West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-140 - Advanced Salary Classifications (5220) › Section 126-140-2 - Incorporation by Reference

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
2.1.
				Copy of rules and regulations attached. Copies may be obtained in the office of
				the Secretary of State and in the West Virginia Department of Education, Bureau
				of General, Special, and Professional Education.
2.2. Summary of rules and regulations below.
SUMMARY OF RULES AND REGULATIONS
Rules and regulations contain: definition of salary
				  classifications, West Virginia Board of Education Interpretations, dating of
				  salary classifications., and the teacher's responsibilities.
ADVANCE SALARY CLASSIFICATIONS
LEGAL BASIS - SCHOOL LAWS OF WEST VIRGINIA, 1971,
				  (18A-4-1).
Definitions
For the purpose of this section, salaries shall be defined
				  as:
(a) "Basic salaries" which shall
				mean the salaries paid to teachers with zero years of experience and in
				accordance with the classification of certification and of training of said_
				teachers; and
(b) "advanced
				salaries" which shall mean the basic salary plus an experience increment based
				on the allowable years of experience of the respective teachers in accordance
				with the schedule established herein for the applicable classification of
				certification and of training of said teachers. "Classification of
				certification" means the class or type of certificate issued by the state
				superintendent of schools under the statutory provisions of this chapter.
				"Classification of training" means the number of collegiate or graduate hours
				necessary to meet the requirements stipulated in the definitions set forth in
				the next paragraph in items (2) to (7) inclusive.
The column heads of the state minimum salary schedule, set
				  forth in section two (18A-4-2), are defined as follows:
(1) "Years of experience" means the number of
				years the teacher has been employed in the teaching profession, including
				active work in educational positions other than the public schools, and service
				in the armed forces of the United States if the teacher was under contract to
				teach at the time of his/her induction. For the purpose of section two
				(18A-4-2) of this article, the teacher's experience shall be limited to that
				allowed under his/her training classification as found In the minimum salary
				schedule.
(2) "B.A." means a
				bachelor's degree, from an regionally accredited institution of higher
				education, which has been issued to, or for which the requirements for such
				have been met by, a person who qualifies for or holds a professional
				certificate or its equivalent.
(3)*
				"B.A. +15" means a bachelor's degree as defined above plus fifteen hours of
				graduate work, from a regionally accredited institution of higher education
				certified to do graduate work, in an approved planned program at the graduate
				or for level which requirements have been met by a person who qualifies for or
				holds a professional certificate or its equivalent. Individuals employed on
				permits in areas which require completion of a master's degree program for the
				initial Professional Certificate and who do not hold a master's degree may be
				granted a BA+15 salary classification upon completion of fifteen semester hours
				of course work leading to the master's degree in the area in which the permit
				was issued.
(4) "M.A." means a
				master's degree earned in a regionally accredited institution of higher
				education approved to do graduate work, which has been Issued to, or the
				requirements for such have been met by a person who qualifies for or holds a
				professional certificate or its equivalent.
(5)* "M.A.+15" means the above-defined
				master's degree plus fifteen hours of graduate work, earned in an institution
				of higher education approved to do graduate work, if the person is qualified
				for or holds a professional certificate or its equivalent.
(6)* "M. A.+30" means the above-defined
				master's degree plus thirty graduate hours earned in an institution approved to
				do graduate work, if the person is qualified for or holds a professional
				certificate or its equivalent.
(7)
				"Doctorate" means a doctor's degree, which is of the type normally associated
				with the educational system, from a regionally accredited university qualified
				and approved to confer such a degree, which has been issued to or the
				requirements for such have been met by a person who qualifies for or hold a
				professional certificate or its equivalent.
* The requirements set forth in subdivisions 3, 5, and 6 of
				  this policy relating _to hours of graduate work at an institution certified to
				  do such work, fifteen undergraduate credit hours from a regionally accredited
				  institution of higher education, earned after July 1, 1984 may be utilized for
				  advanced salary classification if such hours are in accordance with (a) the
				  teacher's current classification of certification and of training, (b) a
				  designated instructional shortage area documented by the employing county
				  superintendent, or (c) an identified teaching deficiency documented through the
				  State approved county personnel evaluation system.