West Virginia legislation · 2025 Regular Session
West Virginia HB2777: Relating to removing requirements to submit certain evidence on behalf of home-schooled children
Status: Passed one chamber, April 1, 2025
The purpose of this bill is to remove requirements to submit certain evidence on behalf of home-schooled children. It also deals with compulsory school attendance.
What the bill says
To amend and reenact §18-8-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to compulsory school attendance; removing requirements to submit certain evidence on behalf of home-schooled children; and providing for exemptions. ARTICLE 8. COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE. §18-8-1. Compulsory school attendance; exemptions. (a) Exemption from the requirements of compulsory public school attendance established in §18-8-1a of this code shall be made on behalf of any child for the causes or conditions set forth in this section. Each cause or condition set forth in this section is subject.
From the introduced text, February 21, 2025:
A BILL to amend and reenact §18-8-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to compulsory school attendance; removing requirements to submit certain evidence on behalf of home-schooled children; and providing for exemptions. ARTICLE 8. COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE. §18-8-1. Compulsory school attendance; exemptions. (a) Exemption from the requirements of compulsory public school attendance established in §18-8-1a of this code shall be made on behalf of any child for the causes or conditions set forth in this section. Each cause or condition set forth in this section is subject to confirmation by the attendance authority of the county. A child who is exempt from compulsory school attendance under this section is not subject to prosecution under §18-8-2 of this code, nor is such a child a status offender as defined by §49-1-202 of this code. (b) A child is exempt from the compulsory school attendance requirement set forth in §18-8-1a of this code if the requirements of this subsection, relating to instruction in a private, parochial, or other approved school, are met. The instruction shall be in a school approved by the county board and for a time equal to the instructional term set forth in §18-5-45 of this code. In all private, parochial, or other schools approved pursuant to this subsection, it is the duty of the …