§18A-5-2. Holidays; Closing of Schools; Time Lost Because of Such; Special Saturday Classes
(a) Schools shall be closed on Saturdays and on the following days which are designated as legal school holidays: Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Martin Luther King's birthday, Memorial Day and West Virginia Day. Schools also shall be closed on any day on which a primary election, […]
§18A-5-3. Exemption From Jury Service
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, professional personnel and other persons actively engaged in school work in this state shall be required to serve on any jury during the period of his contract with a Board of Education unless excused therefrom by judge of the court. In the case of service on a jury the […]
§18A-5-3a. Answering Witness Subpoenas
Any teacher, principal, supervisor, service personnel or other person employed by a Board of Education who is subpoenaed to appear as a witness but not as a defendant in any criminal proceeding in any court of law may make such appearance without any loss of pay. The board shall pay to such employee the difference […]
§18A-5-1. Authority of Teachers and Other School Personnel; Exclusion of Students Having Infectious Diseases; Suspension or Expulsion of Disorderly Students; Corporal Punishment Abolished
(a) The teacher shall stand in the place of the parent(s), guardian(s) or custodian(s) in exercising authority over the school and has control of all students enrolled in the school from the time they reach the school until they have returned to their respective homes, except that where transportation of students is provided, the driver […]