SB215

Creating WV Constitutional Schools Act of 2026

Introduced·1/14/26
Intr Text

West Virginia SB215 proposes the West Virginia Constitutional Schools Act of 2026, allowing districts to set their own education standards and.

West Virginia SB215, the West Virginia Constitutional Schools Act of 2026, allows school districts to set their own education standards and testing policies, aligning with their leadership, community priorities, and educational philosophy. Schools will remove mandatory state general summative assessments, replacing them with strategic testing methods. The county board of education will limit statewide testing to a statistical random sample for policy research and offer a range of testing services.

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Education Committee
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History

Jan 14

Senate

Filed for introduction

Jan 14

Senate

To Education then Finance

Jan 14

Senate

Introduced in Senate