Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4804%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4804
Timestamp: 2020-05-28 03:45:07
Document Index: 342666906

Matched Legal Cases: ['§18', '§18', '§18', '§18', '§18', '§18']

Enrolled Version - Final Version House Bill 4804 History
AN ACT to amend and reenact §18-9A-10 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact §18A-3C-3 of said code, all relating to comprehensive systems of support for teacher and leader induction and professional growth; providing for retention of $100,000 of school aid funds for comprehensive systems of support, each year for five-year period, for use by department of education to assist county boards in design and implementation of teacher leader framework to accomplish teacher induction and growth aspects of comprehensive system; clarifying intent of comprehensive systems of support includes meaningful assistance for beginning teachers and leaders; authorizing state board guidelines for design and implementation of comprehensive systems to include design and implementation of teacher leader framework; clarifying references to appropriations supporting county-level implementation of comprehensive systems of support; removing prohibition on specific level of compensation guarantee to employee service or employment as mentor; authorizing county board adoption of teacher leader framework to accomplish purposes of section for teacher induction and professional growth and apply appropriations to support county salary supplement if adopted and meeting qualifications specified for teacher duties; requiring department to assist county boards with design and implementation of teacher leader framework; stating goals of framework; authorizing formation of networks of schools or systems or both for design and implementation of frameworks with certain objectives; providing minimum components of teacher leader frameworks adopted by county boards; and requiring Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability to review the progress of the implementation of the comprehensive systems of support for teacher and leader induction and professional growth.
Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection to the contrary, no county may receive an allocation for the purposes of this subdivision which is less than the county’s total 2016-2017 allocation from the Teacher Mentor and Principals Mentorship appropriations to the Department of Education. Moneys allocated by this subdivision shall be used for implementation of the comprehensive systems for teacher and leader induction and professional growth pursuant to §18A-3C-3 of this code. Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection to the contrary, for each of the five school years beginning with the school year 2020 – 2021 and ending after the school year 2024 – 2025, from funds to be allocated under this subdivision, $100,000 shall be retained by the Department of Education to assist county boards with the design and implementation of a teacher leader framework to accomplish the teacher induction and professional growth aspects of their comprehensive systems of support for teacher and leader induction and professional growth pursuant to §18A-3C-3 of this code; plus
(d) Effective the school year beginning July 1, 2020, and thereafter, appropriations for supporting county level implementation of the comprehensive systems of support for teacher and leader induction and professional growth pursuant to §18-9A-10 of this code and any new appropriation which may be made for the purposes of this section shall be expended by county boards only to accomplish the activities as set forth in their county plan pursuant to this section. Effective the school year beginning July 1, 2020, and thereafter, any employee service or employment as a mentor is not subject to the provisions of this code governing extra duty contracts. A county board may adopt a teacher leader framework designed to accomplish the purposes of this section related to teacher induction and professional growth and, if the county board adopts a county salary supplement pursuant to §18A-4-5a of this code to provide additional compensation to teachers who, in addition to teaching duties, are assigned other duties for new teacher induction, improving professional practice and furthering professional growth among teachers as set forth in the county’s comprehensive system of support, then appropriations made for supporting the purposes of this section may be applied to that salary supplement and other associated costs which may include a reduction in the teaching load of the teacher leader.
(h) The Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability shall review the progress of the implementation of the comprehensive systems of support for teacher and leader induction and professional growth and may make any recommendations it considers necessary to the Legislature during the next regular legislative session.