SB1048

Transferring responsibility of school position eliminations to WV Board of Education

Introduced·2/21/26

Transfers responsibility for eliminating school personnel positions to WV Board of Education.

West Virginia SB1048 transfers the responsibility for making determinations on eliminating school personnel positions due to lack of need from county boards to the West Virginia Board of Education. The bill specifies that the authority to eliminate positions extends only to the positions themselves, not the individual employees. It mandates that county boards consider factors such as class sizes and input from school districts when deciding which positions to eliminate.

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Where it stands

Current
Finance Committee
Next
Committee decision

Sponsors

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1
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RRR
Democratic CaucusRepublican Caucus

Calendar

Feb 24

9:30 AM

Senate Education Committee Meeting

History

Feb 24

Senate

Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance

Feb 24

Senate

To Finance

Feb 21

Senate

Filed for introduction