H. B. 2195
(By Delegates Fragale, Iaquinta, Eldridge,
Stalnaker and Miley)
[Introduced January 9, 2008; referred to the
Committee on Education then Finance.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2-9a, relating to
requiring that the State School Board ensure that no class
size for grades seven through twelve in public schools shall
be greater than twenty-five students to every one teacher.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2-9a, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 2. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-2-9a. Classroom size requirements for secondary and high
schools in the state.
The state board shall establish rules regarding class size for
all public secondary and high schools in the state. With respect
to classrooms in grades seven through twelve, no class size shall
be greater than a twenty-five to one student to teacher ratio. The state board shall enforce this class size standard on all public
school classes for grades seven through twelve.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require all classes in
grades seven through twelve in public schools to be no larger than
twenty-five students to one teacher.
§18-2-9a is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring
have been omitted.