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Priority of Service in State Job Training Programmes

West Virginia has a codified article — Veterans Employment Training Priority at W. Va. Code §§9A-4-1 to 9A-4-6 — giving veterans PRIORITY OF SERVICE in state employment and training programmes. The article covers purpose, definitions, programme eligibility, application for priority of services and the priority itself. Priority of service means being served first, ahead of others otherwise eligible, and it is worth asking for by name. WE HAVE NOT READ the administering rules; secondary sources point to WorkForce West Virginia.

Verified August 27, 2026

What this benefit is

West Virginia has a codified article — Veterans Employment Training Priority at W. Va. Code §§9A-4-1 to 9A-4-6 — giving veterans PRIORITY OF SERVICE in state employment and training programmes. The article covers purpose, definitions, programme eligibility, application for priority of services and the priority itself. Priority of service means being served first, ahead of others otherwise eligible, and it is worth asking for by name. WE HAVE NOT READ the administering rules; secondary sources point to WorkForce West Virginia.

What it's worth: Priority of service in state employment and training programmes

  • A codified article: VETERANS EMPLOYMENT TRAINING PRIORITY at W. Va. Code §§9A-4-1 TO 9A-4-6.
  • The sections cover purpose, definitions, PROGRAMME ELIGIBILITY, APPLICATION FOR PRIORITY OF SERVICES, and the priority itself.
  • PRIORITY OF SERVICE means being served first, ahead of others otherwise eligible.
  • WE HAVE NOT READ THE ADMINISTERING RULES. Secondary sources point to WorkForce West Virginia.
  • THE DISABILITY POSITION IS NOT ESTABLISHED from the sources reviewed.
  • Ask for priority of service by name; it is not usually offered unprompted.

Who is entitled to it

  • You served in the U.S. armed forces.
  • Your discharge meets the test.
  • West Virginia employment and training programmes.

Not sure whether that describes you?

Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.

How to claim it

  1. 1Ask for PRIORITY OF SERVICE by name at WorkForce West Virginia. The phrase is what triggers it.
  2. 2Cite W. Va. Code §§9A-4-1 to 9A-4-6 if the office is unfamiliar with it.
  3. 3Take your DD-214.
  4. 4Ask which programmes the priority applies to; the article covers programme eligibility separately.
  5. 5If you are turned away from a training programme, ask whether the priority was applied before accepting that.
Form
Claimed at WorkForce West Virginia
File with
WorkForce West Virginia
Documents you will need
dd214
No renewal
Once granted it does not need renewing.
Known gapThe article is codified and we have read its section titles rather than its administering rules. The right of priority is certain; how a particular programme applies it is a question for WorkForce West Virginia.

Sources

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