SB636 HFAT Ellington 4-8  

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Delegate Ellington moves to amend the title of Committee Substitute for SB636 by striking the title and inserting in lieu thereof a new title to read as follows:

A BILL to amend and reenact §18-2-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to imposing additional requirements for the courses required for all public, private, parochial, and denominational schools in the history of the State of West Virginia, the history of the United States, in civics, in the Constitution of the United States, and in the government of West Virginia; requiring the State Board of Education to consult with other entities in prescribing the courses of study; requiring the State Board of Education to include the basic course requirements for middle school and high school and the academic standards when prescribing the courses of study; requiring the State Board of Education to publish an approved list of instructional resources; requiring the State Board of Education to provide testing or assessment instruments for the history and civics courses of instruction; expanding amendments to the Constitution of the United States to be emphasized as a part of the instruction in each social studies class required during Celebrate Freedom Week; requiring public high school students complete one-credit course in personal finance as a requirement for high school graduation; replacing existing economics coursework requirements; requiring end-of-course examination; and requiring state board to shall develop personal finance curriculum.