West Virginia 2020 Regular Session Status: Passed House Of Delegates Bipartisan · 3 R · 1 D cosponsors

HB 4408 — Requiring the State Board of Education to develop and implement an online database for the employment of school principals

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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 2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House of Delegates” 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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What changed in the latest version

24 added · 19 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to Bill HB 4408 establishes an online database for job opportunities specifically for school principals and other administrative roles in West Virginia public schools. The updated language clarifies that this database will not only list openings for principals but also for other administrators and central office staff, making it a more comprehensive resource for job seekers in education. This change is important as it aims to streamline the hiring process and ensures that a wider range of educational leadership positions are accessible to qualified candidates.

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Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Introduced House Bill 4408 By Delegate Higginbotham, Toney, Hanna, Pushkin, Bibby, Jennings and C.
Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Committee Substitute for House Bill 4408 By Delegates Higginbotham, Toney, Hanna, Pushkin, Bibby, Jennings and C.
Martin [Introduced January 17, 2020;
Martin [Originating in the Committee on Education;
Referred to the Committee on Education] A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2-43, relating to requiring the State Board of Education to develop and implement an online database for the employment of school principals.
February 17, 2020.]   A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2-43, relating to requiring the State Board of Education to develop and implement an online database for the employment of school principals, other administrators and central office personnel.
Online database for school principals employment opportunities.
Online database of employment opportunities for school principals, other administrators and central office personnel.
(a) On or before January 1, 2021, the state board shall develop and implement an online database for employment openings for school principals in grades K-12.
(a) On or before January 1, 2021, the state board shall develop and implement an online database for employment openings for school principals, other administrators and central office personnel in the West Virginia public schools.
The purpose of this bill is to require the State Board of Education to develop and implement an online database for the employment of school principals.
The purpose of this bill is to require the State Board of Education to develop and implement an online database for the employment of school principals, other administrators and central office personnel.
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Action History

  1. To Education

  2. To Education

  3. Introduced in Senate

  4. Communicated to Senate

  5. Passed House (Roll No. 279)

  6. Read 3rd time

  7. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  8. Read 2nd time

  9. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  10. Read 1st time

  11. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  12. By substitute, do pass

  13. To House Education

  14. Introduced in House

  15. To Education

  16. Filed for introduction

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 6 co-sponsors · 145 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Higginbotham

Co-sponsors (6)

Not signed on (145)

145 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

PASSAGE

Passed 98 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 24001
Unaffiliated 69001
Democrat 5000
Total 98002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Espinosa — Yea
Kessinger — Yea
Rowan — Yea
Angelucci — Yea
Estep-Burton — Yea
Kump — Yea
Rowe — Yea
Atkinson — Yea
Evans — Yea
Lavender-Bowe — Yea
Shott — Yea
Barnhart — Yea
Fast — Yea
Linville — Yea
Skaff — Yea
Fleischauer — Yea
Longstreth — Yea
Sponaugle — Yea
Lovejoy — Yea
Staggers — Yea
Bates — Yea
Foster — Yea
Mandt — Yea
Steele — Yea
Bibby — Yea
Graves — Yea
Storch — Yea
Boggs — Yea
Hamrick — Yea
Summers — Yea
Brown, N. — Yea
Hanna — Yea
Maynard — Yea
Swartzmiller — Yea
Brown, S. — Yea
Sypolt — Yea
Hardy — Yea
Miley — Yea
Thompson, C. — Yea
Byrd — Yea
Hartman — Yea
Thompson, R. — Yea
Cadle — Yea
Hicks — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Tomblin — Yea
Higginbotham — Yea
Pack — Yea
Canestraro — Yea
Hill — Yea
Paynter — Yea
Walker — Yea
Capito — Yea
Pethtel — Yea
Waxman — Yea
Caputo — Yea
Phillips — Yea
Westfall — Yea
Householder — Yea
Porterfield — Yea
Cowles — Yea
Wilson — Yea
Pyles — Yea
Jeffries, J. — Yea
Zukoff — Yea
Diserio — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Doyle — Yea
Rodighiero — Yea
Little — Not Voting
Evan Hansen Democrat Yea
John Williams Democrat Yea
Mike Pushkin Democrat Yea
Sean Hornbuckle Democrat Yea
Shawn Fluharty Democrat Yea
Ben Queen Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Carl Martin Republican Yea
Christopher W. Toney Republican Yea
D. Rolland Jennings Republican Yea
Dean Jeffries Republican Yea
Evan Worrell Republican Yea
Gary G. Howell Republican Yea
George Miller Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Yea
Jeff Campbell Republican Yea
Jim Butler Republican Yea
Joe Ellington Republican Yea
John Paul Hott Republican Yea
Mark Dean Republican Yea
Matthew Rohrbach Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Not Voting
Pat McGeehan Republican Yea
Patrick Martin Republican Yea
Roger Hanshaw Republican Yea
Roy Cooper Republican Yea
T. Kevan Bartlett Republican Yea
Vernon Criss Republican Yea
William Anderson Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 4408?
HB 4408 is sponsored by Higginbotham, Christopher W. Toney (Republican), Hanna, Bibby, Carl Martin (Republican), Mike Pushkin (Democrat), and D. Rolland Jennings (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 4408?
This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House of Delegates” 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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