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HB5537 HFA Ellington 3-14
White 3336
Delegate Ellington moved to amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting, in lieu thereof, the following:
CHAPTER 18.
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HB5537 HFA Ellington 3-14
White 3336
Delegate Ellington moved to amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting, in lieu thereof, the following:
CHAPTER 18.
- EDUCATION
ARTICLE 2I.
- professional DEVELOPMENT.
- §18-2I-1.
- This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
Plain English:
HB5537 HFA Ellington 3-14
White 3336
Delegate Ellington moved to amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting, in lieu thereof, the following:
CHAPTER 18.
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HB5537 HFA Ellington 3-14
White 3336
Delegate Ellington moved to amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting, in lieu thereof, the following:
CHAPTER 18.
- EDUCATION
ARTICLE 2I.
- professional DEVELOPMENT.
- §18-2I-1.
- This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
Plain English:
HB5537 HFA Anders 3-14 #1
Kidd 4753
Delegate Anders moved to amend the Senate amendment on page 1, by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
arTicle 8.
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HB5537 HFA Anders 3-14 #1
Kidd 4753
Delegate Anders moved to amend the Senate amendment on page 1, by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
arTicle 8.
- compulsory school attendance.
- §18-8-1
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- Compulsory school attendance; exemptions.
- This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
Plain English:
HB5537 HFA Burkhammer 3-14 #1
CR 3338
Delegate Burkhammer moved to amend the amendment on page 1, by striking section 34 in its entirety and inserting a new section 34 to read as follow:
“§18-5-34.
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HB5537 HFA Burkhammer 3-14 #1
CR 3338
Delegate Burkhammer moved to amend the amendment on page 1, by striking section 34 in its entirety and inserting a new section 34 to read as follow:
“§18-5-34.
- Other authority and duties of district boards
County superintendent requirement related to mandatory reporting of abuse or neglect.
- (a) In addition to any other requirements for mandated reporting, a county superintendent shall report directly to the Department of Human Services’ Centralized Intake the suspected abuse or neglect of a child who is currently enrolled in a public school, by the child’s custodial parent, guardian, or caregiver, when there is imminent danger to the physical well-being of the child, and the child’s custodial parent, guardian, or caregiver is transferring or withdrawing the child from school.
- Such report made by the county superintendent may not be screened out by Centralized Intake, and Child Protective Services shall investigate the report within 24 hours of receiving the report.
- This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
Plain English:
HB5537 HFA Burkhammer 3-14 #1
CR 3338
Delegate Burkhammer moved to amend the amendment on page 1, by striking section 34 in its entirety and inserting a new section 34 to read as follow:
“§18-5-34.
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HB5537 HFA Burkhammer 3-14 #1
CR 3338
Delegate Burkhammer moved to amend the amendment on page 1, by striking section 34 in its entirety and inserting a new section 34 to read as follow:
“§18-5-34.
- Other authority and duties of district boards
County superintendent requirement related to mandatory reporting of abuse or neglect.
- (a) In addition to any other requirements for mandated reporting, a county superintendent shall report directly to the Department of Human Services’ Centralized Intake the suspected abuse or neglect of a child who is currently enrolled in a public school, by the child’s custodial parent, guardian, or caregiver, when there is imminent danger to the physical well-being of the child, and the child’s custodial parent, guardian, or caregiver is transferring or withdrawing the child from school.
- Such report made by the county superintendent may not be screened out by Centralized Intake, and Child Protective Services shall investigate the report within 24 hours of receiving the report.
- This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
Plain English:
HB5537 HFA Burkhammer 3-14 #1
CR 3338
Delegate Burkhammer moved to amend the amendment on page 1, by striking section 34 in its entirety and inserting a new section 34 to read as follow:
“§18-5-34.
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HB5537 HFA Burkhammer 3-14 #1
CR 3338
Delegate Burkhammer moved to amend the amendment on page 1, by striking section 34 in its entirety and inserting a new section 34 to read as follow:
“§18-5-34.
- Other authority and duties of district boards
County superintendent requirement related to mandatory reporting of abuse or neglect.
- (a) In addition to any other requirements for mandated reporting, a county superintendent shall report directly to the Department of Human Services’ Centralized Intake the suspected abuse or neglect of a child who is currently enrolled in a public school, by the child’s custodial parent, guardian, or caregiver, when there is imminent danger to the physical well-being of the child, and the child’s custodial parent, guardian, or caregiver is transferring or withdrawing the child from school.
- Such report made by the county superintendent may not be screened out by Centralized Intake, and Child Protective Services shall investigate the report within 24 hours of receiving the report.
- This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
Plain English:
HB5537 HFA Dillon 3-14 #1
Kidd 4753
Delegate Dillon moved to amend the Senate amendment on page 1, by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
§1.
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HB5537 HFA Dillon 3-14 #1
Kidd 4753
Delegate Dillon moved to amend the Senate amendment on page 1, by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
§1.
- Repeal of section related to School Buildings as Child Care Facilities.
- That §18-5-26 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, is repealed.
- §18-5-34.
- This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
Plain English:
HB5537 HFA Kimble 3-14 #1
Kidd 4753
Delegate Kimble moved to amend the Senate amendment on page 1, section 34, line 3, by striking lines 3 through 25 in their entirety, inserting in lieu thereof the following, and renumbering the remaining subsection accordingly:
(a) All reports of imminent danger of a child made by school personnel to Child Protective Services shall be immediately investigated.
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HB5537 HFA Kimble 3-14 #1
Kidd 4753
Delegate Kimble moved to amend the Senate amendment on page 1, section 34, line 3, by striking lines 3 through 25 in their entirety, inserting in lieu thereof the following, and renumbering the remaining subsection accordingly:
(a) All reports of imminent danger of a child made by school personnel to Child Protective Services shall be immediately investigated.
- The Department will inform the Superintendent of the status of the investigation within three days of the initial report.
- (b) All reports made by law enforcement to Child Protective Services shall be investigated immediately.
- The Department will inform the status of the investigation to the reporting law enforcement officer within three days of the initial report.
- This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
Plain English:
HB5537 HFA Kimble 3-14 #1
Kidd 4753
Delegate Kimble moved to amend the Senate amendment on page 1, section 34, line 3, by striking lines 3 through 25 in their entirety, inserting in lieu thereof the following, and renumbering the remaining subsection accordingly:
(a) All reports of imminent danger of a child made by school personnel to Child Protective Services shall be immediately investigated.
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HB5537 HFA Kimble 3-14 #1
Kidd 4753
Delegate Kimble moved to amend the Senate amendment on page 1, section 34, line 3, by striking lines 3 through 25 in their entirety, inserting in lieu thereof the following, and renumbering the remaining subsection accordingly:
(a) All reports of imminent danger of a child made by school personnel to Child Protective Services shall be immediately investigated.
- The Department will inform the Superintendent of the status of the investigation within three days of the initial report.
- (b) All reports made by law enforcement to Child Protective Services shall be investigated immediately.
- The Department will inform the status of the investigation to the reporting law enforcement officer within three days of the initial report.
- This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
Plain English:
HB5537 HFA Kimble 3-14 #2
Baker 3228
Delegate Kimble moved to amend the amendment on page 1, by striking section 34 in its entirety and inserting a new section 34 to read as follows:
“§18-5-34.
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HB5537 HFA Kimble 3-14 #2
Baker 3228
Delegate Kimble moved to amend the amendment on page 1, by striking section 34 in its entirety and inserting a new section 34 to read as follows:
“§18-5-34.
- Other authority and duties of district boards
County superintendent requirement related to mandatory reporting of abuse or neglect.
- (a) In addition to any other requirements for mandated reporting, a county superintendent shall report directly to the Department of Human Services’ Centralized Intake the suspected abuse or neglect of a child who is currently enrolled in a public school, by the child’s custodial parent, guardian, or caregiver, when there is imminent danger to the physical well-being of the child.
- Such report made by the county superintendent may not be screened out by Centralized Intake, and Child Protective Services shall investigate the report within 24 hours of receiving the report.
- This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
Plain English:
HB5537 HFA Kimble 3-14 #2
Baker 3228
Delegate Kimble moved to amend the amendment on page 1, by striking section 34 in its entirety and inserting a new section 34 to read as follows:
“§18-5-34.
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HB5537 HFA Kimble 3-14 #2
Baker 3228
Delegate Kimble moved to amend the amendment on page 1, by striking section 34 in its entirety and inserting a new section 34 to read as follows:
“§18-5-34.
- Other authority and duties of district boards
County superintendent requirement related to mandatory reporting of abuse or neglect.
- (a) In addition to any other requirements for mandated reporting, a county superintendent shall report directly to the Department of Human Services’ Centralized Intake the suspected abuse or neglect of a child who is currently enrolled in a public school, by the child’s custodial parent, guardian, or caregiver, when there is imminent danger to the physical well-being of the child.
- Such report made by the county superintendent may not be screened out by Centralized Intake, and Child Protective Services shall investigate the report within 24 hours of receiving the report.
- This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
Plain English:
HB5537 HFAT Ellington 3-14
White 3336
Delegate Ellington moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:
H.
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HB5537 HFAT Ellington 3-14
White 3336
Delegate Ellington moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:
H.
- B.
- 5537
-- “A BILL to amend and reenact §18-5-34, §18-8-1a, §18-8-2, §18-8-4, §18-8-5, §18-8-6a, §21-6-9, §49-1-202, §49-1-206, §49-4-701, §49-4-702, §49-4-702a, §49-4-711 and §49-4-712, and to repeal §18-2I-1, §18-2I-2, §18-3-13, §18-5-26, and §18-8-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to education; providing for temporary restriction on approval of home instruction in cases of pending child abuse or neglect investigations; directing county boards of education to adopt policies for informing county superintendents of reports of suspected child abuse or neglect; specifying that policies shall require superintendents to determine status of investigations by Department of Human Services; specifying duration of temporary restriction on approval of home instruction; providing that the compulsory school attendance requirement ends on the student’s 18th birthday; providing that students with exceptionalities may be required to meet different attendance measures; adding public charter schools to section relating to public school acceptance of student transcripts or other credentials; adding requirement that public school record class, grade and source on student’s public school transcript; and requiring report to LOCEA; removing criminal penalties for 18 year old students who are chronically absent; adding definitions for chronically absent or chronic absenteeism, student support specialist and wraparound services; providing that 18 year olds shall receive the same notice of unexcused absences as parents, guardians, and custodians; providing that upon recommendation of the teacher, social worker, or principal, the school may refer the student to the Department of Human Services for wraparound services; providing that a student who is 18 years old and has 10 unexcused absences shall be advised of the consequences of failing to comply with attendance policies; adding coordination of wraparound services Department of Human Services to county attendance director duties; removing obsolete or conflicting statutory language regarding principal, administrative head, or other chief administrator duties and clarifying their duty to ensure compliance with compulsory attendance requirements; providing that if a student who is under 18 years of age is found to be chronically absent, the county prosecutor may petition the circuit court for protection of the student as a child in need of supervision pursuant to juvenile justice provisions; amending legislative appropriation language to match new definitions; removing reference to truancy officers in child labor enforcement section; removing truancy as a status offense and defining child in need of supervision; clarifying that the definition of student support specialist includes the powers and duties of truancy support specialist; replacing references to truancy support specialist with student support specialist; establishing juvenile jurisdiction of circuit courts for juveniles who are chronically absent; providing timeline and parameters for transition from truancy as a status offense to a finding of a child in need of supervision; providing that all remaining truancy status offenses that have not been converted to a petition for protection of a child in need of supervision shall be dismissed, effective July 1, 2027; providing for concurrent jurisdiction of circuit courts with U.S.
- District Courts in the state over certain juvenile delinquency and status offenses; providing that chronically absent students may be referred to a prepetition diversion program; clarifying the court’s role in monitoring prepetition diversion programs; providing that chronically absent students may be referred noncustodial counseling or community services; removing truancy reference from status offense provisions; clarifying the court’s role in providing intervention on behalf of a child in need of supervision; providing that a child in need of supervision may not be place in out-of-home placement or a Bureau of Juvenile Services facility; and making technical changes throughout”; repealing obsolete sections of Education code and making technical changes.
- This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
Plain English:
HB5537 SFA Weld #1 3-13
Wolfe 7816
Senators Weld, Charnock, Clements, Deeds, Garcia, Grady, Hamilton, Jeffries, Z.
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HB5537 SFA Weld #1 3-13
Wolfe 7816
Senators Weld, Charnock, Clements, Deeds, Garcia, Grady, Hamilton, Jeffries, Z.
- Maynard, Phillips, Queen, Takubo, Tarr, Woelfel, and Woodrum moved to amend the committee amendment on page 1, by striking out everything after the Article 5 heading and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
§1.
- Repeal of section related to School Buildings as Child Care Facilities.
- That §18-5-26 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, is repealed.
- This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
Plain English:
HB5537 SFA Weld #1 3-13
Wolfe 7816
Senators Weld, Charnock, Clements, Deeds, Garcia, Grady, Hamilton, Jeffries, Z.
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HB5537 SFA Weld #1 3-13
Wolfe 7816
Senators Weld, Charnock, Clements, Deeds, Garcia, Grady, Hamilton, Jeffries, Z.
- Maynard, Phillips, Queen, Takubo, Tarr, Woelfel, and Woodrum moved to amend the committee amendment on page 1, by striking out everything after the Article 5 heading and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
§1.
- Repeal of section related to School Buildings as Child Care Facilities.
- That §18-5-26 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, is repealed.
- This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
Plain English:
HB5537 SFAT Weld #1 3-13
Wolfe 7816
Senator Weld 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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HB5537 SFAT Weld #1 3-13
Wolfe 7816
Senator Weld moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:
Eng.
- Com.
- Sub.
- for House Bill 5537
—A Bill to amend and reenact §18-5-34 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to repeal §18-2I-1, §18-2I-2, §18-3-13, §18-5-26, and §18-8-6, relating to education; providing for temporary restriction on approval of home instruction in cases of pending child abuse or neglect investigations; directing county boards of education to adopt policies for informing county superintendents of reports of suspected child abuse or neglect; specifying that policies shall require superintendents to determine status of investigations by Department of Human Services; specifying duration of temporary restriction on approval of home instruction; and repealing obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code.
- This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
Plain English:
HB5537 SFAT Weld #1 3-13
Wolfe 7816
Senator Weld 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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HB5537 SFAT Weld #1 3-13
Wolfe 7816
Senator Weld moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:
Eng.
- Com.
- Sub.
- for House Bill 5537
—A Bill to amend and reenact §18-5-34 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to repeal §18-2I-1, §18-2I-2, §18-3-13, §18-5-26, and §18-8-6, relating to education; providing for temporary restriction on approval of home instruction in cases of pending child abuse or neglect investigations; directing county boards of education to adopt policies for informing county superintendents of reports of suspected child abuse or neglect; specifying that policies shall require superintendents to determine status of investigations by Department of Human Services; specifying duration of temporary restriction on approval of home instruction; and repealing obsolete and outdated sections of the Education code.
- This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.