HB4851

West Virginia HB4851 proposes a moratorium on school closures and consolidations pending a WVDE school aid formula proposal.

West Virginia HB4851 mandates the West Virginia Department of Education to review school closures and consolidations from the current and previous four fiscal years. The bill requires the WVDE to propose changes to the School Aid Formula that could prevent the closure of at least 80% of schools under consideration, based on financial and operational factors. The bill also imposes a statewide moratorium on all public-school closures and consolidations, except for catastrophic structural failures or ongoing safety and health hazards, until the Legislature acts on the proposed changes to the.