Compare WV SB 154 (2025) and WV SB 515 (2024)

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WV SB 154 (2025)WV SB 515 (2024)
WEST virginia legislature 2025 regular session Introduced Senate Bill 154 By Senator Grady [Introduced February 12, 2025; referred to the Committee on Education; and then to the Committee on the Judiciary] A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §18-5-29, relating to prohibiting a public school student from being required to participate in instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity if a parent, custodian, or guardian of the student objects in writing; requiring each public school to afford the parent, custodian, or guardian of a child subject to instruction with respect to sexual orientation and gender identity adva…WEST virginia legislature 2024 regular session Introduced Senate Bill 515 By Senator Grady [Introduced January 23, 2024; referred to the Committee on Education; and then to the Committee on the Judiciary] A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-5-29, relating to prohibiting a public school student from being required to participate in instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity if a parent, custodian, or guardian of the student objects in writing; requiring each public school to afford the parent, custodian, or guardian of a child subject to instruction with respect to sexual orientation and gender identi…
allowing state board of education to promulgate rules to implement section; and providing that the provisions of this act are severable. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: ARTICLE 5. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. §18-5-29. Allowing objection to sexual orientation and gender identity instruction; requiring advance notice of sexual orientation and gender identity instruction; prohibiting false information regarding student’s gender identity or intention to transition; requiring certain student requests to be reported to parent. (a) For the purposes of this section: "Custodian" means a person who has some allocation of physical custody of the child or who has provided to the schoo…allowing State Board of Education to promulgate rules to; and providing that the provisions of this act are severable. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: ARTICLE 5. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. §18-5-29. Allowing objection to sexual orientation and gender identity instruction; requiring advance notice of sexual orientation and gender identity instruction; prohibiting false information regarding student’s gender identity or intention to transition; requiring certain student requests to be reported to parent. (a) For the purposes of this section: "Custodian" means a person who has some allocation of physical custody of the child or who has provided to the school written permissi…