West Virginia 2025 Regular Session Status: In Committee 10 R cosponsors

HB 2475 — To provide a raise for special education aides, as well as a raise for self-contained special education teachers.

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    Passed House of Delegates
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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What changed in the latest version

28 added · 25 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of House Bill 2475 now ensures that all special education aides, classified as Aide II and Aide V, receive salaries equal to Early Childhood Classroom Assistant Teachers, along with an additional 5% raise for Aide V. Additionally, it specifies that all special education teachers in self-contained classrooms will get a 10% pay increase. These changes are important because they help improve compensation for special education personnel, which can enhance recruitment and retention in these critical roles, ultimately benefiting students with special needs.

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WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE FNOTEL REGULAR SESSION Introduced By Delegates Pritt, Clay, T.
CS for HB 2475 WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION Committee Substitute for House Bill 2475 By Delegates Pritt, Clay, T.
Clark, Stephens, Chiarelli, Brooks, Ferrell, Crouse, McCormick, and Drennan Introduced February 17, 2025;
Clark, Stephens, Chiarelli, Brooks, Ferrell, Crouse, McCormick, and Drennan [Reported March 19, 2025 in the Committee on Education, then to the Committee on Finance] CS for HB 2475 A BILL to amend and reenact §18A-2-2b of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended;
referred to the Committee on Education then Finance Intr HB 2025R1236 A BILL to amend and reenact §18A-2-2b of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended;
Intr HB 2025R1236 (3) No qualified applicants currently employed by the county are available and willing to fill the critical need position in the next ensuing school year;
1 CS for HB 2475 (3) No qualified applicants currently employed by the county are available and willing to fill the critical need position in the next ensuing school year;
(b) Nothing in this section prevents a county board from filling a posted vacancy in an established, existing or newly created position at any time in accordance with the other provisions Intr HB 2025R1236 of this chapter.
(b) Nothing in this section prevents a county board from filling a posted vacancy in an established, existing or newly created position at any time in accordance with the other provisions 2 CS for HB 2475 of this chapter.
Pay Increases for Special Education Aides (Aide V) and Special Education teachers in self-contained classrooms.
Pay Increases for Special Education Aides and Special Education teachers in self-contained classrooms.
(a) All personnel classified as "Aide V (Special Education Aide) shall be paid at the same grade as those personnel classified as "Early Childhood Classroom Assistant Teachers".
(a) All personnel classified as an “Aide II or “Aide V” in the special education self-contained classroom environment shall be paid at the same grade as those personnel classified as "Early Childhood Classroom Assistant Teachers".
In addition to the aforementioned salary matching, personnel classified as "Aide V (Special Education Aide" shall receive an additional 5% raise to this salary grade.
In addition to the aforementioned salary matching, personnel classified as “Aide II or "Aide V" in the self-contained special education classroom shall receive an additional 5% raise to this salary grade.
The purpose of this bill is to match the salaries of Aide V (Special Education Aides) with that of Early Childhood Classroom Assistant Teachers and then increasing that amount by 5% for the Aide V position;
The purpose of this bill is to match the salaries of Aide I, II, III, IV, V (Special Education Aides) with that of Early Childhood Classroom Assistant Teachers and then increasing that amount by 5% for the Aide V position;
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Action History

  1. To House Finance

  2. By substitute, do pass, but first to Finance

  3. Markup Discussion

  4. To House Education

  5. Introduced in House

  6. To Education then Finance

  7. Filed for introduction

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1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 142 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (9)

Not signed on (142)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 2475?
HB 2475 is sponsored by Vacant1 (Republican), Marshall W. Clay (Republican), Jeffrey Stephens (Republican), Geno Chiarelli (Republican), Eric Brooks (Republican), Dana Ferrell (Republican), David McCormick (Republican), Sarah Drennan (Republican), Kathie Hess Crouse (Republican), and Wayne Clark (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 2475?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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