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Read. Follow. Verify.West Virginia requires competency assessments for nonpublic students enrolling in public schools before grade transcription
Last action · February 6, 2026: To School ChoiceSponsors: Amy Grady and 2 others
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What This Bill Proposed
West Virginia public schools must administer competency assessments or require competency demonstrations for any student transferring from a nonpublic school, home school, , , or individualized instruction plan before transcribing their grades onto a public school transcript.
Transferring students seeking to have prior nonpublic or alternative coursework officially recorded on a public school transcript must first pass a competency evaluation.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
nonpublic school, home school, microschool, learning pod, or individualized instruction plan students
Students transferring from these alternative educational settings must complete a competency assessment before their grades can be transcribed onto a public school transcript.
public school administrators
Administrators must ensure competency assessments are administered to transferring nonpublic or alternative education students before transcribing their grades.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Feb 6, 2026SenateCommitteeTo School Choice
- Feb 6, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced in Senate
- Feb 6, 2026SenateCommitteeTo School Choice
- Feb 6, 2026SenateIntroducedFiled for introduction
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy50Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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