WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2022 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 4058

By Delegates Howell, Criss, Smith, Phillips, B. Ward, Horst, Pritt, Pack, Zatezalo, Lineville, and Haynes

[Introduced January 12, 2022; 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 §18-5-9c, relating to installation of individual stalls in the bathrooms of public schools.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 5. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

§18-5-9c. Privacy stalls for bathrooms in schools.

The board shall provide individual stalls, with walls and doors, in the bathrooms in all schools and ancillary buildings that are used by students. The walls and doors shall be of sufficient height from top to bottom, as is consistent with current architectural and safety standards, to maintain the privacy of the individual using the bathroom stall. Installation of all necessary stall walls and doors shall be completed by June 30, 2024, and the board shall provide for continued maintenance and repair of all stalls thereafter.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require counties to construct individual bathroom stalls in public schools sufficient to provide privacy to users of the bathrooms.

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