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2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 16. Antihazing Law › §18-16-2. Definitions

As used in this article:
(1) "Hazing" means to cause any action or situation which recklessly or intentionally endangers the mental or physical health or safety of another person or persons or causes another person or persons to destroy or remove public or private property for the purpose of initiation or admission into or affiliation with, or as a condition for continued membership in, any organization the members of which are primarily students or alumni of an institution of higher education. The term includes, but is not limited to, acts of a physical nature, such as whipping, beating, branding, required consumption of any food, liquor, drug, or other substance, or any other required physical activity which could reasonably be deemed to adversely affect the physical health and safety of the person or persons so treated, and includes any activity which would subject the person or persons so treated to extreme mental stress, such as sleep deprivation, forced exclusion from social contact, required conduct which could result in extreme embarrassment, or any other required activity which could reasonably be deemed to adversely affect the mental health or dignity of the person or persons so treated, or any willful destruction or removal of public or private property: Provided, That the implied or expressed consent or willingness of a person or persons to hazing may not be a defense under this section.
(2) "Institution of higher education" or "institution" means any public or private institution as defined in §18B-1-2 of this code.
(3) "Organization" means any fraternity, sorority, association, corporation, order, society, corps, club, or similar group, or a national or international affiliate thereof, the membership of which is primarily made up students or alumni of an institution of higher education.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 16. Antihazing Law › §18-16-4. Enforcement by Institutions

(a) Anti-hazing policy. —The governing body of each institution of higher education in this state shall promulgate and enforce anti-hazing rules consistent with this article.
(b) Enforcement and penalties. —
(1) Each institution shall provide a program for the enforcement of rules promulgated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and shall adopt appropriate penalties for violations thereof.
(2) Penalties may include recision of permission for an organization to operate on campus property or to otherwise operate under the sanction or recognition of the institution.
(3) All penalties imposed under the authority of this section shall be in addition to any penalty imposed for violation of §18-16-3 of this code or of any of the criminal laws of this state.
(4) Rules adopted pursuant hereto apply to acts conducted on or off campus whenever such acts constitute hazing as defined in §18-16-2 of this code.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 17. West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind › §18-17-1. Continuation; Management; Minimum Salary Scale for All Employees

The West Virginia schools for deaf pupils and blind pupils heretofore established and located at Romney, in Hampshire County, shall be continued and shall be known as the "West Virginia schools for the deaf and the blind." The schools shall be maintained for the care and education of the deaf youth and blind youth of the state. The educational or business affairs of the schools shall be under the control, supervision and management of the state Board of Education, and the state board shall employ the superintendent, principals, teachers and other employees and shall fix the yearly or monthly salary to be paid to each person so employed.
The minimum salary scale for said principals, teachers and other employees shall be the same as set forth in sections two, three and eight-a, article four, chapter eighteen-a of this code.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 17. West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind › §18-17-2. Admission and Record of Applicants; Special Programs and Services

Deaf and/or blind youth residents in the state, between the ages of five and twenty-three, inclusive, shall be enrolled in the schools on application to the superintendent, until the schools are filled. Applicants shall be admitted by the superintendent on the basis of need and degree of impairment as determined by the schools' admissions committee. It shall be the duty of the superintendent to keep a careful record of the names of all applicants with the dates of their admission and discharge, their ages, post-office addresses, the names of their parents or guardians, and the degree, cause and circumstances of their deafness or blindness.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the school from providing special education programs including, but not limited to, classes, parent education, home teaching or visiting teacher services for deaf and blind children from birth. The schools may also enter into contractual arrangements with counties to provide evaluation, short-term instruction and other educational services, including direct instruction.
Any deaf or blind youth who is not a resident of the State of West Virginia may apply to the state board for admission to the school. The state board may approve such admission: Provided, That such youth shall be required to pay all related costs of attending the school.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 17. West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind › §18-17-3. Tuition, Board and Clothing of Pupils; Indigent Clothing Fund

All such deaf pupils and blind pupils shall be admitted to the schools without charge for board and tuition. When not otherwise provided with clothing they shall be furnished therewith by the institution while they are pupils therein, and the superintendent shall make out an account therefor in each case against the county where the pupil receiving the clothing resided at the time the clothing was furnished, in an amount not exceeding $75 per annum for any one pupil, which account shall be sworn to by the superintendent and countersigned by the business manager and shall be transmitted by the superintendent to the Auditor of the state, who shall forward a copy thereof to the clerk of the county court of such county. The county court shall, at its next levy term, provide for the payment of the same and cause the amount to be paid directly to the West Virginia schools for the deaf and the blind to be deposited into the indigent clothing fund. All money so received shall be disbursed upon requisitions for the payment of accounts incurred thereunder. If any such accounts are not paid within a reasonable time after such levy term, it shall be the duty of the Auditor to collect the same.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 17. West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind › §18-17-4. Period of Attendance; Special Admissions

The pupils of said schools may continue therein until completion of the prescribed course of study, or a lesser period of time which the condition and progress of the pupils may justify, as determined by the state Board of Education upon recommendation of the school's superintendent. After all applicants between the prescribed ages of five and twenty-three years, inclusive, who are deaf or blind individuals working toward completion of the requirements for high school graduation have been enrolled, if there are additional accommodations, the superintendent, on recommendation of the admissions committee, may enroll other deaf pupils and blind pupils who first are of preschool age, and second are post-secondary students up to twenty-three years of age who have completed the requirements for high school graduation, and upon such terms as the state Board of Education may prescribe; but it shall be distinctly understood that such persons shall withdraw from the institution in the order of their admission to make room for new applicants between the ages prescribed in section two of this article.
Vocational education and other educational services may be provided for deaf and blind students beyond age twenty- three in cooperation with the division of vocational rehabilitation.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 17. West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind › §18-17-6. Registration of Deaf and Blind by Assessors

In addition to their other duties the county assessors of the state are hereby required to register the names of all deaf persons and blind persons under eighteen years of age in their respective counties, with the degree and cause of deafness and blindness in each case, as far as can be ascertained from the heads of the families or from other persons whom the county assessors may conveniently consult, their ages, the names of their parents or guardians, their post-office addresses, and such other facts as may be useful in making the institution efficient in the education of the deaf and of the blind. They shall complete the registration on or before June one of each year and forward their report to the State Superintendent of Schools and to the superintendent of the West Virginia schools for the deaf and the blind on or before July one of each year. The superintendent shall immediately communicate with the parents or guardians of all the deaf persons and the blind persons mentioned in the assessor's report, with a view of their admission as pupils into said schools.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 17. West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind › §18-17-7. Sale of Lands; Application of Proceeds

The state Board of Education may, from time to time, sell and transfer such part or portion of the lands comprising the West Virginia schools for the deaf and the blind as the board may deem surplus to the needs of such schools, and shall expend the proceeds therefrom for the maintenance, operation and improvement of such schools.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 17. West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind › §18-17-8. Continuing Contract Status Established; Dismissal and Suspension Procedures

Before entering upon their duties, all teachers shall execute a contract with the state board, which contract shall state the salary to be paid and shall be in the form prescribed by the state superintendent. Every such contract shall be signed by the teacher and by the president and secretary of the state board.
A teacher's contract, under this section, shall be for a term of not less than one nor more than three years; and if, after three years of such employment, the teacher who holds a professional certificate, based on at least a bachelor's degree, has met the qualifications for the same, and the state board enter into a new contract of employment, it shall be a continuing contract.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the state board may suspend or dismiss any teacher, auxiliary personnel or service personnel, subject to the provisions of this article, for immorality, incompetency, cruelty, insubordination, intemperance or willful neglect of duty. The charges shall be stated in writing and the teacher, auxiliary personnel or service personnel affected shall be given an opportunity to be heard by the state board, sitting as a hearing board, or by an assigned hearing examiner employed by the state board to preside at the taking of evidence upon not less than ten days' written notice. A hearing examiner shall prepare his or her own proposed finding and recommendation, make copies of the findings available to the parties and then submit the entire record to the state board for final decision. The state board shall set a time and place for hearing of arguments by the parties on the record at a regular meeting of the state board or at a special meeting called for that purpose and shall deliberate and issue a decision at the conclusion of arguments. Written notice of the final decision shall be served within five days of the state board's consideration of the matter.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 17. West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind › §18-17-9. Employment of Auxiliary and Service Personnel, Dismissal and Suspension Procedures

The state board is authorized to employ such auxiliary and service personnel as is deemed necessary for meeting the needs of the schools for the deaf and blind. Before entering upon their duties such personnel shall execute with the board a written contract which may be in a letter form and shall state the classification and terms of work, the employment period and pay, and shall certify that said employment has been made a matter of minute record. The letter shall provide space for an acceptance provision and shall be signed and returned to the board by the employee, or otherwise he shall forfeit his right to employment.
After three years of acceptable employment each auxiliary and service personnel, at the end of his contractual period of employment shall be notified in writing on or before May 1 in the year in which such employment shall terminate if he is not to be reemployed for the ensuing year. Such notice shall be by certified mail, return receipt requested, and the employee shall have the right of a hearing before the state board, if requested, before final action is taken by the board upon the termination of such employment.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 19. Educational Opportunities for Children of Deceased Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen › §18-19-1. Appropriation to Provide Educational Opportunities

(a) The purpose of this article is to provide educational opportunities for the children and spouses of those:
(1) Who served in:
(A) The Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the United States during the world war from April 6, 1917, to July 2, 1921, all dates inclusive;
(B) The Armed Forces of the United States of America at any time between December 1, 1941, and the declaration of peace by the Congress of the United States, all dates inclusive;
(C) The Armed Forces of the United States of America at any time between June 27, 1950, and January 31, 1955, all dates inclusive;
(D) The Armed Forces of the United States of America at any time between August 5, 1964, and May 7, 1975, all dates inclusive; or
(E) The Armed Forces of the United States of America at any time during which the forces or members of the reserve components are called to active duty by the President of the United States under Title 10 of the United States Code for the purpose of entering into armed combat; and
(2) Who were killed in action or have died or may hereafter die from disease or disability resulting from their war service.
(b) For the purpose of this article, there is appropriated from the state General Revenue Fund the sum of at least $5,000 for each fiscal year commencing July 1, and ending on June 30 of each year of the next biennium to be used for the benefit of these children and spouses while attending post-secondary education or training institutions.
(c) This benefit also shall be given to children and spouses of a service member killed during hostile actions as defined by the agency administering this section.
(d) The term "children" as used in this article includes any child of a veteran who has been legitimized by operation of law prior to the veteran's demise.
(e) The term "spouse" as used in this article includes any spouse who remained married to the veteran prior to the veteran's demise and who was neither the plaintiff nor defendant in any active divorce or annulment proceedings against the veteran at the time of the veteran's demise.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 19. Educational Opportunities for Children of Deceased Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen › §18-19-2. Eligibility of Applicant for Benefits; Application Forms; Preference

(a) To be eligible for the benefits of this article, a child or spouse as set forth in 18-19-1 of this code shall meet the following conditions:
(1) In the case of a child, is at least 16 and not more than 25 years of age;
(2) Is enrolled in a post-secondary education or training institution in this state; and
(3) Is the child or spouse of an enlisted or commissioned service member who designated West Virginia as his or her state of record.
(b) The application shall be made to, and upon forms provided by, the West Virginia Department of Veterans Assistance. The department shall determine the eligibility of those who apply and the yearly amount to be allotted each applicant. The amount, in the discretion of the department, may vary from year to year, but may not exceed the sum of $1,000 in any one semester or a total of $2,000 in any one year. In selecting those to receive the benefits of this article, preference shall be given those who are otherwise financially unable to secure the educational opportunities.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 19. Educational Opportunities for Children of Deceased Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen › §18-19-3. No Tuition Fees to Be Charged; How Funds to Be Expended; Cessation of Allowances

(a) A state post-secondary education or training institution may not charge tuition and fees to an eligible applicant attending that institution pursuant to this article. The funds appropriated in this article shall be expended by the West Virginia Division of Veterans' Affairs only for matriculation fees, board, room rent, books, supplies and other necessary living expenses of those children.
(b) In the event that a child or spouse eligible for a tuition waiver pursuant to this section attends a private post-secondary education or training institution where the tuition waiver is not applicable, that child or spouse remains eligible for up to $2,000 per year in education benefits pursuant to section two of this article.
(c) In addition to the tuition waiver available pursuant to this section, a child or spouse attending a state post-secondary education or training institution is eligible for up to $2,000 per year in education benefits as provided in section two of this article.
(d) The division is charged with the duty of disbursing the funds provided in this article and shall draw its requisitions upon the State Auditor for that purpose. In its discretion, the division, if satisfied as to the accuracy and amounts of the expenditures, shall make the requisitions payable to the post-secondary education or training institutions or to those furnishing to the children or spouses board, room rent, books, supplies and other necessary living expenses.
(e) A member or employee of the division may not receive any additional compensation for the services required in this article.
(f) Acceptance of benefits or tuition waivers pursuant to this article does not limit the acceptance of any other scholarship or grant for which a student may be eligible.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 19. Educational Opportunities for Children of Deceased Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen › §18-19-4. Reversion of Balances in Fund to Treasury

Balances in this fund remaining at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert to the treasury but shall be available for use during the subsequent fiscal years, except that any balance accruing and remaining at the end of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1962, shall revert to the treasury.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 20. Education of Exceptional Children › §18-20-1a. Preschool Programs for Severely Disabled Children; Rules and Regulations

(a) During the school year beginning on July 1, 1985, each county board of education shall develop a coordinated service delivery plan in accordance with standards for preschool programs for severely disabled children to be developed by the State Board of Education and begin services where plans are already developed.
(b) Only in any year in which funds are made available by legislative appropriation, and only to the extent of such funding, each county board of education shall establish and maintain a special educational program, including, but not limited to, special classes and home-teaching and visiting-teacher services for all severely disabled children between the ages of three and five according to the following schedule:
(1) By the school year beginning on July 1, 1986, and thereafter, for severely disabled children who are age four before September 1, 1986;
(2) By the school year beginning on July 1, 1987, and thereafter, for severely disabled children who are age three before September 1, 1987.
As used in this section, the term "severely disabled children" means those children who fall in any one of the following categories as defined or to be defined in the State Board of Education standards for the education of exceptional children: Severe behavioral disorders, severely speech and language impaired, deaf-blind, deafness or hearing difficulties, autistic, physically handicapped, disabled profoundly intellectually disabled, trainable intellectually disabled or visually impaired.
Before August 1, 1985, the State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations to advance and accomplish this program and to assure that an appropriate educational program is available to all such children in the state, including children in mental health facilities, residential institutions and private schools.
This section does not prevent county boards of education from providing special education programs, including, but not limited to, special schools, classes, regular class programs and home-teaching or visiting-teacher services for severely disabled preschool children prior to such times as are required by this section. In addition, county boards of education may provide these services to preschool exceptional children in disability categories other than those listed above.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 20. Education of Exceptional Children › §18-20-1b. Preschool Programs for Handicapped Children; Rules and Regulations

(a) During the school year beginning on July 1, 1991, each county board of education shall develop a coordinated service delivery plan in accordance with standards for preschool programs for handicapped children to be developed by the State Board of Education and begin services where plans are already developed.
(b) Each county board of education shall establish and maintain special education programs, including, but not limited to, special classes, regular classes and home-teaching and visiting-teacher services for all handicapped children ages three through five, inclusive.
As used in this section, the term "handicapped children" means those children who fall in any one of the following categories as defined or to be defined in the State Board of Education standards for the education of exceptional children: Severe behavioral disorders, communication disordered, deaf-blind, developmentally delayed, deaf or hard of hearing, other health impaired including autism, physically handicapped, mentally impaired or visually impaired.
Before August 1, 1991, the State Board of Education shall adopt rules to advance and accomplish this program and to assure that an appropriate educational program is available to all such children in the state, including children in mental health facilities, residential institutions, foster care, correctional facilities and private schools.
This section does not prevent county boards of education from providing special education programs, including, but not limited to, special schools or classes, regular class programs and home-teaching or visiting-teacher services for severely handicapped preschool children prior to such times as are required by this section.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 20. Education of Exceptional Children › §18-20-1d. Adoption of a State Model for Individualized Education Program

The state board shall adopt a basic model for individualized education programs to be used by all special education teachers throughout the public schools of the state when preparing individualized education programs for students with exceptional needs.
The model shall comply with, but may not exceed, all state laws and federal laws, policies, rules, and regulations relating to providing education services to students with exceptional needs and shall include instructions for adapting the model to specific exceptionalities.
No professional educator may be required to prepare or implement an individualized education program which exceeds the requirements of federal and state laws, policies, rules or regulations.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 20. Education of Exceptional Children › §18-20-3. County Reports

Each county shall, after having received from the faculty Senates in its schools the strategic plans mandated by subsection (13), section five, article five-a of this chapter, develop a county strategic plan to manage the integration of special needs students into the regular classroom and submit said strategic plan to the State Superintendent of Schools prior to October 1, 1995.
Counties maintaining special schools, classes, regular class programs, integrated classroom strategic plans and training related to integrated education, basic and specialized health care procedures including the administration of medications, home-teaching or visiting services and receiving or requesting reimbursement from state appropriated funds shall file with the State Superintendent of Schools on forms supplied by his office, applications, annual reports and such other reports as he may require.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 20. Education of Exceptional Children › §18-20-4. Examination and Report by Medical or Other Specialists

Each child prior to enrolling in a special education program shall be examined by an appropriate medical specialist, psychologist or educational specialist (reading specialist, speech and language clinician, or other specialists as required by the state Board of Education for specific areas of exceptionality) who shall report to the county superintendent of schools. The specialists' report shall carry recommendation for eligibility and placement in regular school or in the special education facility, indicate the nature and extent of disability, and advise with reference to treatment and prosthesis for alleviating the child's disability.
No educationally exceptional child shall be excluded from attending public or other suitable schools.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 20. Education of Exceptional Children › §18-20-7. Exceptional Children Program Compliance Review Teams

The state board shall establish exceptional children program compliance review teams to conduct random unannounced on-site reviews of such programs at least every four years in each county for the purpose of reviewing identification procedures, complying with any or all applicable laws and policies, delivering services, verifying enrollment and attendance reports, recommending changes, and fulfilling such other duties as may be established by the state board.
Each review team unit shall consist of five members including one member of an exceptional children advocacy group who is not an employee of any county or state government agency, one teacher of exceptional children in the specific category or categories to be reviewed, one person certified to interpret psycho-educational assessments, one school finance official and one financial Auditor who shall not be an employee of any county board, all appointed by the state superintendent.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 20. Education of Exceptional Children › §18-20-8. Interagency Plan for Exceptional Children; Advisory Council

(a) The state departments of health, human services and education shall enter into a collaborative agreement for the purpose of developing a statewide plan of coordinating comprehensive, multidisciplinary interagency programs providing appropriate early intervention services to all developmentally delayed and at-risk children, ages birth through five years, and their families to be phased in by the school year 1990-99.
This comprehensive, coordinated statewide plan shall include, at a minimum:
(1) Specification of the population to be served;
(2) The development of regulations and procedural safeguards;
(3) The development of procedures for administration, supervision and monitoring;
(4) The identification and coordination of all available resources; and
(5) The development of formal interagency agreements that define the financial responsibility of each agency and all additional components necessary to ensure meaningful cooperation and coordination.
(b) To assist in the development of such a plan, an advisory council consisting of twelve members shall be created. The departments of health, human services and education shall each appoint four members, and each shall include in such appointments one parent of an exceptional child under the age of six; one public or private provider of early intervention services for developmentally delayed and at-risk children; one individual involved in the education training of personnel who work with preschool handicapped; and one other person.
The functions of the council shall include the following:
(1) Meet at least quarterly;
(2) Solicit information and opinions from concerned agencies, groups and individuals; and
(3) Advise and assist the departments of health, human services and education in the development of the statewide plan herein required.
Following the submission of the advisory council’s first annual report, the joint committee on education is authorized and empowered to disband the council or alter its functions as it deems advisable.
The members of the council may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties in accordance with state law from appropriations to the departments of health, human services and education or available federal funds.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 20. Education of Exceptional Children › §18-20-9. Gifted Education Caseload Review

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, the teacher-student ratio for gifted, honors, and advanced placement education in grades nine through twelve shall be the same as regular classroom education and not as required for special education of exceptional children: Provided, That this shall not apply to education of exceptional gifted, as defined in section one, article twenty of this chapter. The state board shall review class sizes and enrollment percentages of students in gifted, exceptional gifted, honors, and advanced placement programs in grades nine through twelve and report its findings to the standing education committees of the Senate and House of Delegates by January 10, 1991.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 21. Special Community-Based Pilot Demonstration Project to Improve Outcomes for At-Risk Youth › §18-21-1. Definition of &Quotat-Risk Youth"

As used in this article "at-risk youth" means all children between birth and seventeen and young adults between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one who are low income, receiving benefits from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, legally under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health and Human Resources or in custody of the West Virginia Division of Juvenile Services, the selected county's juvenile court/probation department or the selected county's alternative school system program.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 21. Special Community-Based Pilot Demonstration Project to Improve Outcomes for At-Risk Youth › §18-21-2. Creation of a Special Community-Based Pilot Demonstration Project to Improve Outcomes for At-Risk Youth

Effective July 1, 2012, if funds are available, the Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources shall select a community-based organization to establish a special Community-Based Pilot Demonstration Project to Improve Outcomes for At-Risk Youth in a specified community for a duration of seven years. The project will identify, implement and document best practices that can be replicated in other communities. The designated community-based organization shall operate the special pilot project under the direction of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources and shall work in collaboration with the State School Superintendent, local county school superintendent, Chancellor for Community and Technical College Education, the closest community and technical college and four-year college or university, State Workforce Investment Division, Executive Director of the West Virginia Vocational Rehabilitation Services, the local juvenile court system, the local workforce investment board, the Chancellor for Higher Education, the Director of West Virginia Division of Juvenile Services, the local mental or behavioral health organizations and other governmental and community-based organizations.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 21. Special Community-Based Pilot Demonstration Project to Improve Outcomes for At-Risk Youth › §18-21-3. Secretary of Department of Health and Human Resources Responsibilities

The Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources shall:
(1) Identify a county with the most at-risk youth, that also has adequate facilities and community leadership, to run a community-based pilot program that brings together both state and local organizations, to work collaboratively to provide comprehensive, intense wrap-around services to at-risk youth and their families in a seamless coordinated system; and
(2) Identify the challenges confronting the most at-risk youth and their families and make specific recommendations to the pilot program administrators to improve the outcomes for these youths; specifically, to reduce the number of abuse and neglect cases to reduce the number of youth in out-of-home and out-of-state placements; to reduce high school drop-out rates, to reduce substance abuse among youth including smoking, reduce teen pregnancies, to reduce juvenile delinquency and to reduce the number of juvenile delinquents and youth aging out of foster care that eventually enter into the adult criminal justice system.
(3) Document best practices which can be replicated in other counties.
(4) Establish base line and goals for each performance measure in conjunction with the director of the community-based organization operating the pilot project.
(5) Beginning in January 2013, on or before the first day of the regular session of the Legislature, and each year thereafter, the Secretary of Department of Health and Human Resources along with the director of the community-based organization operating the pilot program shall make a status report to the Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Resources Accountability.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 21. Special Community-Based Pilot Demonstration Project to Improve Outcomes for At-Risk Youth › §18-21-4. Organization and Goals of the Community-Based Pilot Demonstration Program

(a) The pilot program shall be operated by a local community-based organization under the direction of the Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources and in collaboration with the State School Superintendent, county school superintendent, Executive Director of the State Workforce Investment Division, Executive Director of WV Vocational Rehabilitation Services, the local juvenile court system, the Chancellor for Higher Education, the Chancellor for Community and Technical College Education, president of the local community and technical college and four-year college or university, the Director of the West Virginia Division of Juvenile Services, the local mental or behavioral health organizations and other governmental and community-based organizations and partner agencies to serve as a clearinghouse to coordinate comprehensive youth and family services. The pilot project shall be housed within the community and will be directed by a local community-based nonprofit organization.
(b) The pilot project shall operate out of a centrally located building to coordinate services to youth and their families in the selected county from birth to seventeen years of age who are referred by the Department of Health and Human Resources.
(c) The goal of the pilot program is to improve outcomes for at-risk youth as measured by the following metrics:
(1) Early childhood development:
(A) Increase in the number of mothers receiving early prenatal care;
(B) Increase in the number of mothers participating in the Right From the Start Program;
(C) Increase in the number of children screened by the birth to three year-old program for early development delays;
(D) Increase in the number of three year-olds enrolled in Head Start;
(E) Increase in the number of four year-olds enrolled in preschool.
(2) Preschool youth and teen measures:
(A) Decrease in school truancy;
(B) Decrease in truancy hearings;
(C) Decrease in school suspensions;
(D) Decrease in school expulsions;
(E) Decrease in high school dropouts at a select school;
(F) Increase in the number of youth participating in a mentoring program;
(G) Increase in academic performance for select students;
(H) Increase in the number of youth participating in summer employment; and
(I) Increase in the number of youth entering postsecondary education or the workforce.
(3) Parent measures:
(A) Increase in the number of individuals registered at the WorkForce West Virginia Center;
(B) Increase in the number of individuals enrolled in job training;
(C) Increase in the number of individuals completing job training with a certification or credential;
(D) Increase in the number of individuals placed in employment; and
(E) Increase in the number of children enrolled in the CHIP program.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 22C. State Aid for Students Attending Greenbrier College of Osteopathic Medicine › §18-22C-1. Legislative Intent

The Legislature declares that there exists within the State of West Virginia the Greenbrier College of Osteopathic Medicine which is an accredited, private institution of graduate study for the purpose of training doctors of osteopathic medicine. This article, therefore, is adopted as a measure of providing additional graduate education opportunities to citizens of the State of West Virginia.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 22C. State Aid for Students Attending Greenbrier College of Osteopathic Medicine › §18-22C-2. State Aid for Students of Osteopathy

The board of regents is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with the Greenbrier College of Osteopathic Medicine to offer training in osteopathic medicine, by the terms of which the board of regents may obligate itself to pay such institution within the limits of any appropriation made for the purpose, a stated amount per year for each West Virginia student the institution will agree to accept for training in osteopathic medicine.
The board of regents shall each year send to the Greenbrier College of Osteopathic Medicine a certified list of all persons, applying to the board for training in osteopathic medicine, who are bona fide citizens and residents of this state prior to the filing of their applications, and who have completed either within or without the state the course of study required by such institution as a prerequisite to the study of osteopathic medicine.
Any person who receives state aid under this section shall, upon graduation from an educational institution for study of osteopathic medicine, be required to practice osteopathic medicine for a period of two years in this state, or in lieu thereof shall, within sixty days from the date of graduation, reimburse the board of regents for any tuition advance by it in his behalf.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 22D. Higher Education Student Assistance Loan Program › §18-22D-1. Legislative Purpose

The Legislature finds that the percentage of the population in this state attending college is substantially lower than the national average; that higher education in this age of advanced technology is a key element in the efforts to invigorate and develop the economy of our state; that opportunities for students attending a college or university in this state are diminished because of limited access to programs of financial assistance; and that the cost of attending college has dramatically increased and has become a great burden upon family budgets.
It is therefore the policy of the Legislature to establish a state higher education student assistance loan program to guarantee that deserving residents of this state have the opportunity to continue their education at an approved institution of higher education of their choice in this state.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 22D. Higher Education Student Assistance Loan Program › §18-22D-2. Definitions

The following words when used in this article have the meaning hereinafter ascribed to them, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(a) "Board" or "governing board" means the university of West Virginia board of trustees or the board of directors of the state college system, whichever is applicable within the context referred to in this article, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
(b) "Eligible lending institution" or "institution" means a financial institution that is eligible to make commercial loans, is a public depository of state funds and agrees to participate in the West Virginia higher education student assistance loan program.
(c) "Eligible student" means any individual who:
(1) Is a citizen or eligible noncitizen of the United States;
(2) Has been a resident of the state for at least one year immediately preceding the date of application for a West Virginia higher education student assistance loan;
(3) Is currently enrolled in good standing or accepted for enrollment at the approved institution of higher education in this state of the student's choice; and
(4) Is certified by such institution in accordance with section three of this article.
(d) "Linked deposit" means a certificate of deposit placed by the state Board of Investments with an eligible lending institution at three percent below current market rates, as determined and calculated by the state Board of Investments, provided the institution agrees to lend the value of such deposit, according to the deposit agreement provided for by this article, to eligible students at three percent below the present borrowing rate applicable to each such student at the time of the deposit of state funds in the institution.
(e) "Approved institution of higher education in this state" means nonprofit, degree-granting two-year and four-year colleges and universities located in West Virginia.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 22D. Higher Education Student Assistance Loan Program › §18-22D-3. Certification of Eligibility; Information as to Other Financial Assistance; Approval of Maximum Loan Amount

(a) The board of regents shall have full authority to administer the program in accordance with the provisions of this article. In furtherance of such administration, the board shall approve institutions of higher education in this state for participation in the loan program, establish guidelines for use by such institutions in determining which applicants are eligible students and in calculating the maximum loan amounts, and develop a uniform eligibility certification and maximum loan amount form to be used by the applicant and the approved institution of higher education in determining and certifying eligibility and maximum loan amounts. The board shall further provide information as to the federal guaranteed student loan program and other financial assistance which may be available to the applicant, which information shall be conveyed to such applicants by the approved institution of higher education.
(b) Upon receipt of an applicant's certification form, the approved institution of higher education shall review such form, certify any student who meets the eligibility guidelines promulgated by the board and indicate on such form the maximum loan amount which may be received by the applicant pursuant to this article. The institution shall calculate such amount with consideration to any other financial assistance which is or will be received by the applicant and shall assist such applicant in receiving such other financial assistance. In no case shall the annual loan amount to an eligible student exceed $6,000 for undergraduate study or $10,000 for graduate or professional study, and the eligible student shall receive not more than five such loans for undergraduate study and three such loans for graduate or professional study. Any applicant who is not certified as eligible shall be notified in writing as to the reasons for which certification was not granted.
(c) Any applicant who is denied eligibility certification or has a maximum loan amount approved which is less than the applicant reasonably believes is required for attendance at the approved institution of higher education may request in writing to the board a hearing on any such matter. The board may conduct such hearing or may respond in writing as to the reasons such hearing is denied. Any decision by the board regarding eligibility or maximum loan amount shall be final.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 22D. Higher Education Student Assistance Loan Program › §18-22D-4. Limitations on Investment in Linked Deposits

The state Board of Investments shall invest in linked deposits as identified by the board through an approved application, provided that at the time of placement of the linked deposit, exclusive of the linked deposit program provided for in article one-a, chapter twelve of this code, not more than two percent of the state's total investment portfolio is so invested. The total amount initially deposited in any one year shall not exceed $2 million, and the total amount so deposited at any one time shall not exceed, in the aggregate, $20 million.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 18. Education › Article 22D. Higher Education Student Assistance Loan Program › §18-22D-5. Applications for Loans; Loan Package

(a) An eligible lending institution that desires to receive a linked deposit shall accept and review applications for loans from applicants certified as eligible students. The lending institution shall apply all usual lending standards to determine the credit worthiness of each eligible student. In no case shall the applicant request, nor the eligible lending institution approve, an annual loan amount in excess of the maximum amount indicated on the form certifying such applicant as an eligible student.
(b) An eligible student shall certify on the loan application that the reduced rate loan will be used exclusively to attend an approved institution of higher education in this state. Whoever knowingly makes a false statement concerning such application shall be prohibited from entering into the West Virginia higher education student assistance loan program. Whoever knowingly uses loan proceeds received pursuant to this article for reasons other than attendance at an approved institution of higher education shall be prohibited from benefitting from the linked deposit, which deposit shall be withdrawn upon maturity, and the loan shall revert to the rate of market interest originally determined.
(c) Upon approval of all or any portion of the loan amount requested for which a linked deposit is sought, the eligible lending institution shall forward to the board a linked deposit loan package, in such form and manner as shall be prescribed by the state Board of Investments in cooperation with the board. The package shall include such information as may be needed by the board or the state Board of Investments including the certification form and the amount of the loan requested by the eligible student. The eligible lending institution shall certify, for each eligible student, the present borrowing rate applicable to such student.