COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 537
(By Senators Unger, Craigo, Kessler, Snyder and Edgell)
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[Originating in the Committee Education;
reported March 30, 2001.]
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A BILL to amend article four, chapter eighteen-a of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
twenty, relating to providing moving expenses for teachers who
meet certain criteria.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article four, chapter eighteen-a of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty,
to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4. SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER BENEFITS.
§18A-4-20. Moving expenses allowed for teachers laid off in counties due to lack of need.
(a) There is hereby established within the existing 0313
account a line to be titled "Relocation Expenses".
(b) From the funds in the "Relocation Expenses" account, the
department of education may pay the moving expenses for a teacher
who meets the following criteria:
(1) The teacher's position was eliminated as part of a
reduction in force by a West Virginia county school board;
(2) The teacher has secured employment for a West Virginia
county school board in another county;
(3) The teacher has moved his or her residence to the West
Virginia county in which he or she has gained employment or to an
adjacent county in West Virginia;
(4) The teacher is to be employed in a county where shortages
exist either in numbers of teachers or in subject matter areas as
determined by the state board; and
(5) As a result of the new employment, it would be impractical
for the teacher to maintain his or her previous residence.
(c) The reimbursement shall be for actual expenses and shall
not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars, subject to the
availability of funds.
(d) The state board shall promulgate a rule pursuant to the
provisions of article three-b, chapter twenty-nine-a that implements the provisions of this section. The rule shall include,
but is not limited to:
(1) Standards sufficient to define and measure the criteria
set forth in subsection (b) of this section; and
(2) A procedure for allocating the funds if the funds
appropriated are insufficient.
(e) Nothing in this section shall require any level of
appropriation by the Legislature.
(f) The state board shall report to the Legislature by the
first day of January of each year on the number of teachers being
reimbursed.
(g) This section shall expire on the first day of July, two
thousand four unless continued by the Legislature.
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