HB 2777 — Relating to removing requirements to submit certain evidence on behalf of home-schooled children

CS for CS for HB 2777 WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION ENGROSSED Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for House Bill 2777 By Delegates Crouse, Burkhammer, White, Petitto, Lucas, Hornby, D.

referred to the Committee on Education] Eng CS for CS for HB 2777 A BILL to amend and reenact §18-8-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to compulsory school attendance;

(1) The instruction shall be in the home of the child or children or at some other place approved by the county board and for a time equal to the instructional term set forth in §18-5-45 of Eng CS for CS for HB 2777 this code.

(A) Upon commencing home instruction under this section the parent of a child receiving home instruction shall present to the county state superintendent or county state board a notice of Eng CS for CS for HB 2777 intent to provide home instruction that includes the name, address, and age of any child of compulsory school age to be instructed and assurance that the child shall receive instruction in reading, language, mathematics, science, and social studies, and that the child shall be assessed annually in accordance with this subdivision.

(v) Identify children that will participate in a school choice option through a Notice of Intent Eng CS for CS for HB 2777 (vi) Submit and archive all required reports:

(i) The child receiving home instruction takes a nationally normed standardized achievement test published or normed not more than 10 years from the date of administration and Eng CS for CS for HB 2777 administered under the conditions as set forth by the published instructions of the selected test and by a person qualified in accordance with the test's published guidelines.

In the event that the child does not achieve acceptable progress for a second Eng CS for CS for HB 2777 consecutive year, the person or persons providing instruction shall document submit to the county superintendent additional evidence that appropriate instruction is being provided.

Eng CS for CS for HB 2777 (g) A child is exempt from the compulsory school attendance requirement set forth in §18- 8-1a of this code if the child is granted a work permit pursuant to the subsection.

Eng CS for CS for HB 2777 (k) A child is exempt from the compulsory school attendance requirement set forth in §18- 8-1a of this code if the requirements of this subsection, relating to alternative private, parochial, church, or religious school instruction, are met.

Eng CS for CS for HB 2777 (A) "Learning pod" means a voluntary association of parents choosing to group their CS for CS for HB 2777 children together to participate in their elementary or secondary academic studies as an alternative to enrolling in a public school, private school, homeschool, or microschool, including participation in an activity or service provided to the children in exchange for payment;

Eng CS for CS for HB 2777 (B) Upon receiving an NOI indicating that a child is participating in a learning pod or microschool, the state superintendent or state board must notify the learning pod or microschool listed on the NOI that a student has declared enrollment in their program.

CS for CS for HB 2777 (3) The person or persons providing instruction shall submit satisfactory evidence of a high school diploma or equivalent, or a post-secondary degree or certificate from a regionally accredited institution, or from an institution of higher education that has been authorized to confer a post-secondary degree or certificate in West Virginia by the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education or by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission.

(C) A portfolio of samples of the child's work is reviewed by a certified teacher who determines whether the child's academic progress for the year is in accordance with the child's abilities. The teacher shall provide a written narrative about the child's progress in the areas of reading, language, mathematics, science, and social studies and shall note any areas which, in Eng CS for CS for HB 2777 the professional opinion of the reviewer, show need for improvement or remediation.

or CS for CS for HB 2777 (D) The child completes an alternative academic assessment of proficiency that is mutually agreed upon by the parent or legal guardian and the county state superintendent.

Eng CS for CS for HB 2777 (8) No learning pod or microschool which meets the requirements of this subsection is subject to any other provision of law relating to education:

Provided, That any learning pod or microschool which has a student requiring special education instruction must comply with the CS for CS for HB 2777 provisions of §18-20-11 of this code, including, but not limited to, placement of video cameras for the protection of that exceptional student.

NOTE:

The purpose of this bill is to remove requirements to submit certain evidence on behalf of home-schooled children.

It also deals with compulsory school attendance.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.