SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 99

(By Senators Walters, Barnes, Blair, Boley, Carmichael, Chafin, Cole, Fitzsimmons, D. Hall, M. Hall, Jenkins, McCabe, Nohe, Palumbo, Snyder, Sypolt, Williams, Tucker and Yost)

Requesting the Joint Standing Committee on Education study the ratio of elementary and secondary school students to administrators and compare those ratios to those of the other forty-nine states.

    Whereas, Education, especially elementary and secondary education, is singularly important in the preparation of a student’s ability to participate and prosper in the modern global economy; and

    Whereas, Resources dedicated to sustaining and improving the state’s educational system should, as much as possible, directly support and benefit student learning in the classroom; and

    Whereas, In order to thoroughly consider and deliberate future education-related legislation, the Legislature requires that sufficient fact-based data be available; therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That the Joint Standing Committee on Education study the ratio of elementary and secondary school students to administrators and compare those ratios to those of the other forty-nine states; and, be it

    Further Resolved, That the Joint Standing Committee on Education report to the regular session of the Legislature, 2015, on its findings, conclusions and recommendations, together with drafts of any legislation necessary to effectuate its recommendations; and, be it

    Further Resolved, That the expenses necessary to conduct this study, to prepare a report and to draft necessary legislation be paid from legislative appropriations to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance.