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WV Code § 18B-3F-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18B. Higher Education|Article 3F. Reorganization of Community and Technical Colleges|§18B-3F-9. Rights and Benefits of Employees of Affected Institutions; Positions to Be Abolished; Notice of Employment Status by Certain Date Required

(a) When a consolidated institution is formed, the faculty, classified employees and nonclassified employees of the affected institutions become the faculty, classified employees and nonclassified employees of the consolidated institution, subject to the provisions of this article.(b) By December 31, 2013, the board of governors of the consolidated institution, in consultation with the president, shall determine which, if any, positions existing at the affected institutions on the effective date of this article are to be abolished.(1) In the case of positions which the board chooses to retain, but which exist at both affected institutions, when there is an overlap of duties and responsibilities of employees who occupy those positions, the board of governors, in consultation with the president, shall determine which position or positions shall be abolished.(2) A classified employee who holds a position scheduled to be abolished is afforded all rights and benefits provided by this article and by section three, article seven of this chapter.(c) Official notification to employees. –(1) The president shall provide official notice of employment status to each classified employee, faculty member and nonclassified employee of the affected institutions not later than thirty days after the board's decision. For an employee whose position is to be abolished, the official notice shall specify his or her date of termination. The termination date shall be within three to six months following the date of official notification.(2) Any person who was employed full time by an affected institution on the effective date of this article and whose employment continues in any capacity with the board of governors of the consolidated institution is considered to have no break in service for calculation of years of service, seniority, participation in health and retirement plans or continued employment by the state.(3) The board of governors, created pursuant to this article, is an organization as defined in section two, article nine-a of this chapter and is subject to all the terms and conditions that apply to higher education organizations as provided in this chapter and chapter eighteen-c of this code. Specifically, the board is subject to section three, article seven of this chapter when making reductions in force of classified employees.
WV Code § 18B-3F-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18B. Higher Education|Article 3F. Reorganization of Community and Technical Colleges|§18B-3F-10. Transfer of Students

When a consolidated institution is formed, the students of the affected institutions become the students of the consolidated institution, subject to the provisions of section eight, article one of this chapter.
WV Code § 18B-4-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18B. Higher Education|Article 4. General Administration|§18B-4-1. Employment of Chancellors; Designation of Staff; Offices

(a) The council and commission each shall employ a chancellor to assist in the performance of their respective duties and responsibilities subject to the following conditions:(1) Each chancellor serves at the will and pleasure of the hiring body.(2) Neither chancellor may hold or retain any other administrative position within the system of higher education while employed as chancellor.(3) Each chancellor shall carry out the directives of the body by whom employed and shall collaborate with that body in developing policy options.(4) The commission is responsible to the council and the Chancellor for Community and Technical College Education for providing services in areas essential to exercising the powers and duties assigned to the council by law. The commission may not charge the council any fee for the provision of these essential services. The service areas include, but are not limited to, legal services, research, technology, computing, finance and facilities, academic affairs, telecommunications, human resources, student services and any other general areas the council considers to be essential to the exercise of its legal authority. The services are provided under the general supervision of the Vice Chancellor for Administration.(5) For the purpose of developing or evaluating policy options, the chancellors may request the assistance of the presidents and staff employed by the governing boards under their respective jurisdictions.(b) In addition to the staff positions designated in subdivision (4), subsection (a) of this section, and section five, article one-b of this chapter, the Vice Chancellor for Administration, employed pursuant to section two of this article, serves the offices of the chancellors to discharge jointly the duties and responsibilities of the council and commission.(c) Suitable offices for the Vice Chancellor of Administration and other staff shall be provided in Kanawha County.
WV Code § 18B-4-2a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18B. Higher Education|Article 4. General Administration|§18B-4-2a. Development of Benefit Programs; Assistance to Organizations

The chancellor or a qualified designee shall: (1) Chair the Job Classification Committee and the Compensation Planning and Review Committee established by sections four and five, article nine-a of this chapter;(2) Assume responsibility for coordinating retirement benefits programs for all employees, including designing these programs, and for supporting each higher education organization in implementing the programs;(3) Assist, as requested by an organization, organizations with classification and/or compensation programs for faculty and/or nonclassified employees, including, as appropriate, design and implementation of the programs; and(4) As requested by organizations, assist with carrying out the following duties related to training and development:(A) Analyzing and determining training needs of organization employees and formulating and developing plans, procedures and programs to meet specific training needs and problems. (B) Developing, constructing, maintaining and revising training manuals and training aids or supervising development of these materials by outside suppliers;(C) Planning, conducting and coordinating management inventories, appraisals, placement, counseling and training;(D) Coordinating participation by all employees in training programs developed internally or provided by outside contractors; and(E) Administering and analyzing annual training and development needs surveys. The survey may coincide with the completion of the annual performance review process.
WV Code § 18B-4-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18B. Higher Education|Article 4. General Administration|§18B-4-3. Authority to Participate in Reciprocal Regional and Interstate Higher Educational Agreements

In order to provide higher educational opportunities at minimum cost to students and the state, the governing boards, on behalf of the State of West Virginia, are authorized and empowered to participate in the Southern Regional Education Board interstate agreement, namely the Academic Common Market, and in such other regional and interstate agreements determined to be mutually beneficial to the citizens of the participating states and which provide an opportunity for qualified nonresident students to enroll in selected programs and curricula on a resident tuition and fee charge basis. Each governing board is specifically authorized to waive the collection of nonresident tuition and fee charges for students from other states enrolled in programs and curricula under the jurisdiction of and approved by the governing board as a part of a regional or interstate agreement.
WV Code § 18B-4-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18B. Higher Education|Article 4. General Administration|§18B-4-4. State Agency for Participation in Federal and Private Grants to Higher Education; Related Powers and Duties

The governing boards, on behalf of the State of West Virginia, are authorized and empowered to apply for, to accept and administer and expend for the purpose or purposes designated, any funds which now are, or may be made, available to the governing boards or to any institution under their jurisdiction from federal or private grants, appropriations, allocations and programs.The governing boards have the power:(1) To receive and disburse funds appropriated by the federal government for the construction, equipment, and improvement of academic facilities of institutions of higher education as required by the federal Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963, and any and all subsequent acts of Congress relating to the same subject;(2) To apply for, receive, and administer, subject to any applicable regulations or laws of the federal government or any agency thereof, any federal grants, appropriations, allocations, and programs for the development of academic facilities on behalf of the State of West Virginia, or any institution of higher education, public or private, within the state;(3) To develop, alter, amend, and submit to the federal government state plans for participation in federal grants, appropriations, allocations, and programs for the development of academic facilities and to formulate rules, criteria, methods, forms, procedures, and to do all other things which may be necessary to make possible the participation of the state in such federal grants, appropriations, allocations, and programs for the development of academic facilities;(4) To hold hearings, and render decisions as to the priority assigned to any project, or as to any other matter or determination affecting any applicant for federal grants, appropriations, allocations and programs for the development of academic facilities;(5) To hire personnel, purchase materials, make studies and reports, enter into contracts, and do all other things necessary to accomplish the duties as set forth in this section within the limits of the funds available.
WV Code § 18B-4-5a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18B. Higher Education|Article 4. General Administration|§18B-4-5a. Crimes Committed on Campus of Institutions of Higher Education

(a) The president or a designee of each state institution of higher education shall on a regular and timely basis provide information to the public concerning alleged crimes occurring on the institution's property which have been reported to a campus police officer or any other officer of the institution.(1) A crime is considered reported when:(A) A campus police officer or other officer of the institution determines that the report is credible;(B) The report is submitted in writing and attested to by the victim on forms at the institution for such purpose; or(C) The institution is notified by a law-enforcement agency of the reporting of a crime alleged to have occurred on the institution's property.(2) Such reports are referred within twenty-four hours to the appropriate law-enforcement agencies, as defined in section one, article twenty-nine, chapter thirty of this code, for further investigation.(b) For the state institutions of higher education under the jurisdiction of the Governing Board of Marshall University and for the state institution of higher education known as West Virginia University only, the campus police shall investigate a crime within their respective jurisdictions for up to thirty days if the county prosecuting attorney does not reassign the case to another agency sooner.(c) The information required to be made available to the public regarding the crime report shall be available within ten days of the report. The information shall include the nature of the criminal offense, the date of the offense, the general location of the offense (such as a designation of a specific building or area of the campus) and the time of day when the offense occurred.(1) This subsection does not require the release of any information which may disclose the identity of the victim.(2) The institution shall withhold the information required to be made available to the public for a longer period upon certification of investigative need that the information be withheld from the public.(A) The certification shall be filed by an officer of one of the investigating law-enforcement agencies with the president of the institution or the designee to whom the duties required by this section have been delegated.(B) The required information may not be withheld after an arrest has been made in connection with the crime report.(d) For purposes of this section, "crime" is defined as those offenses required to be reported under the federal Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990, as amended. "Crime" includes murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft and arrests for liquor, drug or weapons laws violations.(e) The Council and Commission shall provide crime reporting forms to institutions under their respective jurisdictions and promulgate a rule pursuant to the provisions of article three-a, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code as necessary to implement this section.
WV Code § 18B-4-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18B. Higher Education|Article 4. General Administration|§18B-4-8. West Virginia Anatomical Board; Powers and Duties Relating to Anatomical Gifts; Requisition of Bodies; Autopsies; Transportation of Bodies; Expenses of Preservation

(a) The West Virginia Anatomical Board, previously created herein, is hereby reestablished under the authority of the Higher Education Policy Commission and shall consist of the following four members, or their designee:(1) The Dean of the Marshall University School of Medicine;(2) The Dean of the West Virginia University School of Medicine; (3) The Dean of the West Virginia University School of Dentistry; and(4) The Dean of the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine.(b) For purposes of this section:(1) “Board” means the West Virginia Anatomical Board; and(2) “Commission” means the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission.(c) The responsibilities of the board shall include:(1) Making requisition for, receiving and making disposition of dead human bodies for the scientific and educational uses and purposes of higher education institutions within the state and elsewhere; and(2) Keeping a full and complete record of its transactions, showing, among other things, every dead human body coming under its authority, giving name, sex, age, date of death, place from which received and when and from whom received, which record shall be open at all times for the inspection of the Attorney General and any prosecuting attorney in the state.(d) The commission may promulgate legislative rules pursuant to article three-a, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code in order to effectuate the provisions of this section.(e) Members of the board shall not be entitled to, or receive, any compensation for services rendered in their capacity as members of the board. (f) The board shall operate in compliance with the Revised Anatomical Gift Act under article nineteen, chapter sixteen of this code.
WV Code § 18B-4-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18B. Higher Education|Article 4. General Administration|§18B-4-10. Course Completion for Students Called to Military Duty; Rule Required

(a) As used in this section, "called to military duty" means called or ordered to state or federal active service, inactive-duty training or annual training in any active duty or reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States or of the National Guard of this state or any other state.(b) In accordance with the provisions of article three-a, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, the commission and council jointly shall propose and implement a rule providing for uniform course completion for students who are enrolled at the state institutions of higher education under their respective jurisdictions when those students are called to military duty.(1) The rule shall be as uniform among the institutions as is practicable and shall take into consideration the unique conditions or circumstances of each institution.(2) The intent of the rule is to ensure that enrolled students who are called to military duty are afforded a fair and efficient procedure of withdrawing from classes, completing course work or securing a leave of absence from course attendance, when feasible. The rule also shall provide for maintaining the academic integrity of the course work in a manner that is reasonably accommodating to the student under the circumstances.(3) The commission and council shall consider and include the following elements when developing the rule:(A) Discipline appropriate options which allow a student to withdraw from courses without penalty; earn credit for work completed in a course; receive an incomplete grade and make up the course work at a later time; or secure a leave of absence from course attendance;(B) For students who withdraw from classes during an academic term and who do not receive full credit for completing classes in which they are enrolled, provision for obtaining a full or partial refund of tuition, fees and room and board fees paid to the institution; and(C) Other measures as the commission and council consider necessary or effective to support, accommodate and encourage the students to continue and successfully complete their education programs.(c) The rule required by this section is superceded by and may not conflict in any way with the following provisions:(1) Educational leave of absence for active duty National Guard or other reserve components of the Armed Forces as set forth in section one-a, article one-f, chapter fifteen of this code for students who are subject to these provisions; and(2) Applicable federal laws, rules or regulations.
WV Code § 18B-5-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18B. Higher Education|Article 5. Higher Education Budgets and Expenditures|§18B-5-3. Authority to Contract for Programs, Services and Facilities

(a) The governing boards, the commission, and the council are authorized and empowered to enter into contracts and expend funds for programs, services and facilities provided by public and private education institutions, associations, boards, agencies, consortia, corporations, partnerships, individuals and local, state and federal governmental bodies within and outside of West Virginia in order that maximum higher education opportunities of high quality may be provided to the citizens of the state in the most economical manner. In no event may a contract for such services and facilities be entered into unless the commission, the council, or the governing boards have determined that such services and facilities are necessary and would be at a savings to the state.(b) When a governing board, the commission, or the council determines that a contract for financial services is necessary and proper, it may enter into such a contract with an affiliated nonprofit corporation under such financial terms as the governing board, commission, or council determines are reasonable and proper in the sound administration of their financial responsibilities to the state. In so doing, the affiliated nonprofit corporation shall be deemed a sole source in respect to any applicable law or regulation relating to expenditures of public funds.(c) As used in this section, "affiliated nonprofit corporation" means a West Virginia nonprofit, nonstock corporation which:(1) Is organized as for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes, or for similar purposes; (2) Is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a Section 501(c)3, or successor provision of federal law, tax-exempt organization;(3) Is organized solely to support and contribute to the respective institution of higher education, or to the commission, or to the council, as applicable; and(4) Has annually independently audited financial statements, which have been included and presented, for at least the preceding five fiscal years, in the audited financial statements of the respective governing board, or of the respective institution of higher education under the authority of a governing board, or of the commission or council.
WV Code § 18B-5-4a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18B. Higher Education|Article 5. Higher Education Budgets and Expenditures|§18B-5-4a. Construction Projects

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, and specifically section one, article twenty-two, chapter five of this code, a state institution of higher education is not required to solicit competitive bids or require a valid bid bond or other surety for any construction project unless the value exceeds $100,000 in total cost.
WV Code § 18B-5-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18B. Higher Education|Article 5. Higher Education Budgets and Expenditures|§18B-5-5. Prequalification Disclosure by Vendors; Register of Vendors; Exceptions; Suspension of Vendors

(a) Every person, firm or corporation selling or offering to sell to the commission or the governing boards, upon competitive bids or otherwise, any materials, equipment, services or supplies in excess of $25,000:(1) Shall comply with the provisions of section twelve, article three, chapter five-a of this code;(2) Shall file with the director of the Purchasing Division of the State of West Virginia the affidavit required herein; and (3) If presently in compliance with said section may not be required to requalify thereunder to be able to transact business with the commission or the governing boards.(b) Any person, firm or corporation failing or refusing to comply with said statute as herein required shall be ineligible to sell or offer to sell materials, supplies, equipment, services or printing to the commission or the governing boards as hereinafter set forth. Any person suspended under the provisions of section thirty-two, article three, chapter five-a of this code is not eligible to sell or offer to sell materials, supplies, equipment, services or printing to the commission or the governing boards. The commission or the governing boards may suspend, for a period not to exceed one year, the right and privilege of a person to bid on purchases of the commission or the governing boards when there is reason to believe that such person has violated any of the provisions in sections four through seven of this article or the rules of the governing boards pursuant thereto. Any person whose right to bid has been so suspended shall be notified thereof by a letter posted by registered mail containing the reason for the suspension and has the right to have the action of the commission or the governing board, as applicable, reviewed in accordance with section thirty-three, article three, chapter five-a of this code. A vendor who has been debarred pursuant to the provisions of sections thirty-three-a through thirty-three-f, article three, chapter five-a of this code, may not bid on or be awarded a contract under this section.