West Virginia Senate Bill 409 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-12 - To Education
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to require all public schools to instruct students on foreign languages. The legislature finds as a public policy that learning a foreign language can improve math and reading outcomes, help a student focus better, and provides more career options following the student's completion of secondary education. The legislature further finds that an educator obtaining teacher professional learning credits in teaching foreign languages can satisfy any continuing education requirements.

Requiring all public schools to instruct students on foreign languages

Sen. Laura Wakim Chapman [R]

Sen. Vince Deeds [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-12	Senate	To Education
2024-01-12	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2024-01-11	Senate	To Education
2024-01-12	Senate	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	9	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=409&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb409%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=409