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Introduced Session

A BILL to amend and reenact §18-5-1a and §18-5-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to adding to topics required to be covered by the county board of education member orientation; requiring that any county board of education member who is unable to attend the initial orientation training for good cause complete a make-up orientation training within 30 days of being sworn in; requiring any appointed member to attend and complete a make-up orientation training within 30 days of being appointed; increasing annual hours of training required of county board of education members; modifying topics required to be covered by training; allowing the State Board of Education to require a county board of education member to attend additional training under certain conditions; including trainings required by the State Board of Education with those trainings for which failure to attend and complete without good cause constitutes neglect of duty; removing January 1 deadline for the requirement that a county board of education member satisfy the annual training requirement in the final year of any four-year term of office and creating exception to that requirement; adding certain non-voting ex officio members to the County Board Member Training Standards Review Committee; requiring the State Superintendent of Schools to report annually to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability certain County Board Member Training Standards Review Committee and county board member training-related information; setting the county board of education member compensation rate at $260 per meeting attended unless the board votes to approve a lower rate; and excepting payment for mileage from the requirement for presentation of receipts.

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Amy Grady (R)*,  Vince Deeds (R),  Mike Woelfel (D), 

To House Education (on 03/06/2025)

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