Senate Bill No. 374
(By Senators Grubb, Wagner, Miller, Schoonover and Oliverio)
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[Introduced February 13, 1996; referred to the Committee on Education.]
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A BILL to amend article five, chapter eighteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section thirteen-b, relating to education; county boards of education; and requiring reading teachers with early literacy intervention training in all elementary schools.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article five, 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 thirteen-b, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-5-13b. Early literacy intervention teachers in elementary schools.
The board of each county shall employ reading teachers with early literacy intervention training for all elementary schools.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require county boards of education to employ teachers with early literacy intervention training for all elementary schools.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.