WEST virginia legislature

2017 regular session

Committee Substitute

for

House Bill 2589

By Delegate Kessinger, Higginbotham, Paynter, Dean, Martin and Wilson

[Introduced February 21, 2017; 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 §18-5-15g, relating to requiring county boards of education to permit students who are homeschooled or attend private schools to enroll and take classes at the county’s vocational school.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-5-15g, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 5.  COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

§18-5-15g.  Vocational education classes for homeschooled and private schooled students.

County boards of education shall permit students who are homeschooled or attend private schools to enroll and take classes at the county’s vocational schools, if any. Provided, that space is available. Provided further, that students may not be charged more than public school students of compulsory school age.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require county boards of education to permit students who are homeschooled or attend private schools to enroll and take classes at the county’s vocational school.

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