2023 regular session

House Bill 2320

By Delegates Toney and Brooks

[Introduced January 11, 2023; Referred to the Committee on Education then Finance]

A BILL to amend and reenact §18A-2-13 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to changing the recommended guidelines for full-day and half-day cooks to the minimum ratio of one cook for every 110 meals prepared and served.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 2. SCHOOL PERSONNEL.

§18A-2-13. Recommended guidelines for full-day and half-day cooks.

The following guidelines are optional guidelines mandatory that county boards may shall use when scheduling full-day and half-day cooks:

Number of Number of Average Number of

Meals Cooks Meals Served Per

Cook's Hours Worked

1-90 1-110 1 12.00 14.67

91-135 111-166 1.5 12.00 14.67

136-180 167-222 2 12.00 14.67

181-225 223-278 2.5 12.00 14.67

226-270 279-334 3 12.00 14.67

271-315 335-390 3.5 12.00 14.67

316-360 391-446 4 12.00 14.67

361-405 447-558 4.5 12.00 14.67

406-450 559-614 5 12.00 14.67

451-495 615-670 5.5 12.00 14.67

496-540 671-726 6 12.00 14.67

541-585 727-782 6.5 12.00 14.67

586-630 783-838 7 12.00 14.67

631-675 839-894 7.5 12.00 14.67

676-720 895-950 8 12.00 14.67

721-765 951-1006 8.5 12.00 14.67

766-810 1007-1062 9 12.00 14.67

811-855 1063-1118 9.5 12.00 14.67

856-900 1119-1194 10 12.00 14.67

A meal prepared for a school lunch shall be established as a whole meal. Other meals shall be equal to three fourths of a school lunch meal.

Beginning with the school year 2023-2024, the minimum ratio of school cooks shall be one cook for every 110 meals prepared and served.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to change the minimum ration of school cooks to one cook for every 110 meals prepared and served.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.