Senate Bill No. 370
(By Senators Wagner and Humphreys)
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[Introduced February 17, 1994; referred to the Committee
on Education.]
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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.
ยง18A-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 attimes 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.