HB5537 SFAT Weld #1 3-13

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Senator Weld 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 5537—A Bill to amend and reenact §18-5-34 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to repeal §18-2I-1, §18-2I-2, §18-3-13, §18-5-26, and §18-8-6, relating to education; providing for temporary restriction on approval of home instruction in cases of pending child abuse or neglect investigations; directing county boards of education to adopt policies for informing county superintendents of reports of suspected child abuse or neglect; specifying that policies shall require superintendents to determine status of investigations by Department of Human Services; specifying duration of temporary restriction on approval of home instruction; and repealing obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code.

Adopted

Rejected