Senate Bill No. 696
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[Originating in the Committee on Education;
reported March 2, 1999, 1999.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section four, article five, chapter
eighteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to compensation of
members of a county board of education.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section four, article five, chapter eighteen of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-5-4. Meetings; employment and assignment of teachers; budget
hearing; compensation of members; affiliation with state and
national associations.
The board shall meet on the first Monday of January, except
that in the year one thousand nine hundred eighty-two, and every
year thereafter, the board shall meet on the first Monday of July, and upon the dates provided by law for the laying of
levies, and at such other times as the board may fix upon its
records. At any meeting as authorized above and in compliance
with the provisions of article four of this chapter, the board
may employ such qualified teachers, or those who will qualify by
the time of entering upon their duties, necessary to fill
existing or anticipated vacancies for the current or next ensuing
school year. At a meeting of the board, on or before the first
Monday of May, the superintendent shall furnish in writing to the
board a list of those teachers to be considered for transfer and
subsequent assignment for the next ensuing school year; all other
teachers not so listed shall be considered as reassigned to the
positions held at the time of this meeting. Such list of those
recommended for transfer shall be included in the minute record
and the teachers so listed shall be notified in writing, which
notice shall be delivered in writing, by certified mail, return
receipt requested, to such teachers' last-known addresses within
ten days following said board meeting, of their having been so
recommended for transfer and subsequent assignment.
Special meetings may be called by the president or any three
members, but no business shall be transacted other than that
designated in the call.
In addition, a public hearing shall be held concerning the
preliminary operating budget for the next fiscal year not less
than ten days after such budget has been made available to the
public for inspection and within a reasonable time prior to the
submission of said budget to the state board for approval and at
such hearing reasonable time shall be granted to any person or
persons who wish to speak regarding parts or all of such budget.
Notice of such hearing shall be published as a Class I legal
advertisement in compliance with the provisions of article three,
chapter fifty-nine of this code.
A majority of the members shall constitute the quorum
necessary for the transaction of official business.
Board members may receive compensation at a rate not to
exceed eighty dollars one hundred dollars per meeting attended.
But they shall not receive pay for more than fifty-two sixty
meetings in any one fiscal year.
Members shall also be paid, upon the presentation of an
itemized sworn statement, for all necessary traveling expenses, including all authorized meetings, incurred on official business,
at the order of the board.
When, by a majority vote of its members, a county board
deems it a matter of public interest, such board may join the
West Virginia school board association and the national school
board association, and may pay such dues as may be prescribed by
said associations and approved by action of the respective county
boards. Membership dues and actual traveling expenses of board
members for attending meetings of the West Virginia school board
association may be paid by their respective county boards out of
funds available to meet actual expenses of the members, but no
allowance shall be made except upon sworn itemized statements.