Senate Bill No. 127
(By Senators Tomblin, Mr. President, and Sprouse,
By Request of the Executive)
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[Introduced January 12, 2006; referred to the Committee
on Education; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §18-9A-8a of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to the foundation allowance for
regional education service agencies.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18-9A-8a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9A. PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPORT.
§18-9A-8a. Foundation allowance for regional educational service
agencies.
For the fiscal year beginning on the first day of July, one
thousand nine hundred ninety-one two thousand seven, and for each
fiscal year thereafter, the foundation allowance for regional
educational service agencies shall be equal to sixty-three
one-hundredths percent of the allocation for professional educators
as determined in section four of this article in an amount appropriated by the Legislature. Provided, That for the fiscal
year beginning on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-four only, the foundation allowance for regional educational
service agencies shall be at least equal to fifty-five
one-hundredths percent of the allocation for professional educators
as determined in section four of this article The allowance shall
be distributed to the regional educational service agencies in
accordance with rules adopted by the state board. The allowance
for regional educational service agencies shall be excluded from
the computation of total basic state aid as provided for in section
twelve of this article.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide that the
foundation allowance for regional educational service agencies
shall be in an amount appropriated by the Legislature.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.