Chapter 18, Chapter 18

Nothing contained in this article shall be deemed or construed to waive or abrogate in any way the sovereign immunity of the state or to deprive the board, the university or any officer or employee thereof of sovereign immunity.

Obligations of the corporation and the system shall not constitute debts or obligations of the university, the board or the state.

The board may enter into an agreement or agreements with any trust company, or with any bank having the powers of a trust company, either within or outside the state, as trustee for the holders of bonds issued hereunder, setting forth therein such duties of the board in respect t…

The powers conferred by this article shall be in addition and supplemental to the existing powers of the board of Governors. The provisions of any other law or laws conflicting with the provisions of this article shall be and the same are hereby superseded to the extent of any su…

The board is authorized and empowered to accept loans or grants or temporary advances for the purpose of paying part or all of the cost of constructing, reconstructing, remodeling, repairing, improving, extending, equipping or furnishing the football stadium, the athletic facilit…

The board is authorized and empowered to accept loans or grants or temporary advances for the purpose of paying part or all of the cost of constructing, reconstructing, remodeling, repairing, improving, extending, equipping or furnishing the football stadium or other athletic fac…

Any agreements entered into between the system and any county hospital, municipal hospital or hospital created by special act of the Legislature shall be subject to the provisions of section three-a, article twenty-three, chapter eight of this code. No agreements entered into by …

From the special university capital improvements fund the board shall, subject only to the prior lien thereon of the outstanding bonds heretofore issued pursuant to the provisions of article eleven-a of this chapter, make periodic payments to the state sinking fund commission in …

The state pledges and agrees with the holders of any bonds or notes issued under this article that the state will not limit or alter the rights vested in the board to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders thereof, or in any way impair the rights and remedies o…

The sections of this article, and the provisions and parts of said sections, are severable, and it is the intention to confer the whole or any part of the powers provided for in this article, and, if any of said sections, or the provisions or parts of any said sections, or the ap…

The state pledges and agrees with the holders of any bonds or notes issued under this article that the state will not limit or alter the rights vested in the board to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders thereof, or in any way impair the rights and remedies o…

The West Virginia board of regents shall have authority, as provided in this article, to issue revenue bonds of the state, not to exceed $8,500,000 in principal amount thereof, which shall be in addition to the revenue bonds heretofore authorized pursuant to this article, to fina…

The West Virginia board of regents shall have authority, as provided in this article, to issue revenue bonds of the state from time to time, either to finance the cost of major renovations, repairs and safety upgrading and providing new capital improvements consisting of faciliti…

No provisions of this article shall be construed to authorize the board of regents at any time or in any manner to pledge the credit or taxing power of the state, nor shall any of the obligations or debts created by the board under the authority herein granted be deemed to be obl…

The Attorney General, or his duly appointed legal representative, shall serve as bond counsel and shall be responsible for the issuance of a final approving opinion regarding the legality of the sale of bonds under this article.

The powers conferred by this article shall be in addition and supplemental to the existing powers of the board of regents. The provisions of any other law or laws conflicting with the provisions of this article shall be and the same are hereby superseded to the extent of any such…

There is created in the State Treasury a state system tuition fee special capital improvements fund to be expended by the board of regents for the benefit of the state institutions of higher education, which shall include any college, university or community college under its sup…

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special nonrevolving Marshall University capital improvements fund. On and after July 1, 1963, or on and after the date of the final payment of all principal of and interest on the revenue bonds heretofore issued pursuant to this ar…

The issuance of bonds under the provisions of this article shall be authorized by a resolution of the board of regents, which resolution shall recite an estimate by the board of the cost of the proposed building or buildings, improvements and land; and shall provide for the issua…

The board of regents shall fix, establish, maintain and collect the tuition fees provided for in section one, article twenty-four, chapter eighteen of this code, from students at all state institutions of higher education other than (unless the board of regents shall otherwise de…

The board may enter into an agreement or agreements with any trust company, or with any bank having the powers of a trust company, either within or outside the state, as trustee for the holders of bonds issued hereunder, setting forth therein such duties of the board in respect t…

The issuance of revenue bonds under the provisions of this article shall be authorized from time to time by resolution or resolutions of the board of regents, which shall set forth the proposed major renovations, repairs and safety upgrading and capital improvements authorized by…

The issuance of revenue refunding bonds under the provisions of this article shall be authorized by resolution of the board of regents and shall otherwise be subject to the limitations, conditions and provisions of section four of this article. Such revenue refunding bonds may be…

From the special Marshall University capital improvements fund the board shall make periodic payments to the state sinking fund commission in an amount sufficient to meet the requirements of any issue of bonds sold under the provisions of this article, as specified in the resolut…

No provisions of this article shall be construed to authorize the board at any time or in any manner to pledge the credit or taxing power of the state, nor shall any of the obligations or debts created by the board under the authority herein granted be deemed to be obligations of…

The board of regents may authorize by one or more resolutions a single issue of bonds for the combined purposes of refunding the outstanding bonds as herein authorized and financing one or more of the major renovations, repairs and safety upgrading and capital improvements herein…

All bonds issued by the board under the provisions of this article shall be exempt from taxation by the State of West Virginia, or by any county, school district or municipality thereof.

The revenue bonds, revenue refunding bonds and bonds issued for combined purposes under the provisions of this article shall, independently of the requirements of any other provision of law and solely by virtue of the provisions of this section, be and have all the qualities and …

The board of regents may enter into an agreement or agreements with any trust company, or with any bank having the powers of a trust company, either within or outside the state, to act as trustee for the holders of bonds issued hereunder, setting forth therein such duties and con…

The powers conferred by this article shall be in addition and supplemental to the existing powers of the Board of Education. The provisions of any other law or laws conflicting with the provisions of this article shall be and the same are hereby superseded to the extent of any su…

From the state system tuition fee special capital improvements fund the board of regents shall make periodic payments to the state sinking fund commission in an amount sufficient to meet the requirements of any issue of bonds sold under the provisions of this article, as may be s…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the West Virginia Anti-hazing Law.

As used in this article: (1) "Hazing" means to cause any action or situation which recklessly or intentionally endangers the mental or physical health or safety of another person or persons or causes another person or persons to destroy or remove public or private property for th…

Any person who causes hazing is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or confined in jail for not more than nine months, or both fined and confined.

(a) Anti-hazing policy. —The governing body of each institution of higher education in this state shall promulgate and enforce anti-hazing rules consistent with this article. (b) Enforcement and penalties. — (1) Each institution shall provide a program for the enforcement of rule…

The West Virginia schools for deaf pupils and blind pupils heretofore established and located at Romney, in Hampshire County, shall be continued and shall be known as the "West Virginia schools for the deaf and the blind." The schools shall be maintained for the care and educatio…

Deaf and/or blind youth residents in the state, between the ages of five and twenty-three, inclusive, shall be enrolled in the schools on application to the superintendent, until the schools are filled. Applicants shall be admitted by the superintendent on the basis of need and d…

All such deaf pupils and blind pupils shall be admitted to the schools without charge for board and tuition. When not otherwise provided with clothing they shall be furnished therewith by the institution while they are pupils therein, and the superintendent shall make out an acco…

The pupils of said schools may continue therein until completion of the prescribed course of study, or a lesser period of time which the condition and progress of the pupils may justify, as determined by the state Board of Education upon recommendation of the school's superintend…

The course of instruction in the institution shall be prescribed by the state Board of Education with the advice of the superintendent, and shall be as extensive in the intellectual, musical, vocational, and prevocational departments as the capacities and interests of the pupils …

In addition to their other duties the county assessors of the state are hereby required to register the names of all deaf persons and blind persons under eighteen years of age in their respective counties, with the degree and cause of deafness and blindness in each case, as far a…

The state Board of Education may, from time to time, sell and transfer such part or portion of the lands comprising the West Virginia schools for the deaf and the blind as the board may deem surplus to the needs of such schools, and shall expend the proceeds therefrom for the mai…

Before entering upon their duties, all teachers shall execute a contract with the state board, which contract shall state the salary to be paid and shall be in the form prescribed by the state superintendent. Every such contract shall be signed by the teacher and by the president…

The state board is authorized to employ such auxiliary and service personnel as is deemed necessary for meeting the needs of the schools for the deaf and blind. Before entering upon their duties such personnel shall execute with the board a written contract which may be in a lett…

(a) In accordance with the following provisions, local educational agencies (LEAs), including all county boards of education, schools and facilities under the supervision of the State board, and public charter schools acting as their own local educational agency (LEA) throughout …

(a) The Legislature finds as follows: (1) Reading difficulties are the most common cause of academic failure and underachievement; (2) There are many students who demonstrate significant weaknesses with reading, writing and mathematics that are influenced by specific learning dis…

(a) A local educational agency (LEA) shall ensure placement of video cameras in self-contained classrooms and audio recording devices in the restrooms of self-contained classrooms as defined in state board policy. (b) As used in this section: (1) "Incident" means a raised suspici…

(a) Self-contained and resource classrooms, as well as any special education environment, shall not have a student/instructor ratio over the current limit provided for in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 2004 and State Board Policy 2419. A two-week waiver may be si…

(a) Each local educational agency (LEA) shall develop a coordinated service delivery plan in accordance with standards for preschool programs for students with disabilities or developmental delays and begin services where plans are already developed with IEPs in place by the stud…

(a) The general education classroom teacher is entitled to the following when a student with exceptional needs is placed into an integrated classroom and the student's individualized education program (IEP) requires curriculum modifications, including delivery of, instruction or …