HB4228 S ED AMT

M.J. White, 7915

    The Committee on Education moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

    Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill No. 4228--A Bill to repeal §11-8-16a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to repeal §18-2-17 of said code; to repeal §18-2E-5b and §18-2E-8b of said code; to repeal §18-2G-1, §18-2G-2 and §18-2G-3 of said code; to repeal §18-5-15e and §18-5-38 of said code; to repeal §18-7-1, §18-7-2 and §18-7-3 of said code; to repeal §18-9A-6b, §18-9A-14a and §18-9A-19 of said code; to repeal §18-9C-1, §18-9C-2, §18-9C-3, §18-9C-4, §18-9C-5, §18-9C-6, §18-9C-7 and §18-9C-8 of said code; to repeal §18A-3-1c and §18A-3-1d of said code; to repeal §18A-4-10b and §18A-4-14a of said code; to amend and reenact §18-2-5a and §18-2-13 of said code; to amend and reenact §18-2E-7 of said code; to amend and reenact §18-8-1a of said code; and to amend and reenact §18A-2-12 of said code, all relating to repealing or removing certain portions of education-related statutes that are no longer applicable or are expired; repealing the authorization for county boards of education with an excess levy in effect prior to Better Schools Amendment to propose an additional excess levy not exceeding one hundred percent and a period of five years; repealing an expired pilot program for the delivery of leftover foods from schools and penal institutions; repealing expired provisions for review of system of education performance audits; repealing an expired requirement for audit of state board policies; repealing the library media improvement grant program; repealing an expired requirement for study on school equity; repealing an expired provision governing county board meetings; repealing an adult literacy education program financed, in part, by a voluntary state income tax return check-off; repealing the appropriation and allocation, up to $7 million, due to the increase in local share to Teachers Retirement System; repealing the incentive for administrative efficiency in public schools and its associated funding to the county boards of education; repealing a requirement for county boards of education to request funds to which they may be entitled; repealing the Better School Buildings Amendment and associated funding to county boards of education; repealing an expired study on training, certification, licensure and retraining of teachers; repealing a study of alternative certification programs that was required to be submitted to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability by December 31, 2013; repealing the requirement to record and distribute exemplary teaching techniques and its associated bonuses to certain teachers; repealing an expired study on daily planning periods; providing that the State Board of Education need only file a single copy of a proposed rule with the Legislative Oversight Commission; removing the requirement that the State Board of Education contract with an independent agency to evaluate the results of character education and biannual reporting; changing the requirement from a school-by-school to a countywide plan for provision of technology and services to students as part of the twenty-first century strategic learning plan; removing the requirement for semiannual reporting on the effect of the increased compulsory attendance age of students and the progress the state and county boards have made in implementing its associated requirements; and clarifying that the written evaluation system for employment performance of personnel must be conducted at least annually on professional personnel and removing related transitional language.

Adopted

Rejected