H. B. 4500


(By Delegates S. Williams and Nichols)
[Introduced February 16, 1994; referred to the
Committee on Education.]




A BILL to amend and reenact section sixteen, article four, chapter eighteen-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to extracurricular assignments of teachers and service personnel and requiring that such assignments be filled in accordance with section eight-b of this article.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section sixteen, article four, chapter eighteen-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4. SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER BENEFITS.

§ 18A - 4 - 16. Extracurricular assignments.

(1) The assignment of teachers and service personnel to extracurricular assignments shall be made only by mutual agreement of the employee and the superintendent, or designated representative, subject to board approval. Extracurricular duties shall mean, but not be limited to, any activities that occur at times other than regularly scheduled working hours, which include the instructing, coaching, chaperoning, escorting, providing support services or caring for the needs of students, and which occur on a regularly scheduled basis.

(2) The employee and the superintendent, or a designated representative, subject to board approval, shall mutually agree upon the maximum number of hours of extracurricular assignment in each school year for each extracurricular assignment.
(3) The terms and conditions of the agreement between the employee and the board of education shall be in writing and signed by both parties.
(4) An employee's contract of employment shall be separate from the extracurricular assignment agreement provided for in this section and shall not be conditioned upon the employee's acceptance or continuance of any extracurricular assignment proposed by the superintendent, a designated representative, or the board.
(5) The board of education shall fill extracurricular and supplemental school service personnel assignments and vacancies in accordance with section eight-b of this article.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that extracurricular assignments and vacancies be filled in accordance with section eight-b of this article.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.