West Virginia Legislature

2026 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 5537

By Delegates Ellington, Statler, Toney, Bell, Shamblin, Stephens, Pritt, Hornby, Crouse, White, and Willis

[Introduced; referred

to the Committee on]

A BILL to repeal §18-2E-5, §18-2E-12, §18-2I-1, and §18-8-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to repealing obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 2E. HIGH QUALITY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.

§1. Repeal of sections related to Office of Education Performance Audits and Mountain State Digital Literacy Project.

That §18-2E-5 and §18-2E-12 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, are repealed.

ARTICLE 2I. professional DEVELOPMENT.

§1. Repeal of section related to professional development for West Virginia public school educators.

That §18-2I-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, is repealed.

ARTICLE 8. COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.

§1. Repeal of section related to the High School Graduation Improvement Act.

That §18-8-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, is repealed.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to repeal obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.