Senate Bill No. 609
(By Senators Snyder and Unger)
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[Introduced February 23, 2004; referred to the Committee on
Education.]
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A BILL to amend the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2-19, relating to
the state board of education; and board adopting a policy of
full employment reciprocity for qualified teachers and
administrators.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2-19, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 2. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-2-19. Study on creating a policy of full reciprocity for
teaching and administrative personnel.
The West Virginia board of education shall conduct a
comprehensive study upon the feasibility of a policy to move to full reciprocity for all teachers and administrators holding
current, valid certificates or licenses in another state. The state
superintendent shall prepare a written report detailing the
findings, conclusions and recommendations generated by the study to
be presented to the legislative oversight commission on education
accountability by the first day of January, two thousand five.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to secure the results of a
study by the state board of education on adoption of a policy of
full reciprocity between states in hiring qualified teachers and
administrators.
This section
is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.