West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-136 - Minimum Requirements for the Licensure of Professional/Paraprofessional Personnel and Advanced Salary Classifications (5202) › Section 126-136-14 - Waivers and Extensions

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
14.1.
				Substitute waivers may be available for a county superintendent who is unable
				to staff a long-term substitute position with an individual licensed in the
				area of assignment through the request of a waiver from the State
				Superintendent. The written waiver request must indicate the efforts that were
				made to employ a fully qualified candidate. Along with the waiver request,
				copies of the job postings showing two different posting periods must be
				included. In cases where the employee of record will or may return to the
				position, the postings will not be required. The State Superintendent may grant
				the waiver if the circumstances warrant such approval. However, the county
				superintendent must continue to seek the services of an educator with the
				appropriate endorsement(s) and place this individual in the position at a time
				determined to be in the best interest of the students.
14.2. Severe Substitute Shortage. Under
				extenuating circumstances, a county superintendent may request a waiver to
				section 11.9.a.2.A, section 11.9.a.4.a, or section 11.9.b.2.A that requires 18
				clock hours of training to be completed prior to the issuance of a Substitute
				Permit. The waiver request must document the shortage and include verification
				of six clock hours of training. The initial six clock hours of training must
				include a classroom management component and an overview of school law to
				include reporting requirements for suspected child abuse, and, beginning July
				1, 2021, trauma-informed best practices, and may not include classroom
				observation. The remaining 12 clock hours of training must be completed in
				accordance with section 11.9 and be completed within the first semester of
				employment.
14.3. Dual Credit
				Contracted Services Exemption. An instructional employee of a regionally
				accredited IHE who is not regularly employed for instructional purposes in a
				public school in this state as referenced in W. Va. Code §
									18-1-1 and is providing a dual
				credit course is exempt from the requirement of holding the same licensure
				required for an educator employed by a county board of education.
14.4. Extension of Professional Certificates
				for Extenuating Circumstances. A county superintendent may request, in writing
				to the State Superintendent, an extension of the Professional Certificate for
				an employee, including the county superintendent, who meets one of the three
				circumstances identified in section 14.5.
14.5. Issuance and Extension of the Full-Time
				Permit/Out-of-Field Authorization of Extenuating Circumstances. A county
				superintendent may request, in writing to the State Superintendent, an
				extension of the First-Class/Full-Time Permit/Out-of-Field Authorization for an
				employee, including the county superintendent, who meets one of the three
				circumstances identified below. The State Superintendent shall render a
				decision; however, the permit may not be extended beyond one school year or
				more than once.
14.5.a. Extenuating
				Circumstances for which First-Class/Full-Time Permit/Out-of-Field Authorization
				Can Be Extended or issued.
14.5.a.1.
				Unavailability of Coursework. The county superintendent shall submit
				verification from the designated official at the IHE through which the
				candidate is completing the state-approved program that no required coursework
				was available during the school year; or
14.5.a.2. Illness/Death. The county
				superintendent shall submit the candidate's description of how a major illness
				of the candidate or illness/death of an immediate family member prevented the
				candidate from completing the required coursework; or
14.5.a.3. Hardship. The county superintendent
				shall submit the candidate's description of how a major hardship other than
				illness prevented the candidate from completing the required
				coursework.