West Virginia · statute · W. Va. Code ch. 18A · 129 active provisions
The definitions contained in §18-1-1 of this code apply to this chapter. In addition, the following words used in this chapter and in any proceedings pursuant to this chapter have the meanings ascribed to them unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (a) "School personnel" means all personnel employed…
The provisions of any articles or parts of articles, of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
If any provisions of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall be held to be unconstitutional and invalid, such unconstitutionality and invalidity shall not affect any one of the provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or appl…
(a) The employment of professional personnel shall be made by the board only upon nomination and recommendation of the superintendent, subject to the following: (1) The superintendent shall provide the principal at the school at which the professional educator or paraprofessional employee is to be employed an opportuni…
A county board is authorized to employ athletic directors to work in the public schools under the supervision of a school principal and in accordance with the rules of the county board. (a) The athletic director is responsible for planning, management, operation and evaluation of the athletic program for the school or…
(a) Before entering upon their duties, all teachers shall execute a contract with their county boards, which shall state the salary to be paid and shall be in the form prescribed by the state superintendent. Each contract shall be signed by the teacher and by the president and secretary of the county board and shall be…
(a) Any teacher who is returning from an approved leave of absence that extended for a period of one year or less shall be reemployed by the county board with the right to be restored to the same assignment of position or duties held prior to the approved leave of absence. Such teacher shall retain all seniority, right…
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, the county superintendent, subject to approval of the county board, may employ prospective teachers and other professional personnel each year who will be placed in positions and begin regular employment in the next ensuing school year. The intent of…
(a) The county superintendent, subject to approval of the county board, may employ and assign substitute teachers to any of the following duties: (1) Fill the temporary absence of any teacher or an unexpired school term made vacant by resignation, death, suspension, or dismissal; (2) Fill a teaching position of a regul…
(a) If a commercial driver’s license is required as a condition of employment for any school employee or qualified applicant who becomes an employee by a county board the cost is paid in full by the county board. A county board may not require any employee or applicant who becomes an employee of the board to pay the co…
The board may employ such service personnel, including substitutes, as is deemed necessary for meeting the needs of the county school system: Provided, That the board may not employ a number of such personnel whose minimum monthly salary under §18A-4-8a of this code is specified as pay grade "H", which number exceeds t…
Each county board is authorized to pay, entirely from local funds, $500 or less to any service employee, or to any professional employee who is not a classroom teacher, who gives written notice to the county board on or before March 1 of the school year of his or her retirement from employment with the board at the con…
After three years of acceptable employment, each service person who enters into a new contract of employment with the board shall be granted continuing contract status. A service person holding continuing contract status with one county shall be granted continuing contract status with any other county upon completion o…
In the assignment of position or duties of a service person under a continuing contract, the board may provide for released time of a service person for any special professional or governmental assignment without jeopardizing the contractual rights of such service or any other rights, privileges or benefits under the p…
(a) The superintendent, subject only to approval of the board, may assign, transfer, promote, demote or suspend school personnel and recommend their dismissal pursuant to provisions of this chapter. However, an employee shall be notified in writing by the superintendent on or before April 1 if he or she is being consid…
(a) The state board shall establish and maintain a statewide job bank to assist the recruitment and reemployment of experienced professional, service and extracurricular personnel. The job bank shall consist of the following for each county: (1) A list of the names, qualifications, and contact information of all profes…
(a) The Legislature finds that it is not in the best interest of the students particularly in the elementary grades to have multiple teachers for any one grade level or course during the instructional term. Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature that the filling of positions through transfers of personnel from…
(a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, a board may suspend or dismiss any person in its employment at any time for: Immorality, incompetency, cruelty, insubordination, intemperance, willful neglect of duty, unsatisfactory performance, a finding of abuse by the Department of Human Services in accordance wit…
The superintendent at a meeting of the board on or before May 1 of each year shall provide in writing to the board a list of all probationary teachers that he or she recommends to be rehired for the next ensuing school year. The board shall act upon the superintendent's recommendations at that meeting in accordance wit…
(a) Upon the recommendation of the county superintendent of schools, the county board of education shall employ and assign, through written contract, public school principals who shall be the principal instructional leader of the school and shall supervise the management and the operation of the school or schools to wh…
In case a medical or physical examination of any school board employee or qualified applicant who becomes an employee of the board for any school position is required by a Board of Education or by any administrator, department or agency of government which has authority to require such examination, the cost shall be pa…
If an employee shall appeal to a circuit court an adverse decision of either a county board of education or of a hearing examiner rendered in a grievance or other proceeding pursuant to provisions of chapters eighteen and eighteen-a of this code and such person shall substantially prevail, the adverse party or parties…
(a) The state board shall adopt a written system for the evaluation of the employment performance of personnel, which system shall be applied uniformly by county boards in the evaluation of the employment performance of personnel employed by the board. (b) The system adopted by the state board for evaluating the employ…
(a) The Legislature makes the following findings: (1) The effective and efficient operation of the public schools depends upon the development of harmonious and cooperative relationships between county boards and school personnel; (2) Each group has a fundamental role to perform in the educational program and each has…
The following guidelines are optional guidelines that county boards may use when scheduling full-day and half-day cooks: Number of Number of Average Number of Meals Cooks Meals Served Per Cook's Hours Worked 1-90 1 12.00 91-135 1.5 12.00 136-180 2 12.00 181-225 2.5 12.00 226-270 3 12.00 271-315 3.5 12.00 316-360 4 12.0…