West Virginia legislation · 2025 Regular Session
West Virginia HB3313: Providing more opportunities for high school students in community colleges
Status: Passed both chambers, April 25, 2025
The purpose of this bill is to drop the barriers between high schools and community colleges to ensure career readiness upon graduation from high school. The bill also adds Braxton County High School as an eligible institution in the program.
What the bill says
An act to amend and reenact §18B-3C-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to community and technical college/career and technical education consortia planning districts; adding Braxton County High School as a participating institution in the Southeastern District; and providing for partnerships outside designated region under certain conditions. ARTICLE 3C. COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM. §18B-3C-4. Community and technical college/career and technical education consortia planning districts. (a) Unless otherwise designated, the presidents of the community and te.
From the enrolled text, April 7, 2025:
AN ACT to amend and reenact §18B-3C-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to community and technical college/career and technical education consortia planning districts; adding Braxton County High School as a participating institution in the Southeastern District; and providing for partnerships outside designated region under certain conditions. ARTICLE 3C. COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM. §18B-3C-4. Community and technical college/career and technical education consortia planning districts. (a) Unless otherwise designated, the presidents of the community and technical colleges facilitate formation of community and technical college/career and technical education consortia in the state. Each consortium includes representatives of community and technical colleges, public career and technical education centers and state baccalaureate institutions offering associate degrees. The consortium is responsible for carrying out the following (2) Coordinating efforts with regional labor market information systems to identify the ongoing needs of business and industry, both current and projected, and to provide information to assist in an informed program of planning and decision-making. The priority of each consortium is to identify the high-demand, high-wage occupations within the service district and, in conjunction with the public schools, develop integrated secondary and post-secondary programs of study that lead to an industry-recognized credential, a certificate of applied science degree or an associate degree; (3) Developing integrated secondary and post-secondary programs of study that …