Senate Bill No. 525

(By Senator Love)

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[Introduced February 6, 2002; referred to the Committee

on Education; and then to the Committee on Finance.]

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A BILL to amend article four, chapter eighteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section thirteen, relating to authorizing the county board of education to transfer a contracted county superintendent to a professional educator position within the county school system and how it affects his or her rate of pay.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article four, 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 thirteen, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.

§ 18-4-13. Transfer of contracted county superintendent.
The board may, upon sixty days notice, with notification and a vote, transfer a contracted superintendent of schools to a professional educator position within the county school system at a rate commensurate to his or her contracted salary: Provided, however, That at the expiration date of his or her contract, he or she shall be paid in accordance with the appropriate state or county salary schedule: Provided, however, That if the contracted superintendent does not continue employment within the county school system, then the contract of the contracted superintendent shall be terminated.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the county board of education to transfer a contracted superintendent to a professional educator position within the county school system at the same rate of pay under the existing contract until his or her contract ends, then the rate of pay will be at the appropriate salary schedule; and provides that if the contracted superintendent does not continue employment within the county system, then his or her contract will terminate.

 This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.