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WV Code § 18A-4-20 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18A. School Personnel|Article 4. Salaries, Wages and Other Benefits|§18A-4-20. Moving Expenses Allowed for Teachers Laid Off in Counties Due to Lack of Need

(a) From funds appropriated, the Department of Education may pay the moving expenses for a teacher who meets the following criteria:(1) The teacher's position was eliminated as part of a reduction in force by a West Virginia county school board;(2) The teacher has secured employment for a West Virginia county school board in another county;(3) The teacher has moved his or her residence to the West Virginia county in which he or she has gained employment or to an adjacent county in West Virginia;(4) The teacher is to be employed in a county where shortages exist either in numbers of teachers or in subject matter areas as determined by the state board; and(5) As a result of the new employment, it would be impractical for the teacher to maintain his or her previous residence.(b) The reimbursement shall be for actual expenses and shall not exceed $2,500, subject to the availability of funds.(c) Each county board of education shall send the state board by May 1, annually, a report that includes:(1) The available teacher positions in the county;(2) Any shortages in subject matter areas in the county; and(3) The name of all teachers reduced in force: Provided, That the teacher has permitted the county board to submit his or her name.(d) The state board shall compile a report including all information submitted to the state board based on the reports provided in subsection (c) of this section. The state board shall send this report to each county board of education. Additionally, the state board shall send a letter to all teachers reduced in force. This letter shall identify all teacher positions available in West Virginia and identify those counties where shortages exist either in numbers of teachers or in subject matter areas.(e) The state board shall promulgate a rule pursuant to the provisions of article three-b, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code that implements the provisions of this section. The rule shall include, but is not limited to:(1) Standards sufficient to define and measure the criteria set forth in subsection (a) of this section; and(2) A procedure for allocating the funds if the funds appropriated are insufficient.(f) Nothing in this section shall require any level of appropriation by the Legislature.(g) The state board shall report to the Legislature by January 1, of each year on the number of teachers being reimbursed.(h) This section shall expire on July 1, 2005, unless continued by the Legislature.
WV Code § 18A-4-21 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18A. School Personnel|Article 4. Salaries, Wages and Other Benefits|§18A-4-21. Posting of Position Opening Following Death of Incumbent

A county board may not declare a position vacant and post a job opening sooner than ten days following the death of an individual employed in that position.
WV Code § 18A-4-22 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18A. School Personnel|Article 4. Salaries, Wages and Other Benefits|§18A-4-22. Prohibition on Aiding and Abetting Sexual Abuse

(a) No school personnel, contractor or agent, or any employee of any state, regional or local educational agency including any employee of a public or private school, may assist an individual employed as school personnel, a contractor or an agent in obtaining a new job if the individual or agency knows, or has probable cause to believe, that such school employee, contractor or agent engaged in sexual misconduct regarding a minor or student in violation of the law: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the routine transmission of administrative and personnel files.(b) The requirements of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply if: (1) The information giving rise to probable cause has been properly reported to a law- enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the alleged misconduct and reported to any other authorities as required by federal, state or local law; and(2) One of the following has happened:(A) The matter has been officially closed, or the prosecutor or police with jurisdiction over the alleged misconduct has investigated the allegations and notified school officials that there is insufficient information to establish probable cause that the school personnel, contractor or agent engaged in sexual misconduct regarding a minor or student in violation of the law;(B) The school personnel, contractor or agent has been charged with and acquitted or otherwise exonerated of the alleged misconduct; or(C) The case or investigation remains open and there have been no charges filed against, or indictment of, the school personnel, contractor or agent within four years of the date on which the information was reported to a law-enforcement agency.(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to override a statute, regulation or policy that provides greater or additional protections to prohibit any individual who is school personnel, contractor or agent, or any state, regional or local educational agency from assisting a school employee who engaged in sexual misconduct regarding a minor or student in violation of the law in obtaining a new job.
WV Code § 18A-5-1b (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18A. School Personnel|Article 5. Authority; Rights; Responsibility|§18A-5-1b. Alternative Procedures for Expulsion Hearings by County Boards

The county boards may employ a hearing examiner to conduct the expulsion hearings required by this article. The hearing examiner shall be an attorney, duly licensed to practice law in the State of West Virginia and shall not be employed by the state or county boards for any other reason.The hearing examiner shall conduct hearings in compliance with the guidelines of section one-a of this article. All hearings shall be recorded by mechanical means, unless recorded by a certified court reporter. The hearing examiner shall issue a decision and written findings of fact and conclusions of law within five days of the conclusion of the hearing. Hearings by a hearing examiner shall have the same force and effect as a decision made by a county board. Upon the written request of a parent, guardian, or custodian of the student, or the county superintendent, the county board shall review the decision of the hearing examiner. Within ten calendar days from the date of the request of the review, the county board shall enter an order affirming, reversing, or modifying the decision of the hearing examiner. A county board may, in its own discretion, hold a hearing to determine any issues in question.The authority of the county superintendent shall be the same as contained in section one-a of this article.
WV Code § 18A-5-1c (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18A. School Personnel|Article 5. Authority; Rights; Responsibility|§18A-5-1c. Bill of Rights and Responsibilities for Students and School Personnel

(a) The Legislature finds that:(1) The mission of public schools is to prepare students for equal and responsible citizenship and productive adulthood;(2) Democratic citizenship and productive adulthood begin with standards of conduct in schools;(3) Schools should be safe havens for learning with high standards of conduct for students; and(4) Rights necessarily carry responsibilities.(b) In recognition of the findings in this section, the following Bill of Rights and Responsibilities for Students and School Personnel is established:(1) The right to attend a school and ride a bus that is safe, orderly and drug free;(2) The right to learn and work in a school that has clear discipline codes with fair and consistently enforced consequences for misbehavior;(3) The right to learn and work in a school that has alternative educational placements for violent or chronically disruptive students;(4) The right to be treated with courtesy and respect;(5) The right to a attend a school and ride on a bus that is free from bullying;(6) The right to support from school administrators when enforcing discipline policies;(7) The right to support from parents, the community, public officials and businesses in their efforts to uphold high standards of conduct; and(8) The responsibility to adhere to the principles in this Bill of Rights and Responsibilities for Students and School Personnel, and to behave in a manner that guarantees that other students and school personnel enjoy the same rights.
WV Code § 18A-5-1d (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18A. School Personnel|Article 5. Authority; Rights; Responsibility|§18A-5-1d. Return to School Through Juvenile Drug Court for Certain Students

(a) When a student is expelled from school pursuant to §18A-5-1a of this code, the county board, county superintendent, or principal for the school from which the student was expelled or the parent, guardian, or custodian may refer the student to a Juvenile Drug Court, operated pursuant to §49-4-703 of this code. Upon referral, the judge assigned to Juvenile Drug Court shall determine whether the student is an appropriate candidate for Juvenile Drug Court.(b) If the judge determines the student is an appropriate candidate for Juvenile Drug Court, then the court has jurisdiction over the student in the same manner as it has jurisdiction over all other persons in Juvenile Drug Court. Jurisdiction over students includes the ability to issue any of the various sanctions available to the Juvenile Drug Court, including temporary detention.(c)(1) Successful completion of Juvenile Drug Court or certification by the Juvenile Drug Court judge that the student is making satisfactory progress toward successful completion of Juvenile Drug Court warrants consideration for reduction of the expulsion period, pursuant to §18A-5-1a of this code.(2) The Juvenile Drug Court shall notify the county superintendent of the completion or certification. The county superintendent shall arrange a meeting with the Juvenile Drug Court treatment team, the court, and the student assistance team of the school from which the student was expelled to discuss the student’s history, progress, and potential for improvement.(3) The student assistance team shall evaluate and recommend whether the student’s expulsion period should be reduced, and the student reinstated in school.(4) The student assistance team’s recommendation shall be presented to the superintendent, who shall make the final determination. The superintendent shall prepare a statement detailing reasons for or against school reinstatement and submit the statement to the county board. If the superintendent determines to reduce the expulsion period, he or she shall submit the statement required by §18A-5-1a(i) of this code and place the student in an appropriate school within the district.(5) A student to be reinstated shall be permitted to return to school no later than the 10th regular school day following notice by the court to the superintendent regarding the student’s successful completion or satisfactory progress toward successful completion of Juvenile Drug Court.
WV Code § 18A-5-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18A. School Personnel|Article 5. Authority; Rights; Responsibility|§18A-5-2. Holidays; Closing of Schools; Time Lost Because of Such; Special Saturday Classes

(a) Schools shall be closed on Saturdays and on the following days which are designated as legal school holidays: Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Martin Luther King's birthday, Memorial Day and West Virginia Day. Schools also shall be closed on any day on which a primary election, general election or special election is held throughout the state or school district and on any day appointed and set apart by the president or the Governor as a holiday of special observance by the people of the state.(b) When any of the above designated holidays, except a special election, falls on Saturday, the schools shall be closed on the preceding Friday. When any designated holiday falls on Sunday, the schools shall be closed on the following Monday.(c) Special classes may be conducted on Saturdays for pupils and by teachers and service personnel. Saturday classes shall be conducted on a voluntary basis and teachers and service personnel shall be remunerated in ratio to the regularly contracted pay.(d) Any school or schools may be closed by proper authorities on account of the prevalence of contagious disease, conditions of weather or any other calamitous cause over which the board has no control.(1) Under any or all of the above provisions, the time lost by the school closings may not be counted as days of employment and may not be counted as meeting a part of the requirements of the minimum term of one hundred eighty days of instruction. A school employee's pay per pay period may not change as a result of a school closing not being counted as a day of employment, and the employee shall be paid the same amount during any pay period in which a school closing occurs that the employee would have been paid during the pay period if a school closing had not occurred.(2) On the day or days when a school or schools are closed, county boards may provide appropriate alternate work schedules for professional and service personnel affected by the closing of any school or schools under any or all of the provisions of this subsection. Professional and service personnel shall receive pay the same as if school were in session.(3) Insofar as funds are available or can be made available during the school year, the board may extend the employment term for the purpose of making up time that might affect the instructional term.(e) In addition to any other provisions of this chapter, the board further is authorized to provide in its annual budget for meetings, workshops, vacation time or other holidays through extended employment of personnel at the same rate of pay.
WV Code § 18A-5-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18A. School Personnel|Article 5. Authority; Rights; Responsibility|§18A-5-3. Exemption From Jury Service

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, professional personnel and other persons actively engaged in school work in this state shall be required to serve on any jury during the period of his contract with a Board of Education unless excused therefrom by judge of the court. In the case of service on a jury the board shall pay the difference between that allowed for such jury service and the amount of salary due the person for such period of time.
WV Code § 18A-5-3a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18A. School Personnel|Article 5. Authority; Rights; Responsibility|§18A-5-3a. Answering Witness Subpoenas

Any teacher, principal, supervisor, service personnel or other person employed by a Board of Education who is subpoenaed to appear as a witness but not as a defendant in any criminal proceeding in any court of law may make such appearance without any loss of pay. The board shall pay to such employee the difference between the witness fee, exclusive of travel allowances, payable for such appearance by the court and the amount of salary due to the person for the time such employee is absent from his employment by reason of answering such subpoena.
WV Code § 18A-5-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18A. School Personnel|Article 5. Authority; Rights; Responsibility|§18A-5-4. Educational Meetings

A county board of education may approve the attendance of any or all teachers at educational conventions, conferences, or other professional meetings of teachers on school days when in the judgment of the superintendent it is necessary or desirable. Attendance at such meetings may be substituted for an equal amount of teaching or employment and teachers attending shall not suffer loss of pay. Further, the board is authorized to pay all or any part of expenses of any personnel whom it may designate to represent the board at any such professional or educational meetings or in visitation to another school system.Every county board of education shall adopt a policy under which professional educators serving as mentor teachers, serving on state and county professional staff development councils, serving on school curriculum teams, and serving on professional support teams will be granted professional time if required for performance of their duties during the instructional day or extra duty compensation if required at other times and for reimbursement for necessary expenses actually incurred in attending meetings of the bodies upon which they serve upon. Such policy shall provide for the coverage of the professional personnel's regular duties during such release times through the use of paraprofessional aides, substitutes and other methods if necessary to avoid the interruption of instruction.
WV Code § 18A-5-4a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18A. School Personnel|Article 5. Authority; Rights; Responsibility|§18A-5-4a. Educational or Service Meetings

A county board of education may approve the attendance of any or all service personnel at educational conventions, conferences, or school service meetings of service personnel on school days when in the judgment of the superintendent it is necessary or desirable. Attendance at such meetings may be substituted for an equal amount of employment and service personnel so attending shall not suffer loss of pay. Further, the board is authorized to pay all or any part of expenses of any personnel whom it may designate to represent the board at any such educational conventions, conferences or school service meetings or in visitation to another school system.
WV Code § 18A-5-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18A. School Personnel|Article 5. Authority; Rights; Responsibility|§18A-5-5. Records; Reports by Professional and Other Personnel

Every teacher, principal, supervisor, or other person employed by a Board of Education shall keep such records and shall make such reports as may be required by the state Superintendent of Schools, and such records shall be kept and such reports shall be made according to the forms and blanks prescribed and furnished by the state superintendent. Teachers shall also keep such other records and make such other reports as may be required by the board of Education employing them.
WV Code § 18A-5-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18A. School Personnel|Article 5. Authority; Rights; Responsibility|§18A-5-6. School Census

A school census of youths from birth through twenty years of age as of September first of the year in which taken, or of such ages as otherwise may locally be determined and of mentally and physically handicapped persons of all ages, may be made as directed by a county board of education. The school census may be taken by the teachers or as otherwise directed by the county board of education. Teachers taking the school census shall be entitled to use school hours not to exceed a total of one school day, and shall be compensated for such time as for time taught.The State Superintendent of Schools shall have authority to require a statewide enumeration by the counties at such times as he may direct and may establish the procedures therefor.In order that the census record may be as currently accurate as possible, and a reliable source of reference through the school year, it shall be the duty of each county superintendent of schools to establish and administer through the office of the county director of school attendance a system of cumulative census records which may be prescribed by the state Superintendent of Schools.
WV Code § 18A-5-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18A. School Personnel|Article 5. Authority; Rights; Responsibility|§18A-5-7. Oath Required of Teachers

Every teacher shall, at the time of signing his contract to teach, take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of West Virginia, and to honestly demean himself in the teaching profession and to the best of his ability execute his position of teacher. Such oath shall be printed on the contract form prescribed by the state superintendent.
WV Code § 18A-6-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18A. School Personnel|Article 6. County Retirement Fund|§18A-6-1. Retirement Fund for School Employees

Boards of education shall have authority to establish and maintain a teachers retirement fund for both teachers and nonteaching employees of their districts. The administration of such funds shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations of the state Board of Education relating thereto.
WV Code § 18A-7-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18A. School Personnel|Article 7. Severability|§18A-7-1. Severability

Pursuant to section ten, article two, chapter two of this code, if any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held unconstitutional or invalid, such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.
WV Code § 18B-1-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18B. Higher Education|Article 1. Governance|§18B-1-4. Prior Transfer of Powers, etc., to Board of Regents; Board of Regents Abolished

(a) All the powers, duties and authorities which the board of Governors of West Virginia University, previously established by article eleven of chapter eighteen of the code or by any other provisions of law, may have had immediately prior to July 1, 1969, shall be the powers, duties and authorities of the West Virginia board of regents until July 1, 1989. Until such date, all of the policies and affairs of West Virginia University shall be determined, controlled, supervised and managed by the West Virginia board of regents, who shall exercise and perform all such powers, duties and authorities.All powers, duties and authorities which the West Virginia Board of Education may have had with respect to state colleges and universities immediately prior to July 1, 1969, shall be the powers, duties and authorities of the West Virginia board of regents until July 1, 1989 Until such date, all of the policies and affairs of the state colleges and universities shall be determined, controlled, supervised and managed by the West Virginia board of regents, who shall exercise and perform all such powers, duties and authorities: Provided, That the standards for education of teachers and teacher preparation programs at the state colleges and universities shall continue to be under the general direction and control of the West Virginia Board of Education, and the West Virginia Board of Education shall have sole authority to continue, as authorized by section six, article two, chapter eighteen of this code, to enter into agreements with county boards of education for the use of the public schools to give prospective teachers teaching experience.All powers, duties and authorities vested in the state commission on higher education by previous provisions of chapter eighteen of this code or by any other provisions of law shall be the powers, duties and authorities of the West Virginia board of regents until July 1, 1989. Until such date, all of the powers, duties, and authorities of the state commission on higher education shall be exercised and performed by the West Virginia board of regents.(b) The board of regents shall be abolished on July 1, 1989.