H. B. 4288
(By Delegates Doyle, Manual, Tabb, Trump,
Duke, Faircloth and Overington)
[Introduced February 3, 2004; referred to the
Committee on Education then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §18-12-1 of the code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to changing the name of Shepherd
College to Shepherd University.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18-12-1 of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 12. STATE TEACHERS' COLLEGES.
§18-12-1. Change of names; management; continuation of functions;
courses and degrees; rules and regulations;
qualifications of president and teachers.
The state teachers' colleges heretofore established and known
as: state normal schools shall be continued and shall be known
respectively, as follows "Fairmont State College," "Shepherd
College," "Glenville State College," "West Liberty State College"
and "Concord College" are hereby continued. The college heretofore established and known as "Shepherd College" shall be continued and
known
as "Shepherd University," and wherever the term "Shepherd
College" may appear in this code, that term shall be considered as
referring to "Shepherd University
."
The educational affairs of the
aforesaid institutions shall be under the control, supervision and
management of the state board of education, as provided in section
thirteen, article two of this chapter, and their financial and
business affairs shall be under the charge and control of the state
commissioner of public institutions, as provided in section four,
article one, chapter twenty-five of this code. The functions of
these colleges shall continue to be the preparation of teachers
through such courses of study as the faculties thereof may
prescribe with the approval of the state board of education, and
also the offering of such curricula in general and vocational
education as the state board of education may direct or approve.
The colleges are authorized to grant the degrees of bachelor of
arts and bachelor of science to students completing the curricula
for such degrees as approved by the state board of education. The
rules and regulations made by the presidents and faculties of these
colleges for their general government, for the admission of
students thereto, the standards of scholarship to be maintained
therein and the graduation of students therefrom shall be submitted
to the state board of education for its approval. The president
and teachers of each of the colleges shall be persons of broad and liberal education, as evidenced by the possession of a bachelor's
degree from a standard college or university, or the equivalent
thereof, as a minimum requirement.
All things related to the
function, conduct and control of the institutions shall remain the
same.
NOTE: The purpose of the bill is to change the name of
Shepherd College to Shepherd University.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.