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HB5048 • 2026
To ensure virtual instruction for foster students while in temporary placement facilities.
To ensure virtual instruction for foster students while in temporary placement facilities.
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This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.
Amendments
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Plain English: HB5048 HFA Crouse 2-27 #1 Kidd 4753 Delegate Crouse moves to amend House Bill 5048 on page 1, line 18, following the end of the sentence by adding a new subsection (g) to read as follows: (g) A foster child may utilize virtual charter schools to satisfy virtual learning as otherwise provided for in this section.
- HB5048 HFA Crouse 2-27 #1 Kidd 4753 Delegate Crouse moves to amend House Bill 5048 on page 1, line 18, following the end of the sentence by adding a new subsection (g) to read as follows: (g) A foster child may utilize virtual charter schools to satisfy virtual learning as otherwise provided for in this section.
- Adopted Rejected
- This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
Plain English: HB5048 SFAT Rucker #1 3-6 Alder 4754 Senator Rucker moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows: Eng.
- HB5048 SFAT Rucker #1 3-6 Alder 4754 Senator Rucker moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows: Eng.
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- for House Bill 5048 — A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new article, designated §5B-1C-1 and §5B-1C-2, relating to requiring the Secretary of Commerce to participate in the federal tax credit scholarship program and identify qualified scholarship organizations and schools; and providing an enacting date.
- This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
Bill History
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2026-04-01
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Approved by Governor 4/1/2026
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2026-03-25
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To Governor 3/25/2026
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2026-03-14
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Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal
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2026-03-14
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Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal
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2026-03-14
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To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal
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2026-03-14
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House Message received
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2026-03-14
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Completed legislative action
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2026-03-14
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Communicated to Senate
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2026-03-14
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House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 673)
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2026-03-14
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House received Senate message
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2026-03-13
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Senate requests House to concur
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2026-03-13
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Passed Senate (Roll No. 554)
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2026-03-13
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Read 3rd time
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2026-03-13
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On 3rd reading
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2026-03-12
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Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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2026-03-12
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Read 2nd time
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2026-03-12
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On 2nd reading
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2026-03-11
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Read 1st time
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2026-03-11
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Immediate consideration
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2026-03-11
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Reported do pass, with amendment
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2026-03-04
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To School Choice
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2026-03-04
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To School Choice
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2026-03-04
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Introduced in Senate
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2026-03-02
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Communicated to Senate
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2026-03-02
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Passed House (Roll No. 239)
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2026-03-02
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Read 3rd time
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2026-03-02
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On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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2026-02-27
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Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
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2026-02-27
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Amendment reported by the Clerk
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2026-02-27
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Read 2nd time
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2026-02-27
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On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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2026-02-26
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Read 1st time
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2026-02-26
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On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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2026-02-25
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Do pass
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2026-02-23
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Markup Discussion
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2026-02-02
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To House Education
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2026-02-02
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Introduced in House
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2026-02-02
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To Education
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2026-02-02
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Filed for introduction
Official Summary Text
To ensure virtual instruction for foster students while in temporary placement facilities.
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WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2026
REGULAR SESSION
ENROLLED
House Bill 5048
By Delegates Moore, Kimble, D. Cannon, Coop-Gonzalez, Chiarelli, Browning, Kyle, Mazzocchi, Drennan, Rohrbach, and Dittman
[Passed March 14, 2026; in effect 90 days from passage (June 12, 2026)]
AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §49-2-125a, relating to ensuring that foster children awaiting residential placement shall continue to receive education through virtual learning.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 2. STATE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CHILDREN.
§49-2-125a. Right to education for residential placement of foster children.
(a) When a foster child is in the process of residential placement, the foster child shall continue to receive his or her education through virtual learning while the foster child is awaiting placement with a foster family.
(b) Virtual learning shall be done through the county where the foster student was last enrolled, and if this is not possible, then the virtual learning shall occur in the county where the foster child currently resides while awaiting residential placement:
Provided
, That if neither county has the capability for virtual learning, then a public charter virtual school or the closest available county with virtual learning capability shall be the county used by the foster student.
(c) Virtual learning shall take place in accordance with the provisions of §18-5F-1
et seq.
or §18-5G-1,
et seq.
of this code.
(d) The individual, group, or organization responsible for the foster child while the child is awaiting residential placement shall receive information technology ("IT") training from West Virginia Department of Education for purposes of ensuring the foster child shall receive virtual learning. This training shall include education in every step needed for the student to be able to log in and participate in the virtual courses the foster child is enrolled in. This training shall be at the expense of the West Virginia Department of Education.
(e) The virtual instruction for the child awaiting residential placement shall occur no more than three days after the child is in the temporary care of the individual, group, or organization.
(f) Once the foster child is placed with a foster family, the virtual learning information and educational enrollment information received from the child shall be provided to both the foster family and to the new county where the student is enrolled.
The Clerk of the House of Delegates and the Clerk of the Senate hereby certify that the foregoing bill is correctly enrolled.
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Day of ..........................................................................................................., 2026.
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