H. B. 3239
(By Delegate Tabb)
[Introduced March 25, 2005; referred to the
Committee on Education.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §18-3-1 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to removing the requirement that a
State Superintendent master's degree has to be in educational
administration.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18-3-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
§18-3-1. Appointment; qualifications; compensation; traveling
expenses; office and residence; evaluation.
There shall be appointed by the State Board a State
Superintendent of schools who shall serve at the will and pleasure
of the State Board. He or she shall be a person of good moral
character, of recognized ability as a school administrator, holding
at least a master's degree, in educational administration and shall have had not less than five years of experience in public school
work. He or she shall receive an annual salary set by the State
Board, to be paid monthly: Provided, That the annual salary may
not exceed one hundred forty-six thousand one hundred dollars. The
State Superintendent also shall receive necessary traveling
expenses incident to the performance of his or her duties to be
paid out of the general school fund upon warrants of the State
Auditor. The State Superintendent shall have his or her office at
the State Capitol. The State Board shall report to the legislative
oversight commission on education accountability upon request
concerning its progress during any hiring process for a State
Superintendent.
The State Board annually shall evaluate the performance of the
State Superintendent and publicly announce the results of the
evaluation.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to remove the requirement
that a State Superintendent master's degree has to be in
educational administration.
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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