Senate Bill No. 73

(By Senator Yost)

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[Introduced January 14, 2015; referred to the Committee on Education; and then to the Committee on Finance.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact §18A-2-13 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to establishing cook-meal ratios for full-day and half-day cooks in schools.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

            That §18A-2-13 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 2. SCHOOL PERSONNEL.

§18A-2-13. Cook-meal ratios for full-day and half-day cooks.

            The following guidelines are optional guidelines that county boards may use cook-meal ratios shall be used by county boards when scheduling full-day and half-day cooks:

            Number of                   Number of                               Average Number of

            Meals                          Cooks                                      Meals Served Per

                                                                                                Cook's Hours Worked

            1-90                            1                                              12.00

            91-135                        1.5                                           12.00

            136-180                      2                                              12.00

            181-225                      2.5                                           12.00

            226-270                      3                                              12.00

            271-315                      3.5                                           12.00

            316-360                      4                                              12.00

            361-405                      4.5                                           12.00

            406-450                      5                                              12.00

            451-495                      5.5                                           12.00

            496-540                      6                                              12.00

            541-585                      6.5                                           12.00

            586-630                      7                                              12.00

            631-675                      7.5                                           12.00

            676-720                      8                                              12.00

            721-765                      8.5                                           12.00

            766-810                      9                                              12.00

            811-855                      9.5                                           12.00

            856-900                      10                                            12.00

            1-125                          1                                              16.67

            126-188                      1.5                                           16.67

            189-250                      2                                              16.67

            251-313                      2.5                                           16.67

            314-375                      3                                              16.67

            376-438                      3.5                                           16.67

            439-500                      4                                              16.67

            501-563                      4.5                                           16.67

            564-625                      5                                              16.67

            626-688                      5.5                                           16.67

            689-750                      6                                              16.67

            751-813                      6.5                                           16.67

            814-875                      7                                              16.67

            876-938                      7.5                                           16.67

            939-1000                    8                                              16.67

            1001-1063                  8.5                                           16.67

            1064-1125                  9                                              16.67

            1126-1188                  9.5                                           16.67

            1189-1250                  10                                            16.67

            A meal prepared for a school lunch shall be established as a whole meal. Other meals shall be equal to three fourths of a school lunch meal.

            NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to establish cook-meal ratios for full-day and half-day cooks in schools.

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