§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-4-21. Posting of Position Opening Following Death of Incumbent
A county board may not declare a position vacant and post a job opening sooner than ten days following the death of an individual employed in that position.
§18A-4-22. Prohibition on Aiding and Abetting Sexual Abuse
(a) No school personnel, contractor or agent, or any employee of any state, regional or local educational agency including any employee of a public or private school, may assist an individual employed as school personnel, a contractor or an agent in obtaining a new job if the individual or agency knows, or has probable cause […]
§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-4-11. Group Insurance
Whenever a majority of the full-time instructional and administrative employees of a county or state Board of Education, or a majority of the full-time nonteaching employees of such board shall indicate in writing to the board of Education that it has adopted a group plan or plans of insurance for life, health and accident, hospitalization […]
§18A-4-12. Tax Deferred Investments for Teachers and Other Employees
For the purpose of this section, when an employee shall have attained the age of eighteen years the said employee may be eligible to participate in the defined group plans. A county board of education, the Teachers Retirement Board and the West Virginia Board of Education and their agencies may provide by written agreement between […]