WEST virginia legislature
2017 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 2950
By Delegate Kessinger
[Introduced March 13, 2017;
Referred
to the Committee on Education.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §18-3-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to requiring the State Superintendent of Schools to have a terminal degree.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18-3-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
§18-3-1. Appointment; qualifications; compensation; traveling expenses; office and residence; evaluation.
There shall be appointed by
the state board a State Superintendent of Schools who serves at the will and
pleasure of the state board. He or she shall be a person of good moral
character, shall be able to perform the duties listed in this article and
possess such other educational, administrative, experiential and other
qualifications as determined by the State Board of Education. He or she shall
hold at least a master's a terminal degree from a regionally
accredited institution of higher education or equivalent degree as determined
by the state board. He or she shall receive an annual salary set by the state
board, to be paid monthly. The state superintendent also shall receive
necessary traveling expenses incident to the performance of his or her duties
to be paid out of the General School Fund upon warrants of the State Auditor.
The state superintendent shall have his or her office at the State Capitol. The
state board shall report to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education
Accountability upon request concerning its progress during any hiring process
for a state superintendent.
The state board annually shall evaluate the performance of the state superintendent and publicly announce the results of the evaluation.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require the State Superintendent of Schools to have a terminal degree.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.