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Senate Bill No. 710

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[Originating in the Committee on Education;

reported February 20, 2002.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact section one, article three, chapter eighteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to amending the required qualifications for the state superintendent of schools.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section one, article three, chapter eighteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, 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.

There shall be appointed by the state board a state superintendent of schools. 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 education policy or administration, and such other qualifications as the state board determines are appropriate. 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 also receive necessary traveling expenses incident to the performance of his or her duties, the traveling expenses to be paid out of the general school fund upon warrants of the state auditor. The superintendent shall have his or her office at the state capital. 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.
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