West Virginia legislation · 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia HB5435: The purpose of this bill is to increase funding for rural counties in this state by adding a multiplier to the IEP calculation.
Status: Introduced, February 11, 2026
What the bill says
To amend and reenact §18-9A-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend the code by adding a new section, designated §18-9A-2a, relating to increasing funding for rural county school systems in this state. 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).
From the introduced text, February 11, 2026:
A BILL to amend and reenact §18-9A-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend the code by adding a new section, designated §18-9A-2a, relating to increasing funding for rural county school systems in this state. 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 duty is as that of a classroom teacher, librarian, attendance director, or school psychologist. A professional educator having both instructional and administrative or other duties shall be included as professional instructional personnel for that ratio of the school day for which he or she is assigned and serves on a regular full-time basis in appropriate instruction, library, attendance, or psychologist duties. (f) "Professional student support personnel" means a "teacher" as defined in §18-1-1 of this code who is assigned and serves on a regular full-time basis as …