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HB3241 H ED AM 2-22
“That §18B-10-5 and §18B-10-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be repealed; that §18B-1B-4 of said code be amended and reenacted; that §18B-2A-4 and §18B-2A-8 of said code be amended and reenacted; that §18B-10-1 and §18B-10-6a of said code be amended and reenacted; that §18B-12-1, §18B-12-2, §18B-12-3 and §18B-12-6 of said code be amended and reenacted; and that §18B-19-10 of said code be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
§1. Repeal of sections relating to fee waivers for undergraduates and professional and graduate schools.
§18B-10-5 and §18B-10-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, are hereby repealed.
(D) Incorporate the plan for strategic funding to strengthen capacity for support of community and technical college education established by the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education pursuant to the provisions of section six, article two-b of this chapter Evaluate institutions’ requests for tuition and fee increases;
(33) Pursuant to the provisions of article three-a, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code and section six, article one of this chapter, promulgate rules as necessary or expedient to fulfill the purposes of this chapter. The commission and the council shall promulgate a uniform joint legislative rule for the purpose purposes of standardizing, as much as possible, the administration of personnel matters among the state institutions of higher education;
(36) By November 1, 2011, promulgate a joint rule with the council pursuant to section one, article ten of this chapter, establishing tuition and fee policy for all institutions of higher education, other than state institutions of higher education known as including Marshall University and West Virginia University. which are subject to the provisions of section one, article ten of this chapter. The rule shall include, but is not limited to, the following:
(E) Such other policies as the commission and council consider appropriate; and
(F) The use of tuition and fee waivers;
(38) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary sell, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or part of any real property which it may own either by contract or at public auction, and to retain the proceeds of any such sale or lease: Provided, That:
(B) Any proceeds from the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposal of real property that is used jointly by institutions or for statewide programs under the jurisdiction of the commission or the council shall be transferred to the General Revenue Fund of the state that it owns, in accordance with article nineteen of this chapter.
(4) Academic program review and approval for institutions governing boards under its jurisdiction. including The review and approval includes use of institutional missions as a template to judge the appropriateness of both new and existing programs and the authority to implement needed changes; The commission’s authority to review an approve academic programs for either the state institution of higher education known as Marshall University or West Virginia University is limited to programs that are proposed to be offered at a new location not presently served by that institution;
(a) The governing board of a state institution of higher education is granted the additional powers and assigned the associated duties and authorities pursuant to this section previously granted and assigned to the state institutions of higher education known as the governing boards of Marshall University and West Virginia University subject to the following:
(1) The institutional operating budgets of all institutions to which this section applies have achieved a level of funding comparable with, but not less than ninety percent of, their respective peers, as established pursuant to section three, article one-a of this chapter;(2) the commission approves granting the powers the duties and authorities to that institution and if the commission or council, as appropriate, approves granting the powers and assigning the duties to that governing board.
(3) The powers, duties and authorities may not be granted to any institution prior to the first day of July, two thousand twelve.
(b) The powers and duties and authorities that may be granted and assigned pursuant to this section are those provided in the following:
(4)(1) Sections five, six, and seven, and eight, article three, chapter twelve of this code;
(9) (2) Sections Section two and three, article three of this chapter;
(10) (3) Sections five, five-a, six and seven, article four of this chapter;
(11) (4) Sections three, four, Sections seven and nine, article five of this chapter; and
(12) (5) Sections one and Section six-a, article ten of this chapter.
(c) This section does not apply to any community and technical college.
(c) Additional powers and duties related to purchasing. --
The powers and duties granted and assigned to the governing boards of Marshall University and West Virginia University by section four, article five of this chapter are extended to the governing boards of all other state institutions of higher education under the following conditions:
(d) The commission and council jointly shall propose a rules for legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of article three-a, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code to govern the fixing, collection and expenditure of tuition and other fees.
(i) Institutions shall retain tuition and fee revenues not pledged for bonded indebtedness or other purposes in accordance with the tuition rules proposed by the commission and council jointly pursuant to this section. The tuition rule shall:
(E) The commission, council or both, as appropriate, shall certify to the Legislature annually by October 1 the amount of fees collected for each of the five years;
(k) Tuition and fee increases of the governing boards, except for including the governing boards of the state institutions of higher education known as Marshall University and West Virginia University, are subject to rules adopted by the commission and council jointly pursuant to this section and in accordance with the provisions of article three-a, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code.
(5) (l) Any proposed tuition and fee increase for state institutions of higher education, other than the state institutions of higher education known as including Marshall University and West Virginia University, requires the approval of the commission or council, as appropriate. In determining whether to approve or deny the governing board's request, the commission or council shall determine the progress the institution has made toward meeting the conditions outlined in this subdivision subsection and shall make this determination the predominate factor in its decision. The commission or council shall consider the degree to which each institution has met the following conditions:
(A) (1) Has maximized resources available through nonresident tuition and fee charges to the satisfaction of the commission or council;
(B) (2) Is consistently achieving the benchmarks established in the compact of the institution pursuant to the provisions of article one-a one-d of this chapter;
(C) (3) Is continuously pursuing the statewide goals for post-secondary education and the statewide compact established in articles one and one-a one-d of this chapter;
(D) (4) Has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the commission or council that an increase will be used to maintain high-quality programs at the institution; and
(E) (5) Has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the commission or council that the institution is making adequate progress toward achieving the goals for education established by the southern regional education board;
(6) (m) This section does not require equal increases among institutions or require any level of increase at an institution.
(7) (n) The commission and council shall report to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability regarding the basis for each approval or denial as determined using the criteria established in subdivision (5) of this subsection (l).
(D) (o) Institutions shall provide, in a timely manner, any data on tuition and fee increases requested by the staff of the commission or council. The commission shall:
(i) (1) Collect the data from any institution under its jurisdiction; and
(ii) (2) Annually by July 1, provide a detailed analysis of the institutions' compliance with the provisions of this subdivision to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability.
§18B-10-6a. Undergraduate, graduate and professional fee waivers. Marshall University and West Virginia University.
(b) Graduate and professional school fee waivers.
(1) In addition to the fee waivers authorized for undergraduate study by subsection (a) of this section, the governing boards of Marshall University and West Virginia University, respectively, each may establish fee waivers for study in the graduate and professional schools under its their jurisdiction including medicine and dentistry, which entitle the recipients to waiver of tuition, capital and other fees, in whole or in part.
§18B-12-1. Legislative findings and purpose.
(1) Economic development in the state depends in part upon research developed at the state institutions of higher education and enhancing research opportunities for these institutions promotes the general economic welfare of the citizens of the state.
(2) Expenditures for equipment and material for research projects must be handled in an expeditious fashion in order to enhance the competitive positions of institutions in the current environment for research and development.
(3) The acquisition and implementation of research grants can be simplified and expedited through development and operation of private corporations.
(4) Faculty and staff who conduct research need and deserve administrative and financial support in securing and managing research grants, managing and administering the personnel needed to support research and in all areas of grant management.
(5) The interest of the citizens of the state will be served best if the governing boards enter into and carry out agreements with corporations to provide research assistance for the institutions under their jurisdictions.
(b) Therefore, the purpose of the Legislature in enacting this article is to enhance the competitive positions of institutions, provide administrative and financial support to faculty and staff who conduct research and facilitate research and development grants and opportunities for institutions by authorizing the governing boards to contract with private corporations organized for the purpose of providing these services.
§18B-12-2. Definitions.
The following words when used in this article have the meanings ascribed to them unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(b) “Affiliated corporation” or “corporation” means a corporation which meets the essential criteria prescribed in sections three and four of this article.
(c) “Affiliated governing board” or “governing board” means the governing board of a state institution of higher education which is a party to the agreement required in section four of this article.
(d) “Affiliated institution” or “institution” means the state institution of higher education under the jurisdiction of an affiliated governing board.
(e) “Affiliated member” means a director of an affiliated corporation who is an employee of the affiliated governing board or of any entity bearing a direct or indirect relationship to the affiliated governing board or the institution under its jurisdiction.
(f) “Key employee” means a person essential to the operation of a corporation who exerts a significant influence on the organization's finances or activities as defined by the Internal Revenue Service relative to the preparation of IRS Form 990, or any successor form.
(g) “Potential membership” means the total number of associate and private sector members who comprise a board of directors when all membership seats are filled.
(h) “Private sector member” means a director of an affiliated corporation who is not an employee of the affiliated governing board nor of any entity bearing a direct or indirect relationship to the affiliated governing board or to the institution under its jurisdiction.
(i) For the purposes of this article the Higher Education Policy Commission is considered a “governing board for a state institution of higher education” and its chancellor is considered to be a “president” of a state institution of higher education.
§18B-12-3. Governing boards authorized to contract with corporations; corporations to meet essential criteria; corporation membership and organization; financial requirements.
(a) Each governing board is authorized to enter into agreements and any other contractual relationships with one or more affiliated corporations formed with respect to the state institution of higher education under its jurisdiction.
(b) Each affiliated corporation shall meet the following essential criteria:
(1) Corporation status. The corporation is organized as a nonprofit, nonstock corporation under the general corporation laws of the state exclusively for charitable, educational or scientific purposes within the meaning of section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to foster and support research at the affiliated institution and to provide evaluation, development, patenting, management and marketing services for inventions of its faculty, staff and students.
(2) Corporation membership, meetings, officers.
(A) Members of the board of directors of the affiliated corporation serve terms as prescribed in the bylaws of the corporation and are selected as follows:
(i) Affiliated members are selected by the affiliated governing board after consultation with the president of the institution;
(ii) Private sector members are selected by the affiliated governing board;
(iii) The affiliated governing board shall make all appointments to the board of directors of the affiliated corporation by majority vote of its members and shall include the individual votes as a part of the minute record.
(B) Private sector members shall constitute a majority of the potential membership of the corporate directors. Individuals who are directly involved in research at the affiliated institution shall constitute a majority of the potential affiliated membership. Vacancies shall be filled in such a way that the majority status of private sector membership is maintained.
(C) By September 1, 2011, and at least biennially thereafter, the corporate directors shall elect a chair from among their members.
(D) The affiliated governing board shall select an executive director who may have dual appointment with the affiliated governing board, but may not be a corporation director. The affiliated governing board may not delegate this duty to the president of the institution under its jurisdiction. The affiliated governing board shall appoint the executive director by majority vote of its members and shall include the vote as a part of the minute record. The executive director shall inform the corporate directors and the affiliated governing board annually of his or her employment status with any other institution, agency or organization.
(E) The meetings of the corporate directors are subject to section three, article nine-a, chapter six of this code.
(3) Financial requirements. --
(A) The corporation shall develop and implement a systematic program for investing corporation assets. The program may include creation of an investment committee or corporate directors may function as a committee of the whole. The investment committee or, in the absence of an investment committee, the corporation staff shall prepare an annual report on the status of investments and other financial information the corporate directors may request and present to the corporate directors for discussion and approval. The corporation also shall share the report with the affiliated governing board within sixty days after the report is completed.
(B) The financial statements of the corporation shall be audited annually by an independent certified public accountant or firm. Within thirty days of completion, the financial audit report shall be presented to the corporate directors for approval, after which a copy of the financial audit and required statements shall be submitted to the affiliated governing board.
(C) If the corporation is dissolved, its assets shall be transferred to an entity designated by the affiliated governing board for the benefit of the affiliated institution. The recipient shall be an organization operated exclusively for charitable, educational or scientific purposes and shall qualify as an exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
§18B-12-6. Conflicts of interest; reports required.
(a) The corporation shall develop and implement a written policy addressing conflicts of interest.
(b) Annually, officers, directors and key employees shall disclose interests that may give rise to conflicts.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, officers and employees of a an affiliated governing board and the affected state institution of higher education may hold appointments to offices of the corporation and be corporate directors or officers or employees of other entities contracting with either the corporation or a governing board. of a state institution of higher education. The executive director of the corporation shall have dual appointment with the state institution of higher education. The governing board of a state institution of higher education and the corporate directors must be informed of such appointments annually.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or this code to the contrary, the commission, council and governing boards each may sell lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or part of any real property that it owns, either by contract or at public auction and retain the proceeds of the transaction.
(1) The commission, council and governing boards may not sell lease, convey or otherwise dispose of any real property without first performing the following steps:
(b) The commission, council or a governing board shall deposit the net proceeds from the sale lease, conveyance or other disposal of real property into a special revenue account in the State Treasury to be appropriated by the Legislature in the annual budget bill for the purchase of additional real property, equipment or technology, or for capital improvements or maintenance at the institution that sold the surplus real property.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or this code to the contrary, the commission, council and governing boards each may lease, as lessor, for purposes that further the state goals, objectives and priorities for higher education set out in this code, particularly section one-a, article one and article one-d of this chapter, any real property that it owns, either by contract or at public auction, and retain the proceeds of the lease.”