Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB434%20SUB1.htm&yr=2011&sesstype=RS&i=434
Timestamp: 2017-10-17 09:57:45
Document Index: 288929744

Matched Legal Cases: ['§18', '§18', '§18', '§18', '§18', '§10', '§3', '§5', '§30']

A BILL to amend and reenact §18A-2-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact §18A-4-8, §18A-4-8a and §18A-4-8b of said code, all relating to public education service personnel; requiring county boards to bear the cost of certification renewal for personnel with the class title of educational sign language interpreter I or II under certain conditions; declaring that time devoted to the process of maintaining or acquiring certification that is a condition of employment constitutes continuing education; deleting certain defined class titles and including certain service personnel employed under certain deleted class titles under other existing class titles or new class titles; prohibiting employment for the first time of a service person as a food services supervisor after a certain date; allowing service personnel classified as a foreman to be assigned work within the classification; changing the class title graphic artist to graphic designer and expanding definition; changing the class title mail clerk to mail carrier; amending certain class title definitions; adding new class titles and assigning pay grades; amending pay grade for cafeteria manager; adding to the minimum monthly pay of a service person classified as cook or cafeteria manager for certain college hours in the area of child nutrition; and amending class titles that are to be considered as a single classification of employment.
§18A-2-4. Commercial driver's license for school personnel; intrastate waiver for bus operators diagnosed with diabetes mellitus requiring insulin; reimbursement of electrician's commercial driver's license and educational sign language interpreter certification when required.
(e) If an employee who is employed as an Educational Sign Language Interpreter I or II is required to undertake any training or continuing education in order to renew or maintain certification as an Educational Sign Language Interpreter I or II, the cost of the certification renewal shall be paid in full by the county board.
(27) “Cook II” means a person employed to interpret menus and to prepare and serve meals in a food service program of a school. This definition includes a service person who has been employed as a “Cook I” for a period of four years
(22) “Cook” means a person employed to prepare and serve meals and to make reports, prepare requisitions for supplies, order equipment and repairs for a food service program of a school system under the direction of a cafeteria manager, subject to the following:
(A) Any employee holding the classification title of Cook I, II or III on June 30, 2011, shall have that class title deleted from his or her contract of employment and replaced with the classification title of Cook. This action does not require the employee to take the Cook competency test and does not result in a loss or reduction of the employee’s salary or supplement; and
(B) Seniority earned in the classification title of Cook I, II or III prior to July 1, 2011 shall be credited as seniority earned in the Cook classification category;;
(31) (23) “Custodian II” means a person employed as a watchman or groundsman too keep buildings clean and free of refuse, to ensure that school buildings and grounds are secure and to maintain the grounds of the facility to which the employee is assigned, subject to the following:
(32) (24) “Custodian III” means a person employed to keep buildings clean and free of refuse, to operate the heating or cooling systems and to make minor repairs;
(33) (25) “Custodian IV” means a person employed as head custodian. In addition to providing services as defined in “custodian III,” duties may include supervising other custodian personnel;
(34) (26) “Director or Coordinator of Services” means an employee of a county board who is assigned to direct a department or division.
(35) (27) “Draftsman” means a person employed to plan, design and produce detailed architectural/engineering drawings;
(28) “Educational Sign Language Interpreter I” means a person employed by a county board or a regional education service agency to provide sign language interpretation, both receptively and expressively, for students who are deaf or hard of hearing, are able to access environments through audition, and use signed communication systems as a supplement to the communication process. An Educational Sign Language Interpreter I is a related service provider and a professional member of the education team, fluent in the languages used by deaf, hard of hearing and hearing persons, who works with the team to implement the IEP. The educational interpreter uses signed communication systems and spoken languages in public school settings for purposes of providing students with access to the general curriculum, classroom dynamics, extracurricular activities and social interactions. The duties of this employee shall include, but not be limited to, facilitating communication between spoken and signed languages for and between deaf or hard of hearing students and faculty, staff and other students. Employees within this classification title must meet the requirements for initial certification as a paraprofessional/education interpreter as provided by state board rule.
(29) “Educational Sign Language Interpreter II” means a person employed by a county board or a regional education service agency to provide sign language interpretation, both receptively and expressively, for students who are deaf or hard of hearing, are not able to access the environment through audition and use signed communication systems as the sole or primary means of communication. An Educational Sign Language Interpreter II is a related service provider and a professional member of the education team, fluent in the languages used by deaf, hard of hearing and hearing persons, who works with the team to implement the IEP. The educational interpreter uses signed communication systems and spoken languages in public school settings for purposes of providing students with access to the general curriculum, classroom dynamics, extracurricular activities, and social interactions. The duties of this employee include, but are not limited to, facilitating communication between spoken and signed languages for and between deaf or hard of hearing students and faculty, staff and other students. Employees within this classification title must meet the requirements for permanent certification as a paraprofessional/education interpreter as provided by state board rule;
(37) (30) “Electrician II” means a person employed as an electrician journeyman or one who holds a journeyman electrician license issued by the State Fire Marshal, subject to the following:
(41) (32) “Food Services Supervisor” means a qualified person who is not a professional person or professional educator as defined in section one, article one of this chapter. The Food Services Supervisor is employed to manage and supervise a county school system’s food service program. The duties include preparing in-service training programs for cooks and food service employees, instructing personnel in the areas of quantity cooking with economy and efficiency and keeping aggregate records and reports: Provided, That after June 30, 2011, no employee may be employed as a Food Services Supervisor for the first time. An employee who holds this classification retains the classification at the same pay grade as provided by section eight-a of this article and an employee who previously held that classification retains the seniority earned in that classification category;
(42) (33) “Foreman” means a skilled person employed to supervise personnel who work in the areas of repair and maintenance of school property and equipment, subject to the following:
(A) Nothing in this definition prohibits a service person classified as a Foreman from being assigned work within the classification in addition to supervision of other employees;
(43) (34) “General Maintenance” means a person employed as a helper to skilled maintenance employees, and to perform minor repairs to equipment and buildings of a county school system, to perform routine manual tasks in any operation of the county school system, to replace glass or other materials in windows and doors and to do minor carpentry tasks, to maintain the appearance, repair and general care of school grounds in a county school system and to protect school property against damage or theft, subject to the following:
(35) “Graphic Communications Operator” means a person employed to operate and maintain printing equipment and to prepare and distribute materials, subject to the following:
(49) (37) “Heating and Air Conditioning Mechanic II” means a person employed at the journeyman level to install, repair and maintain heating and air conditioning plants and related electrical equipment, subject to the following:
(56) (42) “Machinist” means a person employed to perform machinist tasks which include the ability to operate a lathe, planer, shaper, threading machine and wheel press. A person holding this class title also should have the ability to work from blueprints and drawings;
(57) (43) “Mail clerk Courier” means a person employed to receive, sort, dispatch, deliver or otherwise handle letters, parcels and other mail, subject to the following:
(59) (44)“Mason” means a person employed to perform tasks connected with brick and block laying and carpentry tasks related to these activities;
(60) (45) “Mechanic” means a person employed to perform skilled duties independently in the maintenance and repair of automobiles, school buses and other mechanical and mobile equipment to use in a county school system, subject to the following:
(62) (46) “Multiclassification” means a person employed to perform tasks that involve the combination of two or more class titles in this section. In these instances the minimum salary scale shall be the higher pay grade of the class titles involved;
(69) (50) “Plumber II” means a person employed as a journeyman plumber to provide general repair, maintenance and installation of utility lines and systems necessary for heat, water and sewage disposal in school system facilities for the efficient maintenance and preventive maintenance of school system plans, subject to the following:
(77) (55) “Secretary II” means a person employed in any elementary, secondary, kindergarten, nursery, special education, vocational career or technical or any other school as a secretary. The duties may include performing general clerical tasks; transcribing from notes, audio and/or electronic stenotype, mechanical equipment; or a sound-producing machine preparing reports; receiving callers and referring them to proper persons; operating switchboard equipment; operating office machines; keeping records and handling routine correspondence. Nothing in this subdivision prevents a service person from holding or being elevated to a higher classification.
(79) (57) “Supervisor of Maintenance” means a skilled person who is not a professional person or professional educator as defined in section one, article one of this chapter. The responsibilities include directing the upkeep of buildings and shops, and issuing instructions to subordinates relating to cleaning, repairs and maintenance of all structures and mechanical and electrical equipment of a county board;
(80) (58) “Supervisor of Transportation” means a qualified person employed to direct school transportation activities properly and safely, and to supervise the maintenance and repair of vehicles, buses and other mechanical and mobile equipment used by the county school system. After July 1, 2010, all persons employed for the first time in a position with this classification title or in a multiclassification position that includes this title shall have five years of experience working in the transportation department of a county board. Experience working in the transportation department shall consist of serving as a Bus Operator, bus aide, assistant mechanic, Mechanic, Chief Mechanic or in a clerical position within the transportation department;
(59) “Technology System Specialist” means a qualified person employed to perform hands-on repair, service, maintenance and installation of local area networks, servers, computers, computer work stations, printers, computer related equipment, computer related systems, computer related technologies and other office electronic equipment used in the areas of data sharing, communication, printing, visual teaching aids and security in the school system, subject to the following:
(82) (60) “Truck Driver” means a person employed to operate light or heavy duty gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles;
(83) (61) “Warehouse Clerk” means a person employed to be responsible for receiving, storing, packing and shipping goods, subject to the following:
(85) (62) “Welder” means a person employed to provide acetylene or electric welding services for a school system. and
Cafeteria Manager ............................................ D F
Cook .......................................................... D
Educational Sign Language Interpreter I ....................... F
Educational Sign Language Interpreter II ...................... G
(f) An additional $20 per month shall be added to the minimum monthly pay of each service person classified as a Cook or Cafeteria Manager, either as a single classification title or as part of a multiclassification title who holds three college hours in the area of child nutrition as approved by the West Virginia Department of Education: Provided, That cooks and cafeteria managers shall be paid $20 per month for each additional three hours of college credit up to a total of twelve college hours or $80 per month;
(f) (g) When any part of a school service employee’s daily shift of work is performed between the hours of six o’clock p.m. and five o’clock a.m. the following day, the employee shall be paid no less than an additional §10 per month and one half of the pay shall be paid with local funds.
(j) (k) The minimum hourly rate of pay for extra duty assignments as defined in section eight-b of this article shall be no less than one seventh of the employee’s daily total salary for each hour the employee is involved in performing the assignment and paid entirely from local funds, subject to the following:
(k) (l) The minimum pay for any service personnel employees engaged in the removal of asbestos material or related duties required for asbestos removal shall be their regular total daily rate of pay and no less than an additional §3 per hour or no less than §5 per hour for service personnel supervising asbestos removal responsibilities for each hour these employees are involved in asbestos related duties. Related duties required for asbestos removal include, but are not limited to, travel, preparation of the work site, removal of asbestos decontamination of the work site, placing and removal of equipment and removal of structures from the site. If any member of an asbestos crew is engaged in asbestos related duties outside of the employee’s regular employment county, the daily rate of pay shall be no less than the minimum amount as established in the employee’s regular employment county for asbestos removal and an additional §30 per each day the employee is engaged in asbestos removal and related duties. The additional pay for asbestos removal and related duties shall be payable entirely from county funds. Before service personnel employees may be used in the removal of asbestos material or related duties, they shall have completed a federal Environmental Protection Act approved training program and be licensed. The employer shall provide all necessary protective equipment and maintain all records required by the Environmental Protection Act.
(C) Paraprofessional, Autism Mentor, and Braille or sign language Specialist and Educational Sign Language Interpreter I and II class titles are included in the same classification category as aides; and