WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2023 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 2231
By Delegate Foster
[Introduced January 11, 2023; Referred to the Committee on Education]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto two new sections, designated §18A-4-2d, and §18A-4-4a, all relating to teacher salary enhancement; requiring that to qualify for certain additional salary provisions, the teacher’s earned master’s degree or graduate work toward or following obtaining a master’s degree, shall be in the field in which the teacher is teaching.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
In order to receive additional salary as specified in §18A-4-2 of this code for having completed an increment of work toward a master’s degree, for obtaining the degree, or for work following the degree, the teacher shall have completed the work in the field in which the teacher is teaching.
In order to qualify for advanced salary classification provided in §18A-4-4 of this code, the teacher shall have earned the additional semester hours or completed the degree in the specialized field.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that teachers have advanced credit hours in work toward or completion of a master’s degree in their teaching field in order to receive additional salary for master’s degree work.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.