WEST virginia legislature

2019 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 2777

By Delegate Campbell, Levander-Bowe, Thompson, R., Hornbuckle, Caputo, Rohrbach, Dean, Westfall, Pack, Paynter and Robinson

[Introduced January 30, 2019; Referred
to the Committee on Education.]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-5-15e, relating to requiring schools to offer elective vocational courses in middle schools.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 5. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

§18-5-15e. Elective vocational courses for middle schools.

County boards of education shall provide elective vocational courses for middle schools by the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year.  The courses provided shall follow rules to be developed by the State Board of Education and may include such courses as home economics, industrial arts and agricultural.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require schools to offer elective vocational courses in middle schools.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.