West Virginia 2026 Session Status: Introduced Bipartisan · 1 R · 1 D cosponsors

HB 5412 — Future Ready Education Act

Last action — Senate requests House to concur

  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House of Delegates
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2026 Session. It reached “Introduced” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Future Ready Education Act

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

3 added · 1 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Bill HB 5412 adds a new section focused on protecting vocational education agriculture programs in schools. It states that these programs should be offered to all students annually so they can learn about the benefits of agriculture, but allows county boards to skip offering them if certain conditions make it impractical. This change is important because it promotes awareness of agricultural education while also considering the specific needs and resources of different counties.

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HB5412 SFAT GRADY #3 3-14Hager  7871 Senator Grady moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:Eng.
HB5412 SFA GRADY #3 3-14Hager  7871 Senator Grady moved to amend the bill on page 3, after line 34, by inserting the following:
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ARTICLE 5.
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COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
for Com.
§18-5-55.
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 Protection of vocational education agriculture programs.(a) The Legislature finds that agriculture offers many benefits to the state and its individual citizens such as enhanced self-sufficiency, additional food security, contributions to the economy, and the enjoyment and satisfaction that can be experienced from various forms of agriculture.(b) Vocational education agriculture programs shall be offered to all students yearly to ensure students are aware of the benefits of agricultural programs and to gauge student interest:
for House Bill 5412—A Bill to amend and reenact §11-8-26 and §18-2E-12 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended;
Provided, That a county board may choose not to offer an agricultural program only if it is not viable.
to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-5-55;
For the purposes of this section viability means, any or all, of the following:(1) Having access to a certified teacher;
and to amend the code by adding a new section, designated  §18A-3-13, all relating to facilitating the modernization of educational programs and technologies that can prepare students for future workforce needs;
(2) Meeting workforce need;(3) Student interest and enrollment trends;(4) Access to appropriate and necessary funding;
authorizing multi-year contracts by local fiscal bodies to procure technology licensing service agreements;
and(5) Access to appropriate and necessary facilities.    AdoptedRejected
requiring maintaining documentation regarding the fiscal savings from authorized multi-year contract;
extending the Mountain State Digital Project to include all of grades K-12;
expanding the types of resources that schools participating in the project are to receive and the curriculum the resources must feature;
requiring vocational education agriculture programs to be offered to all students yearly to ensure students are aware of the benefits of agricultural programs and to gauge student interest;
allowing a county board to choose not to offer an agricultural program only if it is not viable;
defining viable;
providing that not later than the 2028-2029 school year, each kindergarten through fifth grade classroom teacher providing literacy instruction shall have received the training in the science of reading;
establishing training parameters and time frames;
requiring the receipt of a certificate of completion of the science of reading upon successful completion of training;
allowing for provision of accommodations for certain counties;
and allowing public charter school educators to voluntarily participate in the training.   AdoptedRejected
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Action History

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. To Education then Finance

  3. Introduced in House

  4. To House Education

  5. Markup Discussion

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

  7. To House Finance

  8. By substitute, do pass

  9. Without recommendation

  10. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  11. Read 1st time

  12. Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 342)

  13. Read 2nd time

  14. Amendment reported by the Clerk

  15. Amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  16. Read 3rd time

  17. Passed House (Roll No. 343)

  18. Communicated to Senate

  19. Introduced in Senate

  20. To Finance

  21. To Finance

  22. Reported do pass, with amendment

  23. Immediate consideration

  24. Read 1st time

  25. On 2nd reading

  26. Read 2nd time

  27. Committee amendment reported

  28. Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  29. Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)

  30. On 3rd reading

  31. Read 3rd time

  32. Unanimous consent to amend on 3rd reading

  33. Amended on 3rd reading (Voice vote)

  34. Passed Senate (Roll No. 698)

  35. Title amendment adopted

  36. Senate requests House to concur

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 150 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (150)

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Votes

Roll Call

Passed 33 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 28001
Democrat 4000
Unaffiliated 1000
Total 33001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (34)
Member Party Vote
MR PRESIDENT — Yea
Anitra Hamilton Democrat Yea
Mike Woelfel Democrat Yea
Mike Woelfel Democrat Yea
Rick Garcia Democrat Yea
Ben Queen Republican Yea
Carl Martin Republican Yea
Chris Phillips Republican Yea
Chris Rose Republican Yea
Chris Rose Republican Yea
Dean Jeffries Republican Yea
Eric Tarr Republican Yea
Eric Tarr Republican Yea
Glenn Jeffries Republican Yea
Jack Woodrum Republican Yea
Jack Woodrum Republican Yea
Jay Taylor Republican Yea
Jimmy Willis Republican Yea
Mark R. Maynard Republican Not Voting
Mike Oliverio Republican Yea
Patricia Rucker Republican Yea
Patricia Rucker Republican Yea
Robbie Morris Republican Yea
Rollan A. Roberts Republican Yea
Rollan A. Roberts Republican Yea
Rupie Phillips Republican Yea
Rupie Phillips Republican Yea
Ryan Weld Republican Yea
Ryan Weld Republican Yea
Tom Takubo Republican Yea
Tom Takubo Republican Yea
Tom Willis Republican Yea
Trenton Barnhart Republican Yea
Trenton Barnhart Republican Yea

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Subjects

education
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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 5412 do?
Future Ready Education Act
Who sponsors HB 5412?
HB 5412 is sponsored by Roger Hanshaw (Republican) and Sean Hornbuckle (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 5412?
This bill died with 2026 Session. It reached “Introduced” 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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