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Counsel told the committee the course must meet or exceed curriculum standards established by the State Board and be available in a traditional classroom setting; the bill also allows the computer science credit to substitute for one math credit or one personalized education plan credit when the course is relevant to the student’s program of study. Counsel noted the State Board is required to adopt rules and maintain an approved list of courses that meet the requirement.

Committee members discussed whether language in the bill should refer to private, parochial and denominational schools; Senator from Raleigh offered a cleanup amendment to remove those four words from prior code references, arguing curriculum mandates should not dictate private entities. The chair asked for a division on that proposed change when members raised hands; the committee ultimately proceeded with consideration and later voted to report the bill \"as amended.\" Senators also asked whether the measure imposes an unfunded mandate; counsel said the change does not add a new funding obligation beyond current practice.

The vice chair moved that House Bill 2411, as amended, be reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it pass; the motion carried by voice vote. The substitute includes a proposed strike-and-insert version clarifying that the credit may be used for admission to higher education institutions (per the strike-and-insert language noted to the committee).

What happens next: the committee reported HB 2411, as amended, to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass; the State Board of Education will be responsible for adopting rules and an approved course list that meet the statutory standard.

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Counsel Hank, addressing the committee, summarized the substitute: \"This proposed committee substitute for this bill requires the commissioner of agriculture, along with career and technical centers and instructors, work with farm equipment manufacturers or dealers to establish the West Virginia Farm Equipment Repair Pilot Program for the purpose of ensuring that career technical instructors are provided with the educational tools and technology required to make localized repairs to farm equipment and train students for future jobs in the program.\" Hank also said the bill requires the commissioner to propose rules and includes items that must appear in the plan of implementation.

The bill drew detailed questions about whether participation would be mandatory for CTE centers or businesses and how the pilot would be scoped geographically and by duration. Counsel said the draft language uses \"shall,\" which appears to require the commissioner and named partners to act; several senators worried that phrasing could obligate schools or manufacturers to take part. Deputy Superintendent Sonia White, testifying about CTE practice, explained the role of local CTE advisory councils in shaping programs and said, \"that council's what decides,\" describing how local industry leaders and educators identify workforce needs and make recommendations to start pilots.

Lawmakers pressed for clarity about industry obligations and proprietary information. Senators noted school-level differences in student readiness for advanced equipment training and suggested higher-education or community college programs could be more appropriate for specialized, software-driven diagnostics. In response, counsel and members proposed and adopted conceptual amendments to change many of the bill's \"shall\" requirements to \"may,\" to make participation elective for businesses and local programs, to limit the number of pilot projects (the adopted language sets a cap of five pilots), and to expand where pilots may be based so that comprehensive high schools with existing agricultural programs as well as CTE centers can participate.

After debate and the adoption of the amendments, the committee agreed to the committee substitute as amended. The vice chair moved that the committee substitute for Senate Bill 737, as amended, be reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass but first be referred to the Committee on Finance; the committee adopted the motion by voice vote.

The bill places key implementation decisions — including exact pilot locations, funding arrangements and the scope of any proprietary software access — with the Commissioner of Agriculture and with local education advisory councils, pending rulemaking by the commissioner.

What happens next: the committee reported the substitute to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass and with an initial referral to the finance committee.

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Counsel summarized the bill as requiring state institutions to accept the CLT, described in testimony as a standardized test developed in 2015 that can be taken online or in school and issues scores rapidly. Senators raised concerns about test security and whether an online option would provide the same supervision and verification used by long-established exams such as the SAT and ACT. Matt Turner said institutions are largely test-optional post-pandemic and that his office needs more information on how the CLT is administered and how scores crosswalk to the ACT and SAT for financial-aid purposes: \"We do have some questions about how it is administered,\" he told the committee.

The vice chair asked unanimous consent to withdraw a motion to report the bill; that request was granted. The committee then voted to hold Senate Bill 695 over to a future meeting to allow the Higher Education Policy Commission and institutions to provide more information.

What happens next: the bill was not reported out; the committee laid it over to a future meeting pending additional review by HEPC and member questions about administration and financial-aid comparability.

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Counsel explained the substitute, saying it \"requires all public schools to give age appropriate instruction on the Holocaust to be taught in a manner that leads to an investigation of human behavior, an understanding of the ramifications of prejudice, racism, stereotyping, and an examination of what it means to be a responsible and respectful person,\" and that instruction \"cannot be given before grade 6.\"

Senators debated the bill's scope and language. Several members expressed strong support for ensuring students learn about the Holocaust; others worried about redundancy with existing standards and about appropriate grade levels for different content. One senator described denial of the Holocaust as a growing problem and said teaching the subject in secondary education is appropriate.

Senator from Raleigh offered an amendment to tighten the bill's language. As read in committee, the amendment would streamline the required outcomes to read that instruction \"lead[s] to an investigation of human behavior and an examination of what it means to be a responsible and respectful person,\" remove some of the enumerated phrases and leave the proviso prohibiting instruction before grade 6. The sponsor said the elements the amendment removed — such as discussion of prejudice and propaganda — are typically covered in existing standards and classroom practice, and preferred leaving those pedagogical decisions to teachers and standards already in place.

The committee adopted the senator's amendment by voice vote and then agreed to the committee substitute as amended. The vice chair moved that the substitute, as amended, be reported to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass; the motion was carried by voice vote.

What happens next: the committee advanced the measure to the full Senate with a recommendation to pass; the substitute specifies that instruction not begin before grade 6 and leaves details of curricula and standards to classroom practice and the State Board's standards and rules.

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