HB4171 H ED HFAT

WEBB 3336

The Committee on Education moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. House Bill No. 4171 -- A BILL to amend and reenact §18-5-45 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to primary and secondary school instructional terms; removing the word “separate” throughout the section as it relates to the number of instructional days in the school calendar; requiring that the instructional term for students begin no earlier than August 10 and end no later than June 10, except for schools operating on a balanced calendar; removing preparation for opening and closing school from mandatory list of areas for which remaining noninstructional days may be designated by county school board; designating one noninstructional day for teachers as a preparation day; allowing teacher preparation day to be used for other purposes only at teacher’s discretion; increasing number of two-hour blocks for faculty senate meetings from four to six; removing requirement that faculty senate meetings be held once every forty-five days; permitting accrued minutes to be used for lost instructional days; designating time frames within which faculty senate meetings may take place; requiring county boards to first use accrued minutes for early dismissals and late arrivals and requiring that any reimagining student instructional days be exhausted prior to using accrued minutes for lost instructional days.

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