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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 97

(By Senator Plymale)

[Originating in the Committee on Education]

Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance study the governance of the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission.

    Whereas, The West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission is incorporated, with the consent of the State Board of Education, as a nonprofit, nonstock corporation; and

    Whereas, The West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission is composed of the principals, or their representatives, of those secondary schools whose county boards of education have certified in writing to the State Superintendent of Schools that they have elected to delegate the control, supervision and regulation of their interscholastic athletic events and band activities of the students in the public secondary schools in their respective counties to the commission; and

    Whereas, The West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission was in existence for fifty-one years before the enactment of West Virginia Code §18-2-25, which allows the county boards of education to delegate the control, supervision and regulation of interscholastic athletic events and band activities to the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission; and

    Whereas, West Virginia Code §18-2-25 has not been amended since 1967; therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That the Joint Committee on Government and Finance is hereby requested to study the governance of the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission; and, be it

    Further Resolved, That the Joint Committee on Government and Finance report to the regular session of the Legislature, 2015, on its findings, conclusions and recommendations, together with drafts of any legislation necessary to effectuate its recommendations; and, be it

    Further Resolved, That the expenses necessary to conduct this study, to prepare a report and to draft necessary legislation be paid from legislative appropriations to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance.