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2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18B. Higher Education › Article 2C. West Virginia Community and Technical College › §18B-2C-4. Authority of Council in Creating West Virginia Community and Technical College

(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (c), section three of this article, if the council makes a determination that one or more of the conditions exists, then the council is authorized to create the West Virginia community and technical college.
(b) As soon as practicable after the council determines that the college should be created, the council shall notify the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Delegates and the Legislative Oversight commission on education accountability of the proposed actions. The council shall conduct a study regarding the procedures, findings and determinations considered necessary prior to any creation of the college and shall report its findings to the Legislative Oversight commission on education accountability. The council may not create the college prior to the report being received by the Legislative Oversight commission on education accountability.
(c) On or before December 1, of the year in which the college is created, the council shall certify to the Legislative Oversight commission on education accountability proposed legislation to accomplish the purposes of this article for those matters requiring statutory change.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18B. Higher Education › Article 2C. West Virginia Community and Technical College › §18B-2C-5. Transfer of Powers, Duties, Property, Obligations, etc., of Prior Governing Boards to the Governing Board of West Virginia Community and Technical College

If the commission determines that any of the conditions provided for in section three of this article have been met, then as to those entities to whom the conditions apply, the commission may:
(1) Designate the governing boards that shall become institutional boards of advisors and transfer governing authority of that board to the governing board of the college;
(2) Transfer as appropriate, consistent with state law, all powers, duties, property, obligations, contracts, rules, orders, resolutions or any other matters which should be transferred or vested in the governing board;
(3) Assign powers and duties to the governing board and the college as may be necessary or expedient to accomplish the purposes of this article;
(4) Create the office of president of the college; and
(5) Take such other action as necessary or expedient to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18B. Higher Education › Article 2C. West Virginia Community and Technical College › §18B-2C-7. Powers and Duties of Vice Chancellor as President of the West Virginia Community and Technical College

The vice chancellor serves as the acting president of the college until such time as a president is selected as prescribed by law. As acting president, the vice chancellor has all the powers and duties assigned by law, by the commission or by the governing board. In addition, the vice chancellor shall continue to exercise all other powers and duties assigned by law or by the commission.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18B. Higher Education › Article 3. Additional Powers and Duties of Research Doctoral-Granting Public Universities › §18B-3-2. Computer and Computer Equipment Donation Program

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, the governing boards are authorized to create a program to donate surplus computers and computer-related equipment to education facilities, nonprofit organizations, juvenile detention centers, municipal and county public safety offices and other public, charitable or educational enterprises or organizations in this state.
(a) Only equipment which otherwise would be transferred to the Surplus Property Unit of the Purchasing Division may be donated;
(b) The governing boards shall keep records and accounts that clearly identify the equipment donated, the age of the equipment, the reasons for declaring it obsolete and the name of the education facility, nonprofit organization, juvenile detention center, municipal or county public safety office or other public, charitable or educational enterprise or organization to which the equipment was donated;
(c) Each governing board shall promulgate a rule in accordance with the provisions of section six, article one of this chapter to implement the donation program. The rules shall specify the procedures to be used for record keeping and shall provide for fair and impartial selection of equipment recipients.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18B. Higher Education › Article 3. Additional Powers and Duties of Research Doctoral-Granting Public Universities › §18B-3-3. Relationship of Governing Boards to the Commission and the Council

(a) Relationship between the commission and the governing boards. --
(1) The commission functions as a state-level coordinating board exercising its powers and duties in relation to the governing boards as prescribed by law;
(2) The primary responsibility of the commission is to work collaboratively with the governing boards to research, develop and propose policy that will achieve the established goals, objectives, and priorities set forth in this chapter and chapter eighteen-c of this code; and
(3) The commission has specific powers and duties which include, but are not limited to, the following:
(A) Advocating for public higher education at the state level;
(B) Jointly with the council, implementing the classification and compensation system established by articles seven, eight, nine and nine-a of this chapter; and
(C) Collecting and analyzing data, researching, developing recommendations, and advising the Legislature and the Governor on broad policy initiatives, use of incentive funding, national and regional trends in higher education and issues of resource allocation involving multiple governing boards.
(b) Relationship between the council and the governing boards. -- (1) The council maintains all powers and duties assigned to it by law or rule relating to community and technical colleges as defined in section two, article one of this chapter;
(2) The council functions as a coordinating board for the institutions under its jurisdiction which make up the statewide network of independently-accredited community and technical colleges. In addition to recognizing the authority assigned by law to the council and abiding by rules duly promulgated by the council relating to the community and technical colleges, the governing boards shall exercise their authority and carry out their responsibilities in a manner that is consistent with and complementary to the powers and duties assigned by law or rule to the community and technical colleges or to the council;
(c) The governing boards shall work collaboratively with the commission, the council and their staff to provide all information requested by the commission or the council in an appropriate format and in a timely manner.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18B. Higher Education › Article 3. Additional Powers and Duties of Research Doctoral-Granting Public Universities › §18B-3-4. Duty of Governing Boards to Address State Priorities

The expertise of faculty and graduate students at state institutions of higher education is important to every citizen of this state. It is the responsibility of the governing boards to channel this expertise into research and analysis that will yield measurable benefits to the citizens of West Virginia. Therefore, in addition to the goals, objectives and priorities established in section one-a, article one and article one-d of this chapter and goals established elsewhere in this code, it is the responsibility of the governing boards to concentrate attention and resources on certain specific state priorities that have a direct, positive impact on the economic, social and cultural well-being of the people of West Virginia.
(a) Priorities for Marshall University and West Virginia University in collaboration:
(1) Developing Regional Brownfield Assistance Centers pursuant to section seven, article eleven of this chapter;
(2) Performing professional development-related research and coordinating the delivery of professional development to educators in the public schools of the state pursuant to article two, chapter eighteen of this code; and
(3) Building subject matter expertise in public education finance, including mastery of the theories and concepts used in developing formulas to provide state-level financial support to public education.
(b) The Legislature may, but is not required to, make additional appropriations for the benefit of Marshall University and West Virginia University to assist them in fulfilling the purposes set forth in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Additional priorities for governing boards:
(d) In addition to the priorities established in subsection (a) of this section, each governing board under the jurisdiction of the commission shall focus resources and attention on improving its graduation rate for full-time undergraduate students as a specific institutional priority. The graduation rate is measured as a percentage of the number of undergraduate students who obtain a degree within six years of the date of enrollment as full-time freshmen.
(1) By July 1, 2015, the governing board of each state institution of higher education under the jurisdiction of the commission, including the governing boards of Marshall University and West Virginia University, shall attain a graduation rate for full-time undergraduate students that equals or exceeds the graduation rate of its peers established pursuant to section three, article one-a of this chapter.
(2) The commission shall monitor and report annually by December 1, to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability on the progress of the governing boards toward meeting the goals set forth in this subsection.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18B. Higher Education › Article 3B. Collaborative Degree Completion Program › §18B-3B-2. Collaborative Degree Completion Program Established; Program Applicability and Objectives

(a) The Collaborative Degree Completion Program is hereby established as a collaborative partnership which includes the following:
(1) The public school career and technical centers which includes state technology centers, technical centers, career centers and career/technical centers; and
(2) The state community and technical colleges.
(b) The program shall meet the following objectives:
(1) Increasing the number of West Virginians who hold a college credential and providing opportunities for a larger number of adults to earn that credential;
(2) Increasing the education and technical skill levels of the state's work force; and
(3) Delivering post-secondary technical education in the most effective and cost efficient manner by maximizing the available resources of career centers and community and technical colleges.
(c) The program shall be adopted by each community and technical college/career and technical education consortia planning district. Each district shall assess the needs of its employers, institutions and centers and may adapt the basic model to fit the needs of the area to be served; however, each model shall include the following basic strategies to meet the objectives established in this article:
(1) Identify post-secondary adult career-technical education programs offered by the public school career centers that are to be evaluated for delivery as a Certificate of Applied Science or an Associate of Applied Science Degree;
(2) Ensure that all collaborative programs meet the conditions of the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges which is the accrediting body for state community and technical colleges;
(3) Ensure that all collaborative programs meet the academic standards of the participating college; and
(4) Provide for the collaborative program to remain onsite at the career and technical center if participating agencies determine that site to be the best location for achieving program objectives.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18B. Higher Education › Article 3B. Collaborative Degree Completion Program › §18B-3B-3. Powers and Duties of Agencies Participating in Collaborative Degree Completion Program

Members of each community and technical college/career and technical education consortia planning district shall enter into an agreement that delineates the division of responsibilities among the facilitating community and technical college pursuant to section four, article three-c of this chapter and the career and technical centers, including activities for which these entities are jointly responsible.
(a) The following activities are the responsibility of the facilitating community and technical college in each consortia planning district:
(1) Approve all curricula course and/or programs through the college's approval process;
(2) Maintain authority over the curriculum as required by the college's accrediting agency;
(3) Deliver all program general education courses;
(4) Award the appropriate degree;
(5) Employ all general education faculty and approve the employment of all technical program faculty;
(6) Enroll students through the college's admission and registration process and administer student financial aid, including coordinating and administering veterans' education benefits;
(7) Charge and collect the college's tuition and fees; and
(8) Pay the career and technical center for technical faculty time.
(b) The following activities are the responsibility of each career and technical center within the consortium planning district:
(1) Deliver the majority of the technical content courses;
(2) Maintain equipment and laboratories and provide adequate instructional space if the program is delivered onsite at the career and technical center; and
(3) Employ technical content faculty, if needed. If participants choose, these faculty members may be provided by the facilitating community and technical college.
(c) The following activities are the joint responsibility of the facilitating community and technical college and each career and technical center in the consortium planning district:
(1) Maintain programmatic accreditation, if required;
(2) Maintain student transcripts at both the community and technical college and the career and technical center. The college transcript is the official transcript of record;
(3) Determine admission standards and student acceptance into the programs;
(4) Market the program and share the cost of marketing as determined in the consortia agreement;
(5) Develop and implement a program of cross counseling in which counselors from secondary and post-secondary career and technical centers and state community and technical colleges meet with students and their parents, beginning in the eighth grade to answer their education and career-related questions, to serve as a source of support through high school graduation and to provide specific, targeted information on career pathways and financial aid opportunities; and
(6) Determine the feasibility of collaboratively developing and implementing post-secondary-level programs to extend high school programs that currently are terminal.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18B. Higher Education › Article 3C. Community and Technical College System › §18B-3C-1. Legislative Findings

(a) The Legislature makes the following findings related to state community and technical colleges:
(1) Community and technical colleges are a distinctively American invention. They fill a critical gap between public secondary education and the baccalaureate institutions and universities and they provide a connection between adult basic education and higher education. Their overriding mission is to provide affordable access to postsecondary education and to provide this education and related services to people who otherwise might not have enrolled in a college or university. They provide access to students who live in geographic proximity and who seek low-cost postsecondary education.
(2) As the state's primary provider of workforce education and training, community and technical colleges located in every region of West Virginia are essential to a statewide strategy to prepare students for high-demand, high-wage jobs, workforce development necessary to diversify and grow the state's economy, and further postsecondary education and life long learning.
(3) The mission of state community and technical colleges is to provide comprehensive education services that combine the critical functions of career-technical education and work force development, non-credit industry training, transfer education, developmental education and continuing education.
(4) While the student population of state community and technical colleges is now evenly divided between those who are under age twenty-five and adults who are twenty-five and older, the number in both categories who earn a degree or industry-recognized certificate within six years remains low. The declining numbers of high school graduates in the state makes it imperative for the community and technical college system to focus on increasing the numbers of adults who enroll and who complete programs to earn a degree or industry-recognized certificate within six years.
(b) In carrying out their mission, the governing boards of the community and technical colleges shall collaborate with public high schools and career and technical centers to deliver services effectively and efficiently in the locations where they are needed most.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18B. Higher Education › Article 3C. Community and Technical College System › §18B-3C-2. Legislative Intent

The following comprise the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article:
(a) To establish community and technical college education that is well articulated with the public schools, the career and technical education centers and other state institutions of higher education; that encourages traditional and nontraditional students and adult learners to pursue a lifetime of learning; that serves as an instrument of economic development; and that has the independence and flexibility to respond quickly to changing needs of citizens and employers in the state;
(b) To establish community and technical college/career and technical education consortia districts for each of the community and technical colleges in order to ensure that the full range of community and technical college education programs and services is provided in all areas of the state, including the implementation of seamless programs of study as exemplified by West Virginia EDGE, established in article thirteen, chapter eighteen of this code and the Collaborative Degree Completion Program, established in article three-b of this chapter;
(c) To define the full range of programs and services that each community and technical college has the responsibility to provide; and
(d) To establish other policies and procedures necessary to ensure that the needs of West Virginia, its people and its businesses are met for the programs and services that can be provided through a comprehensive system of community and technical colleges.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18B. Higher Education › Article 3C. Community and Technical College System › §18B-3C-5. Appointment of Community and Technical College Presidents

(a) The administrative head of a community and technical college is the president who is chosen pursuant to the terms of section six, article one-b of this chapter.
(b) Any individual employed as provost, president, or divisional administrative head of a community and technical college on June 30, 2008, which institution becomes independent on the effective date of this section, continues as the administrative head of the institution and becomes the community and technical college president on July 1, 2008, subject to the provisions of section six, article one-b of this chapter.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18B. Higher Education › Article 3C. Community and Technical College System › §18B-3C-6. Community and Technical College Programs

(a) The mission of each community and technical college includes the following programs which may be offered on or off campus, at the work site, in the public schools and at other locations and at times that are convenient for the intended population:
(1) Career and technical education skill sets, certificates, associate of applied science and selected associate of science degree programs for students seeking immediate employment, individual entrepreneurship skills, occupational development, skill enhancement and career mobility;
(2) Transfer education associate of arts and associate of science degree programs for students whose education goal is to transfer into a baccalaureate degree program;
(3) Developmental/remedial education courses, literacy education, tutorials, skills development labs and other services for students who need to improve their skills in mathematics, English, reading, study skills, computers and other basic skill areas;
(4) Workforce training and retraining and contract education with business and industry to train or retrain employees;
(5) Continuing development assistance and education credit and noncredit courses for professional and self-development, certification and licensure and literacy training;
(6) Community service workshops, lectures, seminars, clinics, concerts, theatrical performances and other noncredit activities to meet the cultural, civic and personal interests and needs of the community; and
(7) Cooperative arrangements with the public school system for the seamless progression of students through programs of study which are calculated to begin at the secondary level and conclude at the community and technical college level.
(b) All administrative, programmatic and budgetary control over community and technical college education within the institution is vested in the president, subject to rules adopted by the council. The president with the institutional board of Governors or institutional board of advisors, as appropriate, is responsible for the regular review, revision, elimination and establishment of programs within the institution to assure that the needs of the community and technical college consortia district are met. It is the intent of the Legislature that the program review and approval process for community and technical college education be separate and distinct from baccalaureate education and subject to the provisions of section nine of this article.
(c) Independently accredited community and technical colleges shall serve as higher education centers for their regions by brokering with colleges, universities and other providers, in state and out of state, to ensure the coordinated access of students, employers and other clients to needed programs and services.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18B. Higher Education › Article 3C. Community and Technical College System › §18B-3C-7a. Bridgemont Community and Technical College; Kanawha Valley Community and Technical College; Mountwest Community and Technical College

(a) The Community and Technical College at West Virginia University Institute of Technology is hereafter named "Bridgemont Community and Technical College". Any reference in this code to the Community and Technical College at West Virginia University Institute of Technology means Bridgemont Community and Technical College.
(b) Marshall Community and Technical College is hereafter named "Mountwest Community and Technical College". Any reference in this code to Marshall Community and Technical College means Mountwest Community and Technical College.
(c) West Virginia State Community and Technical College is hereafter named "Kanawha Valley Community and Technical College". Any reference in this code to West Virginia State Community and Technical College means Kanawha Valley Community and Technical College.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18B. Higher Education › Article 3C. Community and Technical College System › §18B-3C-9. Increasing Flexibility for Community and Technical Colleges

(a) Notwithstanding any rules or procedures of the governing boards to the contrary, the community and technical colleges have the authority and the duty to:
(1) Incorporate the most effective and efficient use of technology in accessing and delivering courses and programs in order to make the best use of available resources and to control costs;
(2) Incorporate a model to offer occupational program curricula in smaller modules to accommodate specific student and employer needs and to gain sufficient flexibility in formatting courses;
(3) Serve as a facilitator for education programs from outside delivery sources to meet the needs of the residents and employers of the district; and
(4) Employ faculty in the most effective manner to serve the core mission of the community and technical college.
(A) To that end, the freestanding community and technical colleges may employ faculty for an indefinite period without a grant of tenure and shall work toward a staffing goal of no more than twenty percent of the faculty holding tenure or being tenuretrack employees. Tenured faculty employed by the freestanding community and technical colleges before July 1, 1999, are not affected by this provision.
(B) All community and technical colleges, other than those set forth in paragraph (A) of this subdivision, may employ faculty for an indefinite period without a grant of tenure. The immediate goal is to use this provision as a tool to assist the community and technical colleges in meeting the essential conditions provided for in section three of this article and in gaining independent accreditation status. The ultimate goal is to provide the flexibility community and technical colleges need to meet the needs of the state by working toward having no more than twenty percent of the core faculty holding tenure or being tenuretrack employees. Tenured faculty employed by community and technical colleges other than freestanding community and technical colleges on June 30, 2000, may not be affected by this provision. Tenure may not be denied to a faculty member solely as a result of change in employing institution necessitated by the change to independently accredited community and technical colleges.
(b) The governing boards shall adopt a model of program approval for the community and technical colleges that permits occupational programs to be customized to meet needs without requiring approval by any governing board or other agency of government. The model shall incorporate a post-audit review of such programs on a three-year cycle to determine the effectiveness of the programs in meeting district needs.
(c) The council shall promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section and shall file these rules for review and approval with the chancellor no later than December 1, 2004.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18B. Higher Education › Article 3C. Community and Technical College System › §18B-3C-10. Freestanding Community and Technical Colleges; Tuition and Fees

(a) Each governing board may fix tuition and establish and set such other fees to be charged students at its community and technical college as it considers appropriate, subject to the provisions of this subsection and article ten of this chapter.
(1) The governing board, in consultation with the council, also may establish special fees for such purposes as, including, but not limited to, health services, student activities, student recreation, athletics or any other extracurricular purposes. The council shall determine which fees, if any, do not apply to the entire student population and to which students such fees do not apply. Such special fees may be used only for the purposes for which collected.
(2) A community and technical college may contract with any other state institution of higher education for the participation of its students in programs, activities or services of the other institution and for the use of such fees collected.
(b) All tuition and fee charges in the total aggregate shall comply with the terms of the institution's compact approved by the council, based on peer comparisons or cost of instruction as set forth in the goals for post-secondary education pursuant to section one-a, article one of this chapter.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18B. Higher Education › Article 3C. Community and Technical College System › §18B-3C-15. Transition Oversight

(a) The Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability is charged with responsibility to monitor and oversee implementation of the policy changes required by this act.
(b) The responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Reviewing the overall progress of the council, the commission and state institutions of higher education in implementing the provisions of this act;
(2) Monitoring the development of the rules related to financing policy and benchmarks and indicators pursuant to section six, article two-b of this chapter;
(3) Monitoring the development of the statewide master plan for community and technical college education and the institutional compacts pursuant to sections five and seven, article one-d of this chapter;
(4) Monitoring the development of the council's state compact pursuant to section six, article one-d of this chapter; and
(5) Monitoring the changes in institutional relationships including development or changes in contractual arrangements for services pursuant to section twelve of this article and delivery of dual credit and baccalaureate-level courses;
(c) The provisions of this section expire June 30, 2009.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18B. Higher Education › Article 3C. Community and Technical College System › §18B-3C-16. Encouragement of Collaborative Agreements Between Community and Technical Colleges and Federally Registered Apprenticeship Programs

(a) The Legislature finds that apprenticeship programs provide a valuable educational opportunity that can be enhanced by community and technical colleges that offer associate degrees. Accordingly, the Legislature hereby encourages, but is not requiring, community and technical colleges that offer associate degrees to enter into collaborative agreements with federally registered apprenticeship programs that are registered with the United States Department of Labor.
(b) On or before January 1 of each year, the council shall provide to the Legislature and the Governor a report regarding the collaborative agreements between community and technical colleges and federally registered apprenticeships programs. The report should identify those community and technical colleges that have entered into a collaborative agreement with federally registered apprenticeship programs, the number of students participating in such apprenticeship programs, and the number of community and technical colleges credits earned by students in such apprenticeship programs, and, if available, information on the number of students employed, and the average hours they worked in a relevant field, during such apprenticeship programs.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18B. Higher Education › Article 3D. Workforce Development Initiative › §18B-3D-2. Workforce Development Initiative Program Continued; Purpose; Program Administration; Rule Required

(a) The Workforce Development Initiative Program is continued under the supervision of the council. The purpose of the program is to administer and oversee grants to community and technical colleges to implement the provisions of this article in accordance with legislative intent.
(b) It is the responsibility of the council to administer the state fund for community and technical college and workforce development, including setting criteria for grant applications, receiving applications for grants, making determinations on distribution of funds, and evaluating the performance of workforce development initiatives.
(c) The chancellor, under the direction of the council, shall review and approve the expenditure of all grant funds, including development of application criteria, the review and selection of applicants for funding, and the annual review and justification of applicants for grant renewal.
(1) When determining which grant proposals will be funded, the council shall give special consideration to proposals by community and technical colleges that involve businesses with fewer than fifty employees.
(2) The council shall weigh each proposal to avoid awarding grants which will have the ultimate effect of providing unfair advantage to employers new to the state who will be in direct competition with established local businesses.
(d) The council may allocate a reasonable amount, not to exceed five percent up to a maximum of $50,000 of the funds available for grants on an annual basis, for general program administration.
(e) Moneys appropriated or otherwise available for the Workforce Development Initiative Program shall be allocated by line item to an appropriate account. Any moneys remaining in the fund at the close of a fiscal year are carried forward for use in the next fiscal year.
(f) Nothing in this article requires a specific level of appropriation by the Legislature.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18B. Higher Education › Article 3D. Workforce Development Initiative › §18B-3D-3. Mission of the Workforce Development Initiative Program

(a) The statewide mission of the Workforce Development Initiative Program is to develop a strategy to strengthen the quality of the state's workforce by linking the existing post-secondary education capacity to the needs of business, industry and other employers. Available funding will be used to provide explicit incentives for partnerships between employers and community and technical colleges to develop comprehensive workforce development services. Funds will be granted on the basis of proposals developed according to criteria established by the council.
(b) The mission of any community and technical college accepting a workforce development initiative grant is to:
(1) Become client-focused and develop programs that meet documented employer needs;
(2) Involve and collaborate with employers in the development of programs;
(3) Develop customized training programs that provide for the changing needs of employers and that are offered at flexible times and locations to accommodate employer scheduling;
(4) Develop partnerships with other public and private providers, including small business development centers and vocational, technical and adult education centers, and, with business and labor, to fulfill the workforce development needs of the service area;
(5) Establish cooperative arrangements with the public school system for the seamless progression of students through programs of study that begin at the secondary level and conclude at the community and technical college level, particularly with respect to career and technical education certificates, associate of applied science and selected associate of science degree programs for students seeking immediate employment, individual entrepreneurship skills, occupational development, skill enhancement and career mobility; and
(6) Assist in the on-going assessment of the workforce development needs of the service area.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18B. Higher Education › Article 3D. Workforce Development Initiative › §18B-3D-4. Grant Application Procedures

(a) In order to participate in the workforce development initiative grant program, a community and technical college shall meet the following conditions:
(1) Participate in a community and technical college consortia planning district as required by article three-c of this chapter. Consortia representatives participate in the development of and approve applications for funding grants under the provisions of this article and approve the workforce development initiative budget;
(2) Develop, as a component of its institutional compact, a plan to achieve measurable improvements in the quality of the workforce within its service area over the period covered by the compact. The plan is developed in partnership with employers, local vocational schools and other workforce education providers; and
(3) Establish a special revolving fund under the jurisdiction of the community and technical college dedicated solely to workforce development initiatives for the purposes provided in this article. Any fees or revenues generated from workforce development initiatives funded by a competitive grant are deposited into this fund.
(b) To be eligible to receive a workforce development initiative grant, a community and technical college shall provide at least the following information in its application:
(1) Identification of the specific business or business sector training needs that will be met if a workforce development initiative grant is received;
(2) A commitment from the private or public sector partner or partners to provide a match of $1, cash and in-kind, for each dollar of state grant money received: Provided, That the commitment required by this subdivision may be provided by a public sector partner using state or federal dollars to provide the required match if funding for this initiative in the fiscal year exceeds $650,000 in which case, one-half the amount exceeding $650,000 may be granted using a public sector match;
(3) An agreement to share with other community and technical colleges any curricula developed using funds from a workforce development initiative grant;
(4) A specific plan showing how the community and technical college will collaborate with local post-secondary vocational institutions to maximize the use of existing facilities, personnel and equipment; and
(5) An acknowledgment that acceptance of a grant under the provisions of this article commits the community and technical college and its consortia committee to such terms, conditions and deliverables as specified by the council in the request for applications, including, but not limited to, the measures by which the performance of the workforce development initiative will be evaluated.
(c) Applications submitted by community and technical colleges may be awarded funds for programs which meet the requirements of this article that are operated on a collaborative basis at facilities under the jurisdiction of the public schools and utilized by both secondary and post-secondary students.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18B. Higher Education › Article 3D. Workforce Development Initiative › §18B-3D-5. Legislative and Emergency Rules

(a) The council shall propose a legislative rule pursuant to article three-a, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code to implement the provisions of this article and shall file the rule with the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability no later than October 1, 2011.
(b) The Legislature finds that an emergency exists and, therefore, the council shall propose an emergency rule to implement the provisions of this article in accordance with section six, article one of this chapter and article three-a, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code by October 1, 2011.
(c) Any rule promulgated by the council pursuant to previous enactments of this section and in effect on the effective date of the amendment and reenactment of this section in the year 2011 remains in effect until amended, modified, repealed or replaced by the council.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18B. Higher Education › Article 3D. Workforce Development Initiative › §18B-3D-6. Learn and Earn Cooperative Education Program Established

(a)
Legislative findings.
(1) The Legislature finds that many West Virginians cannot enroll full-time in a community and technical college technical program because circumstances require them to maintain full-time employment. It is critically important that technical programs leading to high-wage occupations be more accessible and affordable for all West Virginians.
(2) The Legislature further finds that cooperative education programs are successful in providing access to these technical programs while providing students enrolled full-time in a community and technical college with the financial benefits they need to continue their education. These cooperative education programs provide opportunities for students to work with West Virginia companies while in college, thus increasing the likelihood that they will complete the program, find gainful employment and choose to remain in West Virginia upon graduation. They provide students with hands-on, real world work experience with a salary while they complete a technical program of study and, at the same time, provide employers with a cost-effective tool for recruiting and training.
(b) The purpose of this section is to establish a cooperative education program, under the jurisdiction of the council, as a component of the Workforce Development Initiative Program established pursuant to this article. The program shall be known and may be cited as the "Learn and Earn Program."
(c) The program requires a dollar-for-dollar cash match from participating employers or groups of employers from which the student receives a salary from the employer or employers while participating in the program. Participants may not substitute a match in-kind for the cash match required by this section.
(d) An institution is eligible to apply for a program grant in cooperation with one or more employer partners if it meets the definition of a community and technical college provided in 18B-1-2 of this code:
Provided
, That, as a pilot program beginning at the start of the 2023-2024 academic year and concluding at the end of the 2025-2026 academic year, Potomac State College of West Virginia University is eligible to participate in the "Learn and Earn Program" established by this section in accordance with the rules promulgated pursuant to 18B-3D-5 of this code. At the conclusion of the pilot program, the council shall determine whether Potomac State College of West Virginia University has achieved sufficient results to continue to participate in the Learn and Earn program. The council shall define the application process in the rules required in section five of this article.
(e) The council may expend funds available through the Workforce Development Initiative program to implement the provisions of this section.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18B. Higher Education › Article 3E. Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College › §18B-3E-1. Legislative Findings and Intent

(a) The Legislature finds that the potomac highlands is an area of the state that is underserved for higher education and that deserves more convenient access to higher education opportunities, including work force development opportunities.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature in establishing eastern West Virginia community and technical college to focus on the advantages available to the potomac highlands and to the state by providing quality community and technical college education.
(c) It is further the intent of the Legislature that eastern West Virginia community and technical college shall serve as a delivery platform for higher education in the potomac highlands while the study required by section seven, article three of this chapter is being conducted. The final organizational structure of the institution should reflect the results of the study.
(d) In order to satisfy the growing needs of the potomac highlands for access to quality higher education programs, the community and technical college shall meet the critical two-fold core mission which is to deliver work force development programs that meet the needs of employers and to increase the college participation rate of all the residents of the district. Establishment of this college is intended to provide an opportunity to implement more effective education delivery systems, organizational structures, and management and to result in finding the best model for delivery of high quality community and technical college education.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18B. Higher Education › Article 3F. Reorganization of Community and Technical Colleges › §18B-3F-1. Legislative Findings

(a) The Legislature finds that while certain areas of the state currently lack a sufficient population or employer base to support an independent community and technical college, it is vital to the citizens and businesses of these areas to have access to comprehensive, high-quality community and technical education programs and services that are well articulated with the public schools, baccalaureate institutions and other community and technical colleges; that make the most efficient and effective use of facilities, faculty, staff, equipment and other available resources; that encourage students of all ages, ability levels and economic circumstances to pursue a lifetime of learning; that serve as engines of economic development; and that have the ability to adapt quickly to changing needs for workforce training.
(b) The Legislature further finds that a critical need exists to enhance the role of technical education in every area of the state; to encourage and strengthen collaborative and cooperative relationships between and among institutions in order to provide the highest quality programs and services most effectively; and to make the most efficient use of scarce resources while avoiding, to the extent practicable, duplication of administrative and programmatic costs. Establishment of multicampus institutions provides an excellent opportunity to implement more effective and efficient systems of program delivery and to explore alternative organizational and management structures best suited to serving the needs of students, employers and the citizens of a geographic region. Reorganization offers an efficient and effective method to provide high-quality, comprehensive community and technical education in an area where two institutions serve the same community and technical college district or population center. Creating a consolidated multicampus institution will enhance the delivery of comprehensive community and technical college education to that entire geographical region.