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HB 2955 Text
Introduced Version House Bill 2955 History
hb2955 intr
H. B. 2955
A BILL to repeal §18B-1C-1, §18B-1C-2 and §18B-1C-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931; as amended; to amend and reenact §18B-1-2 of said code; and to amend and reenact §18B-2A-1 of said code, all relating to removing West Virginia University Institute of Technology from the merger with West Virginia University and returning it to its former status as a singular state institution of higher education.
That §18B-1C-1, §18B-1C-2 and §18B-1C-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be repealed; that §18B-1-2 of said code be amended and reenacted; and that §18B-2A-1 of said code be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
(c) "Community and technical college", in the singular or plural, means the free-standing community and technical colleges and other state institutions of higher education which deliver community and technical college education. This definition includes Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College, West Virginia Northern Community and Technical College, Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College, New River Community and Technical College, West Virginia University at Parkersburg, The Community and Technical College at West Virginia University Institute of Technology, Blue Ridge Community and Technical College, Marshall Community and Technical College, West Virginia State Community and Technical College and Pierpont Community and Technical College;
(g) "Higher Education Policy Commission", "Policy Commission" or "Commission" means the commission created pursuant to section one, article one-b of this chapter;
(i) "Chancellor for Community and Technical College Education" means the chief executive officer of the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education employed pursuant to section three, article two-b of this chapter;
(j) "Chancellor" means the Chancellor for Higher Education where the context refers to a function of the Higher Education Policy Commission. "Chancellor" means Chancellor for Community and Technical College Education where the context refers to a function of the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education;
(k) "Institutional operating budget" or "operating budget" means for any fiscal year an institution's total unrestricted education and general funding from all sources in the prior fiscal year, including, but not limited to, tuition and fees and legislative appropriation, and any adjustments to that funding as approved by the commission or council based on comparisons with peer institutions or to reflect consistent components of peer operating budgets;
(n) "Vice Chancellor for Administration" means the person employed in accordance with section two, article four of this chapter. Any reference in this chapter or chapter eighteen-c of this code to "Senior Administrator" means Vice Chancellor for Administration;
(o) "State college" means Bluefield State College, Concord University, Fairmont State University, Glenville State College, Shepherd University, West Liberty State College, or West Virginia State University or West Virginia University Institute of Technology;
(q) "Board of visitors" means the advisory board previously appointed for the West Virginia Graduate College and the advisory board previously appointed for West Virginia University Institute of Technology, which provide guidance to the Marshall University Graduate College and West Virginia University Institute of Technology, respectively;
(x) "Council" means the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education created pursuant to article two-b of this chapter;
(y) "West Virginia Consortium for Undergraduate Research and Engineering" or "West Virginia CURE" means the collaborative planning group established pursuant to article one-c of this chapter;
(z) "Advanced technology center" means a facility established under the direction of an independent community and technical college for the purpose of implementing and delivering education and training programs for high-skill, high-performance Twenty-first Century workplaces;
(aa) "Statewide network of independently accredited community and technical colleges" or "community and technical college network" means the state institutions of higher education under the jurisdiction of the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education which are independently accredited or are seeking independent accreditation by the regional accrediting agency, each governed by its own independent governing board, and each having a core mission of providing affordable access to and delivering high quality community and technical education in every region of the state; and
(bb) "Independent community and technical college" means a state institution of higher education under the jurisdiction of the council which is independently accredited or seeking independent accreditation, is governed by its own independent governing board, and may not be operated as a branch or off-campus location of any other state institution of higher education. This definition includes Blue Ridge Community and Technical College, The Community and Technical College at West Virginia University Institute of Technology, Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College, Marshall Community and Technical College, New River Community and Technical College, Pierpont Community and Technical College, Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College, West Virginia Northern Community and Technical College, West Virginia State Community and Technical College, and West Virginia University at Parkersburg.
(cc) "Dual credit course" or "dual enrollment course" is a credit-bearing college-level course offered in a high school by a state institution of higher education for high school students in which the students are concurrently enrolled and receiving credit at the secondary level.
(b) Independent community and technical colleges established. --
Effective July 1, 2008, the board of advisors is abolished and a board of governors is established for Marshall Community and Technical College; Pierpont Community and Technical College, formerly a division of Fairmont State University; The Community and Technical College at West Virginia University Institute of Technology; West Virginia State Community and Technical College; and West Virginia University at Parkersburg.
(A) In making the initial appointments to these boards of governors, the Governor may appoint those persons who are lay members of the boards of advisors by June 30, 2008.
(c) Beginning June 1, 2009, an institutional board of governors for West Virginia University Institute of Technology consisting of twelve persons, chosen and appointed in accordance with the provisions of this section, shall be in place.
(f) The student member serves for a term of one year. Each term begins on July 1.
(g) The faculty member serves for a term of two years. Each term begins on July 1. Faculty members are eligible to succeed themselves for three additional terms, not to exceed a total of eight consecutive years.
(h) The member representing classified employees serves for a term of two years. Each term begins on July 1. Members representing classified employees are eligible to succeed themselves for three additional terms, not to exceed a total of eight consecutive years.
(j) A vacancy in an unexpired term of a member shall be filled for the unexpired term within thirty days of the occurrence of the vacancy in the same manner as the original appointment or election. Except in the case of a vacancy, all elections shall be held and all appointments shall be made no later than June 30 preceding the commencement of the term. Each board of governors shall elect one of its appointed lay members to be chairperson in June of each year except for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2008 only, when the board shall elect the chairperson in July. A member may not serve as chairperson for more than four consecutive years.
(k) The appointed members of the institutional boards of governors serve staggered terms of up to four years except that four of the initial appointments to the governing boards of community and technical colleges which become independent on July 1, 2008, are for terms of two years and five of the initial appointments are for terms of four years.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to remove West Virginia University Institute of Technology from the merger with West Virginia University and return it to its former status as a singular state institution of higher education.