Bill Status - 2024 Regular Session
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There are 250 bill(s) regarding Education (K12)
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee | Step | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 143 | Creating WV Guardian Program | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/15/24 |
| SB 144 | Requiring each county board to ensure that its meetings are open to public through in-person attendance and broadcast live on its website | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/15/24 |
| SB 146 | Creating adult education taskforce | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2024) | ||
| SB 152 | Displaying official US motto in public schools | Pending | Concurrence | 03/09/24 | |
| SB 159 | Prohibiting persons convicted of certain crimes against minors from holding positions on boards of education | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2024) | ||
| SB 162 | Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/28/24 |
| SB 172 | Revising requirements of local school improvement councils | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 26, 2024) | ||
| SB 189 | Providing for substantial deference to state school superintendent's interpretations of school laws | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/31/24 |
| SB 197 | Prohibiting obscene materials in or within 2,500 feet of WV schools | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| SB 198 | Prohibiting teaching of divisive acts and critical race theory in public schools | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| SB 243 | Requiring moment of silence at beginning of each school day | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/11/24 |
| SB 253 | Establishing minimum student enrollment for school aid formula | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 01/17/24 |
| SB 260 | Approving overtime pay for teachers | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/11/24 |
| SB 280 | Allowing teachers in public schools to discuss scientific theories | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2024) | ||
| SB 290 | Establishing three-year nontraditional school week pilot project | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/11/24 |
| SB 293 | Creating the Glucagon for Schools Act | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/24/24 |
| SB 324 | Reorganizing School Building Authority to School Maintenance Authority | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/12/24 |
| SB 341 | Providing bonuses to school personnel for unused personal days | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/12/24 |
| SB 363 | Creating mobile training team for school safety | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/12/24 |
| SB 367 | Anti-Racism Act of 2024 | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/24 |
| SB 376 | Requiring law-enforcement agencies and CPS report certain allegations to county school personnel | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/12/24 |
| SB 381 | Authorizing WVSSAC to promulgate legislative rules | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/12/24 |
| SB 404 | Teen Social Media and Internet Safety Act | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/12/24 |
| SB 409 | Requiring all public schools to instruct students on foreign languages | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/12/24 |
| SB 423 | Relating to voluntary private school immunization | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/12/24 |
| SB 448 | Requiring age-appropriate instruction on Holocaust in public schools | Pending | Senate Rules | Committee | 01/25/24 |
| SB 465 | Prohibiting schools from starting earlier than 7:45 am | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/16/24 |
| SB 466 | Requiring State Board of Education develop Safety While Accessing Technology education program | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 6, 2024) | ||
| SB 468 | Requiring course in public schools on human development | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/29/24 |
| SB 487 | Requiring periodic review of professional development for teachers and education staff | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2024) | ||
| SB 502 | Allowing Teachers Retirement System members to exchange unused leave for monetary compensation | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 01/26/24 |
| SB 503 | Protecting belief-based student organizations from certain types of discrimination | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 6, 2024) | ||
| SB 504 | Relating to felony offense of sexual intercourse, intrusion, or contact with student | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 4, 2024) | ||
| SB 505 | Parents' Bill of Rights | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/22/24 |
| SB 507 | Relating to repeal of WV EDGE | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 20, 2024) | ||
| SB 510 | WV Children's Vision Act | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/23/24 |
| SB 511 | Using DHHR group home funds to assist cadets attending Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/23/24 |
| SB 515 | Prohibiting public schools from requiring students to participate in sexual orientation instruction | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/14/24 |
| SB 519 | Permitting Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy cadets to enroll in accredited courses to obtain WV Education Information System Number | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/23/24 |
| SB 521 | Relating generally to payment of bus aides | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/23/24 |
| SB 523 | Requiring parental notification of school-based dispensaries of contraceptives to minors | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/23/24 |
| SB 531 | Allowing charter schools to charge Hope Scholarship students for classes | Pending | Senate School Choice | Committee | 01/24/24 |
| SB 553 | Providing for religious exemptions of school attendance immunizations | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/25/24 |
| SB 561 | Reducing number of days required for certain educators to apply for full-time employment | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/25/24 |
| SB 568 | Creating multi-tiered system for school absenteeism | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2024) | ||
| SB 598 | Relating generally to Hope Scholarship Program | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/01/24 |
| SB 614 | Relating to elementary behavior intervention and safety | Pending | Concurrence | 03/09/24 | |
| SB 659 | Increasing minimum benefit for certain annuitants | Pending | Senate Pensions | Committee | 02/05/24 |
| SB 680 | Increasing compensation of certain classroom teachers and aides | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/06/24 |
| SB 715 | Stop the Bleed Act | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/07/24 |
| SB 727 | Revising process for county boards of education to hire support staff | Pending | RECD | 03/09/24 | |
| SB 750 | Establishing Laken's Law | Pending | Senate Rules | Committee | 02/21/24 |
| SB 761 | Providing greater access to unused buildings for public charter schools | Pending | Senate Rules | Committee | 02/22/24 |
| SB 783 | West Virginia School Construction Alternatives Pilot Program Act | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/14/24 |
| SB 806 | Removing certain required reports to Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2024) | ||
| SB 813 | Allowing students to participate in non-school competitive activities | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/29/24 |
| SB 817 | Modifying eligibility requirements for serving as member of State Board of Education | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/16/24 |
| SB 839 | Providing county boards of education options for obtaining liability insurance coverage | Pending | Senate Banking and Insurance | Committee | 02/16/24 |
| SB 842 | Modifying training requirements for county boards of education members | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/27/24 |
| SB 859 | Limiting requirements for issuance of professional teaching certificate | Pending | 3rd Reading | 03/08/24 | |
| SB 860 | Creating alternative high-risk population public charter schools | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/24/24 |
| SB 861 | Increasing support and professional development for educators | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/27/24 |
| SB 867 | Allowing student athletes to participate in competitive non-school activities | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/19/24 |
| HB 4012 | Changing the recommended guidelines for full-day and half-day cooks to the minimum ratio of one cook for every 110 meals | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4171 | Relating to the special community development school pilot program | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4182 | Relating to calculating max number of students at alternative and year-round schools | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4186 | Requiring high school students to pass a test on the US Constitution to graduate from high school | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4200 | Relating to pay for Board of Education members | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4202 | Raising salaries for school service personnel | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/08/24 |
| HB 4204 | Relating to service employees with National Association for Pupil Transportation Certifications | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4208 | Granting tax credits for parents and legal guardians whose children are in a home schooling program or private school | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4220 | Providing that microschool tuition and fees are qualifying expenses for Hope Scholarship accounts | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4232 | To make the HOPE Scholarship applicable to all children | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4241 | To establish cultural competency training for teachers obtaining or renewing a teaching license in West Virginia | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4242 | Establish the Commission on American History Enrichment | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4248 | Establishing a pilot program to develop school-based mental and behavioral health services | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4260 | To amend the laws relating to overtaking and passing school buses in West Virginia | Pending | House Technology and Infrastructure | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4262 | Creating three separate job titles for school bus operators | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4263 | Modifying the definitions and pay grades of certain school cafeteria personnel | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/26/24 |
| HB 4269 | To exempt school buses from toll fees in West Virginia | Pending | House Technology and Infrastructure | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4282 | To allow parents to retain their child for an extra year of school without losing a year of sports eligibility | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4290 | To create the American Campuses Act | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4299 | Permit teachers in K-12 schools be authorized to carry concealed firearms as a designated school protection officer | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/22/24 |
| HB 4303 | To allow public high schools to have full time athletic trainers | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4308 | Relating to addressing School Discipline in Public Schools | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4313 | Creating the Parents' Bill of Rights | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 03/04/24 |
| HB 4316 | To create an initiative to provide minorities and males with an incentive to join the public education field | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4322 | Amending Hope Scholarship eligibility | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4331 | To allow money paid to state employees to go to their estate if they pass away before their retirement date | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/26/24 |
| HB 4332 | To modify the teacher retirement system so that Tier 2 teachers may use annual/sick leave towards retirement | Pending | House Pensions and Retirement | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4338 | To allow for the construction of safe entry ways to all public schools in West Virginia. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4343 | Remove homeschool testing and portfolio requirements | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4345 | State may not participate in or join the national school board association | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4346 | To require a moment of silence at the beginning of school each day in the state | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4349 | Establishing the Anti-Stereotyping Act | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4351 | To increase the penalty for passing a school bus and causing injury | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4365 | Exempting personal income earned by individuals working as teachers at primary and secondary schools from personal income tax | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4367 | Discontinuing the use of common core standards and assessments in the state | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4369 | Relating to teacher salary enhancement | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4372 | To increase the 35 year limit on interval pay raises for teachers to 40 years | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/08/24 |
| HB 4379 | Issuing identification documents to homeless individuals residing at homeless shelters | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4391 | Funding EMS and School Resource Officers through marijuana tax | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4394 | Require county school boards to have members elected per district | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4412 | Requiring each county school board to employ at least one full time school nurse | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4414 | To strengthen anti-hazing laws and policies for Pre-K to Grade 12 | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4416 | Heart Health Equity Inclusion | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4417 | To recognize school social workers as having the same status and funding as school counselors | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4419 | Relating to classroom teachers and special education classroom teachers individualized education program requirements | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4446 | Providing school days to register and transport students to vote | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4453 | Remove standardized testing in public and private schools | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4455 | To require cameras in every classroom and room where children are present | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4457 | Remove assessments for homeschoolers | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4465 | Requiring party affiliation on school board elections | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4468 | Establishing the Anti-Stereotyping Act | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4471 | Modifying the school calendar | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4480 | To provide debt incentives for STEM teachers | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4488 | Provide for statewide participation in the federal Community Eligibility Provision for its duration | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4490 | Provide for statewide participation in the federal Community Eligibility Provision for its duration | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4491 | Prohibiting the home schooling of children in certain circumstances | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4494 | To allow teachers can bank sick leave for years of service and/or insurance payments. | Pending | House Pensions and Retirement | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4495 | Relating to WV Secondary School Activities | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4510 | Student Rescue Act | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4513 | Granting full time employees of county boards of education three months of paid leave following the birth of a child | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4542 | Creating a homeless education coordinator for county schools | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4553 | Relating to teacher duty-free lunch and daily planning periods | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4557 | Providing for contracted employment of substitute teachers for 180 instructional days | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4579 | To prohibit punishment for teachers who refuse to use pronouns inconsistent with a child’s sex | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4586 | Bill to fund armed veterans at our schools. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/10/24 |
| HB 4604 | Creating the Virtual Public Schools Act | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/11/24 |
| HB 4608 | Relating to mandatory drug testing of all classes of employees in K through 12 schools | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/11/24 |
| HB 4610 | Creating special revenue account known as School Building Authority Agricultural, Vocational and Technical Training Facilities Grant Fund | Pending | House ECON | Committee | 01/11/24 |
| HB 4649 | Relating to education to children and adults housed in correctional facilities and regional jails | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/12/24 |
| HB 4650 | Clarifying and updating school bus rules and the types of vehicles covered | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/12/24 |
| HB 4663 | To implement trauma-informed practices in schools | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/12/24 |
| HB 4670 | To include electric-powered school busses in the county foundation allowance | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/12/24 |
| HB 4696 | Relating generally to the West Virginia State Athletic Commission | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/08/24 |
| HB 4709 | Relating to vocational and technical education programs | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 4, 2024) | ||
| HB 4713 | Requiring Director of transportation have 2 years experience for bus operator | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/15/24 |
| HB 4733 | To allow classroom aides with 10 or more years of service and good evaluations to bid on teaching positions | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/15/24 |
| HB 4767 | Relating to WV teaching salaries | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/08/24 |
| HB 4768 | Relating to increasing the number of out-of-state medical students receiving in-state tuition rates who agree to practice for a specific time within West Virginia. | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 3, 2024) | ||
| HB 4769 | Clarifying appropriate and inappropriate duties for school counselors while also providing the definition of a school counselor. | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 01/26/24 |
| HB 4773 | To permit students in eighth and ninth grade to attend summer school in order to raise their grades and establish academic eligibility to play sports in the fall. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/16/24 |
| HB 4774 | To repeal the provision allowing for students to transfer from one school to another without losing eligibility. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/16/24 |
| HB 4776 | Relating to adding elementary schools into school disciplinary measures | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/01/24 |
| HB 4777 | Allow staff members in public schools to eat lunch for free if there is food left over after every student has been fed | Pending | 1st Reading | 01/30/24 | |
| HB 4778 | Granting jurisdiction to supervise youth sport league events to county boards of education and the West Virginia Athletic Trainers Association | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/16/24 |
| HB 4792 | To require principals to have additional training in certain subjects. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/16/24 |
| HB 4806 | Require bathroom use in schools based upon biological sex | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/26/24 |
| HB 4808 | To allow retired school employees to work after 140 days in certain circumstances. | Pending | House Pensions and Retirement | Committee | 01/16/24 |
| HB 4820 | To ensure free parking and school supplies for children in public schools. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/16/24 |
| HB 4821 | Requiring certain standards for virtual students in West Virginia. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/16/24 |
| HB 4829 | Relating to employment of service personnel and removing the requirement for a high school diploma or general education development certificate. | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 6, 2024) | ||
| HB 4830 | To address the professional development of teachers. | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 6, 2024) | ||
| HB 4832 | Relating to state superintendent’s reports regarding the finances of school districts | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 2, 2024) | ||
| HB 4833 | Require that any student in the 11th or 12th grade, who has been placed in a “free/elective/assistant” period, be informed of online college course opportunities available for them | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/17/24 |
| HB 4838 | Require county boards of education to provide long-term substitute teachers, upon hiring, with certain information | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 30, 2024) | ||
| HB 4839 | Relating to online instructors contracted by the WVDE or counties. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/17/24 |
| HB 4840 | To include legal services under the state purchasing requirements to require the solicitation of bids. | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/17/24 |
| HB 4846 | Relating to “In God We Trust” signs donated in schools | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/17/24 |
| HB 4847 | To provide school access for Patriotic Youth Groups | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/17/24 |
| HB 4851 | To allow for public and private schools in West Virginia to employ security personnel. | Pending | Senate Introduction | 03/09/24 | |
| HB 4860 | Providing that a general education teacher may not be responsible for accommodation logs | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 2, 2024) | ||
| HB 4862 | Introduction of a “School Safety Program” | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/17/24 |
| HB 4863 | Patriotic Access to Students in Schools Act | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 6, 2024) | ||
| HB 4893 | To increase the minimum starting salary for a teacher to $50,000 | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/18/24 |
| HB 4896 | Relating to eligibility requirements for student transfers to a public school for WVSSAC sanctioned sports | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/18/24 |
| HB 4902 | To provide a raise for special education aides, as well as a raise for self-contained special education teachers. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/22/24 |
| HB 4903 | Relating to critical vacancies in public education | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/18/24 |
| HB 4946 | Add as required material in public schools the teaching of the full Constitution of the United States, The Federalist Papers and Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letters from Birmingham Jail | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/19/24 |
| HB 4948 | Removing fees teachers have to pay in order to obtain any teaching license, certification, or additional continuing education credit hours (reporting fee) to the state Board of Education | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/19/24 |
| HB 4951 | To facilitate the interstate practice of School Psychology in educational or school settings | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2024) | ||
| HB 4959 | To exclude certain students from drop out rate data | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/22/24 |
| HB 4960 | To establish career exploration courses | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/22/24 |
| HB 4988 | To ensure that classroom sizes are equal without losing a teachers aide | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/22/24 |
| HB 4990 | To allow for the WVSSAC to pull coaching certificates of coaches who are found guilty of illegal recruiting | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/22/24 |
| HB 5011 | Relating generally to transfer of high school athletes. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/23/24 |
| HB 5027 | Relating to State-funded institutions to purchase food from in-state sources | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/08/24 |
| HB 5036 | Creating the Parents' Bill of Rights | Pending | House Senior, Children, and Family Issues | Committee | 01/23/24 |
| HB 5040 | Fast Track for Agriculture Education Endorsement | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/23/24 |
| HB 5046 | Removal of Mandatory Homeschool Reporting | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/23/24 |
| HB 5056 | Relating to substitute service personnel positions | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 4, 2024) | ||
| HB 5059 | Defining a work day for school service personnel and removing a provision relating to employment of licensed practical nurses | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/24/24 |
| HB 5060 | To create a partisan election for county board of education members. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/24/24 |
| HB 5075 | Relating to human growth and development curriculum | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/25/24 |
| HB 5081 | Relating to any school employee before being hired must pass a CPS background check | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/25/24 |
| HB 5087 | To allow Tier II teachers to be able to bank unused sick time towards retirement. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/14/24 |
| HB 5095 | Require county boards of education to train at least one professional staff member at each school in a grant writing procedures. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/25/24 |
| HB 5105 | To eliminate the vaccine requirements for public virtual schools. | Vetoed | Vetoed | ||
| HB 5111 | Create the Statewide Online Education Act | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/25/24 |
| HB 5124 | The purpose of this bill is to remove the restrictions of taxpayers to access online curriculum, and allow for taxpayers to inspect additional instructional material adopted by the county board pursuant to including books in the classroom. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/25/24 |
| HB 5137 | Relating to requiring the State Auditor to conduct audits of all county boards of education | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 03/04/24 |
| HB 5139 | Allow teachers to bank personal and sick days. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/25/24 |
| HB 5143 | Allowing for Religious Exemptions of Vaccine Requirements in Primary and Secondary Schools | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/25/24 |
| HB 5144 | No vaccine mandate for schools | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/25/24 |
| HB 5152 | To permit students in Christian schools at the elementary and middle school level to participate in county level sport tournaments | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/25/24 |
| HB 5158 | Relating to making technical corrections to the special education code | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 6, 2024) | ||
| HB 5168 | Providing for the election of county school superintendents to four year terms. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/25/24 |
| HB 5179 | Relating to the creation of “Jaycie’s Law.” | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/12/24 |
| HB 5180 | Removing requirements to submit certain evidence on behalf of home schooled children | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/29/24 |
| HB 5189 | Provide tax credit for homeschool students | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/25/24 |
| HB 5191 | Relating to permitting obscenity in schools | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/25/24 |
| HB 5195 | Create a half day position for all school service personnel | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/25/24 |
| HB 5196 | To require all West Virginia high school students to pass a Civics examination and the United States Naturalization Examination | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/25/24 |
| HB 5197 | To make school resource officers (“SROs”) part of the school funding formula | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/25/24 |
| HB 5199 | Provide for exemption from required physical education | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/25/24 |
| HB 5200 | Requiring that school counselors serving students in preschool through the 12th grade participate in the School Counselors Conference at least once every two years | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/08/24 |
| HB 5210 | Relating to voluntary private school immunization | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/12/24 |
| HB 5227 | Requiring age-appropriate instruction on the Holocaust | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/26/24 |
| HB 5249 | Vaccine exemption for private, parochial, charter, virtual charter, and remote public schools. | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/26/24 |
| HB 5252 | Requiring certain minimum experience for the director or coordinator of services class title involving school transportation. | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2024) | ||
| HB 5262 | Relating generally to teacher’s bill of rights | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2024) | ||
| HB 5277 | Require adoption awareness material be made available in high school counseling offices | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/29/24 |
| HB 5289 | To allow for the implementation of Educational Software in West Virginia public schools. | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/29/24 |
| HB 5290 | To create “Holocaust Education Week” | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/29/24 |
| HB 5292 | Relating to Extracurricular Inclusion and Learning Pod Freedom | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/29/24 |
| HB 5300 | Moving the school system from a 5 day work week into a 4 day work week. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/29/24 |
| HB 5301 | To mandate county boards of education to provide feminine hygiene products in all public elementary, middle, and high schools for female students | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/29/24 |
| HB 5302 | Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/29/24 |
| HB 5325 | Relating to the Pledge of Allegiance in schools | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/29/24 |
| HB 5329 | Limiting the use of state funding under the Hope Scholarship Program for out-of-state private schools and providers | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/29/24 |
| HB 5330 | Require DHHR-CPS to notify the county school superintendent & local BOE president (of the public school system where the child attends) of pending CPS investigations. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/29/24 |
| HB 5346 | To clean up statutory provisions regarding the Hope Scholarship program to better reflect the intent and operation of the program | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/30/24 |
| HB 5356 | Prohibiting registered sex offenders from utilizing school-based health centers | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/30/24 |
| HB 5405 | Providing additional professional development and support to West Virginia educators through teacher and leader induction and professional growth. | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2024) | ||
| HB 5425 | Relating to clarifying the amount of experience required in the hiring of professional education personnel | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/28/24 |
| HB 5431 | Permitting county boards of education to send parents of students who are chronically disruptive the pro-rated amount of their education and to remove them from the school system for a year to continue their education | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/02/24 |
| HB 5436 | To allow elected members of county Boards of Education to be short-term substitute teachers | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/05/24 |
| HB 5442 | Free to Speak Act | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/05/24 |
| HB 5484 | Relating to age appropriate instruction in health education | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/06/24 |
| HB 5504 | To make it explicit that both the lottery fund and the excess lottery fund can be utilized for early childhood education throughout West Virginia | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/07/24 |
| HB 5514 | Enhancing training requirements for county boards of education members. | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 6, 2024) | ||
| HB 5517 | To require a statewide public school calendar to begin no earlier that September 1 and end no later than May 31 | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/07/24 |
| HB 5518 | To adjust the School Aid Formula’s Transportation calculations from its current standard of student enrollment to school bus mileage traveled daily | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/07/24 |
| HB 5527 | To allow those with a concealed carry license to carry a concealed handgun in public school property and buildings. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/08/24 |
| HB 5540 | Relating to fentanyl prevention and awareness Education (Laken’s Law) | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 30, 2024) | ||
| HB 5551 | Relating to continuing education concerning domestic violence. | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 02/29/24 |
| HB 5553 | To provide and change graduation requirements and change duties relating to academic content standards | Pending | Senate Introduction | 03/09/24 | |
| HB 5556 | Comprehensive Services Act | Pending | House Senior, Children, and Family Issues | Committee | 02/12/24 |
| HB 5563 | Adding a proviso that any county will open attendance zones and an existing transportaion Arrangement shall not be permitted to close the open attendance zone reestablish closed boarders or modify existing transportation routes or arrangements for any current or future students who chooose to utilize these options | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/12/24 |
| HB 5598 | Requiring a shcool administrator and local Board of Education to assess whether a student is in the foster care system or undre the supervision of Child Protective Services prior to being disiplined for a level 3 or 4 behavior policy violation | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/12/24 |
| HB 5607 | Relating to public charter school’s application for funding. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/15/24 |
| HB 5650 | Allow suspended school personnel to enter school property functions open to the public | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2024) | ||
| HB 5653 | To repeal the provision allowing for students to transfer from one school to another without losing eligibility | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/13/24 |
| HB 5654 | To require inmates in West Virginia jails and prisons to receive GED training. | Pending | House Jails and Prisons | Committee | 02/13/24 |
| HB 5658 | To require all projects funded by the school building authority to have an assessment of school safety when a new project is created. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/13/24 |
| HB 5661 | To mandate county boards of education to provide feminine hygiene products in all public elementary, middle, and high schools for female students | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/13/24 |
| HB 5671 | Medical Redshirt Bill for High School Students | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/13/24 |
| HB 5673 | Consolidate county school boards | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/13/24 |
| HB 5687 | To repurpose retired military service dogs for use in West Virginia public schools. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/13/24 |