H. B. 4053
(By Delegate Mezzatesta)
[Introduced January 16, 2004; referred to the
Committee on Education then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §18-2-3Bill Title of the code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to the compensation of members of
the West Virginia board of education. Title Language
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18-2-3Enacting Section of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-2-3. Meetings; compensation and expenses of members.
The state board shall hold at least six meetings in every year
at such times and places as it may prescribe. It may meet at such
other times as may be necessary, such meetings to be held upon its
own resolution or at the call of the president of the state board.
The members of the state board, other than the ex officio members
of the board, shall be paid one hundred dollars per diem each day or any part thereof spent in five hundred dollars per month for
the
performance of their duties under this article, and shall be
reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses actually
incurred incident to the performance of their duties. The state
superintendent of schools, the chancellor of the board of trustees
and the chancellor of the board of directors shall be reimbursed
for such expenses, but shall may not receive a per diem allowance.
Upon presentation of itemized sworn statements, the per diem and
reimbursement payments shall be made from appropriations made by
the Legislature to the state board.
Note: The purpose of this bill is to change the rate of
compensation of members of the State Board of Education from $100
per day spent in the performance of their duties to $500 per month.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.