STATE STATUTES & CODES

WEST VIRGINIA STATUTES AND CODES

CHAPTER 18A. SCHOOL PERSONNEL

• §18A-1-1 Definitions.
• §18A-1-2 Repeal of inconsistent provisions.
• §18A-1-3 Constitutionality and severability.
• §18A-2-1 Employment in general.
• §18A-2-2 Employment of teachers; contracts; continuing contract status; how terminated; dismissal for lack of need; released time; failure of teacher to perform contract or violation thereof; written
• §18A-2-2a Leaves of absence for teachers and service personnel.
• §18A-2-3 Employment of substitute teachers and retired teachers as substitutes in areas of critical need and shortage; employment of prospective employable professional personnel.
• §18A-2-4 Commercial driver's license for school personnel; intrastate waiver for bus operators diagnosed with diabetes mellitus requiring insulin; reimbursement of electrician's and commercial
• §18A-2-5 Employment of service personnel; limitation.
• §18A-2-5a Authorizing payment for notification of retirement.
• §18A-2-6 Continuing contract status for service personnel; termination.
• §18A-2-6a Released time for service personnel.
• §18A-2-7 Assignment, transfer, promotion, demotion, suspension and recommendation of dismissal of school personnel by superintendent; preliminary notice of transfer; hearing on the transfer; proof req
• §18A-2-7a Statewide job bank.
• §18A-2-8 Suspension and dismissal of school personnel by board; appeal.
• §18A-2-8a Notice to probationary personnel of rehiring or nonrehiring; hearing.
• §18A-2-9 Duties and responsibilities of school principals; assistant principals.
• §18A-2-10 Physical examinations as condition of employment.
• §18A-2-11 Employee's right to attorney's fees and costs.
• §18A-2-12 Performance evaluations of school personnel; professional personnel evaluation process.
• §18A-2-12a Statement of policy and practice for the county boards and school personnel to minimize possible disagreement and misunderstanding.
• §18A-2-13 Recommended guidelines for full-day and half-day cooks.
• §18A-2-14 Mileage reimbursement for school personnel.
• §18A-3-1 Teacher preparation programs; program approval and standards; authority to issue teaching certificates.
• §18A-3-1a Alternative programs for the education of teachers.
• §18A-3-1b Recommendation for certification of alternative program teachers.
• §18A-3-1c Study of training, certification and licensing; report to legislative oversight commission on education accountability at December, 2001, interim meetings; collaboration on sources of fundin
• §18A-3-2 Teacher certification; required; expiration;qualifications; certification of aliens.
• §18A-3-2a Authority of state superintendent to issue certificates; kinds of certificates.
• §18A-3-2b Beginning teacher internships.
• §18A-3-2c Training through the principals academy.
• §18A-3-2d Beginning principal internships.
• §18A-3-3 Renewal of certificates; permanent certification.
• §18A-3-3a Payment of tuition, registration and other fees for teachers; maximum payment per teacher.
• §18A-3-4 Validity of present certificates.
• §18A-3-5 Validity of certificates held by members of armed forces.
• §18A-3-6 Grounds for revocation of certificates; recalling certificates for correction.
• §18A-3-7 Certificate fees.
• §18A-3-8 County professional staff development councils.
• §18A-3-9 County service personnel staff development councils.
• §18A-3-10 Criminal history check of applicants for licensure by the state department of education.
• §18A-3-11 Fellowship for 21st Century Learners.
• §18A-3A-1 Center for Professional Development; intent and mission; Principals Academy curriculum and expenses; authorization to charge fees.
• §18A-3A-2 Professional development project.
• §18A-3A-2a Development training project.
• §18A-3A-2b The Principals Academy.
• §18A-3A-3 Professional personnel evaluation project.
• §18A-3A-4 Continuation of center for professional development board.
• §18A-3A-5 West Virginia advanced placement center.
• §18A-3A-6 Attendance outside the employment term.
• §18A-3B-1 Establishment of educators' professional standards board.
• §18A-3B-2 Educators' professional standards board; composition; appointment; terms of members.
• §18A-3B-3 Powers and duties.
• §18A-4-1 Definitions.
• §18A-4-1a Bonus for unused days of personal leave.
• §18A-4-2 State minimum salaries for teachers.
• §18A-4-2a State minimum salary bonus for classroom teachers with national board certification.
• §18A-4-2b State minimum salary supplement and educational expense reimbursement for professional personnel with recognized national certification in speech-language pathology, audiology, counseling, s
• §18A-4-3 State minimum annual salary increments for principals and assistant principals.
• §18A-4-4 Minimum salary schedule for teachers having specialized training.
• §18A-4-5 Salary equity among the counties; state salary supplement.
• §18A-4-5a County salary supplements for teachers.
• §18A-4-5b County salary supplements for school service personnel.
• §18A-4-5c Equity appropriation from surplus revenues.
• §18A-4-5d 1990 appropriation for salary equity.
• §18A-4-6 Change in classification.
• §18A-4-7 Substitute teachers pay.
• §18A-4-7a Employment, promotion and transfer of professional personnel; seniority.
• §18A-4-7b Calculation of seniority for professional personnel.
• §18A-4-7c Summer employment of professional educators.
• §18A-4-8 Employment term and class titles of service personnel; definitions.
• §18A-4-8a Service personnel minimum monthly salaries.
• §18A-4-8b Seniority rights for school service personnel.
• §18A-4-8c Seniority rights for personnel employed by multi- county vocational centers.
• §18A-4-8d Consolidation of services and seniority rights for administrative personnel.
• §18A-4-8e Competency testing for service personnel; and recertification testing for bus operators.
• §18A-4-8f Seniority rights, school consolidation.
• §18A-4-8g Determination of seniority for service personnel.
• §18A-4-8h Limitation on number of school service personnel positions to be held by an employee.
• §18A-4-8i Seniority rights for professional educators and school service personnel in cases of intercounty transfer arrangements.
• §18A-4-9 Payment of teachers and other employees; withholdings.
• §18A-4-10 Personal leave for illness and other causes; leave banks; substitutes.
• §18A-4-10a Bonus for unused days of personal leave.
• §18A-4-10b Demonstration of exemplary teaching techniques.
• §18A-4-10c Personal leave banks for care givers.
• §18A-4-10d Use of personal leave days by surviving spouse in certain circumstances.
• §18A-4-10f Leave donation program.
• §18A-4-11 Group insurance.
• §18A-4-12 Tax deferred investments for teachers and other employees.
• §18A-4-13 Compliance with this article.
• §18A-4-14 Duty-free lunch and daily planning period for certain employees.
• §18A-4-14a Study on daily planning periods.
• §18A-4-15 Employment of service personnel substitutes.
• §18A-4-16 Extracurricular assignments.
• §18A-4-17 Health and other facility employee salaries.
• §18A-4-18 Department of education certified staff salaries.
• §18A-4-19 Alteration of contract.
• §18A-4-20 Moving expenses allowed for teachers laid off in counties due to lack of need.
• §18A-4-21 Posting of position opening following death of incumbent.
• §18A-5-1 Authority of teachers and other school personnel; exclusion of students having infectious diseases; suspension or expulsion of disorderly students; corporal punishment abolished.
• §18A-5-1a Possessing deadly weapons on premises of educational facilities; possessing a controlled substance on premises of educational facilities; assaults and batteries committed by pupils upon teac
• §18A-5-1c Bill of Rights and Responsibilities for Students and School Personnel.
• §18A-5-2 Holidays; closing of schools; time lost because of such; special Saturday classes.
• §18A-5-3 Exemption from jury service.
• §18A-5-3a Answering witness subpoenas.
• §18A-5-4 Educational meetings.
• §18A-5-4a Educational or service meetings.
• §18A-5-5 Records; reports by professional and other personnel.
• §18A-5-6 School census.
• §18A-5-7 Oath required of teachers.
• §18A-5-8 Authority of certain aides to exercise control over students; compensation; transfers.
• §18A-6-1 Retirement fund for school employees.