ENROLLED
Senate Bill No. 669
(By Senators Tomblin, Mr. President, Jackson, Boley, Ross, Unger, Wooton,
Bailey, McKenzie, Kessler, Plymale, Fanning and Snyder)
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[Passed March 13, 1999; in effect ninety days from passage.]
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AN ACT to amend article five, chapter eighteen-b of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
two-d, relating to increasing level of state-funded per
pupil support for certain community and technical colleges.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article five, chapter eighteen-b of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section two- d, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. HIGHER EDUCATION BUDGETS AND EXPENDITURES.
§18B-5-2d. Community and technical college allocation.
Each year the governing boards must request a special appropriation from the Legislature to fund an additional
allocation to West Virginia Northern Community and Technical
College, Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College,
Potomac State College of West Virginia University and West
Virginia University at Parkersburg, or any other community and
technical college so designated in the appropriations bill. The
total amount requested must equal any difference in per student
appropriations existing between the public four-year
baccalaureate institutions and the community and technical
colleges set out above, as calculated by the resource allocation
model and resource allocation policies of the governing boards.
Any appropriations received by the governing boards under this
section must be allocated consistent with the appropriation
request or must be reduced proportionally for each institution,
if sufficient legislative appropriation is not made.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide an additional
allocation to West Virginia Northern Community and Technical College, Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College,
Potomac State College of West Virginia University, and West
Virginia University at Parkersburg.
Section 2d is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.)