West Virginia legislation · 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia SB1080: Requiring amount of reduction of state aid be appropriated in support of certain low-enrollment county school districts
Status: In committee, February 24, 2026
What the bill says
To amend and reenact §18-9A-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-9A-13, relating to requiring the amount of any reduction in state aid from the previous fiscal year to be appropriated to the West Virginia Department of Education for the support of the 10 lowest enrollment county school districts that have a maximum excess levy in effect and extremely remote schools in a county school district with a maximum excess levy in effect; providing for proportional distribution based on the number of certain grad.
From the introduced text, February 24, 2026:
A BILL to amend and reenact §18-9A-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-9A-13, relating to requiring the amount of any reduction in state aid from the previous fiscal year to be appropriated to the West Virginia Department of Education for the support of the 10 lowest enrollment county school districts that have a maximum excess levy in effect and extremely remote schools in a county school district with a maximum excess levy in effect; providing for proportional distribution based on the number of certain grades kindergarten through five students; requiring a student be counted twice for the purposes of calculating the amounts of the distributions in certain instance; and defining terms. ARTICLE 9A. PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPORT. §18-9A-2. Definitions. For the purpose of this article: (a) "State board" means the West Virginia Board of Education. (b) "County board" or "board" means a county board of education. (c) "Professional salaries" means the state legally mandated salaries of the professional educators as provided in §18A-4-1 et seq. of this code. (d) "Professional educator" shall be synonymous with and shall have the same meaning as "teacher" as defined in §18-1-1 of this code and includes technology integration specialists. (e) "Professional instructional personnel" means a professional educator whose regular …