WEST virginia legislature
2025 regular session
Introduced
Senate Bill 478
By Senator Woelfel
[Introduced February 14, 2025; referredto the Committee on Education]
A BILL to repeal ยง18-2-25e of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to repealing athletic eligibility of transfer students.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
## Article 2. State Board of education.
[Repealed.]
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to repeal the requirement that the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission modify its rules to allow high school students to transfer schools and retain athletic eligibility, so that the Commission may modify its rules relating to athletic eligibility of transfer students in its discretion.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.