WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2025 REGULAR SESSION

ENROLLED

House Bill 2516

By Delegates Ellington, Statler, Hornby, Crouse, Willis, Dittman, Toney, and Campbell

[Passed March 31, 2025; in effect 90 days from passage (June 29, 2025)]

 

AN ACT to repeal §18-1-4, §18-2-16, §18-2-16a, §18-2-39, §18-2A-1, §18-2A-2, §18-2A-3, §18-2A-4, §18-2A-5, §18-2A-6, §18-2A-7, §18-2A-8, §18-5B-1, §18-5B-2, §18-5B-3, §18-5B-4, §18-5B-5, §18-5B-6, §18-5B-7, §18-5B-8, §18-5B-9, §18-5B-10, §18-5B-11, §18-5B-12, §18-5B-13, §18-5B-14, §18-10H-6 and §18-10H-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; relating to repeal of antiquated and inoperative provisions of code.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS; LIMITATIONS OF CHAPTER; GOALS FOR EDUCATION.

§1. Repeal of section relating to Vision 2020.

 

§18-1-4. Vision 2020: An Education Blueprint for Two Thousand Twenty.

 

[Repealed].

ARTICLE 2. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

§18-2-16. Establishment and operation of state camp and conference center; rental thereof; expenditures; gifts and donations; county court may erect and equip buildings.

[Repealed].

 

§18-2-16a. Construction of buildings and recreational facilities at state camp and conference center; charges for use; financing by revenue bonds or notes permissible; trustee for holders of bonds or notes; contents of trust agreement.

[Repealed].

 

§18-2-39. College and career readiness initiative.

[Repealed].

 

ARTICLE 2A. ADOPTIONS OF TEXTBOOKS, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES.

 

§18-2A-1. Definition; adoption groups; adoption schedule.

[Repealed].

 

 

§18-2A-2. Request for samples and bids; deposit by bidder; selection, approval and publication of multiple list.

[Repealed].

 

§18-2A-3. Disposition of and requests for samples.

[Repealed].

 

§18-2A-4. Execution of contracts; bond.

[Repealed].

 

§18-2A-5. Selection by county boards; school curriculum teams.

[Repealed].

 

§18-2A-6. Retail prices; limitation on profit; violation; penalty.

[Repealed].

 

§18-2A-7. Exchange privilege; use of supplementary items; state-approved depositories authorized.

[Repealed].

 

§18-2A-8. Instructional resources must be approved and listed; when changes may be effected; rules.

[Repealed].

ARTICLE 5B. SCHOOL INNOVATION ZONES ACT.

 

§18-5B-1. Title.

[Repealed].

 

§18-5B-2. Legislative findings and purpose.

[Repealed].

 

§18-5B-3. School innovation zones; application for designation; state board rule.

[Repealed].

 

§18-5B-4. Innovation zones; required plans; plan approval; state board rule.

[Repealed].

§18-5B-5. Approval of innovation zone plans; waiver of statutes, policies, rules or interpretations.

[Repealed].

 

§18-5B-6. Employee approval of innovation plan application and plan; transfer of employees.

[Repealed].

 

§18-5B-7. Progress reviews and annual reports.

[Repealed].

 

§18-5B-8. Teacher vacancies in an innovation zone; job postings exceeding certain qualifications and requirements; approval of postings.

[Repealed].

 

§18-5B-9. Establishment of new innovation zone schools by state institutions of higher education.

[Repealed].

 

§18-5B-10. Exceptions to statutes granted to innovation zones; limitations.

[Repealed].

 

§18-5B-11. Local Solution Dropout Prevention and Recovery Innovation Zone Act.

[Repealed].

 

§18-5B-12. School system collaborative innovation zone; requirements to qualify; application for designation; required plans for innovation zones; plan approval; waiver of statutes, policies, rules or interpretations; progress reviews and annual reports; teacher vacancies, job postings and approval.

[Repealed].

 

§18-5B-13. Innovation school district Act; legislative findings, intent and purpose; eligibility; application; innovation plan and plan approval; designation; waiver of statutes, policies, rules or interpretations; exceptions; progress reviews and annual reports; state board rule.

[Repealed].

 

§18-5B-14. Termination of funding for School Innovation Zones and Local Solution Dropout Prevention and Recovery Innovation Zones.

[Repealed].

ARTICLE 10H.  ALBERT YANNI PROGRAMS OF EXCELLENCE IN VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

 

§18-10H-6. Effective schools program in vocational-technical education.

[Repealed].

 

§18-10H-7. Unified technology transfer program.

[Repealed].

The Clerk of the House of Delegates and the Clerk of the Senate hereby certify that the foregoing bill is correctly enrolled.

 

 

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Clerk of the House of Delegates

 

 

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Clerk of the Senate

               

 

 

Originated in the House of Delegates.

 

In effect 90 days from passage.

 

 

 

 

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Speaker of the House of Delegates

 

 

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President of the Senate

 

 

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The within is ................................................ this the...........................................

 

Day of ..........................................................................................................., 2025.

 

 

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Governor