§18-9D-19. Comprehensive High Schools
(a) The Legislature finds the following: (1) The decline in student enrollment over the last twenty years has necessitated consolidation of schools in many counties;
§18-9D-19a. Comprehensive Middle Schools
(a) The Legislature finds the following: (1) Students learn more through hands on, applied learning activities;
§18-9D-20. Authority to Promulgate Rules; Legislative Authorization; Effective Date of Rules; Technical Deficiencies Waived
(a) The authority is hereby empowered to promulgate, adopt, amend or repeal rules in accordance with the provisions of article three-a, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code. (b) All rules adopted or promulgated by the authority and in effect on June 8, 2007, shall be refiled pursuant to the provisions of article three-a, chapter twenty-nine-a of […]
§18-9D-21. Authorizing Rules of School Building Authority
(a) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on September 27, 2007, relating to the School Building Authority (School Building Authority requirements for Comprehensive Educational Facility Plan rule), is repealed and enrolled as a procedural rule. (b) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on June 26, 2018, relating to the School Building […]
§18-9D-13. Sinking Fund for Payment of Bonds
(a) From the School Building Capital Improvements Fund the School Building Authority shall make periodic payments in an amount sufficient to meet the requirements of any issue of bonds sold under the provisions of this article prior to January 1, 1994, or for refunding bonds issued prior to that date as may be specified in […]
§18-9D-14. Credit of State Not Pledged
No provisions of this article shall be construed to authorize the School Building Authority 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 School Building Authority under the authority herein granted be deemed to be obligations […]
§18-9D-15. Legislative Intent; Allocation of Money Among Categories of Projects; Lease-Purchase Options; Limitation on Time Period for Expenditure of Project Allocation; County Maintenance Budget Requirements; Project Disbursements Over Period of Years; Preference for Multicounty Arrangements; Submission of Project Designs; Set-Aside to Encourage Local Participation; Local Bond Levies
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to empower the School Building Authority to facilitate and provide state funds and to administer all federal funds provided for the construction and major improvement of school facilities so as to meet the educational needs of the people of this state in an efficient and economical manner. […]
§18-9D-16. Authority to Establish Guidelines and Procedures for Facilities and Major Improvement Plans; Guidelines for Modifications and Updates, etc.; Guidelines for Project Evaluation; Submission of Certified List of Projects to Be Funded; Department On-Site Inspection of Facilities; Enforcement of Required Changes or Additions to Project Plans
(a) The authority shall establish guidelines and procedures to promote the intent and purposes of this article and assure the prudent and resourceful expenditure of state funds for projects under this article including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Guidelines and procedures for the facilities plans, school major improvement plans and projects submitted in […]
§18-9D-17. Limitations on Contracts for Sale of Bonds or Other Securities
Parliamentarian's NOTE: In a mandamus proceeding, the Supreme Court of the state declined to issue a writ of mandamus and held that this act violated Section 4, Article X of the Constitution. (State ex rel. Marockie v. Wagoner (1993), 190 W.Va. 467, 438 S.E. 2d 811).
§18-9D-8. Use of Proceeds of Bonds; Bonds Exempt From Taxation
(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 deposited in a sinking fund, reserve fund […]