H. B. 2384
(By Delegates Heck, Hubbard and Leach)
[Introduced March 4, 1997; referred to the
Committee on Education then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section seven, article four, chapter
eighteen-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to benefits for
substitute teachers teaching in excess of thirty days in the
same position; health insurance provided; suspension and
dismissal rights granted.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section seven, article four, chapter eighteen-a of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4. SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER BENEFITS.
§18A-4-7. Substitute teachers pay; benefits.
The pay of a substitute teacher shall not be less than eighty
percent of the daily rate of the state basic salary paid to teachers:
Provided, That any substitute teacher who teaches in
excess of ten consecutive instructional days in the same position
shall, thereafter, not be paid less than eighty percent of the
daily rate of the state advanced salary based upon teaching
experience:
Provided, however, That any substitute teacher who
teaches in excess of thirty days in the same position shall be
paid the daily rate of the advanced salary, within that teacher's
county.
Any substitute teacher who teaches in excess of thirty days in
the same position shall receive health care benefits as are
provided regular teaching personnel as long as he or she
continues to teach in that position, and shall have all rights
pertaining to suspension and dismissal as are granted to regular
teaching personnel in sections seven and eight, article two of
this chapter.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide health insurance
benefits and to grant certain rights pertaining to suspension and
dismissal to substitute teachers who teach in the same position
longer than thirty days.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that
would be added.