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Read. Follow. Verify.West Virginia Bill 4693 allows county boards to declassify CTE instructors to pay higher salaries
Last action · February 19, 2026: To House FinanceSponsors: Jimmy Willis and 9 others
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What This Bill Proposed
West Virginia House Bill 4693 permits county boards of education to career and technical education (CTE) instructors in order to provide them with additional compensation when a critical shortage exists.
County school boards gain the flexibility to alter position classifications for specific vocational instructors to address local hiring shortages and salary competitiveness.
- West Virginia county boards of education operate under state minimum salary schedules established by the Legislature while maintaining local flexibility to supplement pay for specific instructional needs. context
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.
Career technical education instructors
Instructors may be declassified by county boards to receive increased compensation when critical shortages exist in their area of expertise.
County boards of education
Boards gain the authority to declassify specific vocational instructors and establish higher local salary schedules to address critical hiring needs.
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What does declassifying a career technical education instructor mean?
Can county boards reduce existing salary funding when establishing new schedules?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
7 actions- Feb 19, 2026HouseCommitteeTo House Finance
- Feb 19, 2026HouseBy substitute, do pass, but first to Finance
- Feb 9, 2026HouseMarkup Discussion
- Jan 21, 2026HouseCommitteeTo House Education
- Jan 21, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced in House
- Jan 21, 2026HouseCommitteeTo Education then Finance
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- Jan 21, 2026HouseIntroducedFiled for introduction
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Expanded Local Control for Vocational Salaries
The measure introduces a specific carve-out for career technical education instructors, adding a sixth exception to standard county salary schedule uniformity rules.
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Sources
www.wvlegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 50)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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