West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-146 - Service Personnel Classification, competency Testing, And Professional Learning (5314) › Section 126-146-6 - Education Equivalency for Service Personnel

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
6.1. Educational equivalency is used to
				determine additional monthly pay as specified in W. Va. Code §
									18A-4-8a
				for service personnel who have earned college hours through an accredited IHE
				or comparable training in an approved institution; or who have earned an
				associate's, a bachelor's, a master's, or a doctorate degree.
6.2. College hours or comparable training,
				for the purposes of this policy, are defined by any combination of the
				following:
6.2.a. Semester hour. An hour of
				college credit from an accredited IHE on the semester system.
6.2.b. Quarter hour. An hour of college
				credit from an accredited IHE on the quarter system. One quarter hour is
				equivalent to two-thirds of a semester hour.
6.2.c. Comparable credit. Each 15 contact
				hours of training obtained in a postsecondary program from an approved trade,
				vocational, technology, business, or similar institution shall be equivalent to
				one semester hour of college credit. Comparable credit shall be granted even if
				those contact hours are also counted toward meeting annual professional
				learning requirements.
6.2.c.1. Associate's.
				An associate or two-year degree earned from an accredited IHE.
6.2.c.2. Bachelor's. A four-year degree
				earned from an accredited IHE.
6.2.c.3. Bachelor's plus 15. A bachelor's
				degree plus 15 hours of undergraduate/graduate work is also earned from an
				accredited IHE. The undergraduate hours must have been completed after the
				bachelor's degree was awarded.
6.2.c.4. Master's. A master's degree earned
				from an accredited IHE approved to do graduate work.
6.2.c.5. Master's plus 15. A master's degree
				plus 15 hours of undergraduate/graduate work is also earned from an accredited
				IHE. This classification requires 45 hours including a master's degree, of
				which 15 hours may be undergraduate hours completed after the bachelor's degree
				was awarded.
6.2.c.6. Master's plus
				30. A master's degree plus 30 hours of undergraduate/graduate work is also
				earned from an accredited IHE. This classification requires 60 hours including
				a master's degree, of which 15 hours may be undergraduate hours completed after
				the bachelor's degree was awarded.
6.2.c.7. Master's plus 45. A master's degree
				plus 45 hours of undergraduate/graduate work is also earned from an accredited
				IHE. This classification requires 75 hours including a master's degree, of
				which 15 hours may be undergraduate hours completed after the bachelor's degree
				was awarded.
6.2.c.8. Master's plus
				60. A master's degree plus 60 hours of undergraduate/graduate work is also
				earned from an accredited IHE. This classification requires 90 hours including
				a master's degree, of which 15 hours may be undergraduate hours completed after
				the bachelor's degree was awarded.
6.2.c.9. Doctorate. A doctorate's degree
				earned from an accredited IHE qualified and approved to confer such a
				degree.