HB5262 SFAT GRADY #1 3-9

Stewart  7853

Senator Grady 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 a new section, designated §18-20-12; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designated §18A-2A-1; 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; 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 or federal 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; 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 supplemental duty exceeding the eight hour contracted day be by agreement with the employee unless the duty is the result of an anticipated emergency; and requiring overtime pay to be by agreement and approved by the county superintendent or designee.

Adopted

Rejected