WEST virginia legislature

2020 regular session

Introduced

Senate Bill 557

By Senators Prezioso, Baldwin, Beach, Facemire, Hardesty, Ihlenfeld, Jeffries, Lindsay, Palumbo, Plymale, Romano, Stollings, Unger, Woelfel, and Cline

[Introduced January 21, 2020; 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 §18-5-18f, relating to establishing vocational-technical programs in middle schools.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 5. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

§18-5-18f. Vocational-technical education in middle school.

Subject to the availability of funds, county boards of education shall establish and maintain, by the school year 2020-2021, and thereafter, vocational-technical education programs, including introductory vocational-technical courses, for middle school grades.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require county boards of education shall establish and maintain, by the school year 2020-2021, and thereafter, vocational-technical education programs.

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