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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating Sustaining Opportunities for Academics in Rural Schools Act"
description: "Creating Sustaining Opportunities for Academics in Rural Schools Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 63"
citation: "West Virginia SB 63 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 47
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ffff0df-d921-4bb9-95df-e65163695a29"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=63&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "9d44dffca419da932e365c60753a4dc6a3dff366deb409a1ca9ec3cb2168d204"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
---
# West Virginia SB 63 (2026) — Creating Sustaining Opportunities for Academics in Rural Schools Act
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb63%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=63)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb63%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=63)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb63%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=63)
4. **Motion to dispense the second reference adopted (Roll No. 386)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/2026/RS/votes/house/00386.pdf)
5. **sb63 h edu am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb63%20h%20edu%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb63 hfat statler 3-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb63%20hfat%20statler%203-12%20adopted.htm)
7. **sb63 sfa rucker _1 2-27 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb63%20sfa%20rucker%20_1%202-27%20adopted.htm)
## Votes
- DISPENSE 2ND REFERENCE — **8212** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **7021** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **294** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **7816** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Rucker — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-14** To School Choice then Finance
- **2026-01-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** To School Choice
- **2026-02-06** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-06** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-25** Immediate consideration
- **2026-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-26** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-27** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-27** Unanimous consent to amend on 3rd reading
- **2026-02-27** Amended on 3rd reading (Voice vote)
- **2026-02-27** Passed Senate (Roll No. 251) `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Ordered to House
- **2026-03-02** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-03-02** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-08** Markup Discussion
- **2026-03-11** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-11** Motion to dispense the second reference adopted (Roll No. 386)
- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-03-12** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** Passed House (Roll No. 514) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-13** Effective from passage (Roll No. 515)
- **2026-03-13** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-14** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 662)
- **2026-03-14** Effective from passage (Roll No. 663)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-19** To Governor 3/19/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 116, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ffff0df-d921-4bb9-95df-e65163695a29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).