West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 127 - Secondary School Activities Commission › Title 127 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA SECONDARY SCHOOL ACTIVITIES COMMISSION › Series 127-01 - Constitution › Section 127-1-13 - Review Board

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
13.1. A WVSSAC
				Review Board is hereby established.
13.1.a.
				The Review Board shall consist of seven members to be appointed by the WVBE
				upon recommendation by the State Superintendent. No person, other than a county
				superintendent of schools, and a representative of the West Virginia Athletic
				Directors Association, shall be appointed or shall serve who is employed by the
				WVBE or any county board of education. All members of the Review Board shall be
				residents of the State of West Virginia.
13.1.b. Each of the following associations
				shall be requested to present three nominations to the State Superintendent for
				membership on the Review Board:
13.1.b.1. West
				Virginia Bar Association;
13.1.b.2.
				West Virginia Association of School Administrators;
13.1.b.3. West Virginia State Medical
				Association;
13.1.b.4. West
				Virginia Sportswriter Association;
13.1.b.5. West Virginia Athletic Directors
				Association;
13.1.b.6. West
				Virginia Association of Retired School Employees; and
13.1.b.7. State Superintendent's
				Designee.
13.1.c.
				Members of the Review Board need not be members of the association which
				submitted their names in nomination and shall be appointed for a term of five
				years. Prior to the expiration date of the term of each member of the Review
				Board, the respective association will nominate three representatives to the
				State Superintendent who shall subsequently recommend one to the
				WVBE.
13.1.d. The term of office of
				each member of the Review Board will begin upon the acceptance of the
				appointment and will expire on June 30 of the year in which the term
				expires.
13.1.e. The member with
				the shortest remaining tenure on the Review Board shall serve as its chairman.
				Each appointed member of the Review Board shall have equal voting
				privileges.
13.1.f. In the same
				manner as prescribed in §127-1-13.1.a through 13.1.c, the WVBE shall have
				power to fill any vacancy which occurs in the membership of the Review Board.
				Such appointments shall be made at the next regular or called meeting of the
				WVBE following the existence of a vacancy, and shall be for the unexpired term
				of the position vacated.
13.1.g.
				Members of the Review Board shall serve without pay but shall be reimbursed for
				actual expenses incident to the performances of their duties upon presentation
				to WVDE an itemized sworn statement thereof. Costs shall be taxed by the Review
				Board at its discretion, not to exceed the actual expenses incurred, against
				the party who fails to prevail and the Review Board may, in its discretion, if
				it so desires, require any appealing party to post security for costs with the
				State Superintendent in the sum of $200.
13.1.h. The Review Board will sit for
				hearings within a reasonable time after the aggrieved party having a matter for
				review files an appeal, but not longer than 30 days after such appeal is filed,
				and at such other times as the Review Board may determine, at the State Capitol
				in Charleston, or in such other place as the Chair of the Review Board may
				elect.