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WV Code § 18-2-8a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 2. State Board of Education|§18-2-8a. Hunter Safety Orientation Program

(a) The Legislature finds that:(1) Firearms and hunting are important parts of West Virginia's history, culture and economy;(2) Unfortunately, the use of firearms while hunting or at any other time can be dangerous when the firearms are not handled in a careful and safe manner; and(3) Therefore, the opportunity of participating in a hunter safety orientation program should be offered to students in certain grades.(b) The State Board of Education shall, with the advice of the state Superintendent of Schools and the Director of the Division of Natural Resources, promulgate a rule in accordance with the provisions of article three-b, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code for the implementation of a hunter safety orientation program for use in the public schools of this state. The rule shall include at least the following provisions:(1) The hunter safety orientation program may be offered to students in any of the grade levels sixth through twelfth grades over a two-week period during the school year as part of physical education classes, or as part of the general curriculum offered to students in any of these grade levels, or at the end of the school day;(2) The hunter safety orientation program is voluntary to students and any student may choose not to participate in the program. If a student chooses not to participate in the program, he or she shall participate in another education activity;(3) The hunter safety orientation program shall include instruction relating to:(A) The protection of lives and property against loss or damage as a result of the improper use of firearms; and(B) The proper use of firearms in hunting, sport competition and the care and safety of firearms in the home;(4) The hunter safety orientation program may use materials prepared by any national nonprofit membership organization which has as one of its purposes the training of people in marksmanship and the safe handling and use of firearms; and(5) The hunter safety orientation program shall be conducted by an instructor certified by the Division of Natural Resources or who has other training necessary to conduct the program as determined by the state board.(c) The county superintendent may implement the hunter safety orientation program in accordance with the rule required by this section in each school in the county that includes any of grades six through twelve at which, in the sole judgement of the superintendent, sufficient student interest in program enrollment justifies the program offering and an appropriately certified instructor is available.(d) The Division of Natural Resources shall issue a certificate of training, required by section thirty-a, article two, chapter twenty of this code, to any student who completes the hunter safety orientation program.
WV Code § 18-2-8b (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 2. State Board of Education|§18-2-8b. West Virginia Remembers Program; Rulemaking

(a) There is hereby created the "West Virginia Remembers Program" whereby children in the public schools may learn about military service, patriotism and courage in the defense of our country from veterans who volunteer to share their experiences in the educational setting. Participation in the program by classroom teachers is voluntary and may not be considered a course requirement or mandatory in any other way.(b) The state board may promulgate a rule in accordance with 29A-3B-1 et seq. of this code to implement this section with regard to solicitation of speakers from veterans groups and maintenance of lists by county boards of available speakers.
WV Code § 18-2-9a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 2. State Board of Education|§18-2-9a. Elective Courses of Instruction on the Bible

(a) County boards of education may offer to students in grade nine or above:(1) An elective social studies course on the Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament of the Bible;(2) An elective social studies course on the New Testament of the Bible; or (3) An elective social studies course on the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament of the Bible.(b) The purpose of a course under this section is to:(1) Teach students knowledge of biblical content, characters, poetry, and narratives that are prerequisites to understanding the development of American society and culture, including literature, art, music, mores, oratory, and public policy; and(2) Familiarize students with, as applicable:(A) The contents of the Hebrew Scriptures or New Testament;(B) The history of the Hebrew Scriptures or New Testament;(C) The literary style and structure of the Hebrew Scriptures or New Testament; and(D) The influence of the Hebrew Scriptures or New Testament on law, history, government, literature, art, music, customs, morals, values, and culture.(c) A student may not be required to use a specific translation as the sole text of the Hebrew Scriptures or New Testament and may use as the basic textbook a different translation of the Hebrew Scriptures or New Testament from that chosen by the county board or school.(d) The county board of education shall submit to the West Virginia Department of Education the course standards for any elective to be offered pursuant to subsection (a), of this section including the teacher qualifications and required professional development.(e) A course offered under this section shall follow applicable law and all federal and state guidelines in maintaining religious neutrality and accommodating the diverse religious views, traditions, and perspectives of students in the school. A course under this section may not endorse, favor, promote, disfavor, or show hostility toward, any particular religion or nonreligious faith or religious perspective. Any county board offering a course under this section, shall not violate any provision of the United States Constitution or federal law, the West Virginia Constitution or any state law, any administrative regulations of the United States Department of Education, or any rule of the state board. The state board shall provide guidance to the county boards on complying with the requirements of this subsection.
WV Code § 18-2-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 2. State Board of Education|§18-2-10. Certificates and Awards

The State Board shall promulgate rules and shall determine the minimum standards for the granting of certificates and awards for secondary vocational education, adult basic education, adult occupational education and adult technical preparatory education, subject to the provisions of section two, article two-b of this chapter and article three-a of chapter eighteen-b of this code.The State Board shall provide a program of adult basic education at each state community and technical college campus where developmental education services are provided in cooperation with the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education and the institutional board of governors of each college. This approach to providing adult basic education links these programs with developmental education and creates a simpler, clearer pathway for adults to enter college.
WV Code § 18-2-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 2. State Board of Education|§18-2-11. Sabbatical Leaves for Teachers and Certain Aides

(a) The state board shall by December 1, 1988, establish by policy a sabbatical leave program. Such program participation shall be considered optional for each county board. Individuals employed as professional educators, as defined in section one, article one, chapter eighteen-a of this code, and aides shall be eligible for the sabbatical leave program: Provided, That such aides have a cumulative grade point of three and two tenths on a possible four point scale pursuant to successful completion of at least sixty-four semester hours of course work at an approved institution of higher education. Such policy shall establish the educational objectives, peer selection criteria and other guidelines the board deems necessary. The sabbatical leave policy shall provide that not less than ninety-five percent of sabbatical leaves granted shall be for classroom teachers and such policy shall not provide for the granting of sabbatical leave to any employee who has fewer than ten years of West Virginia public school service, nor shall compensation during such leave be more than one half of the employee's regular salary. While on sabbatical leave the employee shall be deemed to be a full-time employee for purposes of years of experience and participation in the Teachers Retirement System and the public employee insurance program. Any employee receiving a sabbatical leave shall be required to return to employment by the board which granted the leave for a period of at least one year or repay the compensation and benefits received during that time and have deducted the retirement credit and years of service credit accrued during sabbatical leave: Provided, however, That sabbatical leaves for teachers and certain aides shall be optional by the respective boards.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, if the state teacher of the year either works with programs approved by the state department or attends school at a college or university to further his or her education, the teacher shall receive a sabbatical from his or her position for up to one year in which the teacher has been selected as state teacher of the year: Provided, That if the state teacher of the year chooses to take a sabbatical, then the state department shall provide the county from where the teacher is taking the sabbatical with an allowance equal to the state average contractual salary for teachers.
WV Code § 18-2-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 2. State Board of Education|§18-2-13. Character Education Integration

(a) The state board shall establish a comprehensive approach to integrate character education into all aspects of school culture, school functions and existing curriculum.(b) The state board shall require all public schools that operate from preschool to grade twelve to develop and integrate components of character development into their existing curriculum. The schools may incorporate such programs as "life skills", "responsible students", or any other program encompassing any of the following components:(1) Honesty;(2) Caring;(3) Citizenship;(4) Justice;(5) Fairness;(6) Respect;(7) Responsibility;(8) Voting;(9) Academic achievement;(10) Completing homework assignments;(11) Improving daily attendance;(12) Avoiding and resolving conflicts;(13) Alternatives to violence;(14) Contributing to an orderly positive school environment;(15) Participating in class;(16) Resisting social peer pressures to smoke, drink and use drugs;(17) Developing greater self-esteem and self-confidence;(18) Effectively coping with social anxiety;(19) Increasing knowledge of the immediate consequences of substance abuse;(20) Increasing knowledge of the consequences of ones actions;(21) The corrupting influence and chance nature of gambling; and(22) The value of decent, honest work.(c) Character education shall be integrated into each public school curriculum by September 1, 2001.(d) The state board shall assist county boards in developing in-service training regarding integrated character education as provided in this section.(e) The State Department of Education is encouraged to utilize any existing moneys available to the department for existing character development programs, along with any new funds appropriated for the purposes of this section, to secure the maximum amount of any federal funding available for which the state department is eligible to receive for implementing character development in the schools.
WV Code § 18-2-13a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 2. State Board of Education|§18-2-13a. Control of Property and Business Affairs of State Educational Institutions

The control of the financial, business and all other affairs of the state educational institutions named in the preceding section is hereby transferred from the state board of control to the state Board of Education. The state Board of Education shall, in respect to the control, management and property of such institutions, have the same rights and powers and shall perform the same duties as were heretofore exercised or performed by the state board of control. The title to all property of such institutions is hereby transferred to and vested in the state Board of Education.
WV Code § 18-2-13b (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 2. State Board of Education|§18-2-13b. Additional Authority of State Board of Education Concerning Revenue Bonds for Dormitories, Homes or Refectories

[Repealed.]
WV Code § 18-2-13c (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 2. State Board of Education|§18-2-13c. Payroll Deductions for Employees' Participation in Group Insurance Plans

Whenever any employees of the West Virginia Board of Education or institutions operating under the jurisdiction of the West Virginia Board of Education shall be eligible to participate in any group insurance plan, the board shall have the authority to authorize such participation, and, upon the written request of any participating employee, may make periodic deductions from salary payments due such employee of the amount of the contribution he is required to make for such participation. Upon proper requisition of the board, the Auditor shall periodically issue a warrant, payable as specified in the requisition, for the total contributions so withheld from the salaries of all participating employees.
WV Code § 18-2-13d (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 2. State Board of Education|§18-2-13d. Marshall University

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state educational institution located at Huntington, West Virginia, previously known as Marshall College shall, after the effective date of this section, be known as Marshall University, and any reference to said Marshall College contained in law shall be construed to apply to Marshall University; and this university shall remain under the supervision and control of the state Board of Education.
WV Code § 18-2-13e (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 2. State Board of Education|§18-2-13e. Transfer of Property for the Use of Marshall University

On and after July 1, 1961, supervision and control of all of the real property, heretofore administered by the commissioner of public institutions containing one hundred eighty-four and one-half acres, more or less, located in Guyandotte district, Cabell county, and known as the "West Virginia Home for Aged and Infirmed Colored Men and Women" shall be transferred to the supervision and control of the West Virginia board of regents. The West Virginia board of regents shall be authorized to use the property for any purpose it may deem advisable in connection with the educational program of Marshall University. The title to all such property is hereby vested in the West Virginia board of regents, which board may at any time sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of such property, however, the proceeds of any such sale or sales, less costs of sale, shall be utilized for capital improvements or expansion of the Marshall University campus or facilities.
WV Code § 18-2-13f (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 2. State Board of Education|§18-2-13f. Responsibility for Administration and Provision of Educational Services in State Correctional Institutions

The state board is responsible for the administration of programs for the education of all institutionalized school-age juveniles within facilities operated by the department of corrections. School-age juvenile means in this article any individual who would, if not institutionalized, be entitled to attend the public schools in accordance with (1) section five, article two of this chapter; (2) sections fifteen and eighteen, article five of this chapter; or (3) section one, article twenty of this chapter. To strengthen the administration of educational programs, there shall be: (1) A full-time principal or lead teacher at each department of corrections facility having any school-age juveniles and (2) a full-time director of educational services for institutionalized school-age juveniles employed by the Department of Education. Such principal or lead teacher shall be employed by and responsible to the director of educational services.Classroom teachers and other school personnel shall be hired and provided as necessary to all institutionalized juveniles by the state Department of Education to the extent necessary to provide adequate and appropriate educational opportunity. Adequate and appropriate educational opportunity requires education services for institutionalized school-age juveniles on a twelve-month basis, excepting only normal school holidays and those additional days determined by the state Board of Education in consultation with the appropriate department head to be necessary. School personnel shall be responsible to the principal or lead teacher while providing educational services but shall comply with rules established by the department of corrections to ensure security and safety in the facility. Educational personnel employed at and by correctional facilities and institutions shall be permitted to transfer to comparable positions as school personnel of the state Department of Education if those personnel meet the qualifications established for those positions by the state Department of Education. The daily rate of pay of educational personnel employed by the state Department of Education shall be equivalent to the daily rate of pay of the comparable position in the public schools of the county where the institution is located.There shall be a separate line item account of the budget of the state Department of Education for the education of institutionalized school-age juveniles. All money that the Legislature may annually appropriate for that purpose shall be placed into this account. This account shall be used solely for the education of such juveniles. Money for education of juveniles in the department of corrections shall be deposited in that account and accounted for separately.
WV Code § 18-2-13g (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 2. State Board of Education|§18-2-13g. Procedure for Contracting With Insurers; Licensing of Insurer; Exemption of Certain Insurers From Premium and Annuity Taxes

In contracting for the group insurance provided for in section thirteen-c and for the supplemental retirement benefits provided for in section thirteen-f of this article, as well as for other insurance benefits for any and all persons employed by it at institutions of higher learning under its control, the state Board of Education shall solicit proposals for the coverage sought, which proposals shall be obtained by public notice published as a Class II legal advertisement in compliance with the provisions of article three, chapter fifty-nine of this code, and the publication area for such publication shall be the state. Such notice shall be so published within fourteen consecutive days next preceding the final date for submitting proposals. The board may also solicit proposals by sending requests by mail to prospective insurers. Upon receipt and consideration of such proposals as may be submitted the board shall have the authority to accept the proposal of and contract with the insurer offering the insurance program or programs determined by the board, in its judgment, to be the most desirable to the beneficiaries thereof, whether such insurer be then licensed as an insurance company in this state or not: Provided, That no contract shall be made effective unless and until the insurance company becomes licensed as a life insurance company in accordance with article three, chapter thirty-three of this code, as amended: Provided further, That if such insurer shall be a life insurance company organized and operated without profit to any private shareholder or individual exclusively for the purpose of aiding and strengthening nonprofit institutions or foundations engaged primarily in education or research, by issuing insurance and annuity contracts only to or for the benefit of such institutions and to individuals engaged in the service of such institutions, it shall be exempt from the payment of premium and annuity taxes provided for by sections fourteen, fourteen-a and fifteen, article three, and any other pertinent premium tax sections, of chapter thirty-three of this code, as amended, as to all annuity or insurance contracts made with educational institutions located within, or relative to subjects of insurance resident in, West Virginia.
WV Code § 18-2-13h (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 2. State Board of Education|§18-2-13h. Provision of Educational Services for School-Age Juveniles Placed in Residential Facilities for Custody and Treatment

(a) The state Board of Education and the Department of Health and Human Resources are authorized to provide for adequate and appropriate education opportunities for school-age juveniles placed in the following residential facilities as a result of proceedings commenced under the provisions of chapters twenty-seven and forty-nine of this code: Davis-Stuart, Inc., located in Lewisburg, West Virginia; the Elkins Mountain School, located in Elkins, West Virginia; the Abraxas Foundation of West Virginia, located in Waverly, West Virginia; and the Barboursville School, located in Barboursville, West Virginia.(b) Subject to appropriations by the Legislature, the state board shall have the following authority: (1) To provide education programs and services for school-age juveniles on the grounds of residential facilities, pursuant to agreements with the Department of Health and Human Resources and the licensed child-care agencies of such department; (2) to hire classroom teachers and other school personnel necessary to provide adequate and appropriate education opportunities to these juveniles; and (3) to provide education services for school-age juveniles in residential facilities on a twelve-month basis.(c) The Department of Health and Human Resources shall cooperate with the state board and the state superintendent in the establishment and maintenance of education programs authorized under this section. Subject to appropriations by the Legislature, the Department of Health and Human Resources shall provide, or cause to be provided, adequate space and facilities for such education programs. The state board shall not be required to construct, improve or maintain any building, other improvement to real estate or fixtures attached thereto at any residential facility for the purpose of establishing and maintaining an education program.(d) The state Board of Education and the Department of Health and Human Resources are authorized to enter into agreements to provide adequate and appropriate education opportunities for school-age juveniles who are placed in residential facilities other than the facilities identified in this section.