H. B. 2428
(By Delegate Browning)
[Introduced March 2, 1993; referred to the
Committee on Education then Finance.]
A BILL to amend article two, chapter eighteen of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
by adding thereto a new section, designated section two,
relating to county transportation director certification
programs; program standards; continuing education; and
authority to issue transportation certificates.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two, chapter eighteen of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section two,
to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-2-2. Transportation director certification program;
standards; continuing education; authority to
issue transportation certificates.
(a) The education and training of all county transportation
directors in the state shall be under the general direction andcontrol of the state board of education, office of
transportation. The education and training of county
transportation directors in the state includes all programs
leading to certification to serve in the public schools.
(b) By the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-four, the state board of education after consultation with
the state director of transportation, shall adopt and implement
standards and curriculum for the education and training of county
transportation directors.
(c) Every certified county director of transportation shall
be required to continue his or her transportation education
throughout the period of his or her employment as director.
The state director of transportation shall administer the
programs of mandatory continuing transportation education and
training and shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) To formulate course curriculum, provide course materials
and implement the continuing transportation education program.
(2) To determine the number of credit hours to be allowed
for each accredited course.
(3) To record and report the number of credit hours earned
by each county transportation director to the state board of
education.
(d) The state superintendent of schools may issue
certificates to graduates of the transportation director
education program approved by the state board of education and in
accordance with rules adopted by the state board afterconsultation with the state director of education. A certificate
to act as a county director of transportation should not be
granted to any person who is not a citizen of the United States,
is not of good moral character and physically, mentally and
emotionally qualified to perform the duties of a county director
of transportation who has not attained the age of eighteen years
on or before the first day of October of the year in which his or
her certificate is issued.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that all
county transportation directors in the state be certified by the
state department of education. This bill directs the state
director of transportation to adopt and implement standards and
course curriculum for the education of all county transportation
directors and requires county transportation directors to attend
continuing education classes administered by the state director
of transportation. This bill allows the state superintendent of
schools to issue certificates to graduates of the transportation
director education program.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.