Senate Bill No. 67
(By Senator White)
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[Introduced January 14, 1998; referred to
the Committee on Education; and then
to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact sections eight and nine, article
three, chapter eighteen-a of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, all relating
to carryover of funds for staff development councils.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That sections eight and nine, article three, chapter
eighteen-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted, all to
read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. TRAINING, CERTIFICATION, LICENSING, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT.
§18A-3-8. County professional staff development councils.
The Legislature finds the professional expertise and insight of the classroom teacher to be an invaluable ingredient in the
development and delivery of staff development programs which meet
the needs of classroom teachers.
Therefore, a professional staff development council
comprised of proportional representation from the major school
levels and from vocational, special education and other
specialties in proportion to their employment numbers in said the
county shall be established in each school district in the state
in accordance with rules adopted by the state board of education.
Nominations of instructional personnel to serve on the county
staff development council may be submitted by the faculty senates
of the district to the county superintendent who shall prepare
and distribute ballots and tabulate the votes of the counties
instructional personnel voting on the persons nominated. Each
county staff development council shall consist of between nine
and fifteen members at the discretion of the county
superintendent based on the size of the county. Such The
councils shall have final authority to propose staff development
programs for their peers based upon rules established by statute
and the council on professional education.
The county superintendent or a designee shall enjoy has an
advisory, nonvoting role on said the council. The county board
shall make available an amount equal to one tenth of one percent
of the amounts provided in accordance with section four, article nine-a, chapter eighteen of this code and credit such the funds
to an account to be used by the council to fulfill its
objectives. The local board will have has final approval of all
proposed disbursements.
Any funds credited to the council during a fiscal year, but
not used by the council, shall be carried over in the council
account for use in the next fiscal year. These funds are
separate and apart from, and in addition to, those funds to be
credited to the council pursuant to this section. At the end of
each fiscal year, the council shall report to each faculty senate
chairperson the amount of funds carried over into the next fiscal
year.
The professional staff development project of the center for
professional development shall assist in the development and
delivery of staff development programs by the county staff
development councils and shall coordinate staff development
efforts statewide.
§18A-3-9. County service personnel staff development councils.
The Legislature finds the professional expertise and insight
of service personnel to be an invaluable ingredient in the
development and delivery of staff development programs which meet
the needs of service personnel.
Therefore, a service personnel staff development council
comprised of representation from the various categories of service personnel employment shall be established in each school
district in the state in accordance with rules adopted by the
state board of education. Nominations of service personnel to
serve on the county service personnel staff development council
may be submitted by the six groups, as defined in subsection (e),
section one, article one of this chapter, of the district to the
county superintendent who shall prepare and distribute ballots
and tabulate the votes of the counties service personnel voting
on the persons nominated. Each county staff service personnel
development council shall consist of two employees from each
category of employment. Such The councils shall have final
authority to propose staff development programs for their peers
based upon rules established by statute and the council on
service personnel education. The county superintendent or a
designee shall enjoy has an advisory, nonvoting role on said the
council. The county board shall make available an amount equal
to one tenth of one percent of the amounts provided in accordance
with section five, article nine-a, chapter eighteen of this code
and credit such the funds to an account to be used by the council
to fulfill its objectives. The local board will have has the
final approval of all proposed disbursements. Any funds credited
to the council during a fiscal year, but not used by the council,
shall be carried over in the council account for use in the next
fiscal year. Any carried-over funds shall be separate and apart from, and in addition to, the funds to be credited to the council
pursuant to this section.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide for the
carryover of funds allocated to staff development councils from
one fiscal year to the next. Carry-over funds would be separate
and apart from, and in addition to, funds credited for the
current fiscal year.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.)