Senate Bill No. 327
(By Senators Dalton, Withers, Boley, Brackenrich,
Felton, Chafin, Helmick, Claypole, Bailey, Ross, Yoder
Walker, Dittmar, Wehrle, Sharpe, Minard, Anderson and Whitlow)
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[Introduced March 9, 1993; referred to the Committee
on Education; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section twenty-six, article two,
chapter eighteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand
nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to abolishing
regional educational service agencies; and distributing
funds equally to all counties.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section twenty-six, article two, 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 2. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-2-26. Multicounty regional educational service agencies
abolished; distribution of funds.
The multicounty regional educational service agencies
heretofore created, are hereby abolished. All funds and moneys
held by a regional educational service agency shall be accountedfor and paid to the state board of education, which shall
distribute all such funds equally to all of the counties of the
state.
NOTE: This bill abolishes multicounty regional educational
service agencies and distributes all money or funds to the
counties.
This section is completely rewritten; therefore, strike-
throughs and underscoring have been omitted.