Senate Bill No. 62

(By Senator Hunter)

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[Introduced January 14, 2004; referred to the Committee on Education.]

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A BILL to amend the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18A-2-14, relating to the term of contract for a person hired as a coach in the county school system.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §18A-2-14, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 2. SCHOOL PERSONNEL.

§18A-2-14. Coaching contracts.

If a person has served in a public school as a coach for at least one year, a county board may contract with that person to serve in a public school as a coach for a term of not less than one nor more than three years.


NOTE: The purpose of this section is to authorize county boards of education to enter into coaching contracts with persons who have served as a coach in a public school for at least one year for a term of one to three years.


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