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Senate Bill 546 History
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Senate Bill No. 546
(By Senators Green, Unger, Williams, D. Hall and Beach)
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[Introduced March 15, 2013; referred to the Committee on
Education; and then to the Committee on the Judiciary .]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §18-2-4 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to requiring the appointment of the
State Superintendent of Schools be with the advice and consent
of the Senate.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18-2-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-2-4. Organization; appointment of State Superintendent of
Schools; appointment and duties of secretary.
(a) At its first regular meeting in every year the state board
shall elect one of its members as president, who may serve an
unlimited number of terms, but no more than two consecutive terms,
and one as vice president of the board.
(b) The state board shall appoint, subject to the advice and
consent of the Senate, a State Superintendent of Schools. The State
Superintendent shall be is the chief executive officer of the state
board and, subject to its direction, shall execute its policies.
(c) The state board shall appoint a secretary and fix the
secretary's salary to be paid out of the General School Fund upon
warrants drawn by the State Superintendent. The secretary shall
keep a record of the proceedings of the state board and shall
perform such other duties as it may prescribe.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require the appointment
of the State Superintendent of Schools be with the advice and
consent of the Senate.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.