§18B-8-1 Definitions. - West Virginia Statutes

§18B-8-1. Definitions.

As used in this article:

(a) "Schedule" or "salary schedule" means the grid of minimum salary figures listed in section two of this article;

(b) "Academic rank" means the position held by a faculty member as determined by the president, consistent with policy established by the governing board, and includes the positions of professor, associate professor, assistant professor and instructor; all other ranks are excluded from the provisions of this article;

(c) "Years of experience" means the actual number of years a person has been a full-time faculty member at an institution of higher education within this state. Employment for nine months shall equal one year of experience, but no faculty member may accrue more than one year of experience during any given academic year. Employment for less than full time, or less than nine months during any fiscal year, shall be prorated. In accordance with rules established by the governing boards, a faculty member may be granted additional years of experience for actual years of work or teaching experience at institutions other than institutions of higher education within this state;

(d) "Doctoral institutions" means West Virginia university and Marshall university at Huntington. Doctoral programs at Marshall university shall be selective and nonduplicative of West Virginiauniversity unless an exception is recommended by both institutions and approved by the board of trustees. "Master's II institutions" means West Virginia school of osteopathic medicine and the West Virginia graduate college; "baccalaureate and two-year institutions" means Bluefield state college, Concord college, Fairmont state college, Glenville state college, Shepherd college, West Liberty state college, West Virginia university institute of technology, West Virginia state college, West Virginia university at Parkersburg, Southern West Virginia community college, West Virginia northern community college and Potomac state college of West Virginia university and such other institutions as are designated community colleges by the board of directors;

(e) "Salary" means the total nine-month or ten-month salary paid from state funds to a full-time faculty member, or if other than nine or ten months, adjusted to a nine-month base salary;

(f) "Full-time faculty" means any faculty member designated as such by the president, consistent with approved policy of the appropriate governing board, and those persons with faculty rank who have research or administrative responsibilities;

(g) "Fiscal year" means twelve calendar months and begins on the first day of July and ends on the thirtieth day of June; and

(h) "Merit increases and salary adjustments" means the amount of additional salary increase allowed on a merit basis or torectify salary inequities or accommodate competitive market conditions, in accordance with policy established by the appropriate governing board.