During this afternoon’s floor session, the House received Senate messages and also advanced 10 bills to second reading. Bills advanced to second reading are:

House Bill 204, creating a compulsory comprehensive health screening for public school students.
House Bill 208, relating to the evaluation of professional personnel in the public schools.
House Bill 210, providing uniformity in alternative schools and requiring a pilot program that will allow alternative schools in elementary and middle schools.
House Bill 212, removing the sunset provision regarding family court appeals.
House Bill 213, a supplemental appropriation to the State Department of Education, elementary/middle alternative schools.
Senate Bill 2003, extending sunset provision relating to foundation investments by MU and WVU.
Senate Bill 2004, relating to compulsory comprehensive health screens for students.
Senate Bill 2006, relating to school committees and school teams.

Senate Bill 2008, relating to annual professional personnel evaluations in public schools.

Senate Bill 2009, relating to pilot programs to increase academic achievement.

Senate Bill 2010, relating to pilot programs for alternative schools in elementary and middle schools.

The following committees will meet this afternoon:
Education- 434M- 12:40 p.m.
Finance-460M- Immediately following floor session.

The House is in recess until 4 p.m. this afternoon.

UPDATE

The House is in recess until 5 p.m. this evening.

During this evening’s floor session, the House received Senate messages that the Senate has passed Senate Bill 2003,which extends sunset provisions relating to foundation investments by MU and WVU, Senate Bill 2005, relating to improving performance of schools and school districts,
and Senate Bill 2007, relating to alternative training and certification of principals and teachers. The House referred the bills to their respective committees for further consideration.

The House also received committee reports regarding House Bill 206, which encourages teacher collaboration through the establishment of alternative school-level decision-making bodies, and House Bill 210, which would provide uniformity in alternative schools and requiring a pilot program that will allow alternative schools in elementary and middle schools.

The following committees will meet today:
Education- 434M- 20 minutes after floor session ends

The following committees will meet tomorrow, July 19:
Education- 434M- 9 a.m.
Judiciary- 410M- 9 a.m.
Finance – 460M- 10 a.m.

The House is adjourned until 12 p.m. tomorrow, July 19.

The House reconvened briefly this afternoon in order to announce that House Education will be meeting at 4:30 p.m. in room 434M today to finish work on education bills that were added to the Amended Call yesterday. Senate Bill 2001, relating to the filling of vacancies in office of U. S. Senator, was also laid over a day.

The House is in recess until 6:15 p.m. this evening.

During this afternoon’s floor session, the House reconsidered their action on House Bill 201, relating to U.S. Senate succession. The bill was passed but a provision to make it effective from passage was rejected.

The House also introduced 10 bills during the floor session including House Bill 204, which would create a compulsory comprehensive health screening for public school students, and House Bill 209, which would establish pilot projects for increasing academic achievement.

The House stands in recess until 5 p.m. this evening.

UPDATE
The House stands in recess until 6 p.m. this evening.

The House reconvened at 11 a.m. this morning to receive the Governor’s Amended Call, which adds 7 education related items to the special session.

The House also considered for passage House Bill 201, relating to the U.S. Senate succession bill. After much debate on the floor, the bill was rejected with 45 voting against and 42 voting for the proposed legislation.

The House is in recess until 2 p.m. this afternoon.

UPDATE

The House is now in recess until 4 p.m. this afternoon.