Bill No. SB589
Bill ID
1699569
State
WV
Title
Relating to nonpublic kindergarten, elementary, and secondary school education
Description
The purpose of this bill relates generally to nonpublic kindergarten, elementary, and secondary school education; permitting Hope Scholarship individualized instructional students, microschool students, and learning pod students to participate in public interscholastic athletic events and other extracurricular activities of public secondary schools; providing that microschools and learning pods have the authority to issue secondary school diplomas; providing that the annual Hope Scholarship Program appropriation calculation will be based on the estimated number of participating students instead of the number of participating students in the prior year; permitting the State Treasurer to appear by designee at Hope Scholarship Board meetings; clarifying that all records and personally identifying information of a Hope Scholarship student, applicant, or parent is confidential and not subject to disclosure pursuant to the West Virginia Freedom of Information Act; establishing qualifying expenses under the Hope Scholarship Act; requiring the board to maintain and publish a list of all education service providers; authorizing the board to contract with independent auditors to complete Hope Scholarship Program audits; authorizing the board to promulgate legislative rules for the auditing of educational service providers; and requiring education service providers conducting background screenings of employees and other persons in contact with students and to certify screening results to the board.
Bill Type
Bill
Category
Change to Program
Session
2023 Regular Session
Special Session
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Current Status
Introduced
Status Last Updated
2023-02-08
Pending Committee
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Amendments
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