COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 4044
(By Delegates Mezzatesta and WilliamsSPONSOR)
(Originating in DATEthe
Committee on EducationCOMMITTEE)
[February 17, 2004]
A BILL to amend and reenact §18-3-1Bill Title of the code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to Title Languageincreasing the salary limit for
the state superintendent's position.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18-3-1Bill TitleEnacting Section of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
§18-3-1. Appointment; qualifications; compensation; traveling
expenses; office and residence; evaluation.
There shall be appointed by the state board a state
superintendent of schools who shall serve at the will and pleasure
of the state board. He or she shall be a person of good moral
character, of recognized ability as a school administrator, holding
at least a master's degree in educational administration, and shall
have had not less than five years of experience in public school work. He or she shall receive an annual salary set by the state
board, to be paid monthly: Provided, That the annual salary may
not exceed one hundred forty-six thousand one hundred dollars two
hundred thousand dollars. The state superintendent also shall
receive necessary traveling expenses incident to the performance of
his or her duties to be paid out of the general school fund upon
warrants of the state auditor. The state superintendent shall have
his or her office at the state capitol. The state board shall
report to the legislative oversight commission on education
accountability upon request concerning its progress during any
hiring process for a state superintendent.
The state board annually shall evaluate the performance of the
state superintendent and publicly announce the results of the
evaluation.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.