H. B. 2384


(By Delegates Heck, Hubbard and Leach)
[Introduced March 4, 1997; referred to the
Committee on Education then Finance.]




A BILL to amend and reenact section seven, article four, chapter eighteen-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to benefits for substitute teachers teaching in excess of thirty days in the same position; health insurance provided; suspension and dismissal rights granted.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section seven, article four, chapter eighteen-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4. SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER BENEFITS.

§18A-4-7. Substitute teachers pay; benefits.

The pay of a substitute teacher shall not be less than eighty percent of the daily rate of the state basic salary paid to teachers: Provided, That any substitute teacher who teaches in excess of ten consecutive instructional days in the same position shall, thereafter, not be paid less than eighty percent of the daily rate of the state advanced salary based upon teaching experience: Provided, however, That any substitute teacher who teaches in excess of thirty days in the same position shall be paid the daily rate of the advanced salary, within that teacher's county.
Any substitute teacher who teaches in excess of thirty days in the same position shall receive health care benefits as are provided regular teaching personnel as long as he or she continues to teach in that position, and shall have all rights pertaining to suspension and dismissal as are granted to regular teaching personnel in sections seven and eight, article two of this chapter.


NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide health insurance benefits and to grant certain rights pertaining to suspension and dismissal to substitute teachers who teach in the same position longer than thirty days.

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