H. B. 3003
(By Delegates Perry, Mezzatesta and Williams)
[Introduced March 26, 2001; referred to the
Committee on Education then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section one, article three-a, chapter
eighteen-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to transferring the
duties of the center for professional development from the
secretary of education and the arts to the West Virginia
department of education.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section one, article three-a, chapter eighteen-a of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3A. CENTER FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
§18A-3A-1. Center for professional development continued; intent;
advisory council.
(a) Teaching is a profession that directly correlates to the
social and economic well-being of a society and its citizens.
Superior teaching is essential to a well educated and productive populace. Strong academic leadership provided by principals and
administrators skilled in modern management principles is also
essential. The intent of this article is to recognize the value of
professional involvement by experienced educators, principals and
administrators in building and maintaining a superior force of
professional educators and to establish avenues for applying
such
the involvement.
The general mission of the center is to study matters
relating to the quality of teaching and management in the schools
of West Virginia and to promote the implementation primarily of
statewide programs and practices as recommended by the state board
to assure the highest quality in teaching and management. The
center also may implement local programs if the state board, in its
agenda set pursuant to section twenty-three-a, article two, chapter
eighteen of this code, determines that there is a specific local
need for the programs. Additionally, the center shall perform
such
duties as are assigned to it by
the West Virginia department of
education and by law.
Nothing in this article
shall may be construed to require any
specific level of funding by the Legislature.
(b) The center board shall consist of eleven persons as
follows: The secretary of education and the arts, ex officio, and
the state superintendent of schools , the ex officio, both of whom
shall be entitled to vote; three members of the state board, elected
by the state board; three experienced educators, of whom two shall be working classroom teachers and one of whom shall be a school or
county administrator, appointed by the governor by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate; and three citizens of the state
who are knowledgeable in matters relevant to the issues addressed
by the center, including, but not limited to, professional
development and management principles, appointed by the governor by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Not more than two
appointees shall be residents within the same congressional
district. The center board shall elect a board chair.
Of the initial members from the state board, one
shall be is
elected for a term of one year and two
shall be are elected for
terms of two years. All successive elections
shall be are for
two-year terms. The state board
shall may elect another member to
fill the unexpired term of any person so elected who subsequently
vacates state board membership. Of the initial appointed members,
three
shall be are appointed for one-year terms and three
shall be
are appointed for two-year terms. All successive appointments
shall be are for two-year terms. The governor shall appoint a new
member to fill the unexpired term of any vacancy in the appointed
membership.
The center for professional development board shall meet at
least quarterly and the appointed members shall be reimbursed for
reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred in the
performance of their official duties from funds appropriated or
otherwise made available for such purposes upon submission of an itemized statement therefor.
The board chair, with the advice of the center board, from
appropriations to the center for professional development, may
employ and fix the compensation of an executive director with
knowledge and experience in professional development and management
principles and
such any other persons as may be necessary to carry
out the mission and duties of the center. When practical,
personnel employed by state higher education agencies and state,
regional and county public education agencies shall be made
available to the center to assist in the operation of projects of
limited duration.
The center shall assist in the delivery of programs and
activities pursuant to this article to meet statewide, and if
needed as determined by the goals set by the state board pursuant
to section twenty-three-a, article two, chapter eighteen of this
code, the local professional development needs of teachers,
principals and administrators and may contract with existing
agencies or agencies created after the effective date of this
section or others to provide training programs in the most
efficient manner. Existing programs currently based in agencies of
the state shall be continued in the agency of their origin unless
the center establishes a compelling need to transfer or cancel the
existing program. The center shall recommend to the governor the
transfer of funds to the providing agency, if needed, to provide
programs approved by the center.
Pursuant to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of
this code, the center for professional development board shall
continue to exist until the first day of July, two thousand one.
(c) On or before the first day of January, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-eight, the center for professional development shall
develop and communicate to the state board a curriculum for the
principals academy. The curriculum shall be based upon the minimum
qualities, proficiencies and skills necessary for principals and
recommended by the state board, pursuant to the terms of section
two-c, article three of this chapter.
(d) In accordance with section two-c, article three of this
chapter, the center shall be responsible for paying reasonable and
necessary expenses for persons attending the principals academy:
Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed to
require any specific level of funding by the Legislature.
(e) Persons attending the professional development offerings
of the center and such other courses
as shall be offered by the
center for professional development, except the principals academy,
shall be assessed fees which
shall be are less than the full cost
of attendance. There is hereby created in the state treasury a
special revenue account known as the "center for professional
development fund." All moneys collected by the center shall be
deposited in the fund for expenditure by the center board for the
purposes specified in this section. Moneys remaining in the fund
at the end of the fiscal year are subject to reappropriation by the Legislature.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to
transfer the duties of
the center for professional development from the secretary of
education and the arts to the West Virginia department of
education.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.
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