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H. B. 3286


(By Delegates Shott, Boggs, Porter, Frazier,

Campbell, Border, Armstead and Rowan)


[Introduced March 23, 2009; referred to the

Committee on Education.]



A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §18C-8-1, §18C-8-2, §18C-8-3, §18C-8-4, §18C-8-5 and §18C-8-6, all relating to the creation of a preengineering summer academy and scholarship opportunities for preengineering students and teachers and the creation of a special revenue fund for said purpose.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new article, designated §18C-8-1, §18C-8-2, §18C-8-3, §18C-8-4, §18C-8-5 and §18C-8-6, all to read as follows:

ARTICLE 8. THE EUSTACE FREDERICK PREENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
§18C-8-1. Purpose; legislative intent.
A vibrant engineering community is essential to West Virginia's productivity and economic growth. The State of West Virginia needs engineers who can apply technology through innovation to benefit the state economy. The state needs to produce engineers in larger numbers to develop a competitive edge and to strengthen its ability to build and maintain its infrastructure. The state's prosperity depends on attracting more of its brightest young people into engineering. While the State of West Virginia maintains university-level schools of engineering, the emergence of engineering as a critical need in the state and nation dictates that additional effort is made to introduce the study of engineering to the middle schools, high schools and technical education centers of this state. The connection of science and math principles as to real-world application in the study of engineering produces students ready to pursue careers in the critical need area of engineering or in other scientific areas.
§18C-8-2. Preengineering program development.
The West Virginia Board of Education shall maintain and expand preengineering and technology education programs in the middle schools, secondary schools and technical education centers of West Virginia. The purpose of these programs is to stimulate in young people an interest in engineering as a career field and to provide the foundational knowledge and skills that will lead to successful completion of higher level engineering studies.
§18C-8-3. Preengineering summer academy.
(a) The West Virginia Board of Education shall, in cooperation with post-secondary engineering programs and industry representatives, maintain and expand an annual summer academy experience for aspiring engineers enrolled in preengineering programs. The purposes of this academy experience are to provide advance engineering experiences featuring technology application, problem solving, team experiences and opportunities to learn from industry professionals and university faculty; to bridge the gap between educational practice and the engineering workforce; and to help talented preengineering students achieve their greatest potential.
(b) The board may partner with college or university schools of engineering to offer this academy experience.
(c) The board may also support other out-of-school activities for middle and high school students that are designed to connect preengineering students to real world engineering projects and practicing engineering professionals.
§18C-8-4. Scholarship fund for preengineering students and educators.

(a) Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, the State Board of Education shall establish a scholarship program for outstanding high school graduates who have completed a preengineering program to pursue post-secondary college work in the study of engineering. Preference may be given to those students identifying mining engineering as a chose career path. The board may award ten scholarships, not to exceed $5,000 each based on criteria established by the board.
(b) Additionally, the board may award twenty annual scholarships not to exceed $3,500 each to outstanding preengineering teachers for the purpose of taking additional course work required to gain or maintain the necessary certification to teach preengineering programs. The criteria for awarding these scholarships shall be promulgated by the board.
§18C-8-5. Programs to be named in honor of Eustace Frederick.
The Summer Academy and the Scholarship Fund created hereunder shall be designated as the Eustace Frederick Preengineering Summer Academy and the Eustace Frederick Engineering Scholarship respectively.
§18C-8-6. Special Revenue Fund.
(a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury a special revenue account to be known as the "The Eustace Frederick Preengineering and Technology Education Programs Fund", which shall be governed, expensed, administered and accounted for by the State Board of Education.
(b) Funds from the following resources may be deposited to the fund:
(1) Funds appropriated to the fund by the Legislature or the State Board of Education;
(2) Federal funds that may otherwise be made available to the state for the fund;
(4) Contributions and donations from public authorities, government units and private entities;
(5) All moneys paid or credited to the fund, by contract or otherwise, including interest earnings which may accrue from the investment or reinvestment of the fund moneys; and
(6) Other lawful sources as determined appropriate by the State Board of Education.
(c) The State Board of Education may establish accounts and subaccounts within the fund as considered desirable to effectuate the purposes of this article, or to meet the requirements of any other state or federal programs.
(d) For the necessary and convenient administration of the fund, the State Board of Education shall also direct the State Treasurer to establish accounts and subaccounts within the fund account necessary to meet any applicable federal law requirements or as the fund shall determine necessary or desirable in order to implement the provisions of this article.
(e) The fund shall comply with all federal and state laws and regulations prohibiting the commingling of funds deposited in the fund. Amounts in the fund that are prohibited from being commingled with other amounts in the fund shall be segregated and administered separate and apart from other amounts in the fund and may not be transferred to any other account.


NOTE: This bill shall create a preengineering summer academy and scholarship opportunities for preengineering students and teachers through the West Virginia Board 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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