West Virginia legislation · 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia HB5387: Relating to high school graduation requirements
Status: Introduced, February 10, 2026
What the bill says
To amend and reenact §18-2-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to high school graduation requirements; removing a mandatory stand-alone computer science graduation requirement; establishing a computer literacy proficiency requirement; restoring local flexibility; and preserving advanced computer science pathways. ARTICLE 2. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. §18-2-9. Required courses of instruction. (a) (1) In all public, private, parochial, and denominational schools located within this state there shall be given prior to the completion of the eighth grade at least one ye.
From the introduced text, February 10, 2026:
A BILL to amend and reenact §18-2-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to high school graduation requirements; removing a mandatory stand-alone computer science graduation requirement; establishing a computer literacy proficiency requirement; restoring local flexibility; and preserving advanced computer science pathways. ARTICLE 2. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. §18-2-9. Required courses of instruction. (a) (1) In all public, private, parochial, and denominational schools located within this state there shall be given prior to the completion of the eighth grade at least one year of instruction in the history of the State of West Virginia. The schools shall require regular courses of instruction by the completion of the 12th grade in the history of the United States, in civics, in the Constitution of the United States, and in the government of the State of West Virginia for the purpose of teaching, fostering, and perpetuating the ideals, principles, and spirit of political and economic democracy in America, and increasing the knowledge of the organization and machinery of the government of the United States and of the State of West Virginia. The required courses shall include instruction on the institutions and structure of American government, such as the separation of powers, the Electoral College, and federalism. The required courses shall include instruction that provides students an understanding of American political …