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West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 4578: To provide more local control over educational decisionmaking, differentiation of funding for counties, and to address operational efficiencies within education.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 4578 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia House on January 20, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: To provide more local control over educational decisionmaking, differentiation of funding for counties, and to address operational efficiencies within education. Primary sponsor: Wayne Clark (Republican). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 20, 2026): To House Education.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Wayne ClarkPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Chris AndersCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse97
Joe FunkhouserCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Mike HornbyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse93
Ian MastersCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse91

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. To House Education
  2. Introduced in House
  3. To Education then Finance
  4. Filed for introduction

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source