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Board briefed on HB 2499 training requirements and Policy 2419 special-education provisions
Summary
Miss Stevens summarized House Bill 2499 (effective 07/01/2025), IDEA requirements and West Virginia Policy 2419, including training deadlines, STRIVE team rollout, least-restrictive-environment indicators, class-size/ratio rules and teacher rights.
Miss Stevens presented an overview of House Bill 2,499 and related federal and state special-education requirements, telling the board the bill became effective July 1, 2025 and that counties must complete required training by Dec. 31, 2025.
"House Bill 2,499 became effective on 07/01/2025," Stevens said, and she described allowable rollout options: in-person administrator and teacher presentations, use of Strive teams developed by the West Virginia Department of Education, and in‑district training sessions. Stevens said Cabell County had already sent two elementary teams for STRIVE training in the spring and planned to send two secondary teams in the fall; trained teams are intended to support other school teams within the district.
Stevens placed HB 2499 in the context of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and West Virginia State Board rule Policy 24‑19. She told the board, "The purpose of IDEA is to ensure free appropriate public education or what we call FAPE, to students with…
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