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WV Code § 18-9F-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 9F. School Access Safety Act|§18-9F-4. Guidelines and Procedures for School Access Safety Plans; Project Evaluation; On-Site Inspection of Facilities

(a) By June 1, 2007, the authority shall establish and distribute to each county board guidelines and procedures regarding school access safety plans and school access safety projects, which shall address at least the following:(1) All of the necessary elements of the school access safety plan required in accordance with the provisions of section three of this article;(2) The manner, time line and process for submission to the authority of each safety plan and annual plan update, including guidelines for modification of an approved safety plan;(3) Any project and maintenance specifications considered appropriate by the authority;(4) Procedures for a county board to submit a preliminary plan, plan outline or plan proposal to the authority prior to submitting the safety plan. The preliminary plan, plan outline or plan proposal shall be the basis for a consultation meeting between representatives of the county board and the authority. The meeting shall be held as soon as practicable following submission in order to:(A) Ensure understanding of the goals of this article;(B) Discuss ways the plan may be structured to meet the goals of this article; and(C) Ensure efficiency and productivity in the approval process; and(5) Procedures for notifying county boards of the funds available for allocation and disbursement during each fiscal year pursuant to section six of this article.(b) By June 1, 2007, the authority shall establish and distribute to each county board guidelines and procedures for evaluating safety plans and safety projects that address at least the following:(1) Whether the proposed safety project furthers the safety plan and complies with the guidelines established by the authority;(2) How the safety plan and safety project will ensure the prudent and resourceful expenditure of state funds and achieve the purposes of this article;(3) Whether the safety plan and safety project advance student health and safety needs, including, but not limited to, critical health and safety needs;(4) Whether the safety plan and safety project include regularly scheduled preventive maintenance; and(5) Consideration of the prioritized list of projects required by section three of this article.(c) The authority shall establish guidelines and procedures for allocating and disbursing funds in accordance with section six of this article, subject to the availability of funds.(d) Each county board receiving funds pursuant to this article annually shall conduct an on-site inspection and submit an audit review to the state board. The inspection shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Department of Education's Handbook on Planning School Facilities.
WV Code § 18-9F-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 9F. School Access Safety Act|§18-9F-5. School Access Safety Fund

(a) There is hereby established in the state Treasury a special account designated the School Access Safety Fund.(b) All funds accruing to the authority pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be deposited into the fund and expended in accordance with provisions of this article.(c) Any funds remaining in the account at the end of a fiscal year, including accrued interest, do not revert to the General Revenue Fund, but remain in the account.(d) The authority may transfer moneys from the fund to custodial accounts maintained by the authority with a state financial institution, as necessary to the performance of any contracts executed by the authority in accordance with the provisions of this article.
WV Code § 18-9F-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 9F. School Access Safety Act|§18-9F-6. Allocation of Funds; Eligibility for Funding

(a) On or before May 1 of each year, the authority shall determine the amount of funds available in the School Access Safety Fund for allocation and disbursement during that fiscal year.(b) The authority shall divide the amount of funds available pursuant to subsection (a) of this section by the total net enrollment in public schools for the state as a whole. That quotient is the per pupil amount. The authority shall allocate to each county board the per pupil amount of funds for each student in net enrollment of that county, as defined in section two, article nine-a of this chapter.(c) The authority shall notify in writing each county board of education the amount of funds available to that board as soon as practicable upon determining that amount pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.(d) Except as provided in subdivision (3) of this subsection, to be eligible to receive a disbursement of funds pursuant to this article, a county board shall contribute local funds derived from bonding, special levy or other identified sources to the school access safety projects contained in the county board's school access safety plan.(1) The amount of a county board's contribution shall equal at least fifteen percent of the funds available to the county board pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.(2) A county board may submit a financial hardship waiver request to the state board for consideration regarding the county board's inability to provide the contribution required by this subsection. Upon review and approval of the request by the state board, the authority shall waive the contribution requirement for that county board and allocate and disburse funds pursuant to this article.(e) The authority may disburse funds pursuant to this section only to a county board that:(1) Has a safety plan that has been approved by the authority; and(2) Is prepared to commence expending the funds during the fiscal year in which the funds are disbursed.(f) The authority may disburse funds to a county board in a lump sum or according to a schedule of payments adopted by the authority that is consistent with its guidelines.(g) To encourage county boards to proceed promptly with school access safety planning and to prepare for the expenditure of funds derived pursuant to this article, a county board forfeits any funds that it fails to expend within one year of disbursement by the authority. The county board is ineligible for any additional allocation or disbursement pursuant to this article until it is prepared to expend funds according to an approved school access safety plan.(1) The authority may authorize an extension beyond the one-year forfeiture period not to exceed an additional six months.(2) Any forfeited funds shall be returned to the School Access Safety Fund and made available for future allocation and disbursement.
WV Code § 18-9F-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 9F. School Access Safety Act|§18-9F-7. School Access Safety Requirements for New Schools

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, and in an effort to enhance school access safety, the design and construction of any new school building receiving funds from the authority shall comply with the school access safety standards established by the authority. Any new school building that does not comply with the school access safety standards may not receive any funds from the authority pursuant to this article.(b) The authority shall propose a rule for legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of article three-a, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code that establishes standards for school access safety in public school buildings. The rule shall require for any project that will receive funding pursuant to this article that the county board shall submit any new school design to the authority for review and approval for compliance with this section prior to preparing final bid documents.
WV Code § 18-9F-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 9F. School Access Safety Act|§18-9F-8. Report

The authority shall report to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability during the June and September, 2007, and January, 2008, interim meeting periods regarding implementation of the provisions of this article.
WV Code § 18-9F-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 9F. School Access Safety Act|§18-9F-10. School Safety Requirements

In addition to any other requirement contained in this article or the Crisis Response Plan required by §18-9F-9 of this code, each county board of education shall implement a school safety program before September 1, 2019, that at a minimum, requires:(1) Room numbers to be placed on exterior walls or windows of school buildings, so rooms with exterior walls can be identified by law enforcement and first responders from the outside;(2) Providing updated floor plans of the school to first responders and local law enforcement by September 1 of each school year;(3) First aid training for all school personnel and students each school year; and (4) Active shooter training for all school personnel and students at the beginning of each school year.
WV Code § 18-10-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10. Federal Aid and Gifts for Educational Purposes|§18-10-1. Assent to Federal Land Grants for West Virginia University; Investment of Funds From Sale of Land Warrants

The state of West Virginia hereby renews its assent to the provisions and purposes of the act of Congress of July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled "An act donating public lands to the several states and territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts," and of all subsequent acts of Congress amending or supplementing said act, and accepts the grants authorized thereby. The funds derived from the sale of United States land warrants which were donated to this state for the purpose of endowing an agricultural college shall be invested by the board of the school fund in a loan or public stocks of the United States, or otherwise, as required by Congress, for the use and benefit of West Virginia University.
WV Code § 18-10-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10. Federal Aid and Gifts for Educational Purposes|§18-10-2. Federal Aid for West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station

The state of West Virginia hereby renews its assent to the provisions and purposes of the act of Congress of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled "An act to establish agricultural experiment stations in connection with the colleges established in the several states under the provisions of an act approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the acts supplementary thereto," and of all subsequent acts of Congress amending or supplementing said act, and accepts the appropriations of money authorized thereby.
WV Code § 18-10-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10. Federal Aid and Gifts for Educational Purposes|§18-10-3. Federal Aid for West Virginia University and West Virginia State College

The state of West Virginia hereby renews its assent to the provisions and purposes of the act of Congress of August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled "An act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public land to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts established under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," and of all subsequent acts of Congress amending or supplementing said act, and accepts the appropriations of money authorized thereby.The state of West Virginia hereby designates West Virginia University as the beneficiary of appropriations under the eighteen hundred and sixty-two act of Congress referred to in section one of this article and West Virginia State College as the beneficiary of appropriations under the eighteen hundred and ninety act of Congress referred to in this section.
WV Code § 18-10-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10. Federal Aid and Gifts for Educational Purposes|§18-10-4. Federal Aid for Cooperative Agricultural Extension Work

The state of West Virginia hereby renews its assent to the provisions and purposes of the act of Congress of May eighth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, entitled "An act to provide for cooperative agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several states receiving the benefits of an act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and of acts supplementary thereto, and the United States Department of Agriculture," and of all subsequent acts of Congress amending or supplementing said act, and accepts the appropriations of money authorized thereby.
WV Code § 18-10-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10. Federal Aid and Gifts for Educational Purposes|§18-10-5. Federal Aid for Vocational Education; Duties of State Board of Education

The provisions and purposes of the act of Congress of February twenty-third, nineteen hundred and seventeen, entitled "An act to provide for the promotion of vocational education; to provide for cooperation with the states in the promotion of such education in agriculture and the trades and industries; to provide for cooperation with the states in the preparation of teachers of vocational subjects; and to appropriate money and regulate its expenditures," are hereby accepted by the State of West Virginia as to (a) appropriations for the salaries of teachers, supervisors and directors of agricultural subjects; (b) appropriations for salaries of teachers of vocational and industrial subjects; (c) appropriations for the training of teachers, supervisors and directors of vocational subjects.The state Board of Education is hereby designated as the state board to carry out the provisions of said act so far as the same relates to the cooperation of the states and the federal government, and shall have full power to do all things necessary in the formulation and execution of plans for the promotion of education in agriculture, in trades and industries, and to formulate and execute plans for the preparation of teachers of vocational subjects.
WV Code § 18-10-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10. Federal Aid and Gifts for Educational Purposes|§18-10-8. Acceptance and Distribution of Future Federal Funds Available to State

The state Board of Education is hereby authorized and empowered to accept for the State of West Virginia, and expend for the purpose designated, any funds that may hereafter be made available to the board out of the federal treasury by an act or acts of Congress and allocated to this state for vocational education, or for the use or benefit of the state colleges and other state institutions under the direct control and supervision of the board, or for any other educational purpose.The state superintendent of free schools is hereby authorized and empowered to accept for the State of West Virginia any funds that may hereafter be made available to the state Department of Education or to the state superintendent of free schools out of the federal treasury by an act or acts of Congress for current expense, capital outlay, free textbooks, or any other educational purpose in local public school units, or for any other educational purpose.Subject to the provisions and conditions of applicable federal law with respect to the allocation and distribution of any federal funds for current expense purposes in local public school units, the state board of school finance is hereby authorized and empowered to allocate and distribute said federal funds in accordance with the following provisions:1. Of said federal funds received, seventy-one percent shall be allocated for teachers' salaries and the distribution to each county board of education shall be made on the basis of actual teachers employed at the end of the second month of the current school term and said allocated share of such funds shall be used in said county for the purpose of adding to the present minimum legal salaries the following increments:(a) Ten dollars per month for all teachers holding emergency certificates based on less than two years of college training.(b) Twenty-five dollars per month for all teachers holding regular certificates based on less than four years of college training and all teachers holding emergency certificates based on two or more years of college training.(c) Sixty-five dollars per month for all teachers holding regular certificates based on college degrees.All such increments may be reduced or increased on a proportionate basis in accordance with the amount of funds available under the seventy-one percent allocation.2. The balance of said federal funds, the equivalent of twenty-nine percent of said funds, shall be distributed among the several counties. Such distribution shall be based on the net enrollment for the fourth school month of the current year and determined on a ratio that said net enrollment of each county bears to the total net enrollment of the state.
WV Code § 18-10-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10. Federal Aid and Gifts for Educational Purposes|§18-10-9. State Board of Education, Board of Governors and Commissioner of Public Institutions Empowered to Carry Out Provisions of Federal Aid Acts

The state Board of Education as to educational matters other than those relating to the West Virginia University, the board of Governors of West Virginia University as to educational matters relating to said university, and the state commissioner of public institutions, as to financial and business matters, as provided by law, are authorized and empowered to carry out the provisions of the original and supplemental acts of Congress mentioned or referred to in this article, and of any subsequent act or acts of Congress making appropriations to this state for educational purposes.
WV Code § 18-10-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10. Federal Aid and Gifts for Educational Purposes|§18-10-10. Custody and Disbursement of Federal Funds

The treasurer of this state shall be the custodian of all moneys received by the state from appropriations made by any of the original or supplemental acts of Congress mentioned or referred to in sections two to six, inclusive of this article, and of all moneys received by the state from appropriations for educational purposes that may hereafter be made by any act or acts of Congress, and is authorized to receive and provide for the proper custody of the same. He shall keep an accurate account of the moneys so received, shall place the same to the credit of the proper institutions or funds, and, unless a different method is provided by law, shall make disbursements therefrom upon warrants of the State Auditor issued on requisitions of the state commissioner of public institutions: Provided, however, That disbursements from the funds received for vocational education and vocational rehabilitation shall be made upon warrants of the State Auditor issued on requisitions of the state Board of Education approved by the state commissioner of public institutions. The treasurer shall include in his biennial report to the Governor a statement of his receipts and disbursements under the provisions of this article.
WV Code § 18-10-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10. Federal Aid and Gifts for Educational Purposes|§18-10-11. West Virginia Library Commission Authorized to Accept Federal Appropriations for Rural Library Service; Governor May Supplement State Appropriation

The West Virginia Library Commission, established by section twelve, article one, chapter ten of this code, is hereby authorized and empowered to accept for the State of West Virginia any appropriations of money for rural library service, and for similar library purposes, that may hereafter be made out of the federal treasury by an act or acts of Congress.Should the appropriation provided by the Legislature for the purpose prove insufficient in amount to meet the requirements of the federal government relative to library purposes, the Governor may supplement, from his contingent fund or from any other funds available for the purpose, said legislative appropriation by an amount sufficient to meet the said requirements of the federal government.
WV Code § 18-10-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10. Federal Aid and Gifts for Educational Purposes|§18-10-12. Custody and Disbursement of Library Funds

The treasurer of this state shall be the custodian of all moneys received by the state from appropriations made by any of the original or supplemental acts of Congress mentioned or referred to in section eleven of this article, and specifically of all moneys received by the state from appropriations for such library purposes that may hereafter be made by any act or acts of Congress; and he is authorized to receive and to provide for the proper custody of the same. He shall also be the custodian of such library moneys received by the state from any other agencies, private and/or otherwise; and he is similarly authorized to receive and provide for the proper custody of these funds. The treasurer shall keep an accurate account of the moneys so received from whatever source, shall place the same to the credit of the West Virginia Library Commission; and, unless a different method is provided by law, he shall make disbursements therefrom upon warrants of the State Auditor issued on requisitions of the West Virginia Library Commission approved by the state commissioner of public institutions. The said Library Commission shall make bylaws, rules and regulations for the allocation and administration of all library funds, and for the establishment of an adequate system of auditing and reporting such disbursements. The treasurer shall include in his biennial report to the Governor a statement of his receipts and disbursements under the provisions of this section.
WV Code § 18-10-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10. Federal Aid and Gifts for Educational Purposes|§18-10-13. State Educational Institutions Authorized to Participate in Federal Student Loan Program

The governing board of each state educational institution is hereby authorized and empowered to comply with all provisions of federal law necessary to permit participation by such institution in the federal student loan program established by the "National Defense Education Act of 1958" or by any other act of Congress heretofore or hereafter enacted. The state matching funds needed to qualify the institution for receipt of federal contributions under any such program may be provided by the board from gifts or grants available to the institutions for loans to students unless the terms of the gift or grant would preclude its use for matching purposes.
WV Code § 18-10A-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10A. Rehabilitation Services|§18-10A-2. Division of Rehabilitation Services

(a) The Division of Rehabilitation Services is transferred to the Department of Commerce created in §5F-1-1 et seq. of this code. The secretary shall appoint any board, commission, or council over the division to the extent required by federal law to qualify for federal funds for providing rehabilitation services for disabled persons. The secretary and the boards, commissions or councils as he or she is required by federal law to appoint are authorized and directed to cooperate with the federal government to the fullest extent in an effort to provide rehabilitation services for disabled persons.(b) References in this article or §18-10B-1 et seq. of this code to the state Board of Vocational Education, the state Board of Rehabilitation or the state board as the governing board of vocational or other rehabilitation services or facilities mean the Secretary of Commerce. All references in the code to the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation mean the Division of Rehabilitation Services and all references to the Director of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation means the Director of the Division of Rehabilitation Services.