HB5405 S ED AMT #1 3-5

Hager  7871

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. Com. Sub. for House Bill 5405—A Bill to amend and reenact §18-9A-10 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact §18A-3C-3 of said code, all relating to increasing support and professional development for educators; expanding factors used to determine how funds for supporting county-level implementation of the comprehensive systems for teacher and leader induction and professional growth are allocated to the counties; authorizing retention of certain funding for 2024 – 2025 school year by the Department of Education for certain regional professional learning cadres or teacher leadership networks, implementing the Department of Education’s academic initiatives, and to assist teachers who are less than fully certified; requiring up to a certain portion of the retained funding to be distributed to county boards for certain purposes under a grant program to be established by state board rule; specifying minimum contents of rule; requiring county boards to ensure that the results on the comprehensive statewide student assessment for the students taught by each teacher are provided to that teacher; adding to topics to be addressed by the plan for implementation of a comprehensive system of support for improving professional practice; requiring certain additional amounts paid to a teacher be only for the duration of any service provided and not be considered salary for the computation of an annuity under the Teachers Retirement System; and removing requirement for the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability to review the progress of the implementation of the comprehensive systems of support for teacher and leader induction and professional growth and authority to make recommendations to the Legislature.

Adopted

Rejected