§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 […]
§18A-5-1a. Possessing Deadly Weapons on Premises of Educational Facilities; Possessing a Controlled Substance on Premises of Educational Facilities; Assaults and Batteries Committed by Students Upon Teachers or Other School Personnel; Temporary Suspension, Hearing; Procedure, Notice and Formal Hearing; Extended Suspension; Sale of Narcotic; Expulsion; Exception; Alternative Education
(a) A principal shall suspend a student from school or from transportation to or from the school on any school bus if the student, in the determination of the principal after an informal hearing pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, has: (i) Violated the provisions of subsection (b), section fifteen, article two, chapter sixty-one […]
§18A-5-1b. Alternative Procedures for Expulsion Hearings by County Boards
The county boards may employ a hearing examiner to conduct the expulsion hearings required by this article. The hearing examiner shall be an attorney, duly licensed to practice law in the State of West Virginia and shall not be employed by the state or county boards for any other reason. The hearing examiner shall conduct […]