HB4071 S ED AMT #1 3-7

Hager  7871

The Committee on Education moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. For House Bill 4071 -- A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §18-8B-1, §18-8B-2, §18-8B-3, §18-8B-4, all relating to creating the Public School Health Rights Act; providing definitions; providing that a public school may not mandate masks for students or employees or mandate COVID-19 tests and quarantine under certain circumstances;  providing that parents have the right to determine whether their children wear masks at school and school activities;  providing that elected/public official cannot override the provisions of the Act; providing that nothing in the article may prevent any individual from wearing a face covering for the purposes of protecting the safety of the wearer; and providing injunctive relief.

Adopted

Rejected