ENROLLED

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

H. B. 4399


(By Delegates Cann, Angotti, Frederick,

Williams, Kominar, Coleman and Perdue)


[Passed March 11, 2000; in effect ninety days from passage.]


AN ACT to amend article one-b, chapter fifteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-four, relating to requiring the state board of education to provide certain information and other support to the Mountaineer Challenge Academy.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article one-b, chapter fifteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-four, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1B. NATIONAL GUARD.

§15-1B-24. Mountaineer Challenge Academy.
The Mountaineer Challenge Academy, operated by the adjutant

general at Camp Dawson, is hereby acknowledged to be a program of great value in meeting the educational needs of at-risk youth throughout the state. It is the sense of the Legislature that the Mountaineer Challenge Academy should enjoy the full cooperation of the executive agencies of state government in carrying out its program.
To that end, the state board of education shall, notwithstanding any other provision in this code to the contrary:
(1) Include the Mountaineer Challenge Academy in the child nutrition program on the same basis as other public schools;
(2) Provide the names and mailing addresses of all high school dropouts in the state to the director of the Mountaineer Challenge Academy upon request; and
(3) Provide for Mountaineer Challenge Academy graduates to participate in the adult basic education program.
Further cooperation with the Mountaineer Challenge Academy is encouraged by the Legislature for the purpose of assisting the Mountaineer Challenge Academy in achieving its mission.