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Senate Bill No. 111

(By Senators Jenkins and Foster)

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[Introduced February 11, 2009; referred to the Committee on Education.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact §18-2-25 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission; requiring evaluation by the Legislative Auditor; and requiring board members and officers to comply with ethical standards for elected and appointed officials.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18-2-25 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-2-25. Authority of county boards to regulate athletic and other extracurricular activities of secondary schools; delegation of authority to West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission; authority of commission; approval of rules by state board; incorporation; evaluation by Legislative Auditor; funds; participation by private and parochial schools.

The county boards of education are hereby granted and shall exercise the control, supervision and regulation of all interscholastic athletic events, and other extracurricular activities of the students in public secondary schools, and of said the schools of their respective counties. The county board of education may delegate such the control, supervision and regulation of interscholastic athletic events and band activities to the "West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission." which is hereby established
The West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission shall be is composed of the principals, or their representatives, of those secondary schools whose county boards of education have certified in writing to the State Superintendent of Schools that they have elected to delegate the control, supervision and regulation of their interscholastic athletic events and band activities of the students in the public secondary schools in their respective counties to said the commission. The West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission is hereby empowered to exercise the control, supervision and regulation of interscholastic athletic events and band activities of secondary schools, delegated to it pursuant to this section. The rules and regulations of the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission shall contain a provision for a proper review procedure and review board and be promulgated in accordance with the provisions of chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, but shall, in all instances be are subject to the prior approval of the state board. The West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission, may, with the consent of the State Board of Education, incorporate under the name of "West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission, Inc.," as a nonprofit, nonstock corporation under the provisions of chapter thirty-one of this code: Provided, That as a creation of the state, the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission shall be evaluated by the Legislative Auditor. The evaluation shall assess whether the commission complies with the policies and provisions applicable to commissions authorized by this code and other applicable laws and rules, whether the board follows a disciplinary procedure which observes due process rights and protects the public interest and whether the public interest requires that the board be continued.
County boards of education are hereby authorized to expend moneys for and pay dues to the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission, and all moneys paid to such the commission, as well as moneys derived from any contest or other event sponsored by said the commission, shall be quasi-public funds as the same are defined in article five, chapter eighteen, and such the funds of the commission shall be are subject to an annual audit by the State Tax Commissioner. The members and officers of the commission are subject to the provisions of sections five, five-b and seven, article two, chapter six-b of this code.
The West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations providing for the control, supervision and regulation of the interscholastic athletic events and other extracurricular activities of such the private and parochial secondary schools as that elect to delegate to such the commission such control, supervision and regulation, upon the same terms and conditions, subject to the same regulations and requirements and upon the payment of the same fees and charges as those provided for public secondary schools. Any such private or parochial secondary school shall receive any monetary or other benefits in the same manner and in the same proportion as any public secondary school.


NOTE: The purpose of this bill subjects the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission to evaluation by the Legislative Auditor and requires board members and officers to comply with ethical standards for elected and appointed officials.

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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