H. B. 4612


(By Delegates Shaver, Paxton, Williams,

Kuhn and Perry)

[Introduced February 22, 2002; referred to the

Committee on Education then Finance.]




A BILL to amend article five-a, chapter eighteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section seven, relating to the county board selecting a student assistance team chairperson prior to the beginning of each school year.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article five-a, 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 seven, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5A. LOCAL SCHOOL INVOLVEMENT.

§18-5A-7. Student assistance team chairperson.
Prior to the beginning of each school year,
the county board shall select a principal, assistant principal, guidance counselor, regular teacher or resource teacher to serve as chairperson of the student assistance team for each school.


NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow a
principal, assistant principal, guidance counselor, regular teacher or resource teacher to be selected by the county board as chairperson of the student assistance team prior to the beginning of the school year.

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