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WV Code § 18-2H-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 2H. Public Notice and Participation in State-Mandated Educational Reform|§18-2H-4. Impact of Public Participation

The extent of additional information received by the state board from the general public and the affected citizenry, with respect to the impact of the proposed educational reform, may be cause for the state board to change, alter, amend, implement or rescind the proposed educational reform.
WV Code § 18-2I-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 2I. Professional Development|§18-2I-1. Professional Development Coordination and Delivery; System Goals

The purpose of this article is to establish clear state-level leadership for professional development for all West Virginia public school educators and administrators. As the state institution charged with the general supervision of the state school system, the state board shall institute a system for the coordination and delivery of high-quality professional development. The system shall clearly define the goals for professional development and delineate roles and responsibilities of the various state, school district and individual school levels for the delivery of high-quality professional development. The state board shall include among the goals for the system of professional development the following:(1) The instructional leadership skills of principals are developed to ensure that each school is led by a principal who is knowledgeable of continuous improvement processes and capable of leading effective improvement efforts. The principal also must understand the value of fair and accurate personnel performance evaluations as an effective, continuous improvement effort to drive professional learning at the school level;(2) Professional development is among the array of supports and processes necessary under a performance-based accreditation system to build the capacity of schools to impact student performance and well-being by increasing staff individual and collective skills, competencies, and abilities. It should be based on a thorough analysis of accountability data and strategic planning for continuous improvement that addresses those areas that must be a priority for individual school support, including an analysis of personnel evaluation data in order to target individualized professional learning at the school level;(3) The school is the unit of change. Local and state resources, policies, and procedures must focus on assisting the improvement of each West Virginia school and on differentiating supports according to need and level of performance, including the implementation of school-based professional development programs that address the unique needs of staff and students; and(4) Professional development should be delivered using techniques, school schedules or time in a manner that does not diminish student learning by the absence of their classroom teacher.
WV Code § 18-2I-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 2I. Professional Development|§18-2I-2. Legislative Findings

The Legislature finds:(1) That high-quality professional development is critical in supporting improved practice, assuring teacher quality and raising student achievement;(2) That professional development is vital in the state’s overall school improvement efforts;(3) That the state board shall assure the efficient delivery of high-quality professional development programs and that the duplication of efforts be minimized; (4) That the state board shall assure all stakeholders are appropriately involved in the planning and implementing of programs to meet requisite needs and that high-quality professional development programs be provided to public school educators of West Virginia in the most efficient and cost effective manner;  (5) That continuous improvement is the on-going process of planning, determining, implementing, and refining efforts to improve student performance and well-being. It is the collective staff process of analyzing student performance data, studying current school and classroom practices, determining root causes, researching solutions, and implementing processes outlined in the school’s strategic plan; and(6) That the capacity for excellence resides in every school. Schools are responsible for creating school-wide and classroom conditions that produce student success. Every school needs quality leadership and the flexibility and support to make the decisions that will lead to the achievement of all students.
WV Code § 18-2I-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 2I. Professional Development|§18-2I-4. Coordination, Development and Evaluation of Professional Development Programs

(a) On or before November 1, 2018, the state board shall promulgate a rule in accordance with §29A-3B-1 et seq. of this code to ensure the coordination, development and evaluation of high-quality professional development programs. The rule shall include, but is not limited to, the following:(1) Standards for quality professional development that all professional development providers shall use in designing, implementing, and evaluating professional development that shall become part of the system for the coordinated delivery of high-quality professional development established by the state board;(2) Processes for aggregating information, in part from school and school district strategic plans, to determine areas of common need for professional development, as well as those more varied, to assist in the design of the most effective and efficient method and level of delivery;(3) Processes for assuring professional development resources are appropriately allocated to identified areas of need; (4) Processes for evaluating the effectiveness, efficiency, and impact of the professional development;(5) Processes for ensuring all stakeholders, including affected principals and classroom teachers, have a voice in the identification of needed professional development and various delivery models;(6) Processes for collaboration among West Virginia Department of Education, county boards, principals and classroom teachers; and(7) Processes for ensuring that the expertise and experience of state institutions of higher education with teacher preparation programs are included in developing and implementing professional development programs.(b) The Center for Professional Development, formerly provided for under §18A-3A-1 et seq. of this code before the effective date of the amendment and reenactment of this section during the 2018 regular session of the Legislature, is hereby transferred to be under the authority and control of the state board. To assist in the delivery of high quality professional development for teachers, principals, and other school employees, the state board shall incorporate within the Department of Education the Center for Professional Development whose general mission shall be under the direction of the state board to advance the quality of teaching and learning in the schools of West Virginia through programs, technical assistance and support to schools and school systems to meet the legislative findings and goals of this article. The center shall perform other duties that may be assigned to it by the state board. In addition, the center shall provide statewide coordination for the continued growth and development of advanced placement programs in West Virginia high schools, including, but not limited to, serving as a liaison for The College Board, Inc., and providing for the training of advanced placement teachers.
WV Code § 18-2I-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 2I. Professional Development|§18-2I-5. Strategic Staff Development Fund

(a) There is created an account within the state board titled the Strategic Staff Development Fund. The allocation of balances which accrue in the General School Fund shall be transferred to the Strategic Staff Development Fund each year when the balances become available. Any remaining funds transferred to the Strategic Staff Development Fund during the fiscal year shall be carried over for use in the same manner the next fiscal year and shall be separate and apart from, and in addition to, the transfer of funds from the General School Fund for the next fiscal year.(b) The money in the Strategic Staff Development Fund shall be used by the state board to provide staff development in schools, counties or both that the state board determines need additional resources.
WV Code § 18-2K-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 2K. The Diabetes Care Plan Act|§18-2K-1. Title of Article

This article shall be known as "The Diabetes Care Plan Act."
WV Code § 18-2K-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 2K. The Diabetes Care Plan Act|§18-2K-2. Adoption of Guidelines for Individual Diabetes Care Plans

(a) The State Board of Education shall adopt guidelines for the development and implementation of individual diabetes care plans on or before January 1, 2007. The guidelines for information and allowable actions in a diabetes care plan shall meet or exceed the American Diabetes Association's recommendations for the management of children with diabetes in the school and day care setting. The State Board of Education shall consult with the Bureau for Public Health and the Department of Health and Human Resources in the development of these guidelines. The State Board of Education also shall consult with county board of education employees who have been designated as responsible for coordinating their individual county's efforts to comply with federal regulations adopted under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 29 U.S.C. §794. In its development of these guidelines, the state Board of Education shall consider recent resolutions by the Office of Civil Rights of the United States Department of Education regarding investigation of complaints alleging discrimination against students with diabetes.The guidelines adopted by the state board shall include:(1) Procedures for school nurses to develop an individual diabetes care plan for any student diagnosed with diabetes, which shall involve the parent or guardian, the student's health care provider, the student's classroom teacher, the student if appropriate, and other appropriate school personnel;(2) Procedures for regular review of an individual care plan.(3) Information to be included in a diabetes care plan, including the responsibilities and appropriate staff development for teachers and other school personnel, an emergency care plan, the identification of allowable actions to be taken, the extent to which the student is able to participate in the student's diabetes care and management and other information necessary for teachers and other school personnel in order to offer appropriate assistance and support to the student; and(4) Procedures for information and staff development to be made available to teachers and other school personnel in order to appropriately support and assist students with diabetes.(b) The State Board of Education shall provide that the guidelines and any subsequent changes are published and disseminated to county boards of education.
WV Code § 18-2K-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 2K. The Diabetes Care Plan Act|§18-2K-3. Establishment and Implementation of Diabetes Care Plans by County Boards to Support and Assist Students With Diabetes

Each county board of education shall establish and adopt a diabetes care plan which shall be implemented in schools in which students diagnosed with diabetes are enrolled. The plan shall be adopted not later than six months after the state Board of Education adopts guidelines for the plans pursuant to section two of this article. The plan shall meet all of the guidelines for diabetes care plans adopted by the state Board of Education pursuant to section two of this article. In particular, the boards shall require the implementation of the procedures set forth in those guidelines for the development and implementation of individual diabetes care plans. County boards also shall make available necessary information and staff development to teachers and school personnel in order to appropriately support and assist students with diabetes in accordance with their individual diabetes care plans.
WV Code § 18-2K-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 2K. The Diabetes Care Plan Act|§18-2K-4. Progress Report to the Legislature

The State Board of Education shall report no later than September 1, 2007, to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability on the board's progress regarding the adoption and dissemination of the guidelines pursuant to section two of this article and the establishment and implementation of diabetes care plans by county boards of education pursuant to section three of this article.
WV Code § 18-3-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 3. State Superintendent of Schools|§18-3-1. Appointment; Qualifications; Compensation; Traveling Expenses; Office and Residence; Evaluation

There shall be appointed by the state board a State Superintendent of Schools who serves at the will and pleasure of the state board. He or she shall be a person of good moral character, shall be able to perform the duties listed in this article and possess such other educational, administrative, experiential and other qualifications as determined by the State Board of Education. He or she shall hold at least a master’s degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education or equivalent degree as determined by the state board. He or she shall receive an annual salary set by the state board, to be paid at least twice per month. The state superintendent also shall receive necessary traveling expenses incident to the performance of his or her duties to be paid out of the General School Fund upon warrants of the State Auditor. The state superintendent shall have his or her office at the state Capitol. The state board shall report to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability upon request concerning its progress during any hiring process for a state superintendent.The state board annually shall evaluate the performance of the state superintendent and publicly announce the results of the evaluation.
WV Code § 18-3-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 3. State Superintendent of Schools|§18-3-2. Seal; Requisitions on Auditor for Money

The State Superintendent of Schools shall provide a seal for his office. He shall sign all requisitions on the Auditor for the payment of money out of the state Treasury for school purposes, except as otherwise provided by law.
WV Code § 18-3-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 3. State Superintendent of Schools|§18-3-3. General Supervision of Schools

The State Superintendent of Schools shall have general supervision of the free schools of the state, and shall be the chief executive officer of the state Board of Education. He shall be charged with the general supervision of all county and city superintendents of free schools and of county and district boards of education within the state, except as provided in article nine, chapter six of this code. He shall prescribe the forms and cause to be prepared and printed all blanks necessary for carrying out the details of the school system of the state, and of the rules of the state Board of Education, so as to secure the uniform operation of the same throughout the state. In respect to general school statistics, such forms and blanks shall conform as nearly as may be to the forms and blanks recommended by the United States bureau of education. The state superintendent shall also cause such forms and blanks to be forwarded to all school officers and other persons whose duty or right it is to use them.
WV Code § 18-3-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 3. State Superintendent of Schools|§18-3-4. Proceedings to Enforce School Laws; Examination and Fees of Witnesses; Removal of School Officials

The State Superintendent of Schools shall cause to be instituted such proceedings or processes as may be necessary properly to enforce and give effect to any provision or provisions of this chapter and to the provisions of any other general or special laws pertaining to the school system of the state, or any part thereof, or of any rule or direction of the state Board of Education made in conformity with its powers and duties. The superintendent shall have authority to administer oaths and to examine under oath, in any part of the state, witnesses in any proceeding pertaining to the public schools, and to cause such examination to be reduced to writing. Witnesses, other than employees of the state, shall be entitled to the same fees as in civil cases in the circuit court. The State Superintendent of Schools shall have power to institute proper proceedings for the removal of any school official charged with dishonesty, continued neglect of duty, or with failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter or of the rules of the state Board of Education.
WV Code § 18-3-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 3. State Superintendent of Schools|§18-3-5. Conferences of School Superintendents

The State Superintendent of Schools shall have the authority to call conferences of the county, district, and city superintendents of schools of the state, or of any group or groups of such superintendents, for the purpose of considering with them any matters relating to the conditions and needs of the schools and the proper means of improving the schools throughout the state, or any section thereof.
WV Code § 18-3-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 3. State Superintendent of Schools|§18-3-6. Interpretation of School Laws and Rules of State Board of Education

At the request in writing of any citizen, teacher, school official, county or state officer, the state Superintendent of Schools shall give his interpretation of the meaning of any part of the school law or of the rules of the state Board of Education.
WV Code § 18-3-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 3. State Superintendent of Schools|§18-3-7. Preparation, Printing and Distribution of State Manuals and Other Publications; Maintenance of Minimum Standards; Examination of Pupils

From time to time, as may be necessary, the state Superintendent of Schools shall cause to be prepared and published, for distribution to the proper persons to receive them, manuals of the courses of study prescribed by the state Board of Education, as provided by section seven, article two of this chapter. It shall be his duty to see that the minimum standards set forth therein shall be maintained in all the several kinds and grades of the public schools throughout the state. It shall also be the duty of the state Superintendent of Schools to provide for the examination of pupils completing such courses of study and to cause diplomas or certificates to be issued to all persons who satisfactorily complete such courses.The superintendent shall cause to be printed and distributed from time to time a sufficient number of copies of the school law to supply the needs of school officials and other citizens of the state. He shall cause to be prepared and published a list of books suitable for school libraries, and shall recommend the proper conditions for the purchase and use of such books. Such list shall be distributed among the teachers, principals, and superintendents throughout the state. The State Superintendent of Schools shall also have authority to publish and distribute such other reports, circulars of information, and bulletins as in his judgment will promote the best interests of the schools.The expenses of printing all such publications or other documents shall be paid out of the general school fund on warrants drawn by the state Superintendent of Schools.
WV Code § 18-3-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 3. State Superintendent of Schools|§18-3-8. Report of State Superintendent

On or before November 1, preceding each regular session of the Legislature, the state Superintendent of Schools shall make and transmit a report to the Governor, to be transmitted by him to the Legislature. Such report shall contain summaries of the annual reports of the county superintendents and such other information about the conditions of the public school system of the state as the superintendent may deem it wise to communicate to the Governor and the Legislature. The report shall, however, contain such information about the public schools of the state as the Governor or the Legislature may have previously requested, and shall also include the recommendations of the state superintendent respecting needed legislation on behalf of the schools.
WV Code § 18-3-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 3. State Superintendent of Schools|§18-3-9. State Department of Education

For carrying into effect the provisions of this chapter, the state Superintendent of Schools shall maintain a Department of Education at his office at the state Capitol, and he shall have authority to employ assistants and such other employees as may be necessary.
WV Code § 18-3-9a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 3. State Superintendent of Schools|§18-3-9a. Authority of State Superintendent as to Fire Hazards and Safety of Buildings

Whenever any county board shall fail to comply with an order of the state Fire Marshal for correction of fire hazards in any public school building, the state superintendent shall close the building, or the unsafe part thereof, until the board complies with such order. The state superintendent shall also have the power and authority to inspect any public school building and to order the making of such repairs or alterations as may be necessary to put the building into a safe condition.
WV Code § 18-3-9b (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 3. State Superintendent of Schools|§18-3-9b. Reduction in Amount Budgeted for Personal Services

[Repealed.]
WV Code § 18-3-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 3. State Superintendent of Schools|§18-3-10. Other Powers and Duties of State Superintendent

The State Superintendent of Schools shall exercise such other powers and discharge such other duties as are herein assigned to him or as may from time to time be assigned to him by the Legislature and by the state Board of Education.
WV Code § 18-3-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 3. State Superintendent of Schools|§18-3-11. Classification of Schools

The state superintendent shall classify all elementary and secondary schools on the basis of standards, rules and regulations established by the state board after publishing such standards, rules and regulations, and forwarding them to the district boards of education, county superintendents, and other school officers.