West Virginia Senate Bill 394 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 22 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-02-24 - Senator Unger requests to be removed as sponsor of bill
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to authorize certain schools to grant applied associate of science degrees that target workforce needs; require the West Virginia State Board of Education to promulgate rules setting the minimum standards for granting applied associate of science degrees that target workforce needs; and limit the schools that grant applied associate of science degrees that target workforce needs to vocational technical schools which are accredited by the appropriate nationally recognized accrediting agency or association approved by the United States Department of Education.

Relating generally to applied associate of science degrees targeting workforce needs

Sen. Robert Plymale [D]

Sen. Michael Maroney [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-24	Senate	Senator Unger requests to be removed as sponsor of bill
2017-02-22	Senate	To Education
2017-02-22	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2017-02-22	Senate	To Education
2017-02-22	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB2886 (Similar To) 2017-03-09 - To House Education
HB2997 (Similar To) 2017-03-14 - To House Education

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	6	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=394&year=2017&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb394%20intr.htm&yr=2017&sesstype=RS&i=394