Bill Text: WV HB4453 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Remove standardized testing in public and private schools
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-10 - To House Education [HB4453 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2024-HB4453-Introduced.html
FISCAL NOTE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 4453
By Delegate Crouse
[Introduced January 10, 2024; Referred to
the Committee on Education ]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2-44, relating to the removal of standardized testing in public and private schools; and providing for an effective date.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
Article 2. State Board of Education.
§18-2-44. Removal of standardized testing in schools.
(a) The State Board of Education shall cease the administration of all standardized tests and testing in public and private schools.
(b) This section shall become effective for the 2024-2025 school year and for every school year thereafter.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to eliminate standardized testing requirements in West Virginia public and private schools.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
