WV HB140 | 2019 | 1st Special Session

West Virginia House Bill 140 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on May 20 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-20 - To House Select Committee on Education Reform A
Pending: House Select Committee on Education A Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

10.0pt;color:windowtext'>The purpose of this bill is to encourage additional teachers to teach in critical needs areas of math, science and special education by authorizing bonuses. The bill would increase the state minimum salary of special education teachers and teachers of mathematics and computer science in grades 7 through 12 by $2,000. The teacher must be fully certified with the appropriate programmatic level and specialization recognized on his or her professional license.Â

Title

Providing a bonus for teachers willing to teach in certain critical needs areas

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-20	House	To House Select Committee on Education Reform A
2019-05-20	House	Introduced in House
2019-05-20	House	To Select Committee on Education Reform A
2019-05-20	House	Filed for introduction

Subjects

Education (K12)

Code Citations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18A	2	2b	New Code	See Bill Text
18A	4	2	Amended Code	Citation Text

West Virginia State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=140&year=2019&sessiontype=1X&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb140%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=1X&i=140