Chapter 18, Chapter 18

The School Building Authority may by resolution, in accordance with the provisions of this article, issue revenue bonds of the authority from time to time, either to finance the cost of construction projects for public schools in this state, or to refund, at the discretion of the…

Any aggregate savings resulting from the issuance of refunding bonds pursuant to section four of this article shall be retained by the School Building Authority. Any savings shall be utilized solely for the construction and maintenance of schools and may not be used to fund admin…

The School Building Authority is expressly authorized to issue bonds and pay debt service on bonds pursuant to the provisions of this article with funds distributed from the State Excess Lottery Fund under section eighteen-a, article twenty-two, chapter twenty-nine of this code a…

The School Building Authority may by resolution, in accordance with the provisions of this article, temporarily finance the cost of projects and other expenditures permitted under this article for public schools, including, but not limited to, comprehensive high schools and compr…

From the funds available to it the School Building Authority shall maintain a reserve fund in the amount of not less than $600,000 for the purpose of making emergency grants to financially distressed county boards to assist them in making repairs or performing urgent maintenance …

(a) The state board, in consultation with the division of health, shall promulgate rules pursuant to article three-b, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code which require each county board to investigate all reports of indoor air quality problems within the county. The rules shall se…

(a) There is hereby established in the state Treasury a special account designated the School Access Safety Fund. (b) All funds accruing to the authority pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be deposited into the fund and expended in accordance with provisions of this…

(a) The basic foundation allowance to the county for service personnel shall be the amount of money required to pay the annual state minimum salaries in accordance with the provisions of §18A-4-1 et seq. of this code to such service personnel employed, subject to the following: (…

The state superintendent shall formulate and prescribe a uniform system of school district budgeting for the use of all county school districts to include, at least: (1) Itemization schedules for estimating anticipated revenues and receipts of all kinds; (2) Itemization schedules…

(a) On or before May 1 of each year, the authority shall determine the amount of funds available in the School Access Safety Fund for allocation and disbursement during that fiscal year. (b) The authority shall divide the amount of funds available pursuant to subsection (a) of th…

A county board of education shall, on or before the day fixed by the budget calendar, submit its proposed budget to the state superintendent together with such supporting schedules as the state superintendent may require. A county board shall not finally adopt its budget until af…

The total allowance for fixed charges shall be the sum of the following: (1) The sum of the foundation allowance for professional educators and the foundation allowance for other personnel, as determined in sections four, five and eight of this article, multiplied by the current …

The sheriff of each county shall remit to the board of education all moneys in his or her possession held on behalf of the county board of education, whether or not deposited in a bank or depository, unless the sheriff has been designated treasurer of the board of education as pr…

(a) The School Building Capital Improvements Fund is closed and terminated upon the effective date of the 2023 enactment of this section. Any moneys remaining in the fund shall be transferred to the School Construction Fund. (b) There is continued in the State Treasury a special …

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, when it appears to any of the various county boards of education that funds on deposit in its demand deposit account exceed the current requirements or demands, and it further be determined by the treasurer for such county board o…

(a) The total teachers retirement fund allowance is the sum of the basic foundation allowance for professional educators, the basic foundation allowance for professional student support personnel and the basic foundation allowance for service personnel, as provided in §18-9A-4, §…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of the code to the contrary, the county board shall not be required to submit its budget for approval by the state superintendent as provided by §18-9B-6 and §18-9B-7 of this code, until the 10th day next following the state superintendent’s t…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, and in an effort to enhance school access safety, the design and construction of any new school building receiving funds from the authority shall comply with the school access safety standards established by th…

(a) The allowance in the foundation school program for each county for transportation is the sum of the following computations: (1) A percentage of the transportation costs incurred by the county for maintenance, operation and related costs exclusive of all salaries, including th…

The authority may fix and collect a rental fee for the use of all or any part of a capital improvement project completed under this article to provide revenues for deposit in the School Construction Fund to pay, in whole or in part, the principal of, interest and redemption premi…

The state superintendent, before giving his or her final approval to a proposed budget, shall require that: (1) Estimates of revenue and receipts are reasonable and accurate; (2) Amounts are budgeted so as to cover actual requirements of school operation; and (3) Amounts are budg…

If the state superintendent finds that the proposed budget for a county will not maintain the proposed educational program as well as other financial obligations of their county board of education, he or she may require that the budget be revised, but in no case shall he or she p…

(a) The maximum aggregate amount of bonds outstanding at any time, for which the moneys in the School Building Debt Service Fund or the Excess Lottery School Building Debt Service Fund are to be pledged, is $500 million; however, any amount of bonds for which moneys have been dep…

The authority shall report to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability regarding its duties under this article, including but not limited to: (1) County school access safety plans or annual plan updates; (2) Allocations, transfers, and disbursements of Sch…

(a) Until the 2019-2020 fiscal year, the basic foundation allowance to the county for professional student support personnel shall be the same amount of money as in the 2013 fiscal year, plus any additional amount of funding necessary to cover any increases in the State Minimum S…

The state superintendent shall formulate the requirements of a uniform system of management accounting for the use of county school districts. The requirements shall include at least: (1) The accrual accounting of all revenues and other receipts from whatever source; (2) The acco…

The issuance of revenue refunding bonds under the provisions of this article shall be authorized by resolution of the School Building Authority and shall otherwise be subject to the limitations, conditions, and provisions of other revenue bonds under this article. The revenue ref…

The total allowance for other current expense and substitute employees is the sum of the following: (1) For current expense: (A) The non-salary related expenditures for operations and maintenance, exclusive of expenditures reported in special revenue funds, for the latest availab…

(a) The state board in conjunction with the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management shall promulgate by December 31, 2011, a legislative rule in accordance with article three-b, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, and if necessary may promulgate an emergency rule i…

(a) The state board in conjunction with the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management shall promulgate by December 31, 2026, a legislative rule in accordance with §29A-3B-1 et seq. of this code, and if necessary may promulgate an emergency rule in accordance with tha…

The compact for education is hereby enacted into law and entered into by the State of West Virginia with any and all states legally joining therein in accordance with its terms, in the form substantially as follows: COMPACT FOR EDUCATION Article I. Purpose and Policy A. It is the…

The Legislature finds that the use of interactive display terminals by state agencies is becoming a widespread means of access for employees and the public to obtain information available electronically, but that presentation of electronic data solely in a visual format is a barr…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "West Virginia Independent Living Act".

This article is known and may be cited as the "Disability History Week Act."

Rapid technological advances, the advent of a global economy, changing demographics and restructuring of the traditional workplace have dictated changes in educational programs designed to prepare work force entrants and incumbents. More emphasis must be placed on the transfer of…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Students’ Right-to-Know Act.

The state of West Virginia hereby renews its assent to the provisions and purposes of the act of Congress of July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled "An act donating public lands to the several states and territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agr…

(a) Effective July 1, 2018, the West Virginia Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Fund Board as created by the prior enactment of this article is abolished and its powers and duties are transferred to the West Virginia Department of Health in accordance with §9-…

(a) The purpose of this compact is to facilitate the interstate practice of school psychology in educational or school settings, and in so doing to improve the availability of school psychological services to the public. This compact is intended to establish a pathway to allow sc…

The following compact is hereby approved and ratified, and the State of West Virginia is hereby declared to be a party thereto, subject to the approval of other states now parties to the compact, and all agreements, covenants and obligations therein shall be binding upon the Stat…

As used in this article and §18-10B-1 et seq. of this code: (1) “State board” means the Secretary of the Department of Commerce, or where required by federal law, the board, commission or council designated by the Secretary of the Department of Commerce to oversee certain functio…

The interstate compact on qualifications of educational personnel is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all jurisdictions legally joining therein, in the form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE COMPACT ON QUALIFICATIONS OF EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL Article I. Purpose, Fi…

(a) The West Virginia Legislature acknowledges that persons with severe disabilities can be productive, contributing members of the community, and that supported employment is a way of accomplishing the goal of employment for many persons with severe disabilities. (b) If persons …

It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state and the purposes of this article to provide blind and severely disabled persons with the maximum opportunities for remunerative employment and for training for such employment; to enlarge the economic opportunities of the blind…

As used in this article: (1) "Vocational rehabilitation facility" means a facility which is operated for the primary purpose of providing vocational rehabilitation services to, or gainful employment for, handicapped individuals, or, for providing evaluation and work adjustment se…

This article may be known and cited as the "Ron Yost Personal Assistance Services Act."

This article may be cited as the "Blind Persons" Literacy Rights and Education Act."

This article is known and may be cited as the “Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children”.

(a) Oversight; (1) The executive and judicial branches of the State government in each member state shall enforce this compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to implement the compact. (2) Venue is proper and judicial proceedings by or against the commission shall …

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, the Director may allow school groups and other youth or civic organizations or groups to use state vocational rehabilitation facilities and shall charge and collect a reasonable rent for the facilities: Provided, T…