West Virginia Senate Bill 271 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-13 - To Education
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to prevent the State Board of Education from implementing common core academic standards and assessments; to establish a process and criteria for the state to develop alternate academic standards and assessments; to prohibit the state board from entering into any agreement which requires implementation of common core standards or limits Constitutional authority and obligation to provide a thorough and efficient system of education; and requiring the state board to report to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education and Accountability.

Preventing State Board of Education from implementing common core academic standards

Sen. Donna Boley [R]	Sen. Gregory Boso [R]	Sen. Patricia Rucker [R]	Sen. Sue Cline [R]
Sen. Craig Blair [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-13	Senate	To Education
2017-02-13	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2017-02-13	Senate	To Education then Finance
2017-02-13	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB2543 (Similar To) 2017-02-20 - To House Education

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2E	5	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=271&year=2017&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb271%20intr.htm&yr=2017&sesstype=RS&i=271