HB5262 S FIN AMT #1 3-5

Hager  7871

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

Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill 5262— A Bill to amend and reenact §18-5-18b of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend said code by adding thereto two new sections, designated §18-20-12 and §18-20-13; to amend and reenact §18A-1-1 of said code; to amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designated §18A-2A-1; and to amend and reenact §18A-5-1c of said code; all relating generally to the rights of certain school professional personnel; providing that school counselors may not perform certain duties without written agreement; requiring school counselors to participate in certain training; requiring that school counselors be afforded the protections set forth in the Teachers Bill of Rights; limiting the student/instructor ratio in self-contained and resource classrooms, as well as any special education environment; allowing for a two-week waiver with the understanding that the local county board is responsible to remediate the situation while compensating the teacher with overage pay provided by the county per county funds; allowing the district upon agreement of the teacher to submit a waiver to the state board of education if the district is unable to find an additional classroom teacher; prohibiting county from submitting a waiver to exceed a certain limit of students without the written consent of the special education instructor; providing that county may not allow more than three students over the limit, even with the additional pay for the teacher; requiring that special education teachers be afforded the protections set forth in the Teachers Bill of Rights; defining “school counselor” and removing obsolete definition; defining supplemental duty; requiring each classroom teacher, full-time counselor, and full-time librarian to be provided with a calendar that specifies the days each employee is expected to work for that school year; requiring that any duty exceeding the eight hour contracted day be by agreement with the employee unless the duty is the result of an anticipated emergency; requiring minimum payment of the employee’s hourly rate in excess of eight hours; requiring overtime pay to be by agreement and approved by the county superintendent or designee; clarifying reference to discipline codes; and stating that rights of teachers as otherwise set forth in the Teachers Bill of Rights are applicable for the purposes of section establishing the Bill of Rights and Responsibilities for Students and School Personnel.

Adopted

Rejected