§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 […]
§18A-5-1c. Bill of Rights and Responsibilities for Students and School Personnel
(a) The Legislature finds that: (1) The mission of public schools is to prepare students for equal and responsible citizenship and productive adulthood;
§18A-5-1d. Return to School Through Juvenile Drug Court for Certain Students
(a) When a student is expelled from school pursuant to §18A-5-1a of this code, the county board, county superintendent, or principal for the school from which the student was expelled or the parent, guardian, or custodian may refer the student to a Juvenile Drug Court, operated pursuant to §49-4-703 of this code. Upon referral, the […]
§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-4-17. Health and Other Facility Employee Salaries
(a) The minimum salary scale for professional personnel and service personnel employed by the state Department of Education to provide education and support services to residents of state Department of Health and Human Resources facilities, corrections facilities providing services to juvenile and youthful offenders, in the West Virginia schools for the deaf and the blind […]
§18A-4-18. Department of Education Certified Staff Salaries
(a) Personnel employed by the state Department of Education who are required to hold a teaching certificate shall receive a salary that is at least equal to the salary paid to comparable professional personnel employed by the county board in the county in which their office is located, minus the $600 authorized pursuant to section […]