The Legislature finds and declares that the future of education in this state is dependent upon a plan of financial support for the public schools which provides for a fair and adequate pay scale for teachers sufficient to ensure teacher excellence, as well as adequate financial support for the public schools generally; upon an economic […]
(a) The total allowance to improve instructional programs and instructional technology is the sum of the following: (1) For instructional improvement, in accordance with county and school electronic strategic improvement plans required by 18-2E-5 of this code, an amount equal to 10 percent of the increase in the local share amount for the next school […]
(a) On the basis of each county's certificates of valuation as to all classes of property as determined and published by the assessors pursuant to section six, article three, chapter eleven of this code for the next ensuing fiscal year in reliance upon the assessed values annually developed by each county assessor pursuant to articles […]
(a) The basic foundation program for each county for the fiscal year shall be the sum of the amounts computed in accordance with the provisions of sections four, five, six, seven, eight, nine and ten of this article. On the first working day of July in each year, the State Board shall determine the basic […]
In order to encourage county boards to utilize fully their facilities and to provide county boards with fiscal flexibility, county boards that agree to transfer students to another county pursuant to an agreement approved by the state board after the effective date of this article, pursuant to subsection (19), section thirteen, article five, chapter eighteen […]
(a) To provide for the support of increased net enrollments in the counties in a school year over the net enrollments used in the computation of total state aid for that year, there shall be appropriated for that purpose from the General Revenue Fund an amount to be determined as follows: (1) The state board […]
There is continued a separate school fund to be known as the “general school fund” which shall be administered by the state superintendent. The proceeds from the income of this school fund, and the interest thereon, as provided for under the irreducible school fund amendment to the Constitution shall accrue to the General School Fund […]
Notwithstanding any and all references to the board of school finance as found in article nine-b of this chapter, the West Virginia Board of Education, through its chief executive officer, shall direct and carry out all provisions of said article nine-b.
The state board shall have authority to make such reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary to enable it to carry out the purposes and intent of this article with respect to the allocation of state aid for schools.
Beginning for the school year 2019-2020 and thereafter, each county board shall receive its allocated state aid share of the countys basic foundation program as calculated pursuant to this article in the form of block grants. Notwithstanding other provisions within this article, all funds distributed to a county board in a block grant shall be […]
For the purpose of this article: (a) “State board” means the West Virginia Board of Education. (b) “County board” or “board” means a county board of education. (c) “Professional salaries” means the state legally mandated salaries of the professional educators as provided in §18A-4-1 et seq. of this code. (d) “Professional educator” shall be synonymous […]
The provisions of any section or parts of sections, or articles or parts of articles, of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this article, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
(a) An appropriation may be made to the state department to be distributed to county boards for the operation of alternative education and prevention programs established in accordance with policies and procedures adopted by the state board under section six, article two of this chapter. The appropriation shall be an amount equal to $18 per […]
Any funds appropriated by the Legislature to the Department of Education for distribution to the county boards of education to supplement programs required for Limited English Proficient students as defined by state board policy in accordance with federal law shall be used to supplement a program when the cost of the program exceeds the capacity […]
It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly and intentionally to falsify any enrollment or attendance reports for the purpose of obtaining state funds allocated to a county under the provisions of this article. Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be confined […]
(a) The allowance to the Public Employees Insurance Agency for school employees shall be made in accordance with the following: The number of individuals employed by county boards as professional educators pursuant to section four of this article, plus the number of individuals employed by county boards as service personnel pursuant to section five of […]
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article to the contrary, for fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year thereafter, in addition to all other amounts required by this article, the Department of Education shall include in its budget request, and the Governor shall include in each budget bill submitted to the Legislature, an appropriation […]
The total basic foundation program for the state for any year shall be the sum of the computed costs for the counties in aggregate, as hereinafter determined, for the following: (1) Allowance for professional educators;
(a) The basic foundation allowance to the county for professional educators is the amount of money required to pay the state minimum salaries, in accordance with 18A-4-1 et seq. of this code, subject to the following: (1) In making this computation a county shall receive an allowance for state aid eligible professional educator positions to […]
(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 article four, chapter eighteen-a of this code, to such service personnel employed, subject to the following: (1) A county shall receive an allowance for […]
