Senate Bill No. 573

(By Senators Yost, Edgell D. Hall, Kirkendoll, Stollings, Tucker, Fitzsimmons and Cookman)

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[Introduced February 13, 2014; referred to the Committee on Education; and then to the Committee on Finance.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact §18A-2-13 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to establishing cook-meal ratios for full-day and half-day cooks in schools.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That §18A-2-13 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 2. SCHOOL PERSONNEL.

§18A-2-13. Cook-meal ratios for full-day and half-day cooks.

    The following guidelines are optional guidelines that county boards may use cook-meal ratios shall be used by county boards when scheduling full-day and half-day cooks:

    Number of     Number of          Average Number of

    Meals         Cooks              Meals Served Per

                                       Cook's Hours Worked

    1-90          1                  12.00

    91-135        1.5                12.00

    136-180       2                  12.00

    181-225       2.5                12.00

    226-270       3                  12.00

    271-315       3.5                12.00

    316-360       4                  12.00

    361-405       4.5                12.00

    406-450       5                  12.00

    451-495       5.5                12.00

    496-540       6                  12.00

    541-585       6.5                12.00

    586-630       7                  12.00

    631-675       7.5                12.00

    676-720       8                  12.00

    721-765       8.5                12.00

    766-810       9                  12.00

    811-855       9.5                12.00

    856-900       10                 12.00

    1-125         1                  16.67

    126-188       1.5                16.67

    189-250       2                  16.67

    251-313       2.5                16.67

    314-375       3                  16.67

    376-438       3.5                16.67

    439-500       4                  16.67

    501-563       4.5                16.67

    564-625       5                  16.67

    626-688       5.5                16.67

    689-750       6                  16.67

    751-813       6.5                16.67

    814-875       7                  16.67

    876-938       7.5                16.67

    939-1000      8                  16.67

    1001-1063     8.5                16.67

    1064-1125     9                  16.67

    1126-1188     9.5                16.67

    1189-1250     10                 16.67

    A meal prepared for a school lunch shall be established as a whole meal. Other meals shall be equal to three fourths of a school lunch meal.

    NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to establish cook-meal ratios for full-day and half-day cooks in schools.

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