| Issue |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
 21st Century Skills |
Adopted 06/2012 |
P-12 |
Defines content standards and instructional goals and objectives for mathematics program of study, consistent with West Virginia's move to adopt the common core standards. Broadens scope of mathematics curriculum to include 21st century content standards and objectives as well as 21st century standards and objectives for learning skills and technology tools. Organizes around the three major components of a standards-based curriculum: learning standards, instructional objectives and performance descriptorsfor grades 2-12. The standards, objectives and performance descriptors are designed to provide clear, consistent priorities and focus, as well as depth of knowledge. The objectives spiral upward through the grade levels, eliminating repetition of content and increasing in rigor and depth of knowledge throughout the student's academic career.
Asserts that the vision of the state board and department includes the triangulation of mathematics content, learning skills and technology tools standards within each classroom so that students will be able to think critically, analyze information, comprehend new ideas, communicate, collaborate, solve problems and make decisions. Makes all mathematics teachers responsible for the integration of Policy 2520.14 21st Century Learning Skills and Technology Tools in their classroom instruction. http://apps.sos.wv.gov/adlaw/csr/readfile.aspx?DocId=23773&Format=PDF
Title: WV ADC s 126-44B-1, 2, 3, 4
Source: wvde.state.wv.us |
21st Century Skills |
Adopted 06/2012 |
P-12 |
Defines content standards and instructional goals and objectives for reading and language arts, consistent with West Virginia's move to adopt the common core standards. Broadens scope of curriculum to include 21st century content standards and objectives as well as 21st century standards and objectives for learning skills and technology tools. Organizes around the three major components of a standards-based curriculum: learning standards, instructional objectives and performance descriptorsfor grades 2-12. The standards, objectives and performance descriptors are designed to provide clear, consistent priorities and focus, as well as depth of knowledge. The objectives spiral upward through the grade levels, eliminating repetition of content and increasing in rigor and depth of knowledge throughout the student's academic career.
Asserts that the vision of the state board and department includes the triangulation of educational content, learning skills and technology tools standards within each classroom so that students will be able to think critically, analyze information, comprehend new ideas, communicate, collaborate, solve problems and make decisions. Makes all reading and language arts teachers responsible for the integration of Policy 2520.14 21st Century Learning Skills and Technology Tools in their classroom instruction. http://apps.sos.wv.gov/adlaw/csr/ruleview.aspx?document=8570
Title: WV ADC s 126-44A-1, 2, 3, 4
Source: apps.sos.wv.gov |
Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
Adopted 06/2012 |
P-12 |
Background: Legislation authorizing the West Virginia Board of Education (WVBE) to designate Education Innovation Zones in schools, groups of schools and departments or subdivisions of a school or schools was entered into statute in October, 2009. The legislation takes into consideration that rules are established in public education to manage the resources efficiently, allot time among the activities and processes required and to ensure attention to the goals mandated. It is also understood that rules may limit the flexibility of professional educators to engage in those activities and implement those approaches that may best improve the learning of their students for the twenty-first century. Therefore, it is believed that allowing individual schools to seek and receive exceptions from certain statutes, policies and rules and interpretations through the creation of school innovation zones will provide them greater control over important educational factors that impact student achievement. Legislation was passed in the regular session of the Legislature in 2011 that created another category of Innovation Zones to be designated as "Local Solution Dropout Prevention and Recovery Innovation Zones". The intent and purpose of the legislation is as follows: increase graduation rate and reduce number of dropouts, provide a testing ground for innovative graduation programs, incentives, and approaches, provide schools and communities with opportunities for greater collaboration to plan and implement systemic approaches for increasing graduation rate and lessen dropout rate, provide information regarding the effects of specific innovations, collaborations, and policies, and document educational strategies that increase graduation rates, prevent dropouts and enhance student success; establishes a separate category of Innovation Zones known as School System Collaborative Innovation Zone by adding thereto a new section, in accordance with the provisions of W.Va. Code §18-5B-12, relating to allowing flexibility within county school systems; and authorizing the WVBE to select a county school system to serve as a School System Collaborative Innovation Zone.
Major Revisions or Reasons for New Policy: Revisions were required to Policy 3236 to incorporate the legislation establishing a School System Collaborative Innovation Zone.
Impact: WVBE Policy 3236 creates the opportunity for a county school system to be designated as a School System Collaborative Innovation Zone to allow flexibility to a county system to test innovations that could be replicated in other school systems facing similar circumstances across the state, nation, and world. http://apps.sos.wv.gov/adlaw/csr/readfile.aspx?DocId=23774&Format=PDF
Title: WV ADC s 126-75-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Source: apps.sos.wv.gov |
High School--GED (General Education Development) |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Requires the State Board of Education to study GED issues, especially increasing costs and access to internet and other technology, and make a report with recommendations by a certain date.http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2012_SESSIONS/RS/pdf_bills/sb646%20enr%20PRINTED.pdf
Title: S.B. 646
Source: www.legis.state.wv.us |
School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
School service personnel certification. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4655%202ND%20ENG.htm&yr=2012&sesstype=RS&i=4655
Title: H.B. 4655
Source: www.legis.state.wv.us |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Provides salary equity supplement payments to teachers and service personnel in order to achieve salary equity among the counties; specifies the amounts of those equity supplements; changes the methods of calculating the difference in salary potential of school employees among the counties; requires the Department of Education to request additional funds if it determines the equity objective is not being met; clarifies the amount of equity supplement to be paid from state funds. Also includes state minimum salary schedule. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB186%20SUB1%20enr.htm&yr=2012&sesstype=RS&i=186
Title: S.B. 186
Source: www.legis.state.wv.us |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Authorizes teacher-in-residence programs for certain prospective teachers in lieu of student teaching; defines teacher-in-residence programs and provides minimum requirements; provides use of certain funds for program support and student stipend; specifies formula for calculating stipend; creates teacher-in-residence permit and specifies conditions; authorizes counties with comprehensive induction programs to use consistent structure for supervision and training of student teachers. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4101%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2012&sesstype=RS&i=4101
Title: H.B. 4101
Source: www.legis.state.wv.us |
21st Century Skills |
Adopted 03/2012 |
P-12 |
Defines content standards and instructional goals and objectives for social studies program of study, consistent with West Virginia's move to adopt the common core standards. Broadens scope of curriculum to include 21st century content standards and objectives as well as 21st century standards and objectives for learning skills and technology tools. Organizes around the three major components of a standards-based curriculum: learning standards, instructional objectives and performance descriptorsfor grades 2-12. The standards, objectives and performance descriptors are designed to provide clear, consistent priorities and focus, as well as depth of knowledge. The objectives spiral upward through the grade levels, eliminating repetition of content and increasing in rigor and depth of knowledge throughout the student's academic career.
Asserts that the vision of the state board and department includes the triangulation of educational content, learning skills and technology tools standards within each classroom so that students will be able to think critically, analyze information, comprehend new ideas, communicate, collaborate, solve problems and make decisions. Makes all social studies teachers responsible for the integration of Policy 2520.14 21st Century Learning Skills and Technology Tools in their classroom instruction.
http://apps.sos.wv.gov/adlaw/csr/ruleview.aspx?document=8486
Title: WV ADC s 126-44D-1, 2, 3, 4
Source: apps.sos.wv.gov |
Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
Community College |
Authorizes a program of adult basic education at each state community and technical college campus where developmental education services are provided. This approach to providing adult basic education links the programs students study under with developmental education and creates a simpler, clearer pathway for adults to enter college.
Transfers title to certain property to state board. Under certain circumstances, State board may pay transportation of any certified unemployed person participating in any vocational program.
Establishes West Virginia Earn a Degree Graduate Early initiative (EDGE) to connect public schools with higher education to prepare public high school students for success in the workplace or postsecondary education and to provide the opportunity for these students to earn community and technical college credit free of charge for certain courses. EDGE's goals include increasing postsecondary enrollment.
Creates the Collaborative Degree Completion Program to increase the number of West Virginians who hold or can earn a college credential and increase the education and technical skills of the states' workforce.
Requires certain agreements between community and technical college consortia, career and technical centers and public high schools to cooperatively deliver services effectively and efficiently where needed most.
Clarifies duties of community and technical consortia planning districts and specifies certain accountability procedures.
Defines programs of study and directs consortia to focus on identifying and providing student programs of study leading to placement in high demand, high wage occupations.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb436%20intr.htm&yr=2012&sesstype=RS&i=436
Title: S.B. 436
Source: www.legis.state.wv.us |
Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 |
Allows flexibility within county school systems; authorizes the State Board of Education to select a county school system to serve as a school system collaborative innovation zone; specifying effect of change in school system approval status; providing the procedure and criteria for application and selection as a school system collaborative innovation zone; requiring development of school system collaborative innovation zone plan; setting forth potential innovations; authorizing a designated school system to submit requests for exceptions from county and state board rules and policies; permitting exceptions from statutes subject to legislative approval; requiring annual performance reviews and reports; permitting the posting of certain teaching vacancies; and including, for a school system collaborative innovation zone and to the extent applicable, any land and infrastructure needs in the land use master plan, authorizing an area health association to work with county board in addressing health, wellness and fitness needs and authorizing an area institution of higher education to work with the county board to address certain challenges. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2012_SESSIONS/RS/pdf_bills/sb371%20SUB1%20enr%20PRINTED.pdf
Title: S.B. 371
Source: www.legis.state.wv.us |
Special Education |
Adopted 03/2012 |
P-12 |
Policies and procedures for local education agency in providing full education opportunities under the IDEA. http://apps.sos.wv.gov/adlaw/csr/ruleview.aspx?document=1744
Title: WV ADC s 126-16-1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Source: apps.sos.wv.gov |
Special Populations--Military |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 |
Modifying the criteria for awarding high school diplomas to certain veterans. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4433%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2012&sesstype=RS&i=4433
Title: H.B. 4433
Source: www.legis.state.wv |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 |
Adds to existing legislation on alternative programs for teacher education by: providing definitions; including entity affiliated with approved teacher education programs to be a partner in offering programs; defining approved education provider; modifying definition of area of critical need and shortage; generally reorganizing section, updating terms and eliminating duplicative language; modifying alternative program teacher certificate requirements; eliminating requirement to post position of alternative program teacher each year prior to rehiring; authorizing alternative methods of instructional delivery and candidate supervision and modifying existing methods; modifying professional support team provisions; modifying reporting and recommendation requirements; requiring certain legislative rules; and requiring teacher education programs to cooperate with the state board to ensure that certain assistance is provided to help students pursuing a teaching degree and certified teachers attain the required hours to earn a Technology Integration Specialist Advanced Credential. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4122%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2012&sesstype=RS&i=4122
Title: H.B. 4122
Source: www.legis.state.wv.us |
Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 |
Establishes a new system of performance evaluations of classroom teachers, principals and assistant principals; provides exclusions from the definition of professional personnel for certain evaluation purposes; providing for phased implementation and legislative oversight; requiring state board rules and submissions of draft rules to legislative oversight commission; providing minimum provisions of evaluation processes for teachers and principals and specific percentages of evaluation score to be based on standards and student performance; including plans of improvement and personnel actions for unsatisfactory performance; requiring certain employee training prior to implementation of new evaluation processes; providing intent of new comprehensive system of support; requiring the state board to publish guidelines for county boards on design and implementation of comprehensive system of support; restricting certain funding subject to adoption of comprehensive system plan by county that is verified by state board as meeting certain requirements; specifying contents of plan; and providing for transition of appropriations to support execution of plans and use of funds. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4236%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2012&sesstype=RS&i=4236
Title: H.B. 4236
Source: www.legis.state.wv.us |
Technology--Internet Safety |
Adopted 03/2012 |
P-12 |
Addresses safety and acceptable use of the internet by students and educators. Changes policy name and replaces repealed policies to (1) include the new federal regulations regarding issues of child safety and acceptable use of the internet; (2) be in compliance with Universal Fund for Schools and Libraries (E-rate) guidelines; (3) reinforce copyright compliance, and; (4) align with other federal and state regulations. http://apps.sos.wv.gov/adlaw/csr/ruleview.aspx?document=8485
Title: WV ADC s 126-41-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Source: apps.sos.wv.gov |
Assessment |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Amends and reenacts the law relating to the authority of school curriculum teams and local school collaborative processes with respect to selection and use of testing and assessment instruments not required by statute or state board when certain conditions are met. Provides that school curriculum teams should: (1) Provide professional opportunities for teachers, administrators and other school personnel that allow them to have a direct voice in the operation of their schools and to create a culture of shared decision-making focused on the ultimate goal of raising student achievement; (2) Encourage the use of different, high-quality models of teaching, scheduling and other aspects of educational delivery that meet a variety of student needs; (3) Increase high-quality educational opportunities for all students that close achievement gaps between high-performing and low-performing groups of public school students; and (4) Provide public schools with increased school-level freedom and flexibility to achieve these purposes when they have achieved exceptional levels of results-driven accountability. Provides for the discretionary use of certain assessments, instructional strategies and programs for certain teams when certain conditions are met. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3116%20ENR.htm&yr=2011&sesstype=RS&i=3116
Title: H.B. 3116
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Local Solution Dropout Prevention and Recovery Innovation Zone Act:
Creates the Local Solution Dropout Prevention and Recovery Innovation Zone Act to: (1) Provide for the establishment of Local Solution Dropout Prevention and Recovery Innovation Zones to increase graduation rates and reduce the number of dropouts; (2) Provide schools and communities with opportunities for greater collaboration to plan and implement systemic approaches that include evidence-based solutions for increasing graduation rates and reducing the number of dropouts; (3) Provide a testing ground for innovative graduation programs, incentives and approaches to reducing the number of dropouts; (4) Provide information regarding the effects of specific innovations, collaborations and policies on graduation rates and dropout prevention and recovery; and (5) Document educational strategies that increase graduation rates, prevent dropouts and enhance student success. Provides the application process, contents, factors to be considered in evaluating the applications and standards for review for designating schools/school districts Local Solution Dropout Prevention and Recovery Innovation Zones.
Early Warning Indicator System:
Directs the state board to develop a statewide system in electronic format that will provide schools with easily identifiable early warning indicators of students at risk of not graduating from high school. Requires the system to be delivered through the uniform integrated regional computer information system (the West Virginia Education Information System) and to at a minimum incorporate data on the attendance, academic performance and disciplinary infractions of individual students. Directs the state board to require implementation of the system in Local Solution Dropout Prevention and Recovery Innovation Zones along with a plan of interventions to increase the number of students earning a high school diploma. Provides that the zones may be used as a pilot test of the system.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB228%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2011&sesstype=RS&i=228
Title: S.B. 228
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Attendance |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Enables West Virginia to participate as a member of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. Establishes the West Virginia Council for Educational Opportunity for Military Children for the purpose of coordinating entities in West Virginia regarding participation in the Interstate Compact. Designates the membership and establishing powers and duties of the West Virginia Council in order to facilitate the timely enrollment of children of military families in the public schools. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2550%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2011&sesstype=RS&i=2550
Title: H.B. 2550
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Establishes the Learn and Earn Cooperative Education Program to provide opportunities for students in technical and community colleges to work with West Virginia companies while in college, thus increasing the likelihood that they will complete the program, find gainful employment and choose to remain in West Virginia upon graduation. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb538%20ENR.htm&yr=2011&sesstype=RS&i=538
Title: S.B. 538
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Postsecondary Accountability |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
Postsec. |
Authorizes the Higher Education Policy Commission to collect and disseminate information concerning higher education institutions. Requires each institution to annually provide the commission, as requested, all information the commission or council considers necessary to assess the performance of the institution and to determine whether the institution continues to meet the minimum standards for conferring degrees. This information includes, but is not limited to:(1) Consumer information the commission or council considers necessary, including, but not limited to, graduation and retention rates, transfers, post-graduation placements, loan defaults and numbers and types of student complaints; (2) A detailed explanation of financial operations including, but not limited to, policies, formulas and procedures related to calculation, payment and refund for all tuition and fees; and (3) An assessment of the adequacy of the institution's curriculum, personnel, facilities, materials and equipment to meet the minimum standards for conferring degrees. Permits the commission to revoke an institution's authority to confer degrees when the institution's governing body, chief executive officer, or both, have done any one or more of the following: (1) Failed to maintain the minimum standards for conferring degrees; (2) Refused or willfully failed to provide information to the commission or council pursuant to this subsection in a manner and within a reasonable time frame as established by the commission or council, as appropriate; or (3) Willfully provided false, misleading or incomplete information to the commission or council. Requires the commission to compile the information collected and report on the information to the Legislature annually beginning December 1, 2012. Requires the report to be made available to the public. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb375%20ENR.htm&yr=2011&sesstype=RS&i=375
Title: S.B. 375
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Clarifies the duties and responsibilities of the Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC). Sets deadlines in coming years for working toward fulfilling pay levels included in a state-determined salary schedule. Provides that a tutition and fee increase greater than five percent for resident students requires the approval fo the HEPC. Requires, by July 1, 2015, the governing board of each state institution of higher education under the jurisdiction of the HEPC, including the governing boards of Marshall University and West Virginia University, to attain a graduation rate for full-time undergraduate students that equals or exceeds the peer-established graduation rate (W. Va. Code §18B-1A-3). http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB330%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2011&sesstype=RS&i=330
Title: S.B. 330
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires the state board in conjunction with the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to promulgate by December 31, 2011, a legislative rule for the establishment of an up-to-date, school specific crisis response plan at every school in the state. Requires the state board to consider, in developing the rule, plans currently being developed as part of the safe schools initiative currently underway by the School Building Authority and the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Provides that those portions of a school's access safety plan may be used as a portion of the school's school specific crisis response plan if there are any overlapping requirements. Details what the rule must include. Requires the county board to keep the current crisis response plan of each school in the county on file and, unless otherwise provided for, provide a copy of each school's crisis response plan to each local emergency response agency that has a role in the plan. Provides that upon request, a redacted copy of a school crisis response plan shall be made available for inspection by the public with any information removed that is necessary for compliance with the necessary safeguards. Requires, starting with the 2012-2013 school year, each school to annually send notice home to all parents and guardians of students at the school alerting the parents and guardians to the existence of the crisis response plan and the ability to review a redacted copy at the offices of the county board. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb592%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2011&sesstype=RS&i=592
Title: S.B. 592
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Expands the definition of harassment, intimidation or bullying to include an electronic act, communication, transmission or threat which is administered by means of telephone, wireless phone, computer, pager or any electronice or wireless device whatsoever, and includes but is not limited to transmission of any image or voice, email or text message using any such device. Expands the locations where harassment, imtimidation or bullying is prohibited to include a school bus and a school bus stop. Requires the state Department of Education to develop a revised model policy regarding this topic by September 1, 2011 and the county boards to develop a revised model policy and submit a copy to the state superintendent by December 1, 2011. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3225%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2011&sesstype=RS&i=3225
Title: H.B. 3225
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
Establishes pilot programs for increased academic achievement. One pilot program requires the state superintendent to establish a special community development school pilot program for implementation in a public school with significant enrollments of disadvantaged, minority and underachieving students for the purpose of developing and implementing strategies that can be replicated. Other pilot programs are required to provide additional monetary payments to teachers, principals, and assistant principals based on certain circumstances such as employment in a school that is low performing, high poverty or high minority and other circumstances. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb2009%20enr.htm&yr=2010&sesstype=2X&i=2009
Title: S.B. 2009
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
Provides uniformity in alternative schools and requires a pilot program that will allow alternative schools in elementary and middle schools. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb2010%20enr.htm&yr=2010&sesstype=2X&i=2010
Title: S.B. 2010
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Governance--Site-Based Management |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
Encourages teacher collaboration through the establishment of alternative school-level decision-making bodies; creates a process for schools to apply to the state board to create collaborative teams or augment existing collaborative teams by replacing the 3 existing teams required by state board rule; also requires the state board to study all currently required school committees and teams and to report to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability and the Joint Committee on Education. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb2006%20eng.htm&yr=2010&sesstype=2X&i=2006
Title: S.B. 2006
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 |
Allows, upon application by a county board of education, the School Building Authority (SBA) to allocate and expend certain moneys for school major improvement projects for vocational programs at comprehensive middle schools. Defines "comprehensive middle school" as middle level education in grades 6-8 that provides students with engaging learning opportunities where students are provided connections between what they are learning and what they will learn in high school and beyond. Requires the SBA, when planning the construction of a middle or junior high school, to provide: (1) funding for comprehensive career technical education facilities to be located, when feasible, on the same site as the middle or junior high school under certain conditions and (2) technical assistance, upon application of a county board to construct comprehensive career technical education facilities at an existing middle or junior high school, in developing a plan for construction of the comprehensive career technical education facility. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB373%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2011&sesstype=RS&i=373
Title: S.B. 373
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Adopted 04/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Revises the state's long-standing rule for setting forth principles and policy for public colleges and universities to offer college credit courses for qualified students in high schools to assure uniform application of standards of academic integrity relating to matters of curriculum, selection of faculty, quality control, admission, setting tuition/fees, and accountability among all public colleges and universities for participation in the early enrollment program. http://apps.sos.wv.gov/csrdocs/pdfdocs/133-19.pdf
Title: Title 133, Series 19
Source: http://apps.sos.wv.gov |
Postsecondary Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
Postsec. |
Establishes new provisions governing the financing, construction, purchase and leasing of facilities at state institutions of higher education, which could lead to the state taking responsibility for the bulk of construction and maintenance of educational facilities on college campuses (currently, campus construction is borne almost entirely by students through tuition and fees); Requires the Higher Education Policy Commission to establish standards for evaluating institutional requests for tuition and fee increases. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4026%20ENR.htm&yr=2010&sesstype=RS&i=4026
Title: H.B. 4026
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 |
Increases the penalties for overtaking and passing a school bus stopped for the purpose of receiving and discharging children; authorizes the mounting of cameras on school buses; requests an educational information campaign on school bus safety. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4223%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2010&sesstype=RS&i=4223
Title: H.B. 4223
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 |
Requires school bus supervisors to be certified to operate a bus or previously certified to operate a bus; modifies the test frequency for re- certifying a bus operators. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4512%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2010&sesstype=RS&i=4512
Title: H.B. 4512
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 |
Extends the amount of time that certain participants who transferred from the Teachers Defined Contribution System to the Teachers' Retirement System may purchase the full amount of credit they held in the defined contribution system; Provides that eligible members are those who completed a written verification of cost for such purchase but failed to complete the purchase by the original deadline, and those members who attempted to complete the purchase of service by the original deadline but were denied in writing by the state board of education on or before December 31, 2009. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB553%20enr.htm&yr=2010&sesstype=RS&i=553
Title: S.B. 553
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 |
Implements the High School Graduation Improvement Act, which includes: (1) the continued exploration of diverse instructional delivery strategies to accommodate various learning styles that will focus on a statewide dropout intervention and prevention program to provide support for students having academic difficulties; (2) implementation of a statewide general credit recovery program; (3) improving the way career-technical education is offered; (4) creation of up to five additional juvenile drug courts; (5) investment of additional state funds and other resources in strategies and programs that engage disconnected and discouraged students in a positive learning environment, and; (6) development of plans by the various county boards that demonstrate how they will use available funds to implement the intent of the Act. In addition, beginning with the students who are freshmen during the 2011-12 school year, the bill increases the compulsory attendance age to 17 years of age. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4593%20ENR.htm&yr=2010&sesstype=RS&i=4593
Title: H.B. 4593
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 |
Relates to promoting student achievement; provides discretion to schools that make AYP to use assessments and adopting instructional strategies and programs that promote student learning; modifies provisions concerning low performing schools; requires the review of certain tests; provides for a process for teacher collaboration in improving instruction and learning.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4436%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2010&sesstype=RS&i=4436
Title: H.B. 4436
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
Postsec. |
Requires public higher education institutions to adopt the recent recommendations of the Veterans Initiative Task Force which would make campuses more "military or veteran friendly." Components of the plan are to include, but are not limited to, devising methods of lowering the bureaucratic barriers facing veterans in enrollment, reenrollment, financial aid, transitioning into the educational process, appoint veterans' advocates and providing training for them in as many institutional units as is feasible, designing one or more areas on campus for veterans to congregate and discuss shared concerns, developing programs to ease the transition from military life into higher education, and assisting veterans in gaining knowledge and applying for benefits. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4145%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2010&sesstype=RS&i=4145
Title: H.B. 4145
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Vetoed 03/2010 |
P-12 |
Requires each county superintendent to create a county school calendar committee to develop multiple school calendar options for presentation to all employees for vote; requires the generation of new calendar options if the county board or state board rejects the selected calendar; requires the process to continue until a school calendar is approved by the county board and state board; requiring county board approval of school calendar prior to June 1 of each year. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4652%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2010&sesstype=RS&i=4652
Title: H.B. 4652
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Special Populations--Foster Care |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 |
Creates a pilot program for the placement of children four to ten years of age in foster care which shall be known as Jacob's Law; states that the children in crisis program shall include early intervention, plans to meet each child's emotional needs, medical evaluations, independent advocates and foster family training and education. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4164%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2010&sesstype=RS&i=4164
Title: H.B. 4164
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Technology--Equitable Access |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 |
Updates process for adopting textbooks and other instructional material; replaces the terms "textbooks", "instructional materials", and "learning technologies" with "instructional resources"; modifies the limit on adoption cycles; provides for a listing of instructional resources on the state multiple list; requires a method of review and adds new and substantially revised resources to the multiple list; provides county waivers; provides the multiple list to be in an electronic format; revising the bidding, selection and approval process; requiring contracts to be filed pursuant to the state board process; providing for review of electronic instructional resources; providing for regional education service agency level selection teams; and ensuring equity of access to electronic instructional resources for all students.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB631%20SUB1%20enr.htm&yr=2010&sesstype=RS&i=631
Title: S.B. 631
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 02/2010 |
P-12 |
Requires county boards to adopt contingency plans designed to guarantee one hundred eighty separate days of instruction for students and to select beginning and ending dates of the school calendar. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4040%20ENR.htm&yr=2010&sesstype=RS&i=4040
Title: H.B. 4040
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Student Achievement |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Creates critical skills instructional support programs for third and eighth grade students; provides the condition for promotion of certain students; precludes a county from charging tuition for the program; requires suitable facilities by county boards; preserves the ability to retain students and individualized education plans; provides for county board preparation and requires reports.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb1001%20eng.htm&yr=2009&sesstype=1X&i=1001
Title: S.B. 1001
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Student Achievement |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Establishes school innovation zones to improve educational performance; authorizes the State Board of Education to designate such zones in schools, groups of schools, departments, or subdivisions of a school or schools; provides for approval of a zone plan by certain employees of the school; permits a state institution of higher education to establish a school as an innovation zone; provides an approval mechanism for such school. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb109%20ENR.htm&yr=2009&sesstype=1X&i=109
Title: H.B. 109A
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Amends the definition of "long-term substitute" from a substitute employee who fills a vacant position expected to extend for at least 90 consecutive days to 30 consecutive days; provides that when necessary to facilitate the employment of employable professional personnel and prospective and recent graduates of teacher education programs who have not yet attained certification, the contract may be signed upon the condition that the certificate is issued to the employee prior to the beginning of the employment term in which the employee enters upon his or her duties; authorizes the certification of noncitizen teachers; revises dates regarding the early notification of retirement.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb1006%20eng.htm&yr=2009&sesstype=1X&i=1006
Title: S.B. 1006A
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Governance--School Boards--Training |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Establishes a county board member training standards review committee. Clarifies eligibility requirements for candidates, members and members-elect of county boards of education. Prohibits certain political activities and clarifies which political activities are permissible
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3208%20ENR%20SUB.htm&yr=2009&sesstype=RS&i=3208
Title: H.B. 3208
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
P-3 |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Amends existing law which requires each county board to develop a county collaborative plan for implementing an early childhood education program; specifies certain information required to be included in the plan and requires the plan to be developed using a team of community partners which includes representatives from the county school system, the county preschool special needs program, Head Start and child care, the local Department of Health and Human Resources, and parents. Requires county boards to report certain information to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources and the state superintendent relating to the use of community-based programs to provide early childhood education services.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB498%20SUB2%20enr.htm&yr=2009&sesstype=RS&i=498
Title: S.B. 498
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
Postsec. |
Provides for the federal Yellow Ribbon G. I. Education Enhancement Program and requires state institutions of higher education to participate in the program. Requires state institutions of higher education to enter into agreements with the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide matching contributions toward the cost of tuition and mandatory fees not otherwise covered under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2335%20ENR%20SUB.htm&yr=2009&sesstype=RS&i=2335
Title: H.B. 2335
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
Postsec. |
Reconstitutes the Higher Education Student Financial Aid Advisory Board and requires training and development for members of the Higher Education Policy Commission, the Council for Community and Technical College Education. Dissolves the PROMISE Scholarship Board and transfers its powers and duties to the Higher Education Policy Commission.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB373%20SUB2%20enr.htm&yr=2009&sesstype=RS&i=373
Title: S.B. 373
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Directs the Higher Education Policy Commission, Council for Community and Technical College Education and State Board of Education to enter into a state compact to develop and maintain a longitudinal education data system and to share educational information.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3340%20ENR.htm&yr=2009&sesstype=RS&i=3340
Title: H.B. 3340
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Postsecondary Accountability |
Adopted 04/2009 |
Postsec. |
Sets forth an accountability system for West Virginia public higher education institutions under the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission's (Commission) jurisdiction. Describes the responsibilities of the Commission and public higher education institutions under its jurisdiction to West Virginia taxpayers for the performance of the state public higher education system. http://wvhepcdoc.wvnet.edu/resources/rulesandpolicies_files/Series%2049%20(4-14-09).pdf
Title: Title 133, Series 49
Source: http://wvhepcdoc.wvnet.edu |
Postsecondary Accountability |
Adopted 04/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Provides rules from The West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College regarding an accountability system for public higher education in the state. Relates to the development of statewide master plans, the process of entering into state and institutional compacts, system and institution implementation plans, and state-level reporting.
http://www.wvctcs.org/downloads/Series%2049%20CTCE%20Accountability%20DRAFT%20for%20public%20comment.pdf
Title: Title 135, Series 49
Source: http://www.wvctcs.org |
STEM |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
Postsec. |
Creates the Science and Research Council to increase the capacity of the state and higher education institutions to attract, implement and use cutting- edge, competitive research funds and infrastructure through the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, the Research Trust Fund and the Research Challenge Fund, encourage collaboration among public and private higher education institutions and the private sector and promote education in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3229%20ENR.htm&yr=2009&sesstype=RS&i=3229
Title: H.B. 3229
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Adopted 04/2009 |
P-12 |
Amends West Virginia's professional teaching standards to assure alignment with the state's 21st century teaching and learning initiative. The newly developed professional teaching standards are the basis for teacher preparation, assessment of teacher practice and professional development. The curriculum for West Virginia higher education teacher preparation programs that lead to certification should reflect, and be aligned to, these teaching standards. http://www.wvsos.com/csrdocs/pdfdocs/126-114.pdf
Title: Title 126, Series 114
Source: http://www.wvsos.com |
Postsecondary |
Adopted 09/2008 |
Postsec. |
Amends rules relating to postsecondary program review. Adds section 133-10-4, which requires each institution to develop a reporting format that includes mission, faculty, curriculum, resources, student learning outcomes, other learning and service activities, viability and program improvement. Provides that the program review process must include a five-year schedule, delineate the roles of faculty, administrators and the institutional governing board, and include an external review process that includes at least one reviewer as an outside evaluator for each program reviewed.
Requires each institution to submit the results of the program review to the Higher Education Policy Commission. Requires the following to be reported: name and degree level of program; synopses of significant findings, including findings of external reviewer(s); plans for program improvement, including timeline; identification of weaknesses or deficiencies from the previous review and the status of improvements implemented or accomplished; five year trend data on graduates and majors enrolled; summary of assessment model and how results are used for program improvement; data on student placement (i.e., number of students employed in positions related to the field of study or pursuing advanced degrees); and final recommendations approved by governing board. For programs with specialized accreditation, the institution must provide a copy of the letter continuing the conferral of accreditation. Accredited programs that meet productivity guidelines will not be subject to further review by the Commission.
Adds section 133-10-7, which provides the commission will conduct a productivity review on a biennial basis of programs that have been established for at least five years. Programs will be required to meet at least one of the indicators established in rule for degree awards and enrollment in majors at either the baccalaureate, master's/first professional or doctoral level. Programs that do not meet productivity standards will be recommended for placement on probationary status by the institutional governing board for a 4-year period, during which time institutions will be expected to increase program enrollment and degrees awarded.
At the end of the probationary period, the commission will recommend continuing approval status for programs meeting productivity standards and termination of programs that again fail to meet the standards. http://www.wvsos.com/csrdocs/pdfdocs/133-10.pdf
Title: Title 133, Series 10
Source: www.lexis.com |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Adopted 09/2008 |
Postsec. |
Amends guidelines for governing boards in employing and evaluating university presidents or other administrative heads at specified postsecondary campuses. Requires the search procedure adopted by the governing board to be approved by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission prior to being implemented. Requires that other constituencies of the institution (beyond faculty, students and staff) be represented if a search committee is appointed. Provides non-classified employees must also be invited to meet with candidates.
Provides that the chancellor must serve as an ex officio, non-voting member on all search committees or bodies serving in that capacity during the search process. Provides that the commission reserves the right to conduct independent interviews of one or more finalists, as long as sufficient prior notice is given to the governing board.
Reduces maximum length of initial offer of employment as president from three to two years. Provides that evaluation of the president must occur every third year of his/her employment (previously was every fourth year), and that the committee performing such evaluation must include faculty and staff, as well as students. Also requires the governing baord to conduct a written evaluation of the president at the end of the initial contract period.
Provides the commission may not approve any request for an increase in compensation of a president prior to receiving an evaluation of that president for the year immediately preceding the requested increase.
Title: Title 133, Series 5
Source: www.lexis.com |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12 |
Requires county boards filling summer school program positions to give employment preference to professional educators who are regularly employed by the county on a full-time basis. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2008_SESSIONS/2X/BILLS/hb217%20enr.htm
Title: H.B. 217B
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Adopted 06/2008 |
P-12 |
From the introduction to the adopted rules:
"Revisions were needed in Policy 2510 to allow local school districts greater flexibility in the implementation of the rigorous academic standards and high quality programs that characterize West Virginia's 21st century teaching and learning initiative. The intent of these proposed revisions is to place the focus on providing students with excellent learning opportunities that result in student mastery of West Virginia's high quality content standards and objectives (CSOs) rather than on a prescriptive compliance language that may discourage 21st century creativity and innovation. Thus, these revisions were designed to allow counties more
flexibility in the implementation of a rigorous curriculum that is tailored to the unique needs and constraints of each school without compromising the intent and spirit of the 21st teaching and learning initiative.
"Proposed revisions include removing restrictive language requiring 60 minutes of daily uninterrupted reading at grades 3-4, allowing counties/schools greater latitude in scheduling appropriate learning opportunities for students. The requirement for a 225 minute block for core courses for grades 5-8 was removed and replaced with language that requires a 180 minute block for core courses, again to allow greater local flexibility for scheduling learning opportunities for students. Proposed revisions also remove the grade 5-8 requirement for annual implementation of programs and/or separate courses in advisory, guidance and counseling, career exploration and technology. Policy language was revised to clarify the recommendation that all students in the professional pathway be enrolled in Algebra I in 8th grade. Policy language remains that requires a foreign language to be offered for students in grades 7 and 8, but removes prescriptive language that requires counties to use the 1A in grade 7 and 1 B in grade 8th scheduling option. At grades 9-12, language was revised to allow Life Science and Earth Science to satisfy the requirement for chemistry for 9th graders entering in 2008-09 and 2009-10, allowing more time for districts to secure chemistry teachers and lab facilities. Language requiring a college transition English course was removed and language was added to allow counties to determine options for students who need additional time to successfully complete Algebra I and to allow counties to grant up to two math credits for students' successful course completion. Language requiring a specific sequence for required social studies courses was added, and language was revised to allow state-approved Career Technical Education courses to satisfy the Arts requirement for graduation.
Major Revisions or Reasons for New Policy:
* Reading requirement for grades 3-4: Policy language was revised to allow local flexibility in the scheduling of a 90 minute uninterrupted reading block that may include reading and language arts instruction provided through whole group, small group and reading center activities.
* Reading requirement for grades 5-8: Policy language was revised to reduce the required time for core courses to 180 minutes giving responsibility for determining time allocations that provide adequate time for students to achieve mastery of the WV CSOs to the principal and a team of teachers.
* Algebra I in 8th grade: Policy language was changed from use of the word "expect" to the word "recommend" to clarify that the intent of current policy
is to recommend that all students in the professional pathway be enrolled in Algebra I in 8th grade.
* Required programs/courses in Advisory, Counseling, Career Exploration and Technology: Policy language requiring these programs to be implemented annually was replaced with language that requires these activities (advisory, career exploration and counseling) to be integrated into an organized advisory program that includes career guidance and counseling and allows local flexibility for scheduling these activities. The intent of the revised language is to allow local decision making for the scheduling of technology applications instruction throughout the grade 5-8 curriculum, rather than in a separate technology course.
* Required foreign language course in grades 7 and 8: Policy language requires districts to offer a foreign language course for students in grades 7 and 8 as described in current policy. Language that prescribes the specific method of scheduling this course was removed to allow more flexibility at the local level and to ensure the implementation of quality programs. Additionally, the revised policy language will also provide WVDE/counties/schools flexibility in addressing staffing and scheduling needs in order to support the development of articulated foreign language programs at the elementary level.
* Required course in chemistry: Policy language was revised to permit Life Science or Earth Science to satisfy the graduation requirement for chemistry/conceptual chemistry for 9th graders entering in 2008-09 and 2009-10, allowing more time for districts to secure chemistry teachers and lab facilities. (Students entering 9th grade in 2010-11 must have chemistry/conceptual chemistry to meet graduation requirements.)
* College transition English course: Policy language was revised to remove the college transition English course requirement with the expectation that instruction in the required English classes will address the needs of student who do not achieve the state assessment college readiness benchmark for English.
* Students who need additional time to complete Algebra I: While language in Policy 2510 is consistent with research indicating the best option for scheduling additional time for Algebra I CSO mastery is to do so within the same year, policy language permits the local-level identification of students who need additional time to master Algebra I content standards and objectives. The identification of students for this option must be a data-driven decision and counties may select from a number of scheduling options to assure that students master the Algebra I CSOs. Scheduling options such as "double blocking" Algebra I, Algebra Support and Algebra I, or other similar options may be determined at the local level, as long as the priority of the selected option is to provide students the best possible opportunity to succeed in mastery of the Algebra I CSOs. Counties selecting a scheduling option that places students who need extra time in two separate math courses may grant students up to two math credits toward graduation upon successful course completion. Counties that provide identified students additional time by enrolling them in two separate math courses may award up to two math credits toward graduation requirements upon students' successful completion of each
course. (A student who is identified as being in need of additional time to master Algebra I CSOs, and who has been determined by an IEP Team to be unable
even with extended learning opportunities and significant instructional modifications to meet state and county standard graduation requirements, may, in accordance with Policy 2510, Section 5.6.9.a., receive a modified diploma.)
* Social studies course sequence: Policy language was added to indicate a required sequence of social studies courses: World Studies to 1900; United
States Studies to 1900; Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries Studies; Civics for the 21st Century. This sequence is required to assure maximum understanding of the material and alignment of content with state assessment.
* Additional courses to satisfy the Arts requirement: Policy language was added to permit students in Skilled Pathway concentrations that complete state approved career/technical courses that reflect creative and innovative arts content may substitute these courses for the arts credit required for graduation. Designation of these courses will be made by state-level administrators of career/technical and arts programs.
Text of new regulations: http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/p2510_ne.pdf
Title: Title 126, Series 42
Source: www.lexis.com |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 |
Provides that student driving privileges may be withheld or revoked for those who are not making satisfactory academic progress in high school. Satisfactory academic progress is defined as "the attaining and maintaining of grades sufficient to allow for graduation and course-work in an amount sufficient to allow graduation in five years or by age nineteen, whichever is earlier."
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2008_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB4023%20Enr.htm
Title: H.B. 4023
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
Postsec. |
Creates the West Virginia Research Trust Fund to match qualified private donations and pledges to Marshall University and West Virginia University. Seventy percent of the fund is to be used to match donations to West Virginia University and 30% of the funds are to be used match donations to Mashall University.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2008_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/SB287%20SUB2%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 287
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
Community College,
Postsec. |
Establishes the Boards of Governors for independent community and technical colleges; provides for the initial appointment to and the terms of office of members of the boards of governors for independent community and technical colleges; relates to the appointment and membership of institutional boards of governors of state institutions of higher education; provides for the election of a chairperson of an institutional board of governors.
Title: H.B. 102A
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 |
From state fiscal analysis: "The purpose of this bill is to grant a $1,600 annual salary increase to professional educators and a $700 annual increase to service personnel ($70/month), grant a $400 salary supplement to classroom teachers staring at the first year and increase the salary supplement for classroom teachers with 20 or more years of service from $600 to $1,000."
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Fiscalnotes/FN(2)/fnsubmit_recordview1.cfm?RecordID=20052795
Copy of bill: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2008_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/SB573%20SUB2%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 573
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 |
Provides opportunities for members of the State Teachers' Defined Contribution Retirement System to affirmatively elect to transfer their assets to the State Teacher's Retirement System.
Title: H.B. 101A
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
P-12 |
Adds education concerning CPR and first aid to the health education curriculum to students in grades six to 12.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2008_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB4124%20ENR%20SUB.htm
Title: H.B. 4124
Source: www.legis.state.wv.us |
Finance |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
P-12 |
Makes major changes to the funding formula by eliminating adjusted enrollment and other waiver provisions and focuses new calculations on student density factors. For more detail see fiscal note:http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Fiscalnotes/FN(2)/fnsubmit_recordview1.cfm?RecordID=2005298. Copy of bill: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2008_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB4588%20enr%20SUB.htm
Title: H.B. 4588
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Establishes Vision 2020: An Education Blueprint for Two Thousand Twenty; requires the State Board of Education to create a plan that includes goals, objectives, strategies, indicators and benchmarks and specifies certain public education goals and objectives to be included in the plan; establishes goals for public higher education; defines certain responsibilities of the Higher Education Policy Commission, Council for Community and Technical College Education and state institutions of higher education.
Title: S.B. 595
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
High School--GED (General Education Development) |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
P-12 |
Directs the state board of education to develop and administer a program to provide the GED exam fee for eligible students.
Title: H.B. 4477
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
Postsec. |
Creates the Higher Education Energy and Water Savings Revolving Loan Fund proposed by the Governor. Through an initial investment of $7 million, it is anticipated that the higher education institutions will propose, and if approved for a loan, initiate projects that will result in significantly greater savings over time through reductions in energy and water usage. Projects will be considered for loans on a competitive basis and those offering the highest savings and quickest payback will be funded. Institutions would repay the loan with the dollars saved from reduced energy and water costs. Once the payback point is reached, subsequent savings would accrue to the benefit of the institution. (From legislative fiscal analysis: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Fiscalnotes/FN(2)/fnsubmit_recordview1.cfm?RecordID=20052871)
Copy of bill: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2008_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB4434%20enr.htm
Title: H.B. 4434
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
School Safety |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
P-12 |
Provides that if the council believes that student discipline at the school is not enforced fairly or consistently, it shall transmit that determination in writing to the county superintendent. Finds that isolating students or placing them in alternative learning centers may be the best setting for chronically disruptive students and creates a Bill of Rights and Responsibilities for Students and School Personnel.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2008_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB4368%20ENR%20SUB.htm
Title: H.B. 4368
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Special Populations--Military |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
P-12 |
Creates the West Virginia remembers program to provide a forum for public school children to learn about "military service, patriotism and courage" from veterans. The state board is directed to promulgate rules on the program, including that the program is not a part of the required curriculum, the presentation of the program is the option of the classroom teacher and that there is a process for soliciting speakers from veterans' groups. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2008_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB2967%20Enr.htm
Title: H.B. 2967
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
P-12 |
Gives authority to certain aides to exercise control over students; expands the classifications of service personnel to include paraprofessionals, interpreters and aides providing one-on-one services to students with exceptionalities as required by the students' individualized education programs for which transfers during the instructional term are limited.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2008_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB4478%20ENR.htm
Title: H.B. 4478
Source: www.legis.state.wv.us |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
P-12 |
Grants school nurses and school psychologists who attain national certification an annual salary supplement of $2500 and reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses for attaining national certification (no more than $600). Fifteen new nurses and psychologists are eligible each year.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2008_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB4117%20enr%20SUB.htm
Title: H.B. 4117
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
P-3 |
Issued 10/2007 |
P-12 |
Orders that The Partners in Implementing an Early Care and Education System is authorized to study the issues of governance as it relates to early care and education, to develop standards for a quality early care and education program, and to examine the costs of financing a quality early care and education program.
Title: Executive Order No. 11-07
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
21st Century Skills |
Adopted 09/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends rules regarding standards, assessment, and accountability for student performance and progress. Incorporates 21st Century skills into the standards; revises the statewide assessment program; provides annual performance measures for the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; revises the criteria for accreditation status; and provides an appeal process for on-site review findings in the accountability system.
Title: Title 126, Series 13
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 09/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Relates to higher education generally; authorizes conveyance of property, the Higher Education Policy Commission, election of officers, meetings, salary increases, community colleges and technical college education.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/2X/BILLS/SB2005%20SUB1%20eng.htm
Title: S.B. 2005B
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Class Size |
Adopted 07/2007 |
P-12 |
The most recent updates to Policy 2525: West Virginia's Universal Access to a Quality Early Education System support quality in the classroom and consistency among the programs across the state. They also strengthen personnel standards and continue to support collaboration. The major changes include increasing the minimum participation from two days a week to three days a week during the school year and limiting teacher caseloads to 30 students. The policy also requires five-year-olds to be assessed to determine if Pre-k placement is the best option for them when a parent requests Pre-k enrollment instead of kindergarten. It also authorizes the development of the permanent authorization credential for community partners with teachers who are not certified and requires all screenings to be completed using the HealthCheck protocol to create standardization of screenings and physicals.
Title: Policy 2525
Source: West Virginia Board |
Curriculum |
Adopted 06/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends rules regarding foreign language content standards and objectives for West Virginia schools.
Title: Title 126, Series 44G
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Special Education |
Proposed Rule COMMENT DEADLINE: 07/16/2007 08/13/2007 Rule Adoption 06/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends rules regarding the education of students with exceptionalities.
Title: Title 126, Series 16
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
P-3 |
Adopted 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends rules governing the standards for pre- kindergarten education.
Title: Title 126, Series 28
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality |
Proposed Rule COMMENT DEADLINE: 06/01/2007 08/20/2007 Rule Adoption 05/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends rules regarding academic freedom and responsibility, appointment, promotion, tenure, non- reappointment or dismissal of faculty, and grievance procedures for matters pertaining to faculty. WEST VIRGINIA 5002
Title: Title 133, Series 9
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Accountability--School Improvement |
Adopted 04/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends rules regarding the establishment and operation of regional education service agencies. Clarifies the role of the State Superintendent ofSchools, establishes additional requirements for personnel and fiscal policies,replaces the Plan of Services with a Strategic Plan, and implements on-site reviews of each regional education service agency by the Office of EducationalPerformance Audits.
Title: Title 126, Series 72
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Vetoed 04/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Requires the state's Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to create and implement a program to refurbish and donate state surplus computers which are no more than four years old from state agencies to public schools and low-income school children; encourages the CTO to collaborate with other agencies including, but not limited to, the State Board of Education; the Department of Education's Division of Technical and Adult Services; Regional Education Service Agencies; the Division of Corrections; Prison Industries; and private technology industries in creating and establishing the program; requires the CTO to consult with and provide any necessary assistance to any governing board of an institution of higher education in creating a computer and computer equipment donation program.
Continues the board of governors at specified public institutions of higher education and specifies the appointment of members to each board.
Continues the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education and places the community college employee salary schedule and classification system under its authority.
Establishes the Health Education Loan Program for students enrolled in a school of medicine; allows any individual who has received a loan through the program and who has provided services as a medical doctor or a doctor of osteopathy in a medically underserved area or in a medical specialty in which there is a shortage of physicians in the state to be eligible for cancellation of ten thousand dollars of the outstanding loan or loans for every full twelve consecutive calendar months of such service.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB2558%20EnrSUB.htm
Title: H.B. 2558
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
From Fiscal Note: The purpose of this bill is to revise the standards, assessment and accountability system to accommodate the higher order thinking and learning skills consistent with the state's 21st Century Initiative. School and district improvement plans are to be electronic. The annual performance measures used for school and school system accreditation are separated from those required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act. The comprehensive statewide student assessment program will define a system of assessments to be administered under the direction of the state board. The assessment program is broadened to authorize formative assessments across the grade levels to support summative assessment, improve student achievement and promote 21st Century skills. The grade levels tested for calculating adequate yearly progress (AYP) would be 3 through 8 and 11.Allows the state board to require that student proficiencies be measured through the ACT EXPLORE and the ACT PLAN assessments or approved comparable assessments. Sets a uniform statewide assessment rate of at least 95% or the average of the participation rate for the current and the precenting two years is nine-five percent for the school, county and state. Another level of accreditation status is added for schools called "Distinguished" status, and the current "Seriously Impaired" status is renamed as "Low Performing" status.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/sb657%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 657
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Civic Education |
Adopted 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Requests the Governor issue a proclamation on December 7th of each year declaring a State Day of Remembrance honoring all West Virginia patriots of World War II and encouraging all political subdivisions and state school districts to pay proper tribute in its recognition. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/rs/BILLS/scr51%20org.htm
Title: S.C.R. 51
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends the West Virginia Workforce Investment Act to require the Workforce Investment Council to include in its annual report to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Workforce Investment for Economic Development and the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability the status of one-stop system operations in the state, including all memoranda of understanding entered into by the one-stop partners and local workforce investment boards; the status and outcome data regarding the council and local workforce investment boards' success in linking West Virginia PROMISE scholars to employment with a West Virginia employer; and any other information the commission may require. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/sb489%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 489
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Establishes the West Virginia Works Separate State College Program & Fund to provide funding for works program participants who are enrolled in postsecondary courses leading to a two- or four-year degree; allows program participants to be exempt from the requirement of engaging in more than ten hours per week of federally defined work activities. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/SB518%20SUB1%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 518
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ |
Finance |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Relates to public school finances; requires local share to be calculated assuming properties are being assessed at sixty percent of market value; increases the limit on revenue generated by the regular school board levy; amends "growth county" definition and clarifies what new property values to include for the purposes of the Growth County School Facilities Act; increases state aid to counties by reducing the percentage used to calculate levies for general current expense purposes subject to exception; provides for a refundable property tax credit for real property taxes paid in excess of a certain percent of income; requires that a library funding obligation created by special act be paid from certain funds; limits a library funding obligation; allows, under certain conditions, a transfer of the library funding obligation so that the obligation is paid from excess levy revenues; voids the library funding obligation under certain conditions; and provides extraordinary sustained increased enrollment impact supplement. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/SB541%20SUB2%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 541
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ |
Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Prohibits county and district school officers, secretaries of boards of education, school supervisors or superintendents, and teachers from having a pecuniary interest in certain contracts and services, or in the furnishing of any supplies in the contract, or the awarding or letting of a contract, if that individual may have any voice, influence or control in the matter; requires that any person convicted of violating this prohibition shall be removed from office or have his or her certificate or certificates revoked; prohibits any person, firm or corporation from offering or giving any compensation or thing of value to any of the above named persons with the intent to secure their influence, support or vote for any contract, service, award or other matter as to which any county or school district becomes or may become the paymaster. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB3094%20Enr%20SUB.htm
Title: H.B. 3094
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires local school boards to reimburse school personnel for mileage costs when they are required to use a personal motor vehicle in the course of their employment at a minimum rate that is at least the same for state employees who are reimbursed for mileage costs when using a personal motor vehicle in the course of their employment. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/SB100%20SUB2.htm
Title: S.B. 100
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends Education Code in the following ways:
1) Prescribes authorities of county school boards.
2) Expands purposes for which schools may expend funds.
3) Establishes certain vehicle and driver safety requirements for transporting students to a school-sponsored activity.
4) Expands the purposes for which county boards may lease school buses.
5) Requires county school boards to provide suitable educational facilities, equipment and services for special education students.
6) Requires county school boards to give preference to professional educators currently employed by the board for summer school employment.
7) Establishes service personnel classification title for licensed practical nurse.
8) Adds posting and notice requirements for filling service personnel positions.
9) Prohibits displacement of aides to create vacancy for licensed practical nurse.
10) Establishes parameters for the workday and beginning work station for certain service personnel.
11) Modifies process for determining certain service personnel hiring priority in cases of school merger or consolidation.
12) Modifies personal leave procedures and authorizes transfer of personal leave in certain circumstances for all full-time employees of a county school board .
13) Modifies employment benefits accrued by substitute service personnel employed by a county school board.
14) Requires county school boards to make certain training available to all regularly employed teachers' aides.
15) Prohibits an autism mentor or aide who works with autistic students from transferring to another position after the fifth day prior to the beginning of the instructional term under certain conditions.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/hb2189%20EnrSUB.htm
Title: H.B. 2189
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Establishes the 21st Century Tools for 21st Century Schools Technology Initiative to replace, enhance and fund current technology programs in schools; requires the development of a 21st Century Strategic Technology Learning Plan under the initiative and sets forth specific areas it should address; requires that the provision of technologies and services to students and teachers by schools be based on the goals of the 21st Century Strategic Technology Learning Plan; requires funds for the initiative/plan to be allocated equitably to county school systems following peer review of their technology plans that includes providing necessary technical assistance prior to submission and allowing for timely review and approval by the West Virginia Department of Education; outlines the use of technology and technology infrastructure under the initiative/plan.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/SB603%20SUB1%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 603
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Extends tuition and fees waiver for members of the West Virginia Army National Guard and West Virginia Air National Guard enrolled in Master's degree programs at any accredited college, university, business or trade school, or aviation school located in West Virginia; provides tuition and certain fee waivers for up to eight semesters at any state institution of higher education to certain military recipients of the Medal of Honor or a Purple Heart Medal through creation of the Andrew J. Trail Purple Heart Recipient College Bill of Rights Act of 2007. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/sb667%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 667
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Provides for payment of tuition and fees for any member of the Army National Guard or Air National Guard during the period of his or her service who is enrolled in a course of undergraduate study or a Master's degree program and is attending any accredited college, university, business or trade school located in West Virginia or is attending any aviation school located in West Virginia for the purpose of taking college-credit courses; allows a member of the West Virginia National Guard who is receiving payments for tuition and fees under this section, and is discharged from the military service due to wounds or injuries received in the line of duty, to continue to receive payments for tuition and fees under this section as if he or she were still a member.
Provides children and spouses of deceased armed service personnel who meet certain requirements with a tuition and fees waiver at a state postsecondary education or training institution, or up to two thousand dollars per year to attend a private postsecondary education or training institution.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB2931%20EnrSUB.htm
Title: H.B. 2931, S.B. 487
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Establishes a retirement system for emergency medical services personnel, which includes scholarships for dependent children of deceased personnel up to but not exceeding six thousand dollars per year to any state university, college, trade or vocational school. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/hb2717%20Enr%20SUB.htm (see section §16-5V-25)
Title: H.B. 2717
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ |
School Safety |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Authorizes the School Building Authority to facilitate and provide funding for enhancement of school access safety; requires county school boards to develop and submit to the authority school access safety plans; establishes certain guidelines and procedures for the plans, and plan modifications and evaluation of projects developed pursuant to the plans; establishes funding for the plans through creation of the School Access Safety Fund; establishes school access safety requirements for certain new school buildings. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/SB67%20SUB2%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 67
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Modifies the statutory limitation on the length of school buses to not exceed forty-five feet, exclusive of front and rear bumpers. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/hb2781%20enr.htm
Title: H.B. 2781
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Allows tuition and fees for courses taken for the renewal of a teaching certificate or to gain an additional endorsement in a shortage area to be reimbursed by the department of education. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB2588%20Enr.htm
Title: H.B. 2588
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Until a professional educator qualifies for a permanent certificate, requires the educator who has a certificate based on a bachelor's degree to complete the following within five years from the date the certificate first became valid:
(1) File an application on a prescribed form with the State Department of Education;
(2) Present an official transcript of six semester hours of approved credit as may be prescribed by the state board;
(3) Successfully complete a beginning teacher internship program, if applicable; and
(4) Submit a recommendation based on successful teaching experience from the county superintendent of schools of the county in which the holder last taught or resides.
Allows the holder of a professional certificate that has been valid for five years to have the certificate made permanent upon meeting any of the following requirements:
(1) Completion of the second certificate renewal as outlined above required for educators within their first five years of being granted an initial certificate;
(2) After five years of service in the public schools, presentation of a transcript showing the completion of requirements for a master's degree from an institution of higher education accredited to offer the master's degree and in a program relevant to the public school program or completion of a fifth year of training leading to a bachelor's degree in library science from a school fully approved by the American Library Association; or
(3) Certification through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
Allows a person who has reached the age of sixty and holds a renewable certificate, as provided in this section, to not present renewal credit but meet all other renewal requirements.
Allows up to 25 professional educators that are members of either the teachers retirement system or the defined contribution system to be designated as 21st Century Learner Fellows, which entails being employed by a state institution of higher education or a research corporation for a specific project, without forfeiting their membership in either system; requires the state Superintendent of Education to give preference to a person who is certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and demonstrates leadership within his or her content field in designating fellows; allows participation in public employee insurance programs by fellows during their fellowships; limits the responsibility of a state institution of higher education or a research corporation for a fellow's annual and sick leave earned from prior employment.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB2585%20enr.htm
Title: H.B. 2585
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Increases annual salaries of public school teachers; increases the annual salary bonus for teachers with National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification; allows for reimbursement of fees and expenses incurred while obtaining the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification for a limited number of teachers; provides for school service personnel employment terms and titles. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB2777%20ENR.htm
Title: H.B. 2777
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Eliminates the early notification payment for a teacher who gives notice of resignation; authorizes a payment for early notification of retirement to employees other than classroom teachers under certain circumstances. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/SB599%20SUB1%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 599
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires employers to provide information for contributions to the State Teachers Retirement System. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/Bills_history.cfm?input=134&year=2007&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Title: S.B. 134
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers |
Signed into law 02/2007 |
P-12 |
Extends the expiration date of provisions permitting retired teachers to accept employment as substitutes in areas of critical need and shortage for an unlimited number of days without affecting retirement benefits. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/hb2105%20enr.htm
Title: H.B. 2105
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Adopted 11/2006 |
P-12 |
Effective for incoming freshmen beginning the 2008-2009 school year, increases high school graduation requirements to include 4 credits of reading and English language arts, 4 credits of mathematics, 4 credits of social studies, and 3 credits of science. The science credits must include Physical Science, Biology or Conceptual Biology, and Chemistry or Conceptual Chemistry. Eliminates the "entry" pathway concentration. http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/p2510.pdf (see pg. 18)
Title: Title 126, Series 42
Source: http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/ |
Standards |
Adopted 11/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends rules regarding science content standards and objectives for grades 9 through 12 of West Virginia schools. http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/p2520.35_co.pdf
Title: Title 126, Series 44R
Source: http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/ |
Curriculum--Mathematics |
Adopted 10/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends rules regarding mathematics content standards and objectives for West Virginia schools. http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/p2520.2_ne.pdf
Title: Title 126, Series 44B
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Curriculum--Science |
Adopted 10/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends rules regarding science content standards and objectives for West Virginia schools. http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/p2520.3_ne.pdf
Title: Title 126, Series 44C
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Curriculum--Social Studies/History |
Adopted 10/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends rules regarding social studies content standards and objectives for West Virginia schools. http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/p2520.4_ne.pdf
Title: Title 126, Series 44D
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Reading/Literacy |
Adopted 10/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends rules regarding reading and language arts content standards and objectives for West Virginia schools. http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/p2520.1_ne.pdf
Title: Title 126, Series 44A
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Technology--Computer Skills |
Adopted 10/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends rules regarding learning skills and technology tools content standards and objectives for West Virginia schools. http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/p2520.14_ne.pdf
Title: Title 126, Series 44N
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Assessment |
Adopted 09/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends rules regarding the administration and operation of the West Virginia Measures of Academic Progress, which is the state's assessment system to measure student performance. http://www.wvsos.com/csrdocs/pdfdocs/126-014.pdf
Title: Title 126, Series 14
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Curriculum |
Adopted 09/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends rules regarding the pre-K & K-12 program or curriculum requirements; reduces the amount of required teaching time for English Language Arts and Reading in middle school; changes pathway options to high school graduation from 3 to 2; requires a minimum number of Advanced Placement courses be offered or an International Baccalaureate program at the high school level; revises the school Breakfast and Lunch program; revises components of the Five Year School and School System Strategic Plans. http://www.wvsos.com/csrdocs/worddocs/126-042.doc
Title: Title 126, Series 42
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Adopted 09/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends rules regarding textbook adoption in early childhood through high school education by establishing adoption periods for content areas. http://www.wvsos.com/csrdocs/pdfdocs/126-035.pdf
Title: Title 126, Series 35
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Rule Adoption 08/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends rules regarding performance evaluations of school personnel by requiring teachers with at least 5 years experience and no unsatisfactory evaluations for at least a period of 3 years to be evaluated only when the principal determines it to be necessary or or when a teacher exercises the option of being evaluated at more frequent intervals; also, incorporates the No Child Left Behind High Objective Uniform State Standard of Evaluation (HOUSSE) as an optional method of documenting subject matter competency in a core academic subject(s) for a teacher in order to meet the definition of highly qualified teacher. http://www.wvsos.com/csrdocs/pdfdocs/126-142.pdf
Title: Title 126, Series 142
Source: http://www.wvsos.com/csr/rules.asp?Agency=Education |
Health--Child Abuse |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 |
Relates to the Child Protection Act with provisions requiring county boards of education, to the extent funds are provided, to establish programs for the prevention of child abuse and neglect and child assault to be provided to pupils, parents and school personnel as deemed appropriate; authorizes county school boards to request from the State Criminal Identification Bureau the record of any and all criminal convictions of it future employees relating to child abuse, sex-related offenses or possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute; allows county school boards to obtain information from the Central Abuse Registry with prior written consent regarding school contractors, service providers and their employees and to share such information with other county school boards; prohibits contractors or service providers or their employees from making direct, unaccompanied contact with students or having unaccompanied access to school grounds when students are present if it cannot be verified that the contractors, service providers or employees have not previously been convicted of the noted offenses. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/1x/BILLS/hb101%20ENR.htm
Title: H.B. 101A
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bstatmenux/bstatfrm.cfm |
Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Rule Adoption 07/2006 |
P-12 |
Establishes high quality standards for juvenile institutional education programs under the governance of the West Virginia Board of Education and the State Superintendent of Schools. These standards are not applicable to education programs in juvenile detention centers. http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/p2325.pdf
Title: Title 126, Series 53
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Rule Adoption 07/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends rules relating to student eligibility to participate in interscholastic athletics overseen by the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission. http://www.wvsos.com/csrdocs/pdfdocs/127-02.pdf
Title: Title 127, Series 2
Source: https://www.wvsos.com/csr/search.asp |
Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Rule Adoption 07/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends rules governing the conduct of athletic contests overseen by the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission. http://www.wvsos.com/csrdocs/pdfdocs/127-03.pdf
Title: Title 127, Series 3
Source: https://www.wvsos.com/csr/search.asp |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 07/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends rules outlining the minimum requirements for various licenses for educators and paraprofessionals wishing to work in W. Virginia public schools; outlines requirements for educators wishing to qualify for an advanced salary classification. http://www.wvsos.com/csrdocs/pdfdocs/126-136.pdf
Title: Title 126, Series 136
Source: https://www.wvsos.com/csr/search.asp |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Rule Adoption 07/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends rules regarding West Virginia Board of Education approval of educational personnel preparation programs. http://www.wvsos.com/csrdocs/pdfdocs/126-114.pdf
Title: Title 126, Series 114
Source: https://www.wvsos.com/csr/search.asp |
Accountability--Accreditation |
Rule Adoption 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends rules regarding a process for improving education and a performance-based accreditation system. http://www.wvsos.com/csrdocs/pdfdocs/126-013.pdf
Title: Title 126, Series 13
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
P-3 Child Care |
Emergency Rule Adoption 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends rules regarding informal and relative family child care home registration requirements. http://www.wvsos.com/adlaw/proposed/78-20er.pdf
Title: Title 78, Series 20
Source: http://www.wvsos.com/csr/ |
Attendance |
Rule Adoption 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends rules regarding half-day attendance and specific ages for compulsory school attendance. Identifies the specific number of days in which a parent, guardian or custodian of children with excessive unexcused absences must attend a school-based conference, and defines satisfactory attendance related to the revocation of drivers' licenses. http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/p4110_ne.pdf
Title: Title 126, Series 81
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Establishes the third week of October as Disability History Week. Directs public schools to provide instruction on disability history, people with disabilities and the disability rights movement. Provides that the instruction must be integrated into the existing school curriculum in a manner such as, but not limited to, supplementing existing lesson plans, holding school assemblies or providing other school activities. Encourages state institutions of higher education to conduct and promote activities that provide education, awareness and understanding of disability history, people with disabilities and the disability rights movement.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/hb4491%20enr.htm
Title: H.B. 4491
Source: www.legis.state.wv.us |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Provides legislative findings and intent related to the West Virginia University Institute of Technology. Provides legislative intent to encourage collaboration between West Virginia University Institute of Technology, West Virginia University, Marshall University and appropriate private entities. Provides legislative intent that the West Virginia University Board of Governors develop a plan and take appropriate steps to address faculty average salary levels. Requires the plan to include recommendations for addressing the capital improvement needs at West Virginia University Institute of Technology.
Directs West Virginia University Institute of Technology to consolidate with West Virginia University to become a fully integrated division of West Virginia University.
Establishes "West Virginia Consortium for Undergraduate Research and Engineering" or "West Virginia CURE" as a 13-member collaborative planning group to:
(1) Increase West Virginia's capacity for high quality engineering instruction and research;
(2) Increase access throughout the state to high quality instruction and research opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math;
(3) Stimulate economic development throughout West Virginia by increasing the number of professional engineers available to business and industry.
Directs the West Virginia CURE to develop a collaborative engineering strategic plan to address these three needs, using the complementary strengths of West Virginia University Institute of Technology, Marshall University and West Virginia University. Specifies that the strategic plan may address faculty, libraries and technology resources, research collaboration, and coordination with K-12 education, but may not contain a recommenation that would result in the abolition of an existing program.
Requires the consortium to present an interim report to the Governor and the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability by December 1, 2006 and a final report containing the Collaborative Engineering Strategic Plan, with recommendations for implementation, by July 1, 2007.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB4690%20Enr.htm
Title: H.B. 4690
Source: www.legis.state.wv.us |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
Postsec. |
Continues the Workforce Development Initiative Program under the supervision of the council. Deletes provision directing the program to serve as a visible point of contact and referral for services to meet the workforce development needs of the service area. Modifies language relating to the the workforce development initiative grant program.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB4690%20Enr.htm
Title: H.B. 4690 - Workforce Development Initiative Program
Source: www.legis.state.wv.us |
Governance--School Boards |
Vetoed 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Provides a procedure for removal of elected school board members.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/hb4256%20enr.htm
Title: H.B. 4256
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Changes the requirement that body mass index measures be taken of all students in grades four through eight and high school students enrolled in physical education courses to a requirement that body mass index data be collected and reported on a sample number of students.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/sb785%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 785
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Relates to state-funded student financial aid services; modifies the eligibility criteria for certain programs; modifies the types of institutions at which certain benefits may be used; expands certain eligibility to children of certain military personnel; increases certain benefit amounts; extends eligibility age limits for certain benefits; extends the benefit eligibility until a date certain to certain students who attend public high schools outside of the state. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/sb32%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 32
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Grants tuition waivers to children and spouses of parole and probation officers killed in the line of duty or children and spouses of firefighters. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/SB18%20SUB1%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 18
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Provide public higher education faculty with an annual experience increment based on one year of service credit for each nine or more months of contracted employment during a calendar year. Currently, only classified and non-classified public higher education employees (as well as other state employees) receive the annual experience increment.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/sb587%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 587
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
Community College,
Postsec. |
Clarifies the legislative intent related to boards of governors of community and technical colleges. Permits community and technical colleges under a single governing board to be recognized as a single organization within the state's financial systems. Clarifies certain operations of certain community and technical colleges. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB4240%20enr.htm
Title: H.B. 4240
Source: www.legis.state.wv.us |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Rewrites §18-2-15a. Directs the state superintendent to conduct a comprehensive study of the programs, governance and administration of regional education service agencies. Requires the study to include
(1) The general structure and specific processes for governance and oversight of the regional education service agencies to ensure efficiency of operations and accountability;
(2) Areas of needed improvements, including any existing limitations or hindrances to improvement;
(3) The powers and duties of state board and state superintendent relating to regional education service agencies;
(4) The qualifications and procedures for selection of agency executive directors;
(5) The selection and supervision of agency staff;
(6) Development of agency budget;
(7) Oversight of agency purchasing and auditing procedures;
(8) Development of programs and delivery of services; and
(9) Procedures to ensure fiscal and programmatic accountability.
Directs the state superintendent to report findings, recommendations and any legislation necessary to effectuate the recommendations, to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability by December 1, 2006.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/SB127%20SUB1%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 127
Source: www.legis.state.wv.us |
Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 |
Removes the requirement to evaluate certain classroom teachers at least every three years. Teachers affected are those classroom teachers with five or more years of experience who have not received an unsatisfactory rating. An evaluation is to be conducted or professional growth and development plan required only when the principal determines it to be necessary for a particular classroom teacher, or when a classroom teacher exercises the option of being evaluated at more frequent intervals.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/hb4406%20ENR.htm
Title: H.B. 4406
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Attendance |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 |
Clarifies the summons or warrant and complaint process when a parent, custodian or guardian fails to comply with compulsory attendance laws and a magistrate finds probable cause to believe that a parent, custodian or guardian has committed the offense. Allows more than one parent, guardian or custodian to be charged in a complaint. Initial service of a summons or warrant issued is to be attempted within ten calendar days of receipt of the summons or warrant and subsequent attempts at service shall continue until the summons or warrant is executed or until the end of the school term during which the complaint is made, whichever is later.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/sb631%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 631
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Health |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 |
Relates to establishment of individual diabetes care plans for students with diabetes by county boards of education; requires the state board to adopt guidelines for the development and implementation of individual diabetes care plans on or before January 1, 2007; requires each county board of education to adopt a diabetes care plan meeting the guidelines for diabetes care plans adopted by the state board.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB2548%20enr.htm
Title: H.B. 2548
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ |
Health |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 |
Changes ratio of school nurses to students in enrollment.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/SB53%20SUB2%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 53
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
Postsec. |
Relates to state funded student financial aid.Establishes the Higher Education Student Financial Aid Advisory Board. The purpose of the board is to provide financial aid expertise and policy guidance to the commission, the council, the PROMISE Scholarship Board, the Vice Chancellor for Administration and the Executive Director of the PROMISE Scholarship Program on all matters related to federal, state and private student financial aid resources and programs.It is the intent of the Legislature that the advisory board have the following responsibilities:
(1) Recommend methods to balance the needs of state students from all levels of financial need and academic ability by focusing attention on multiple financial aid programs which meet a variety of state objectives; (2) Recommend methods for achieving a comprehensive system of student financial aid.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/hb4049%20ENR.htm
Title: H.B. 4049
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 |
Requires boards of education to maintain certain flood insurance (for buildings meeting conditions such as in a flood hazard location; having been flooded in the past, etc.).
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/sb635%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 635
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 |
Requires that a teacher from another state be awarded a teaching certificate for a comparable grade level and subject area valid in the public schools of this state, if he or she:
(A) Holds a valid teaching certificate or a certificate of eligibility issued by another state;
(B) Has graduated from an educator preparation program at a regionally accredited institution of higher education;
(C) Possesses the minimum of a bachelor's degree; and
(D) Meets all of the requirements of the state for full certification except employment.
Addresses student teaching. Requires any nonpublic cooperating school to document that the student teacher's field-based and clinical experiences include participation and instruction with multicultural, at-risk and exceptional children at each programmatic level for which the student teacher seeks certification. Beginning the fall, 2006-2007 academic term, in lieu of the student teaching experience in a public school setting required by this section, an institution of higher education may provide an alternate student teaching experience in a nonpublic school setting if the institution of higher education meets specified conditions.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB4626%20ENR.htm
Title: H.B. 4626
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 03/2006 |
P-12 |
Provides a $2,500 bonus for professional personnel with National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification to be continued for the life of the certificate or ten years, whichever expires first, and to provide for the reimbursement of the fee plus other expenses actually incurred in attaining the certification, not to exceed $600. Payment of the bonus and reimbursement of expenses is limited to no more than 200 new applicants per year.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/sb783%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 783
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Assessment--Accommodations |
Adopted 11/2005 |
P-12 |
WEST VIRGINIA 4765, SUMMARY: Amends rules relating to alternate academic achievement standards for West Virginia schools.
EFFECTIVE DATE: 12/14/2005
Title: Title 126, Series 44P
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
High School--Advanced Placement |
Adopted 11/2005 |
P-12 |
Amends rules relating to acceptance of advanced placement credit at community and technical colleges. http://www.wvsos.com/csrdocs/worddocs/135-15.doc
Title: Title 135, Series 15,
Source: http://www.wv.gov/OffSite.aspx?u=http://www.wvsos.com/csr |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 10/2005 |
P-12 |
A BILL to amend and reenact 18A-4-2 and 18A-4-8a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to salaries for teachers and school service personnel; adopting state minimum salary schedules for teachers; providing for incremental salary increases for teachers; and providing minimum pay grade scales for school service personnel. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2005_SESSIONS/4x/BILLS/sb4008%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 4008
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Adopted 08/2005 |
P-12,
Community College |
Establishes new rules regarding guidelines for the offering of college courses for high school students. http://www.wvsos.com/csrdocs/pdfdocs/135-19.pdf
Title: Title 135, Series 19
Source: http://www.wvsos.com/csrdocs/pdfdocs/135-19.pdf |
P-16 or P-20 |
Adopted 08/2005 |
Postsec. |
Establishes new rules regarding freshman assessment and placement standards.
http://www.wvsos.com/csrdocs/pdfdocs/135-21.pdf
Title: Title 135, Series 21
Source: http://www.wvsos.com/csrdocs/pdfdocs/135-21.pdf |
Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
Adopted 08/2005 |
P-12 |
Amends rules relating to minimum requirements for the licensure of professional and paraprofessional personnel. Amends rules regarding advanced salary classifications. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4652 (SN)
Title: Title 126, Series 136
Source: StateNet |
Accountability--Accreditation |
Rule Adoption 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Amends rules relating to a performance based accreditation system to improve education. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4602 (SN)
Title: Title 126, Series 13
Source: StateNet |
P-3 Preschool |
Adopted 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Policy 2525 sets the standards for implementing high quality universal pre-kindergarten programs. This policy covers all public school preschool programs and any community program such as Head Start or child care that contracts with the county school system to provide a WV Pre-k classroom. Health and safety standards are now a part of the policy. Included in these standards are requirements that meals must be provided if a pre-k classroom is in operation for more than four hours; all children who enter a program must have age appropriate immunizations; and classroom size will be limited to no more than 20 children. All pre-k classrooms not administered by the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) must be licensed through the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (WVDHHR) Day Care Licensing.
Other revisions include a more defined composition of the review team. This review team will evaluate the quality and content of the county plans and whether counties are maximizing funding. Local Education Agencies (LEA) will have oversight for the prekindergarten classrooms in their counties; however, the state board and the Secretary for the WVDHHR will maintain state oversight.
http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/p2525_ne.pdf
Title: Title 126, Series 28
Source: http://wvde.state.wv.us |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 |
House Bill 3018 includes provisions relating to alternative education programs and the Mountaineer Challenge Academy. Attendees of both are given an extra year to graduate or pass the General Education Degree (GED) tests, subject to federal law. Additionally, attendees of the Academy are considered enrolled in the referring county, but only for the purposes of funding, attendance rates and graduation rates and only to the extent permitted by federal law.
Title: H.B. 3018
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Wrapup/2005/final/final.pdf |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 |
Adds a new article, designated §5-1E-1, §5-1E-2, §5-1E-3, §5-1E-4 and §5-1E-5; and amends and reenacts §18-2-6a and §18-2-7a, all relating to promoting healthy lifestyles; creating a Healthy Lifestyles Office in the Department of Education and the Arts; establishing the functions of the Office; creating a special revenue account; establishing a voluntary menu labeling program; requiring physical activity in the schools; and encouraging the use of health foods and beverages in the vending machines of schools.Requires the state department to establish the requirement that each child enrolled in the public schools of this state actively participates in physical education classes during the school year to the level of his or her ability as follows:
(1) Kindergarten to and including grade five. -- Not less than thirty minutes of physical education, including physical exercise and age appropriate physical activities, for not less than three days a week.
(2) Grade six to and including grade eight. -- Not less than one full period of physical education, including physical exercise and age appropriate physical activities, each school day of one semester of the school year.
(3) Grade nine to and including grade twelve. -- Not less than one full course credit of physical education, including physical exercise and age appropriate physical activities which shall be required for graduation and the opportunity to enroll in an elective lifetime physical education course. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2005_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB2816%20enr.htm
Title: H.B. 2816
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Finance--Resource Efficiency |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 |
House Bill 2578 increases the ratios of professional and service personnel to students in net enrollment. The increases in the ratios of professional and service personnel per 1,000 students will be done in a manner that will reflect the greater need of counties with a low student population density for additional personnel.
Title: H.B. 2578
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Wrapup/2005/final/final.pdf |
Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
The FY 06 Budget, passed in 2005, is $3.19 billion. A breakdown in approximate percentages goes as follows:
Public Education = 51% at $1.6 billion of the General Revenue budget. Further funding for public education includes an additional $50.5 million, provided by lottery revenue. Other public education dollars include: - $450,000 to address low student enrollment. This appropriation
entry complies with SB 604 and provides additional funding to counties, qualified by the State Superintendent, that are below 1,400 FTEs (Full Time Equivalents) or full time students per county. - $100,000 Hi-Y Youth in Government
Higher Education = 9 % at $287.2 million of the General Revenue budget (1) this is a decrease of $19 million from FY 05 based on the Governor's recommended 5.5% cut in the budget for FY 06; but, (2) the Legislature restored 2.5% over the current year and included $4 million in peer equity funding in its final calculations. Further funding from lottery accounts allowed for an additional $42.9 million for Higher Ed.
Other Higher Education/Education and the Arts dollars (under the Education Secretary's budget) include:
- $800,000 Professional Development Collaborative (formerly the Teacher Education Partnership)
- $300,000 Center for Professional Development (CPD)-Math Initiative (funds a 5 year plan to address student achievement in mathematics with collaboration of the education department to collaborate with the CPD to implement professional development regarding the math initiative.
Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC)
Title: S.B. 604
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Wrapup/2005/final/final.pdf |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 |
Senate Bill 94 eliminates a requirement that activities on instructional support and enhancement (ISE) days be scheduled in a certain order. Before this bill passed, activities on ISE days had to designate two hours for instructional activities for students, two hours for a faculty senate meeting and the remainder of the day for other professional activities for teachers. Now the activities can be performed in any order. Additionally, the bill allows up to three days of accrued instructional time to be used for professional development.
Title: S.B. 94
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Wrapup/2005/final/final.pdf |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 |
The bill adds to existing requirements for receiving a teaching certificate that candidates must possess the minimum of a bachelor's degree or hold a certificate of eligibility issued by another state that certifies he or she meets all the requirements of the state for full certification. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2005_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/hb2350%20enr.htm
Title: H.B. 2350
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 |
Amends §18A-3-1a .Provides for alternative program certificate, eligibility, issuance, scope and renewal limitation; changes activities, components and phases of training for alternative programs; provides for program coordination, training and approval; authorizes separate programs to prepare highly qualified special education teachers; requires position to be posted in certain instances; and establishes hiring preference. Instruction. Must provide a minimum of eighteen semester hours of instruction in the areas of student assessment; development and learning; curriculum; classroom management; the use of educational computers and other technology; and special education and diversity. All programs must contain a minimum of three semester hours of instruction in special education and diversity out of the minimum eighteen required semester hours. Three phases:
Phase I requires intensive on-the-job supervision for 2-4 weeks; Phase II is intensive on-the-job supervision for 10 weeks. During Phase II, the alternative program teacher must be visited and critiqued no less than one time per week by members of a professional support team, and be observed and formally evaluated at the end of five weeks and at the end of ten weeks by the appropriately certified members of the team. At the end of the ten-week period, the alternative program teacher is to receive a formal written progress report. Phase III consists of an additional period of continued supervision and evaluation of no less than twenty weeks duration, with at least one formal evaluation being conducted at the completion of the phase. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2005_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/hb2528%20enr.htm
Title: H.B. 2528
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Technology |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 |
Senate Bill 248 replaces the Education Technology Strategic Plan Advisory Committee with a Governor's Advisory Council for Educational Technology. The Council is composed of two ex officio members, and 13 members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Title: S.B. 248
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Wrapup/2005/final/final.pdf |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Adds new section: §18-2-7c, to read as follows:(a) The Legislature finds and declares that persons with an understanding of personal finance are better prepared to manage their money and that providing a personal finance program in secondary schools in West Virginia will prepare students to handle their finances. (b) To provide students a basic understanding of personal finance, the State Board shall develop a program of instruction on personal finance which may be integrated into the curriculum of an appropriate existing course or courses for students in secondary schools. Prescribing personal finance instruction in secondary schools by the State Board of Education. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2005_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/hb2837%20enr.htm
Title: H.B. 2837
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Creates a pilot program; cites the Local Government Flexibility Act of 2005; relates to the ability of local government and school districts to request waivers. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2005_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/SB419%20SUB1.htm
Title: S.B. 419
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Signed into law 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Adds possession of a bachelor's degree and a provision "holds a certificate of eligibility issued by another state and meets all of the requirements of the state for full certification except employment" to requirements for certification. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2005_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/hb2350%20enr.htm
Title: H.B. 2350
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Teaching Quality |
Rule Adoption 03/2005 |
P-12 |
Amends rules relating to education programs designed to improve the quality of teaching and learning in the public schools and ensure educational opportunities exist for all students. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4570 (SN)
Title: Title 126, Series 42
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 03/2005 |
P-12 |
Proposes an amendment to the Constitution designated the Pension Bond Amendment; permits the issuance and sale of additional state general obligation bonds to help provide for the fiscal soundness of the State Teachers Retirement System, the Judges' Retirement System, and the Public Safety Death, Disability and Retirement System.
Title: S.B. 261
Source: StateNet |
Special Education |
Rule Adoption 02/2005 |
P-12 |
Amends rules regarding the education of exceptional students. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4562 (SN)
Title: Title 126, Series 16
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
Rule Adoption 01/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Establishes new rules relating to standards and procedures for undergraduate admissions at community and technical colleges. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4560 (SN)
Title: Title 135, Series 23
Source: StateNet |
Accountability--School Improvement |
Signed into law 12/2004 |
P-12 |
Relates to the procedures governing the process for improving performance education and removing impediments to improving performance and progress.
Title: H.B. 308
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Rule Adoption 11/2004 |
P-12 |
Establishes new rules relating to standards for subject-area content in secondary-level teacher preparation programs. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4544 (SN)
Title: Title 133, Series 46
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Accountability |
Emergency Rule Adoption 09/2004 |
Postsec. |
Establishes new rules regarding performance indicators used to measure the degree to which the goals for the delivery of community and technical college education are being met. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4532 (SN)
Title: Title 135, Series 6
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
Rule Adoption 09/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends rules regarding minimum requirements for the licensure of professional/paraprofessional personnel and advanced salary classifications. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4497 (SN)
Title: Title 126, Series 136
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Rule Adoption 09/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Amends rules regarding approval of educational personnel preparation programs. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4496 (SN)
Title: Title 126, Series 114
Source: StateNet |
Accountability--Accreditation |
Rule Adoption 07/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends rules regarding a process for improving education through a performance based accreditation system. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4415 (SN)
Title: Title 126, Series 13
Source: StateNet |
Finance--Lotteries |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 |
Makes supplementary appropriation to department of education from net lottery proceeds.
Title: S.B. 2007
Source: StateNet |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Changes certain reporting requirements in the West Virginia Workforce Investment Act; requires a public agenda in the strategic five-year state workforce investment plan; creates the workforce investment interagency collaborative team to designate and revise local workforce investment areas, and revise allocation formulas for the distribution of funds for adult employment and training activities and youth activities to local areas.
Title: H.B. 4411
Source: StateNet |
Finance--Student Fees |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
Postsec. |
Gives each governing board the authority to impose, collect and expend the proceeds of a special equity fee under the following conditions: (a) The fee shall be used solely for the purpose of complying with the athletic provisions of 20 U. S. C. 1681, et seq., known as Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972;(b) The fee is exempt from limitations on fee increases set forth in this article for three years from the effective date of this section;(c) The fee may not be used by an institution to advance its classification of participation in its athletics governing body; and (d) The fee may not be imposed upon part-time students or students enrolled in an administratively linked community and technical college.http://129.71.164.29/Bill_Text_HTML/2004_SESSIONS/RS/Senate/S_BILLS/SB448%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 448
Source: West Virginia Legislative Web Site |
School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 |
Clarifies that the county board of education and its superintendent may designate the places where competency testing for service personnel will be held (FN).
Title: H.B. 4297
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 |
Adds the following language: Any teacher who has graduated from a teacher preparation program at a regionally accredited institution of higher education and who holds a valid teaching certificate or certificates issued by another state shall be, upon application, awarded a teaching certificate or certificates for the same grade level or levels and subject area or areas valid in the public schools of this state, subject only to the provisions of section ten of this article. http://129.71.164.29/Bill_Text_HTML/2004_SESSIONS/RS/House/H_BILLS/hb4553%20enr.htm
Title: H.B. 4553
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 |
Relates to the maximum number of days a retired teacher may accept employment; relates to the employment of retired teacher in areas of critical need and shortage; adds conditions for expanding the use of retired teachers to provide service as substitute teachers in areas of critical need and shortage; requires certain vacancies to continue to be posted.
Title: H.B. 2268
Source: StateNet |
Technology |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 |
Relates to an education technology strategic plan for public education and higher education; includes basic skills and SUCCESS in the plan; establishes an education technology strategic plan advisory committee.
Title: H.B. 4072
Source: StateNet |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
to governor 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Part of H.B. 4001 requires standards for determining exemplary student, school and school system performance and progress. These indicators are to be used only as indicators for determining whether accredited and approved schools and school systems should be granted exemplary status. These indicators shall include, but are not limited to, the following:(1) The percentage of graduates who declare their intent to enroll in college and other post-secondary education and training following high school graduation;(2) The percentage of graduates who receive additional certification of their skills, competence and readiness for college, other post-secondary education or employment above the level required for graduation; and (3) The percentage of students who successfully complete advanced placement, dual credit and honors classes.
Title: H.B. 4001- Multiple Sections
Source: West Virginia Legislative Web Site |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
to governor 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Part of H.B. 4001 requires the state board to adopt and periodically review and update indicators of efficiency for use by the appropriate divisions within the department to ensure efficient management and utilization of resources in the public schools.
Title: H.B. 4001 - Multiple Sections
Source: West Virginia Legislative Web Site |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Requires the department to make available through its web site or the West Virginia education information system an electronic unified school improvement plan boilerplate designed for use by all schools to develop a unified school improvement plan which incorporates all required aspects and satisfies all improvement plan requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act. Each respective plan is to be a five-year plan that includes the mission and goals of the school or school system to improve student, school or school system performance and progress, as applicable. Plan must be revised when required to include each annual performance measure upon which the school or school system fails to meet the standard for performance and progress, the action to be taken to meet each measure, a separate time line and a date certain for meeting each measure, a cost estimate and, when applicable, the assistance to be provided by the department and other education agencies to improve student, school or school system performance and progress to meet the annual performance measure. Requires standards to include annual measures of student, school and school system performance and progress. Requires annual measures to be used for determining school accreditation and school system approval:1) The acquisition of student proficiencies as indicated by student performance and progress in grades 3-8, inclusive, and grade 11 measured by a uniform statewide assessment program. (2) school attendance rate of no less than 90% in attendance excluding student absences excused in accordance with the state board rule, and 3) high school graduation rate of no less than 85% determined from information on the West Virginia education information system on the fifteenth day of August.
Title: H.B. 4001- Mult. Sections - School Improvement
Source: WV Legislative Web Site |
Accountability--School Improvement |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 |
On-site review processes are to be conducted only at the specific direction of the state board upon its determination that the performance and progress of the school or school system are persistently below standard or other circumstances exist that warrant an on-site review (and have been below standard for three consecutive years). Includes early detection and intervention programs. Amends duties of the office of education performance audits. Provides that prior to declaring the position of principal vacant, the state board must make a determination that all other resources needed to correct the impairment are present at the school. http://129.71.164.29/Bill_Text_HTML/2004_SESSIONS/RS/House/H_BILLS/hb4001%20enr.htm
Title: H.B. 4001
Source: West Virginia Legislative Web Site |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Provides for safe schools through alternative education programs; provides certain juvenile justice records to public school officials.
Title: H.B. 4037
Source: StateNet |
Bilingual/ESL |
Rule Adoption 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends rules concerning programs for limited English proficient students. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4387 (SN)
Title: Title 126, Series 15
Source: StateNet |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Relates to levies by county boards of education and expenditure of taxes collected; allows growth counties to use provisions of the Growth County School Facilities Act; provides high-growth counties may place certain property tax revenues in growth county facility act fund to be used for the benefit of school facilities in the county; provides moneys in the fund are not considered local share for purposes of the state aid formula.http://129.71.164.29/Bill_Text_HTML/2004_SESSIONS/RS/Senate/S_BILLS/SB408%20SUB2%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 408
Source: West Virginia Legislative Web Site |
Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
Postsec. |
Makes a supplementary appropriation of public moneys out of the treasury from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated balance in the state fund, general revenue, to higher education policy commission - higher education policy commission - system - control account, fund 0586, fiscal year 2005, organization 0442, supplements and amends the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005.
Title: S.B. 1014
Source: StateNet |
Health |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Requires all schools to permit students to self administer asthma medication.
Title: H.B. 4271
Source: StateNet |
High School |
to governor 03/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
One section of H.B. 4001 requires high quality education standards and efficiency standards to include an assurance that graduates are prepared for continuing postsecondary education, training and work, and that schools and school systems are making progress toward achieving the education goals of the state.
Title: H.B. 4001-- Multiple Sections
Source: |
No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer |
to governor 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Establishes that whenever a school is determined to be seriously impaired and fails to improve its status within one year, following state intervention in the operation of the school to correct the impairment, any student attending the school may transfer once to the nearest fully accredited school in the county, subject to approval of the receiving schools and at the expense of the school from which the student transferred.
Title: H.B. 4001 -- Multiple Sections
Source: West Virginia Legislative Web Site |
No Child Left Behind--Finance |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Relating to supplemental appropriation of federal funds out of the treasury from the balance of moneys remaining unappropriated to the Department of Education. http://129.71.164.29/Bill_Text_HTML/2004_SESSIONS/RS/House/H_BILLS/hb4750%20enr.htm
Title: H.B. 4750
Source: West Virginia Legislative Web Site |
No Child Left Behind--School Support |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Adds a new section related to providing for establishment of special five-year demonstration professional development school project. The intent of this section is to provide a special demonstration environment wherein the public schools included in the demonstration project may work in collaboration with higher education, community organizations and the state board to develop and implement strategies that may be replicated in other public schools with significant enrollments of disadvantaged, minority and under-achieving students to improve academic achievement.
Title: H.B. 4669
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Establishes the priority for early childhood education in the basic skills of reading, mathematics and English language arts.
Title: H.B. 4043
Source: StateNet |
School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools |
to governor 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Makes each county board soley responsible for the administration of proper discipline in the public schools of the county. Each board is required to adopt policies consistent with Section 18A-5-1to govern disciplinary actions.
Title: H.B. 4001 -- Multiple Sections
Source: West Virginia Legislative Web Site |
School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Relating to the rights, privileges and benefits of substitute service personnel employed to fill vacancies created by leaves of absence, workers' compensation and suspensions for more than 30 working days and consideration of certain bus operators to be employed in the same building or working station.
Title: H.B. 4554
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Relating to grounds for the revocation of teacher certificates. http://129.71.164.29/Bill_Text_HTML/2004_SESSIONS/RS/House/H_BILLS/hb4552%20enr.htm
Title: H.B. 4552
Source: West Virginia Legislative Web Site |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Amends Chapter 18A-2-12 to provide that, for school personnel with five or more years of experience, who have not received an unsatisfactory rating, evaluations must be conducted no more than once every three years, unless the principal determines more frequent evaluation is necessary. A classroom teacher, however, may exercise the option of being evaluated more frequently.
Title: H.B. 4001
Source: WV Legislative Web Site |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
To governor 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Requires state police to annually report to Legislature effectiveness of recruiting minorities.
Title: S.B. 200
Source: StateNet |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 02/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Requires certain reporting to the legislative oversight commission on workforce investment for economic development; provides for administration and oversight of grants to community and technical colleges for workforce development education.
Title: H.B. 4131
Source: StateNet |
Accountability--Rewards |
Signed into law 01/2004 |
P-12 |
Requires the state board to adopt system standards, including student performance and progress, school and school system progress, etc. Requires performance measures to incude graduation rate, dropout rate, attendance, student performance; percentage of graduates who enroll in college immediately and within one year; percentage of graduates who receive additional certification or other competence above what was required for graduation. Sets indicators for determining efficiency. Establishes a system of performance audits that are primarily based on achievement information. Requires technical assistance. Establishes rewards for exemplary performance or practices and levels of sanctions for schools performing below standards. Includes restructuring for schools seriously impaired over time. Requires that students be allowed to transfer from seriously impaired schools. Requires intervention in "nonapproval" status districts.
Title: H.B. 4111
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 10/2003 |
P-12 |
Provides rules relating to the rules of the Commission for Professional Teaching Standards. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4346 (SN)
Title: Title 126, Seires 154
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 10/2003 |
P-12 |
Provides rules relating to the rules of the Commission for Professional Teaching Standards. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4346 (SN)
Title: Title 126, Series 154
Source: StateNet |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Rule Adoption 08/2003 |
P-12 |
Provides procedures for the collection, maintenance and disclosure of student data. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4340 (SN)
Title: Title 126, Series 94
Source: StateNet |
No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Rule Adoption 06/2003 |
P-12 |
Provides rules relating to the measures of academic progress program. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4253 (SN)
Title: Title 126, Series 14
Source: StateNet |
No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Rule Adoption 05/2003 |
P-12 |
This rule establishes an accountability system to determine the adequate yearly progress of West Virginia public schools and a system of education performance audits which measures the quality of education and the preparation of students based on the standards and measures of student, school, and school system performance and processes. The system of performance audits shall assist the West Virginia Board of Education, the Legislature, and the Governor in ensuring that the high quality educational standards and annual performance measures and progress are met by schools and school systems and that a thorough and efficient system of schools is provided. http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/p2320_ne.pdf
Title: Title 126, Series 13
Source: http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Rule Adoption 05/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Provides rules relating to the approval of educational personnel preparation programs. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4244 (SN)
§126-114 Outlines the framework for developing, implementing and approving educational personnel preparation programs. Major program components are defined, assessment instruments and/or procedures are identified, and the minimum proficiency levels are prescribed for the WVBE adopted instruments. Program approval criteria for program implementation are also identified. http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/p5100_ne.pdf
Title: Title 126, Series 114
Source: http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies |
Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
Rule Adoption 05/2003 |
P-12 |
The applicant for permanent paraprofessional licensure must submit evidence of satisfying 36 semester hours of post-secondary education or its equivalent in the following:
a. Basic Skills: - The applicant must have completed at least nine semester hours of college/university credit or its equivalent in reading, writing and mathematical computations. Three semester hours of course work can be credited by passing each of the Pre-Professional Skills Tests (PPST) in reading, writing and mathematics or meeting one of the exceptions identified in §126-136-14.1.3. e.D; AND
b. General Studies. - The applicant must have completed at least six semester hours of college/university credit or its equivalent from the humanities, fine arts, and/or physical, biological or social sciences; AND
c. Computer Literacy. - The applicant must have completed at least three semester hours of college/university credit or its equivalent in computer literacy; AND
d. Special Education. - The applicant must have completed at least three semester hours of college/university credit or its equivalent in special education. Documentation of a minimum of two years of successful experience which included special needs children and a minimum of ten (10) clock hours of in-service training directly related to special education may be substituted for the college/university credit; AND
e. Classroom Management. - The applicant must have completed at least three semester hours of college/university credit or its equivalent in classroom management. Documentation of a minimum of two years of experience in the successful use of classroom management skills may be substituted for the college/university credit; AND
f. Human Growth and Development. - The applicant must have completed at least three semester hours of college/university credit or its equivalent in human growth and development or psychology; AND
g. Electives. - The applicant must have completed nine semester hours of electives related to public instruction; OR
h. Expired Provisional Professional or Professional Teaching Certificate. -Hold an expired Provisional Professional or Professional Teaching Certificate or its equivalent.
25.1.4. Equivalent Training. - Equivalent training may be obtained from in-service programs or adult technical education programs delivered through county school systems or regional education service agencies (RESAs) provided the equivalent training for the Paraprofessional License reflects the distribution of requirements specified in §126-136-25.1.3. Fifteen clock hours of in-service or adult technical education equals one semester hour of college/university credit. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4245 (SN) http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/p5202.html
Title: Title 126, Series 136
Source: StateNet |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
Postsec. |
New article. The Legislature finds that economic development in West Virginia depends in part on the effective and efficient management of research grants and opportunities at doctoral institutions of higher education, on collaborations developed between doctoral institutions and businesses and industry and on the advancement and commercialization of new and evolving technologies. It is in the best interests of citizens of the state to develop programs which promote these goals and contribute to the general economic welfare of citizens. In order to enhance the competitive position of doctoral institutions in the current environment for research and economic development, expenditures for equipment and material for research projects must be handled efficiently and effectively and the acquisition and use of grant funds should be simplified and expedited through the use of centers for economic development and technology advancement. The purpose of this article is to provide a mechanism for doctoral institutions to enter into agreements with centers for economic development and technology advancement to provide research assistance; to provide maximum flexibility as to the form of organization of centers so as to encourage and facilitate private sector participation in and support of research and economic development grants and opportunities in collaboration with doctoral institutions; to expedite the acquisition, administration and management of research and development grants and opportunities ; to provide technical assistance in the commercialization of research opportunities; and to authorize doctoral institutions to contract with centers organized for the purpose of providing these services. http://129.71.164.29/Bill_Text_HTML/2003_SESSIONS/Regular_Session/Senate/S_BILLS/SB600-699/sb646%20enr2.htm#HD0
Title: S.B. 646
Source: West Virginia Legislative Web Site |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
Postsec. |
Creates new article. The Legislature hereby finds that educational and economic development require an integrated program of support for research and development, assistance in the transfer of technological innovations and discoveries to public and private enterprises and facilitation of the commercialization of intellectual property. To that end, the state recognizes the need for: (1) Informed analysis of the status of science and technology research, development and commercialization capabilities, infrastructure and activities within West Virginia and the development of innovative options that build upon and expand them with the goal of increasing the gross state product; (2) Coordination of efforts to attract private and federal assistance for research, development and commercialization in those fields most likely to maximize the gross state product; (3) Increased collaboration between all of the federal, state and private research and development and technology commercialization organizations in the state; (4) Strengthening the leadership and support of the West Virginia experimental program to stimulate competitive research; and (5) Leadership in science and technology policy. The Legislature therefore declares that creation of a West Virginia academy of science and technology will promote and foster the educational and economic development of the state. http://129.71.164.29/Bill_Text_HTML/2003_SESSIONS/Regular_Session/Senate/S_BILLS/SB600-699/SB651%20SUB1%20enr.htm#HD0
Title: S.B. 651
Source: StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Relates to county boards of education to lease school property no longer needed.
Title: S.B. 522
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Relates to authorizing service credit toward retirement to public employees for public employment in another state.
Title: S.B. 455
Source: StateNet |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Expunges motor vehicle license information for nineteen-year-olds when suspensions or revocations of their licenses are due to school attendance.
Title: S.B. 162
Source: StateNet |
Curriculum |
To governor 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Relates to continuing the commission on holocaust education; provides for reimbursement of reasonable expenses by members; authorizes the commission to accept state funds as appropriated by the Legislature.
Title: S.B. 510, H.B. 2879
Source: StateNet |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Continues the West Virginia commission on holocaust education until the first day of July, 2009 unless sooner terminated, continued or reestablished.
Title: H.B. 2879, S.B. 510
Source: West Virginia Legislature |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Relates to continuation of the West Virginia commission on Holocaust education.
Title: H.B. 2879
Source: StateNet |
Finance |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Creates exemption for purchases of back-to-school clothing and school supplies by consumers during three-day period in August 2003. http://129.71.164.29/Bill_Text_HTML/2003_SESSIONS/Regular_Session/Senate/S_BILLS/SB100-199/RS_2003_SB100Frm.htm
Title: S.B. 107
Source: West Virginia Legislature |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Provides for school building on a cash basis, flood insurance, use of specified funds to finance construction, technical-vocational facilities, and facilities for junior colleges. http://129.71.164.29/Bill_Text_HTML/2003_SESSIONS/Regular_Session/Senate/S_BILLS/SB100-199/SB180%20%20SUB1%20enr.htm#HD0
Title: S.B. 180
Source: Wst Virginia Legislature |
Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Appropriates the state surplus for fiscal year 2003 -- part of which is appropriated to the Department of Education and the Arts. http://129.71.164.29/Bill_Text_HTML/2003_SESSIONS/1X/House/H_BILLS/HB101-200/hb102%20enr.htm#HD0
Title: H.B. 102
Source: West Virginia Legislature |
Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Relates to supplementing, amending, and increasing items of the existing appropriations from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated balance to the department of tourism, department of education, lottery education fund and higher education fund. H.B. 103 moved surplus dollars to the Office of the Governor and the department of education. http://129.71.164.29/Bill_Text_HTML/2003_SESSIONS/1X/House/H_BILLS/HB101-200/hb104%20enr.htm#HD0
Title: H.B. 104, H.B. 103
Source: West Virginia Legislature |
Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
An Act supplementing, amending, reducing and increasing items of the existing appropriations from the state fund, general revenue, from the state department of education-state aid to schools, to the state department of education, all supplementing and amending the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003. http://129.71.164.29/Bill_Text_HTML/2003_SESSIONS/1X/House/H_BILLS/HB101-200/1X_2003_HB101Frm.htm
Title: H.B. 101
Source: West Virginia Legislature |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
Postsec. |
Expands the eligibility for higher education adult part-time student grants.
Title: H.B. 2051
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
Postsec. |
Clarifies how moneys in the prepaid tuition trust fund are processed when the plan is terminated; closes the prepaid tuition plan to new contracts until further legislative authorization; continues the plan as to current contract owners; provides for accrual of investment earnings; continues annual evaluation of actuarial soundness of the prepaid tuition trust fund; requires annual reports; establishes a mechanism to eliminate any actuarially projected unfunded liability in the prepaid tuition trust fund over a fixed period with funds from the unclaimed property trust fund in an amount not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars annually; creates the prepaid tuition trust escrow account and establishes purposes therefor; provides for the investment and use of the money in the prepaid tuition trust escrow account; provides for the transfer of funds in the unclaimed property trust fund to the prepaid tuition trust escrow account and to the general revenue fund; and provides for the disposition of funds in the prepaid tuition trust escrow account upon closure of the prepaid tuition trust fund. http://129.71.164.29/Bill_Text_HTML/2003_SESSIONS/Regular_Session/House/H_BILLS/HB2901-3000/hb2953%20enr2.htm#HD0
Title: H.B. 2953
Source: West Virginia Legislature |
School Safety |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Relates to authorizing aides to supervise students who are undergoing in-school suspension.
Title: S.B. 206
Source: StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
Signed into law 03/2003 |
P-12 |
Relates to county boards of education generally and expands job sharing arrangements to include employees who are not professional employees; relates to agreements to specify which employee is eligible for insurance coverage; limits cost to retirement system.
Title: H.B. 2083
Source: StateNet |
P-3 |
Adopted 01/2003 |
P-12 |
Provides rules relating to West Virginia's universal access to the state's Pre-Kindergarten System. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4202 (SN)
Title: Title 126, Series 28
Source: StateNet |
School Safety |
Adopted 12/2002 |
P-12 |
The purpose is to provide districts with a policy of student conduct that will ensure an orderly and safe environment that is conducive to learning. These regulations also require that public schools respond immediately and consistently to incidents of harassment, intimidation, bullying, substance abuse and/or violence or other Student Code of Conduct violations in a manner that effectively deters future incidents and affirms respect for individuals. These regulations require county boards to design and implement prevention and response programs, to outline investigatory and reporting procedures, and to delineate penalties for violations of this policy. The state board believes further that public schools should undertake proactive, preventive approaches to ensure a nurturing, orderly and safe school environment that fosters learning and personal-social development. Public schools must create, encourage, and maintain a safe, drug-free, and fear-free school environment in the classroom, on the playground, and at school-sponsored activities. Assuring such an educational environment requires a comprehensive program supported by everyone in the school organization, as well as parents/guardians, and the community. Any form of harassment, intimidation, bullying, substance abuse, violence, or other policy violation is unacceptable in West Virginia schools. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4204 (SN)
Title: Title 126, Series 99
Source: StateNet |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Adopted 11/2002 |
P-12 |
Provides a process for the establishment of a more formal method to fund programs that strengthen student learning ability as required by House Bill 4022 adding W.Va. Code 18-2-35. See H.B. 4022 (in this database) for more information. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4193 (SN)
Title: Policy 8350 --Title 126, Series 208
Source: StateNet |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Adopted 11/2002 |
P-12 |
Sets the requirements for Pre-K-12 comprehensive developmental guidance and counseling programs for schools in West Virginia that reflect the American School Counselor Association National Standards for School Counseling Programs model. The purpose is to define the components of a comprehensive and developmental guidance and counseling program based on nationally recognized standards, as well as define the direct and indirect counseling services and counseling program service delivery and monitoring guidelines that are to be reflected in county policy and to be implemented at each school. The nine national standards for school counseling defined in §126-67-4 and §126-67-7 of this policy link the comprehensive and developmental guidance and counseling program to the county/school academic mission by promoting national, state and local education goals, by making the school counseling program an integral part of the total educational program, and by helping assure a nurturing and orderly, safe, drug-free, violence- and harassment-free learning environment. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4192 (SN)
Title: Title 126, Series 67
Source: StateNet |
No Child Left Behind--Report Cards |
Active 10/2002 |
P-12 |
Report Cards web page: http://wvde.state.wv.us/data/report_cards/
Source: West Virginia Department of Education Web site |
No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Active 08/2002 |
P-12 |
Supplemental Services RFP; approval period 9/1/02 to 6/30/03: (http://wvde.state.wv.us/tt/2002/supplementalserviceproviderRFP.pdf)
Source: West Virginia Department of Education Web site |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
Postsec. |
Amendment to the code to create a financial aid coordinating council to examine and recommend strategies for coordinating various financial aid sources. Amendment requires the council to explore the feasibility of - administrating a simplified application process, developing a single application form, developing a strategy to balance different types of financial aid, ensuring timely awards, developing a marketing plan for middle school and high school students to increase awareness regarding financial aid resources, creating an articulation plan between secondary and postsecondary institutions regarding available financial aid and creating a strategy to work with high school guidance counselors. The council must make recommendations regarding application for and disbursement of funds and identify and coordinate all student financial aid sources. Additionally, the amendment establishes requirements for meetings, council membership and annual reports.
Title: 4534
Source: Lexis |
Postsecondary Finance |
Passed 04/2002 |
Postsec. |
Amends and reenacts code. Requires commission to develop budget for state higher education system and submit it to the governor by September 1. Lists what must be included in the budget (amount of institutional operating budgets and budget appropriation for higher education system), commission responsibilities including allocating funds appropriated to it for other purposes (with respect for information to be provided by institution governing boards, and legislative funding priorities. Establishes a public school service program providing college students with credit for service provided in public schools
Title: HB 4362
Source: Lexis |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
Postsec. |
Requires the governing boards of institutions of higher education to propose rules to regulate the marketing practices used on campuses by credit card companies; provides for limited liability of parents or guardians.
Title: S.B. 217
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Accountability |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 |
Calls for development and implementation of a system to hold schools accountable for student performance and progress toward obtaining a high quality education. Creates a "Process for Improving Education Council" comprised of the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability, the Governor and Chancellor of the Higher Education Policy Commission. Council has the authority to meet and consult with the state board and to make recommendations on issues related to student, schools and school system performance. To ensure high quality education continues to be delivered, the statute grants the state board the authority to intervene again in county systems where they had once intervened within the past five years. If a second intervention is necessary, the bill provides the state board the authority to delegate additional authority to the state superintendent to conduct hearings or to make personnel changes.
Title: H.B. 4319
Source: West Virginina Department of Education News |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
Postsec. |
Authorizes the rules relating to a higher education report card and performance indicators.
Title: S.B. 533
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 |
Defines terms; expands defined terms to include definitions for alternative education and dangerous student; sale of narcotics and possession of deadly weapons and controlled substances on educational facility premises, vehicles and at school-sponsored functions; assault and battery committed by pupil; suspension and expulsion, and exceptions; hearing; notice and procedure of hearing; notification by regular mail; postponement of hearing; allowing county boards to determine whether a student is a dangerous student; allowing county boards to refuse to provide alternative education to dangerous students who have been expelled; reexamination of dangerous student status; reporting requirements; authority to request subpoena in certain circumstances; establishing guidelines for permitting a reduction in mandatory twelve-month suspension; removing provisions applying to students with disabilities and maintaining that application to students with disabilities must be consistent with federal law; and expanding and redefining deadly weapon as the phrase applies to schools.
Title: S.B. 4
Source: ftp://129.71.164.29/ftp-senate02/SB1-99/ |
Attendance |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 |
Relates to the counting of students in net enrollment when the transfer of students between counties is effectuated without the agreement of both boards by official action as reflected in the minutes of their respective meetings.
Title: H.B. 4428
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 |
Relates to air quality in new schools; requires rules to establish a process for independent radon testing, adjusting and valacing heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems; requires training of personnel in the maintenance and operation of such systems.
Title: S.B. 32
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Governance |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 |
Brings state's Regional Education Services (RESAs) under the state board's authority allows the state superintendent to appoint their executive directors. RESAs are responsible for providing technical assistance to "low performing schools and school systems" and high quality professional development. Also responsible for various technology-related matters, receiving and administering federal and/or state grants and installing and maintaining education related technology equipment and software.
Title: H.B. 4319
Source: West Virginia Department of Education News |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
Postsec. |
Each governing board is required to establish and implement a policy through which college students obtain credit toward graduation for service performed in the public schools as tutors, student advisors, and mentors to instill in public school students the benefits of postsecondary education attainment. Also requires the higher education policy commission to study and determine an appropriate process for allowing students enrolled in high schools in the state to concurrently enroll in post-secondary courses without cost for tuition and fee charges. The postsecondary courses must include academic, vocational and certificate courses.
Title: H.B. 4362
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
Postsec. |
In order to facilitate research and development grants and opportunities for state institutions of higher education, it is appropriate to authorize the governing boards to contract with private corporations organized for the purpose of providing such services to state institutions of higher education and to provide funding and property, both real and personal, to the corporations to enable them to provide the services to the institutions and to facilitate the purposes of this article.
Title: H.B. 4322
Source: ftp://129.71.164.29/ftp-house02/HB4301-4400/ |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Creates the West Virginia financial aid coordinating council. The council is established for the purpose of examining and recommending strategies for maximizing coordination among the various sources of student financial aid. The council will identify and examine all sources of student financial aid, and recommend the most effective manner for coordinating all financial aid resources.
Title: H.B. 4534
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 |
No public or private elementary or secondary school or college or university shall display any student's social security number to identify students for posting or public listing of grades, on class rosters or other lists provided to teachers, on student identification cards, in student directories or similar listings, or, unless specifically authorized or required by law, for any public identification purpose: Provided, That any student identification cards, directories or similar listings produced prior to the first day of July, two thousand two, shall not be subject to the provisions of this section. ftp://129.71.164.29/ftp-house02/HB2301-2400/
Title: H.B. 2374
Source: http://129.71.164.29/BillT/bills2002/billsrch2002.cfm |
Student Achievement |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 |
The legislature finds that schools that have implemented programs to strengthen student learning ability are reporting statistically significant improvement in the statewide test scores in reading, language and math of students referred to the programs. Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature through this section to establish a more formal method to fund programs that strengthen student learning ability. The state board is required to establish a program for strengthening student learning ability that includes the following: (1) A procedure for schools to apply for funds to implement programs to strengthen student learning ability in accordance with the provisions of this section; (2) Specific factors for determining the need for each school applying for funds in accordance with subsection (e) of this section; (3) A method for judging applications for funds on a competitive basis; and (4) A determination of the maximum percentage of total funds appropriated for the purposes of this section which may be distributed for use in grades six through twelve so that the priority for program implementation is at the prekindergarten and elementary levels. Proposed programs must include the following:
(1) Assessment of the cognitive abilities of students; (2) Physical screening that identifies barriers to a student's ability to learn; (3) Development of a student-specific program to improve student learning ability based on the results of the assessment and physical screening; (4) Administration of learning development exercises that strengthen the ability of students to learn; and (5) An evaluation of the program's impact, including factors such as student test scores and other measures of student performance, the program's impact on special education referrals, program cost and other information considered important for judging the value of the program.
Also includes an early childhood component. ftp://129.71.164.29/ftp-house02/HB4001-4100/
Title: H.B. 4022
Source: West Virginia state web site |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
*****Eligible for GOVERNOR'S desk. 03/2002 |
P-12 |
Enables school psychologists to practice school psychology within the scope of their employment with a permit issued by the Department of Education.
Title: H.B. 4507
Source: ftp://129.71.164.29/ftp-house02/HB4501-4600/ |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 |
Increases salaries for teachers and service personnel; makes provisions for science grants, early childhood education, transportation for vocational education students, and a study of pupil-teacher ratios.
Title: S.B. 247
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 |
Clarifies that a retired public school teacher may be employed as a higher education teacher without loss of benefits.
Title: H.B. 4579
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 |
Relates to reimbursement to tuition funds to teachers seeking additional endorsement in shortage areas. ftp://129.71.164.29/ftp-house02/HB4001-4100/
Title: H.B. 4054
Source: ftp://129.71.164.29/ftp-house02/HB4001-4100/ |
School Safety--Uniforms/Dress Codes |
Signed into law 02/2002 |
P-12 |
Provides procedure for implementing a uniform dress code for public schools.
Title: S.B. 177
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
Postsec. |
Clarifies that the general salary increases for state employees passed during the 2001 Legislative Session are not applicable to those state employees who are employed within the Higher Education System of the State and the Judicial or Legislative branches of government.
Title: H.B. 307C
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Accountability |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Creates a system of education performance audits as a tool for determining the quality of education. Stipulates that measures used to evaluate performance: (1) are clearly aligned with the educational goals and expectations established for the student, school and school system performance, including student success in postsecondary education and work; (2) reflect a priority for student progress, health and safety; and (3) are limited in number and easily comparable to national measures. Requires state board to conduct a review of the system of education performance audits and to submit a final report including any necessary revisions of its policy on the system of education performance audits and recommendations for statutory changes, if any, to the legislative oversight commission on education accountability at its interim meeting in December, 2001. The state board is required to examine performance indicators utilized by various organizations to compare the performance of state education systems for potential use in the system of education performance audits. The state board also must consider methods for assigning accreditation status, such as weighting the attainment of performance standards so that high performing schools and school systems can be fully accredited while correcting deficiencies on the process standards, except that process standards affecting the health and safety of students shall be weighted equally with the performance standards.
Title: H.B. 2934
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Accountability |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
§18-9B-13. Eliminates the requirement that audits of school boards be conducted once every three years by the office of chief inspector. The state board of school finance may assign authorized representatives to make inspections and examinations of the fiscal administration of a county school district. The inspection and examination may extend to any matter or practice subject to regulation by the state board. Expands the authority of county boards to have their annual examinations performed by a certified public accountant approved by the chief inspector.
Title: H.B. 2225
Source: Washington Legislative Web Site |
Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec. |
Provides higher education adult part-time student grants to students enrolled in postsecondary certificate, industry-recognized credential and other skill development programs of study in demand occupations.
Title: H.B. 2897
Source: West Virginia Department of Education Legislative Update |
Attendance |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Prohibits suspension as discipline for failure to attend class; stipulates other methods of discipline may be used for the pupil which may include, but are not limited to, detention, extra class time or alternative class settings; abolishes corporal punishment; gives teachers authority to exclude from classrooms or school bus any pupil who is guilty of disorderly conduct, who in any manner interferes with an orderly educational process, who threatens, abuses or otherwise intimidates or attempts to intimidate a school employee or a pupil, who willfully disobeys a school employee, or who uses abusive or profane language directed at a school employee. Any pupil excluded shall be placed under the control of the principal of the school or a designee. The excluded pupil may be admitted to the classroom or school bus only when the principal, or a designee, provides written certification to the teacher that the pupil may be readmitted and specifies the specific type of disciplinary action, if any, which was taken. When a teacher excludes the same pupil from his or her classroom or from a school bus three times in one school year, and after exhausting all reasonable methods of classroom discipline provided in the school discipline plan, the pupil may be readmitted to the teacher's classroom only after the principal, teacher and, if possible, the parent(s), guardian(s) or custodian(s) of the pupil have held a conference to discuss the pupil's disruptive behavior patterns, and the teacher and the principal agree on a course of discipline for the pupil and inform the parent(s), guardian(s) or custodian(s) of the course of action. Thereafter, if the pupil's disruptive behavior persists, upon the teacher's request, the principal may, to the extent feasible, transfer the pupil to another setting.
Title: S.B. 439
Source: West Virginia Legislative Web Site |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Requires the state board to establish comprehensive character education into all aspects of school culture, school functions and existing curriculum by September 2001.
Title: H.B. 2208
Source: West Virginia Department of Education Legislative Update |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Creates the Holocaust Education Commission, a permanent state commission which, as an organized body and on a continuous basis, will survey, design, encourage and promote implementation of holocaust education.
Title: S.B. 647
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Provides for instruction of students in the home or other approved place; waives the requirement that persons providing instruction in the home have at least four years more formal education (until July 2003). Home school providers must have high school diploma or equivalent.
Title: H.B. 2595
Source: West Virginia Department of Education Legislative Update |
Leadership |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Requires first-class permits for superintendents; provides that principals chair the process for interviewing prospective professional and paraprofessional employees; requires superintendent to allow principals the opportunity to interview and make recommendations on prospective personnel; provides $500 for early notice of resignation or retirement at end of school year; expands use of retired teachers as substitutes; provides for statewide job return for personnel terminated because of reductions in force (RIF); requires job postings to be written to ensure largest pool of qualified applicants and to not require criteria unnecessary for successful job performance; requires county boards to compile, annually update and make available a list of professional personnel, areas of certification and seniority; requires study and report by state board and secretary of education and the arts on policies, programs and statutes relating to training, certification and licensing of professional educator development funding for education and training of RIF teachers to gain certification in areas of critical need and shortage.
Title: S.B. 227
Source: West Virginia Department of Education Legislative Update |
Leadership |
Vetoed 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Limits absences of school principals from school duties to attend the principals academy.
Title: H.B. 2954
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec. |
Relates to higher education retirement plans; directs Higher Education Policy Commission to oversee certain private institutions; relates to student aid; provides terms for issuance of tax-exempt revenue bonds; relates to employee classification system, pay grades and merit increases; authorizes lease-purchase agreements by governing boards of community and technical colleges; provides interest component of agreements are exempt from taxation; provides for state autism training center.
Title: S.B. 703
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec. |
Creates the College Prepaid Tuition and Savings Program Act.
Title: H.B. 2527
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec. |
Relates to modernization and procurement of equipment for workforce development initiative grant programs; addresses improving employer awareness and access to services available through the state's education institutions, providing designated professionals and resources to support workforce education through the state's education institutions, assisting with the modernization and procurement of equipment needed for workforce training programs, increasing the capacity of the state's education institutions to respond rapidly to employer needs for workforce education and training on an ongoing basis through the development of a client-focused, visible point of contact for program development and delivery, service referral and needs assessment, such as a workforce development center; and maximizing the use of available resources for workforce education and training through partnerships with public vocational, technical and adult education centers and private training providers.
Title: H.B. 2898
Source: West Virginia Legislative Web Site |
Postsecondary Participation--Access |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec. |
Provides higher education adult part-time student grants to students enrolled in post-secondary certificate, industry recognized credential and other skill development programs of study in demand occupations.
Title: H.B. 2897
Source: West Virginia Department of Education - Legislative Update |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Specifies that counties must establish policies prohibiting harassment, intimidation and bullying by December 2001; requires the department of education to develop a model policy by September 2001.
Title: H.B. 3023
Source: West Virginia Department of Education Legislative Update |
Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Allows good-time credit for obtaining a GED or high school diploma in jail.
Title: H.B. 3192
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Establishes the National Institute for Teaching Excellence to be implemented by the secretary with the assistance of the superintendent and the chancellor. The Insitute is to encourage/promote excellence and awareness of quality teacher preparation programs in the state. Establishes a board for the Institute that has the responsibility for developing, overseeing and implementing the operations of the institute. It consists of seven members selected as follows: (1) The secretary or a designee; (2) The superintendent or a designee; (3) The chancellor or a designee; (4) One certified teacher, selected by the state board; and
(5) Three members selected by the secretary representing West Virginia higher education institutions with approved teacher education programs. Of the three members selected by the secretary, one shall represent a state university, one shall represent a public college, and one shall represent a private college.
Title: H.B. 3245
Source: West Virginia Legislative Web Site |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Amends Chapter 18A to adjust the minimum salary schedule for teachers ($1,000 increase in basic salaries). Also amends the salary supplements connected to national board of professional teaching standards -- beginning July, 2001, changes from $1,000 to $2,500 to be paid annually to each classroom teacher who holds a valid certificate issued by the national board of professional teaching standards for the life of the certification, but in no event more than ten years for any one certification.
Title: H.B. 102
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Applicants for initial license must be fingerprinted by state police and then have prints forwarded to the FBI for national criminal history record check. Applicant pays the cost.
Title: H.B. 3049
Source: West Virginia Department of Education Legislative Update |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Establishes that tax revenues raised by counties, school districts or municipalities are not revenues of the state.
Title: S.B. 237
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
Postsec. |
Bill authorizes legislative rules for higher education board of trustees board of directors and policy commission, reduced tuition and fee program for state residents who are at least sixty-five and higher education finance policy.
Title: S.B. 724
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 |
Relates to high quality education programs and standards, efficiency standards and indicators, performance measures, the process for improving education, education performance audits, the office of education performance audits, on-site reviews, assessment and accountability, use of assessment information, accreditation and school system approval and impaired schools; creates an exemplary school accreditation standard.
Title: H.B. 4674
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Relates to education and related subheadings; relates to exemption from motor vehicle and travel rules, goals for post-secondary education, retirement and separation incentives; defines terms; relates to compact with higher education, institutional compacts, peer institutions, legislative financing goals, financing, base funding, additional funding, statewide task force on teacher quality, statewide task force on student financial aid, and graduate education.
Title: S.B. 653
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 |
Authorizes the state treasurer to conduct a program on banking in the public schools.
Title: H.B. 4080
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Governance |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 |
Establishes Regional Education Service Agencies.
Title: H.B. 4413
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 |
Relates to requirements for home school instruction; relates to a study on home school instruction; relates to collection of data on home school instruction.
Title: S.B. 189
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 |
Establishes the West Virginia Virtual School within the Department of Education to offer courses via the Internet to students who are not advantageously located with respect to schools.
Title: S.B. 584
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Accountability |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
Postsec. |
Codifies rules approved by legislative oversight commission on accountability for higher education.
Title: S.B. 520
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Provides for higher education tuition waivers for high school graduates in foster care.
Title: H.B. 4784
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Relates to the prepaid tuition contract; authorizes a reduction in Federal adjusted gross income for purposes of the West Virginia personal income tax; extends the modification for payments made for other college savings plans administered by the Board of Trustees of the Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund.
Title: H.B. 4679
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Public Involvement |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 |
This legislation expands the reporting requirement for the Education Employee's Grievance Board. The information in the board's quarterly reports should now include: number of grievances filed, number of grievances that were granted, and number that were denied.
Title: H.B. 4785
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 02/2000 |
P-12 |
Provides for personal leave banks for school personnel who are caregivers; defines catastrophic illness or injury.
Title: H.B. 4314
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |