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WV Code § 18-10B-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10B. Vocational Rehabilitation Facilities|§18-10B-2. Establishment of State Vocational Rehabilitation Facilities

The state board, through the division, is authorized and empowered to establish, operate, and maintain vocational rehabilitation facilities: Provided, That to establish vocational rehabilitation facilities includes the acquisition by purchase, lease, gift, or otherwise, of necessary lands, and the construction, expansion, remodeling, or alteration and equipment of necessary buildings; or, for any particular facility, the making of contracts and agreements with any state, county, or municipal agency, or nonprofit institution providing for the equipment, operation or maintenance by the state board, through the division, of any facility of such agency or institution in accordance with, and for the purpose of this article: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the state board, through the division, shall, itself, properly operate, maintain, repair, and manage and control the fiscal affairs of vocational rehabilitation facilities established pursuant to this section: Provided further, That the state board, through the division, is authorized and empowered to make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary and incidental to the performance of its powers and duties under this section, in connection with which it is also authorized and empowered to cooperate with other agencies of the state.
WV Code § 18-10B-2a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10B. Vocational Rehabilitation Facilities|§18-10B-2a. Advance Payment to Facilities

Notwithstanding section ten, article three, chapter twelve of this code, the director of the division of vocational rehabilitation is authorized to make advance payments to public and private nonprofit sheltered workshops when it has been determined by the director after serious consideration to be necessary for the initiation or continuation of such workshops. Such advance payments shall be for a period no greater than ninety days in advance of rendition or continuation of rehabilitation services provided by the public or private nonprofit sheltered workshop.
WV Code § 18-10B-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10B. Vocational Rehabilitation Facilities|§18-10B-3. Establishment of Local Vocational Rehabilitation Facilities

Counties and municipalities in accordance with rules, regulations and standards made and adopted by the director, individually or jointly with any one or more such counties or municipalities are authorized and empowered to establish, operate, and maintain necessary vocational rehabilitation facilities for disabled persons: Provided, That to establish vocational rehabilitation facilities includes the acquisition by purchase, lease, gift, or otherwise, of necessary lands, and the construction, expansion, remodeling, or alteration and equipment of necessary buildings.
WV Code § 18-10B-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10B. Vocational Rehabilitation Facilities|§18-10B-4. Rules and Regulations

The director shall make and adopt rules, regulations, and standards for the establishment, operation and maintenance, government and control of vocational rehabilitation facilities established pursuant to this article, including such rules, regulations and standards as may be necessary for cooperation under and compliance with any existing or future federal statutes pertaining to grants-in-aid for vocational rehabilitation facilities.
WV Code § 18-10B-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10B. Vocational Rehabilitation Facilities|§18-10B-5. Cooperation With Federal Government in Vocational Rehabilitation Facility Program

The state board, through the division, is hereby designated the sole state agency to cooperate with the federal government in any federal program relating to the establishment, operation and maintenance of vocational rehabilitation facilities; and is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and supervise the administration of such a statewide plan, or such statewide plans, for the establishment of vocational rehabilitation facility or workshop programs as may be necessary to comply with the requirements and conditions of federal law with respect to federal grants-in-aid for such purposes.
WV Code § 18-10B-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10B. Vocational Rehabilitation Facilities|§18-10B-6. Cooperation With State Department of Health

The state board, through the division, and the state department of health shall cooperate to assure coordination of the vocational rehabilitation facility program under this article with the hospital construction program provided for under chapter sixteen, article one, section fourteen of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended.
WV Code § 18-10B-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10B. Vocational Rehabilitation Facilities|§18-10B-7. Personnel

The director shall appoint in accordance with chapter eighteen, article ten-a, section five of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all personnel he deems necessary for the efficient and economical operation and maintenance of vocational rehabilitation facilities established, operated and maintained pursuant to section two of this article.
WV Code § 18-10B-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10B. Vocational Rehabilitation Facilities|§18-10B-8. Advisory Committee

There shall be an advisory committee of not less than five and not more than ten members to serve as advisors and consultants to the director of the division. The committee shall meet at least twice each year and at the call of the director of the division. The members of the committee shall annually elect one of its members to serve as chairman.The advisory committee shall be appointed by the director, by and with the advice and consent of the state board, and shall include among its members representatives of state and nongovernmental agencies concerned with the establishment, operation or utilization of vocational rehabilitation services and facilities, and at least one of the members shall be a person well versed in problems related to employment of the disabled.The members shall serve for five-year terms, or until replaced, except that in the first year one fifth of the members shall be named for a one-year term, one fifth for a two-year term, one fifth for a three-year term, one fifth for a four-year term, and one fifth for a five-year term. Thereafter each member shall be appointed for five years or until his successor is appointed. In the case of a vacancy the appointee shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term.Members of the advisory committee shall be eligible to succeed themselves. Members of the advisory committee shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement for all reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of the duties of their office.
WV Code § 18-10B-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10B. Vocational Rehabilitation Facilities|§18-10B-9. Contracts for Supplying Goods and Services; Remuneration to Client; Vocational Rehabilitation Industries Account

Whereas, it is considered to be an essential part of any complete rehabilitation program to provide remunerative employment to severely handicapped or blind persons in order to prepare them to take their place in the competitive labor market, the division is hereby authorized to:(a) Enter into contracts with any person, firm, corporation or association for the provision of goods and services by the division;(b) Provide remuneration to the clients of the division from the proceeds of said contracts based upon standards established by the director of the division: Provided, however, That said clients so paid shall in no way be considered employees of the state for any purpose whatsoever. To effectuate the provisions of this section, there is hereby created a special revolving account in the office of the State Treasurer designated "vocational rehabilitation industries account." All moneys collected by the division from the sale or disposition of articles, products manufactured, and services provided by the clients of the division in accordance with the provisions of this article shall be deposited in said special account, and shall be used solely for the purchase of manufacturing supplies, equipment, machinery and materials used to carry out the purposes of this article, as well as for the payment of remuneration to the clients of the division who are utilized in the manufacture of said products or articles. The division may deposit into said account an initial amount which the director determines necessary to establish the program herein authorized and may deposit additional amounts in said account as from time to time may become necessary to continue said program. All funds so deposited shall be from moneys appropriated therefor, or which are made available by the federal government or other sources for such purposes.
WV Code § 18-10B-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10B. Vocational Rehabilitation Facilities|§18-10B-10. Authorized Rental of State Vocational Rehabilitation Facilities

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, the Director may allow school groups and other youth or civic organizations or groups to use state vocational rehabilitation facilities and shall charge and collect a reasonable rent for the facilities: Provided, That all such rental revenue shall be used exclusively to defray the cost, maintenance and repair or replacement of the vocational rehabilitation facilities.
WV Code § 18-10C-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10C. The Southern Regional Education Compact|§18-10C-2. Engrossed Copies of Article to Be Furnished Governors

Immediately upon the enactment hereof, the Governor shall sign and send to the Governor of each state that is a party to the above compact an engrossed copy of this article.
WV Code § 18-10D-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10D. Compact for Education|§18-10D-2. Members of the Education Commission of the States; Term; Qualifications

In pursuance of Article III A of said compact, there shall be seven members of the education commission of the states from the State of West Virginia consisting of the Governor and four persons appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor, and two members of the Legislature, one appointed from the Senate by the president thereof and one appointed from the House of Delegates by the speaker thereof, who shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing officer. Members so appointed shall have the qualifications specified in said Article III A of the compact.
WV Code § 18-10D-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10D. Compact for Education|§18-10D-3. West Virginia Education Council; Composition; Meetings; Duties

There is hereby established the "West Virginia education council" composed of the members of the education commission of the states representing this state. The chairman shall be designated by the Governor from among its members. The council shall meet on the call of its chairman or at the request of a majority of its members, but in any event the council shall meet not less than three times each year. The council may consider any and all matters relating to recommendations of the education commission of the states and the activities of the members in representing this state thereon.
WV Code § 18-10D-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10D. Compact for Education|§18-10D-4. Bylaws of Commission Filed With Secretary of State

Pursuant to Article III I of the compact, the commission shall file a copy of its bylaws and any amendments thereto with the Secretary of State of West Virginia.
WV Code § 18-10D-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10D. Compact for Education|§18-10D-5. Cooperation of State Agencies, Boards, Departments, etc.

The departments, boards, agencies, commissions, officers and employees of the state and its subdivisions are authorized to cooperate with the council in the furtherance of any of its activities pursuant to this compact.
WV Code § 18-10D-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10D. Compact for Education|§18-10D-6. Appropriations

The Legislature may appropriate such funds as it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, article, and sections.
WV Code § 18-10D-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10D. Compact for Education|§18-10D-7. Severability Clause

If for any reason any section or provision of this article shall be held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect the remainder of the article.
WV Code § 18-10E-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10E. Interstate Compact on Qualifications of Educational Personnel|§18-10E-2. Effective Date

The effective date of this article shall be July 1, 1969.
WV Code § 18-10F-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10F. Disabled Persons and Public Use Buildings and Facilities|§18-10F-1. Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children

This article is known and may be cited as the “Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children”.
WV Code § 18-10G-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10G. Providing of Food Service in Public Office Buildings by the West Virginia Division of Vocational Rehabilitation|§18-10G-1. Policy and Purposes; Construction of Article

It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state and the purposes of this article to provide blind and severely disabled persons with the maximum opportunities for remunerative employment and for training for such employment; to enlarge the economic opportunities of the blind and severely disabled; and to stimulate them to greater effort in striving to make themselves self-supporting. This article shall be construed so as to most effectively carry out this policy and to accomplish these purposes.
WV Code § 18-10G-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10G. Providing of Food Service in Public Office Buildings by the West Virginia Division of Vocational Rehabilitation|§18-10G-4. Licenses

The division of vocational rehabilitation shall issue a license for the operation of a food service facility to any blind person who qualifies for a license in accordance with the criteria which has been established by the division of vocational rehabilitation and the committee of blind vendors. In issuing any license, the division of vocational rehabilitation shall give preference to any blind person who is a resident of the State of West Virginia. Each license issued shall be for an indefinite period but may be terminated by the division of vocational rehabilitation after affording the licensee an appeal in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures, after the division of vocational rehabilitation and the committee of blind vendors are both satisfied that the food service facility is not being operated in accordance with their rules and procedures.
WV Code § 18-10G-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10G. Providing of Food Service in Public Office Buildings by the West Virginia Division of Vocational Rehabilitation|§18-10G-5. Vending Machine Income

(a) If an existing or a new vending machine or a replacement for an existing vending machine is installed after the effective date of the amendments to this article on any public property, vending machine income shall accrue to the licensed blind person operating the food service facility on the same property or, if none, to the division of vocational rehabilitation. The licensed blind person, by contract or otherwise, shall be responsible for servicing and maintaining the vending machine or machines from which vending machine income is received.(b) Vending machine income which accrues to the division of vocational rehabilitation pursuant to subsection (a) may be used for the following:(1) Maintenance and replacement of equipment;(2) Purchase of new equipment;(3) Management services;(4) Assuring a fair minimum return to vendors; and(5) Establishing retirement funds, health insurance contributions, paid sick leave and paid vacation time for blind vendors.(c) If vending machine income which accrues to the division of vocational rehabilitation pursuant to subsection (a) is limited, it may be used to earn federal funds on a matching basis.
WV Code § 18-10G-5a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10G. Providing of Food Service in Public Office Buildings by the West Virginia Division of Vocational Rehabilitation|§18-10G-5a. Rehabilitation Services Vending Program Fund Created

There is created in the State Treasury a special revenue fund to be known as the "Rehabilitation Services Vending Program Fund." The fund shall operate as a special revenue fund whereby all deposits and payments thereto do not expire to the General Revenue Fund, but shall remain in the fund and be available for expenditure in succeeding fiscal years. This fund consists of moneys deposited in the fund pursuant to the provisions of section five of this article. Money from this fund shall be expended by the Director of the Division of Rehabilitation Services pursuant to the provisions of section five of this article.
WV Code § 18-10G-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10G. Providing of Food Service in Public Office Buildings by the West Virginia Division of Vocational Rehabilitation|§18-10G-6. Appeals

(a) Any blind person aggrieved by a decision of the division of vocational rehabilitation under this article may apply for an administrative review or a full evidentiary hearing to be conducted in accordance with the procedures established and approved by the division of vocational rehabilitation and the committee of blind vendors.(b) The division of vocational rehabilitation or any aggrieved blind vendor may appeal any unfavorable ruling rendered in accordance with this article to the circuit court of Kanawha County or to the circuit court of the county in which the blind vendor resides.
WV Code § 18-10G-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10G. Providing of Food Service in Public Office Buildings by the West Virginia Division of Vocational Rehabilitation|§18-10G-7. Committee of Blind Vendors

(a) The division of vocational rehabilitation shall provide for the establishment and operation, including the payment of all reasonable expenses, of a committee of blind vendors to be elected biennially by the licensed blind vendors. Members of the committee of blind vendors shall be elected by secret ballot and the division of vocational rehabilitation in cooperation with the members of the committee of blind vendors shall adopt rules and regulations pertaining to the election of members and the filling of vacancies that may occur on the committee of blind vendors that will assure every blind vendor an opportunity to cast a secret ballot.(b) The committee of blind vendors shall actively participate in an advisory capacity in the carrying out of all program management responsibilities assigned to the division of vocational rehabilitation in this article, and the division of vocational rehabilitation shall assure active participation with this committee.These advisory responsibilities include:(1) Major administrative decisions in policy and program development decisions affecting the overall administration of the state's food services facilities program;(2) Receiving and transmitting grievances at the request of blind vendors and serving as an advocate for blind vendors in connection with such grievances;(3) Development and administration of a state system for the transfer and promotion of blind vendors;(4) Development of training and retraining programs for blind vendors; and(5) Sponsorship of meetings and instructional conferences for blind vendors within the state.
WV Code § 18-10H-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10H. Albert Yanni Programs of Excellence in Vocational-Technical Education|§18-10H-1. Purpose; Legislative Intent

Rapid technological advances, the advent of a global economy, changing demographics and restructuring of the traditional workplace have dictated changes in educational programs designed to prepare work force entrants and incumbents. More emphasis must be placed on the transfer of technology, via the educational system, to the workplace resulting in an academically and technically literate work force. A structure must be established to provide incentives, high expectations and encouragement for talented vocational-technical students to pursue advanced education and training related to their technical disciplines, as well as provide a mechanism for the technical updating of vocational-technical teachers and administrators, including opportunities for the attainment of advanced degrees.The economic future of the State of West Virginia will be greatly influenced by the ability of the educational system to prepare competent individuals for a highly competitive and technological workplace. Excellence in terms of faculty, programs and educational opportunities for all West Virginians will greatly affect the degree of future economic prosperity within the state. With the enactment of this article, the Legislature intends to address a major void in the current system of vocational-technical education in West Virginia through the creation of a comprehensive program of educational incentives for talented students, teachers and administrators. The results of the programs and initiatives proposed by this article can have a significant impact toward achieving excellence in vocational-technical education within West Virginia and revitalizing the state's economy.
WV Code § 18-10H-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 18. Education|Article 10H. Albert Yanni Programs of Excellence in Vocational-Technical Education|§18-10H-2. Academy for Talented Vocational-Technical Education Students

The West Virginia Board of Education shall establish by July 1, 1990, an annual academy for talented vocational-technical education students, including a foundation for receiving private financial support. The purposes of the academy are to stimulate and reward student commitment to excellence in secondary vocational-technical education; to stimulate growth in the critical and creative thinking abilities of vocational-technical students; to assist exceptionally talented secondary vocational-technical education students to achieve their individual potentials; to bridge the gap between educational practice and the technological workplace; and to provide a medium for interaction between talented vocational-technical students and innovative leaders of business and industry and labor.The state Board of Education may establish a coordinating committee to set operating guidelines for the academy and supporting foundation, including, but not limited to, selection of participants, promotion, program development, location, facilities and staffing.The nonprofit academy foundation shall exist to solicit private funds and resources to enhance the operation of the academy.