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Read. Follow. Verify.West Virginia Bill HB 5616 clarifies years of service experience calculations for school service personnel
Last action · February 16, 2026: To House EducationSponsor: Chris Toney
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What This Bill Proposed
West Virginia House Bill 5616 clarifies that school service personnel shall be granted years of service based on their years employed by the county board.
Determines how experience is calculated for school service personnel salary determinations under state code.
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.
school service personnel
Their years of service experience for salary and wage purposes are explicitly clarified based on years employed by the county board.
county boards of education
They employ service personnel and must calculate years of service according to the clarified statutory definitions.
Key Facts
- School service personnel shall be granted years of service based upon their years employed by the county board.
- The bill amends §18A-4-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, relating to definitions of salaries and years of experience.
- Years of experience for teachers includes active work in educational positions other than public schools and service in the Armed Forces if under contract at induction.
- Years of experience for registered professional nurses employed by a county board includes public school health nurse employment, related nursing education work, and Armed Forces service if under contract.
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How are years of service determined for school service personnel under this bill?
Which section of the West Virginia Code does this bill amend?
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Feb 16, 2026HouseCommitteeTo House Education
- Feb 16, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced in House
- Feb 16, 2026HouseCommitteeTo Education
- Feb 16, 2026HouseIntroducedFiled for introduction
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 35)
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