H. B. 2035

          (By Delegate Paxton)
          [Introduced February 13, 2013; referred to the
          Committee on Education then Finance.]




A BILL to amend and reenact §18A-4-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to providing that a substitute teacher be paid the full daily rate of the advanced salary if he or she has taught more than ten instructional days in the same school year.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
     That §18A-4-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4. SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER BENEFITS.
§18A-4-7. Substitute teachers' pay.
     The pay of a substitute teacher shall may not be less than eighty percent of the daily rate of the state basic salary paid to teachers: Provided, That any substitute teacher who teaches in excess of ten consecutive instructional days in the same position school year shall, thereafter, not be paid less than eighty percent of the daily rate of the state advanced salary based upon teaching experience: Provided, however, That any substitute teacher who teaches in excess of thirty days in the same position shall be paid the daily rate of the advanced salary, within that teacher's county.


     NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide full daily rate of pay for substitute teachers if they have in excess of ten instructional days in the same school year.

     Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.