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- W. Va. Code § 18-2-1 · Creation; composition; appointment, qualifications, terms, and removal of members; offices.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-2 · §18-2-2.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-3 · Meetings; compensation and expenses of members.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-4 · Organization; appointment, compensation and duties of secretary.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-5 · Powers and duties generally; specific powers and duties for alternatives that improve student learning.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-5a · Board rules to be filed with Legislature.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-5b · Medicaid-eligible children; school health services advisory committee.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-5c · Birth certificate required upon admission to public school; required notice to local law-enforcement agency of missing children.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-5d · Duty of board to report guidelines for productive and safe schools.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-5e · Higher education participation in development and use of public education assessments.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-5f · Use of student social security numbers.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-5g · §18-2-5g
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-5h · Student Data Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-6 · Classification and standardization of schools; standards for degrees and diplomas; certificates of proficiency; establishment of alternative education programs.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-6a · Sale of healthy beverages and soft drinks in schools.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-6b · General Educational Development (GED) diploma; legislative findings and intent; examination costs; testing materials and procedures; report required.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-6c · §18-2-6c.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-7 · Courses of study; language of instruction.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-7a · Legislative findings; required physical education; program in physical fitness.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-7b · Programs in drug prevention and violence reduction.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-7c · Program in personal finance.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-7d · Program in workforce preparedness.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-7e · Business and community partnerships for improving student engagement and preparation; roles of school district leadership and local school improvement councils; future-ready graduate profile.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-7f · Alternative educational opportunities for elective course credit.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-7g · Youth Apprenticeship Program.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-8 · Course of study in fire prevention.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-8a · Hunter safety orientation program.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-8b · West Virginia Remembers Program; rulemaking.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-9 · Required courses of instruction.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-9a · Elective courses of instruction on the Bible.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-9b · Equal Treatment in Primary and Secondary Education Act of 2025.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-10 · Certificates and awards.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-11 · Sabbatical leaves for teachers and certain aides.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-12 · Computer science courses of instruction; learning standards; state board plan development.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-13 · Character education integration.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-13a · Control of property and business affairs of state educational institutions.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-13b · Additional authority of state Board of Education concerning revenue bonds for dormitories, homes or refectories.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-13c · Payroll deductions for employees' participation in group insurance plans.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-13d · Marshall University.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-13e · Transfer of property for the use of Marshall University.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-13f · Responsibility for administration and provision of educational services in state correctional institutions.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-13g · Procedure for contracting with insurers; licensing of insurer; exemption of certain insurers from premium and annuity taxes.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-13h · Provision of educational services for school-age juveniles placed in residential facilities for custody and treatment.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-14 · Reports by state Board of Education, state commissioner of public institutions, and chief officers of state educational institutions to Auditor.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-15 · §18-2-15.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-15a · §18-2-15a.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-16 · Establishment and operation of state camp and conference center; rental thereof; expenditures; gifts and donations; county court may erect and equip buildings.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-16a · Construction of buildings and recreational facilities at state camp and conference center; charges for use; financing by revenue bonds or notes permissible; trustee for holders of bonds or notes; contents of trust agreement.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-16b · State camp and conference center; property transferred; powers and duties of Commissioner of Agriculture.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-17 · §18-2-17.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-18 · §18-2-18.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-19 · §18-2-19.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-20 · §18-2-20.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-21 · §18-2-21.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-22 · §18-2-22.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-23 · §18-2-23.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-23a · §18-2-23a.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-24 · Collaboration of state institutions of higher education having a teacher preparation program with the Center for Professional Development, state board and the regional education service agencies.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-25 · Authority of county boards to regulate athletic and other extracurricular activities of secondary schools; delegation of authority to West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission; authority of commission; approval of rules by state board; incorporation; funds; participation by private and parochial schools and by home-schooled students and participants in the Hope Scholarship Program or in a Microschool or Learning Pod.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-25a · Management of concussions and head injuries in athletics at West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission member high school or middle school.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-25b · Emergency action plans for athletics.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-25c · Defibrillator required at certain events.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-25d · Clarifying participation for sports events to be based on biological sex of the athlete at birth.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-25e · Athletic eligibility of transfer students.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-26 · Abolishment and transition of regional education service agencies.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-26a · §18-2-26a
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-27 · Authority to contract for programs, services and facilities.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-28 · §18-2-28.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-29 · Competitive grant program for selected schools and school districts.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-30 · §18-2-30.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-31 · §18-2-31.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-32 · Posthumous high school diplomas.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-33 · Rules for antihazing.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-34 · High school diplomas for surviving veterans of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam Conflict.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-35 · Dress codes requiring school uniforms for students.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-36 · Framework for initiating comprehensive transformation of school leadership.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-37 · §18-2-37.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-38 · §18-2-38.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-39 · College and career readiness initiative.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-40 · Suicide prevention awareness training; dissemination of information.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-40a · Education on and prevention of self-harm behavior and eating disorders.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-40b · Dissemination of information on suicide prevention.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-41 · Education and Prevention of the Sexual Abuse of Children.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-42 · Providing career and technical education program information to students and parents; transcript of post-secondary credit; career technical education student participation in graduation ceremony.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-43 · Addressing disciplinary action in West Virginia schools.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-44 · Safety While Accessing Technology education program; annual instruction required.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-45 · Patriotic societies; opportunity to speak and recruit at public schools.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-46 · Requiring the Legislative Auditor to conduct periodic performance audits of the West Virginia Department of Education.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-47 · Limitation on cell phones in classrooms; rule-making.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2-48 · Air rifles and rimfire rifles permitted for school teams.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2A-1 · Definition; adoption groups; adoption schedule.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2A-2 · Request for samples and bids; deposit by bidder; selection, approval and publication of multiple list.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2A-3 · Disposition of and requests for samples.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2A-4 · Execution of contracts; bond.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2A-5 · Selection by county boards; school curriculum teams.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2A-6 · Retail prices; limitation on profit; violation; penalty.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2A-7 · Exchange privilege; use of supplementary items; state-approved depositories authorized.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2A-8 · Instructional resources must be approved and listed; when changes may be effected; rules.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2A-9 · Gifts and bribes to influence adoption of instructional resources a felony; penalty.
- W. Va. Code § 18-2A-10 · Transition to system of instructional resources adoption at county board level.