H. B. 2863
(By Delegate Prunty, By Request)
[Introduced February 22, 1999; referred to the
Committee on Education then Finance.]
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
eighteen-e, relating to requiring county boards of education
to employ an art and music teacher in each elementary
school.
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
eighteen-e, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-5-18e. Art and music teacher required in each elementary school.
The county board of education shall employ a teacher in each elementary school to teach art and music in that school. The
board may employ one teacher full-time to teach both art and
music, or one teacher half-time to teach art and one teacher
half-time to teach music, or one teacher full-time to teach art
and one teacher full-time to teach music.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require county boards
of education to employ an art and music teacher in each
elementary school.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.