H. B. 217
(By Mr. Speaker, (Mr. Thompson) and Delegate Armstead)
[By Request of the Executive]
[Introduced June 24, 2008; referred to the
Committee on Education.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §18A-4-7c of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to requiring county boards filling
summer school program positions to give employment preference
to professional educators who are regularly employed on a
full-time basis.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18A-4-7c of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4. SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER BENEFITS.
§18A-4-7c. Summer employment of professional educators.
A county board shall hire professional educators for positions
in summer school programs in accordance with section thirty-nine,
article five, chapter eighteen of this code or section seven-a of
this article, as applicable, except that a professional educator
who is currently regularly employed by the county board on a full-time basis shall be given employment preference over
applicants who are not current employees regularly employed by the
county board on a full-time basis.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to give applicants who are
regularly employed on a full-time basis employment preference over
other applicants when filling summer school program positions.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.