commodities are being disposed of by state agency spending units. | To House Finance Committee | 2010-02-10 |
| WV | HB4389 | The purpose of this bill is to exempt sales of personal tangible property and services by public and private schools from consumer sales tax and service. | To House Finance Committee | 2010-02-10 |
| WV | HB4398 | The purpose of this bill is to redefine planning periods for teachers. | To House Education Committee | 2010-02-08 |
| WV | HB4380 | The purpose of this bill is to provide eligibility for a license to teach in the public schools for candidates who are not United States citizens. | To House Education Committee | 2010-02-05 |
| WV | HB4383 | The purpose of this bill is to enable the Department of Education to intervene in a more timely fashion to assist a school to improve before more substantive interventions could ensue. | To House Education Committee | 2010-02-05 |
| WV | HB4378 | The purpose of this bill is to outline the minimum requirement for a state board rule establishing an alternative program leading to certification as a principal in the public schools. | To House Education Committee | 2010-02-05 |
| WV | SB433 | The purpose of this bill is to increase the age of compulsory school attendance from sixteen to eighteen. | To Senate Education Committee | 2010-02-02 |
| WV | SB141 | The purpose of this bill is to add professional student support personnel to the foundation allowance for the Public Employees Insurance Agency for school employees. The bill also requires the annual contribution established by the Public Employe... Read more | To Senate Finance Committee | 2010-01-27 |
| WV | HB4165 | The purpose of this bill is to increase the minimum age for ending compulsory school attendance from age sixteen to age seventeen and to reduce from ten to five the number of days of unexcused absences at which proceeding to enforce attendance begin.... Read more | To House Education Committee | 2010-01-25 |
| WV | SB6 | The purpose of this bill is to provide that faculty and staff at state institutions of higher education are eligible for a seat in the Legislature. | To Senate Judiciary Committee | 2010-01-20 |
| WV | SB212 | The purpose of this bill is to repeal certain provisions concerning higher education capital facilities generally and replaces them with new provisions. The bill repeals certain specific duties of governing boards of higher education institutions. T... Read more | To Senate Finance Committee | 2010-01-20 |
| WV | SB217 | The purpose of this bill is to allow the foundation allowance allocated for regional education service agencies to be an amount not to exceed $4.2 million. | To Senate Education Committee | 2010-01-14 |
| WV | HB2563 | The purpose of this bill is to allow state employees to take paid leave to attend parent-teacher conferences for their children. | To House Government Organization Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | SB15 | The purpose of this bill is to require principals to take on greater authority and control over teachers' classroom teaching performance. Toward this goal the bill requires the State Board of Education to propose rules for legislative approval desig... Read more | To Senate Education Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | SB19 | The purpose of this bill is to increase the stipend paid to mentor teachers; create a mechanism to enforce the teacher mentor requirements; set forth the criteria for the selection of teacher mentors; allow teacher mentors to be selected from a diffe... Read more | To Senate Education Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | SB37 | The purpose of this bill is to require boards of education to hire the best qualified person for extracurricular activities. | To Senate Education Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | SB132 | The purpose of this bill is to give county school superintendents more flexibility and ease in placing service personnel workers in positions of need on a day-to-day basis. | To Senate Education Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | SB140 | The purpose of this bill is to include service as a member of a county board of education to be included as credit for service for the State Teachers Retirement System. | To Senate Pensions Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | SB151 | This bill shall lift the cap on the number of days that certain retired teachers can work and continue to draw their retirement benefits from the State Teachers Retirement System. | To Senate Pensions Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | SB157 | The purpose of this bill is to provide medical and nonmedical exemptions from mandatory immunizations for school children. The bill would require parents and guardians to assert their conscientious or religious beliefs in an affidavit. Parents or g... Read more | To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | SB165 | The purpose of this bill is to provide clarification for eligibility for teacher certification and to help alleviate the shortage of certified teachers in West Virginia. | To Senate Education Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2024 | The purpose of this bill is to reduce staff development programs for school personnel from 18 hours to 12 hours; and requiring that the six hour reduction in staff development be used as an additional preparation day. | To House Education Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2093 | The purpose of this bill is to provide a framework to avoid imposition of policies and practices on the public schools that distract from the education process. The bill contains the following provisions in furtherance of its primary purpose, as afo... Read more | To House Education Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2340 | The purpose of this bill is to approve fee waivers for certain students and faculty and staff at institutions of higher education at undergraduate and graduate levels. The bill applies this exemption to all such institutions. It further provides t... Read more | To House Education Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2494 | The purpose of this bill is to give local authorities the authority to decrease the speed limit on streets and highways where school buses travel. | To House Roads & Transportation Committee | 2010-01-13 |