Senate Bill No. 140

(By Senators K. Facemyer and D. Facemire)

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[Introduced January 11, 2012; 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 §18A-2-15, relating to school personnel; and requiring boards of education to hire the most qualified person for extracurricular activities.

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 §18A-2-15, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 2. SCHOOL PERSONNEL.

§18A-2-15. Hiring for extracurricular activities.

    The board shall hire the most qualified person for the supervision and regulation of all extracurricular activities of the students in public schools.

    NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require boards of education to hire the most qualified person for extracurricular activities.

    This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.