WEST virginia legislature

2023 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 2516

By Delegates Reynolds, Storch, Cooper, Sheedy, Willis, Jeffries, W. Hall, Nestor, Kelly, Zatezalo, and Ferrell

[Introduced January 12, 2023; Referred to the Committee on Education]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-7A-41, relating to ensuring that coaching days spent by retired teachers are not counted towards a limit on days for retired teachers.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 7A. state teachers retirement system.

§18-7A-41. Retired teachers permitted to coach without time counting toward substitute teaching days.

(a) Legislative findings. – Presently, retired teachers in West Virginia may serve as a coach and as a substitute teacher. However, days spent coaching restrict the number of days that the retired teacher may serve as a substitute teacher. For this reason, there should be an exemption for retired teachers to be permitted to coach without having that time spent coaching count toward the 140-day restriction for substitute teaching.  

(b)  Coaching days exempt from 140-day limit. – Retired teachers shall not have time spent coaching count toward the 140-day restriction for substitute teaching.

(c) Effective date. – This section shall become effective July 1, 2023.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to permit retired teachers to coach without having that time count toward the retired substitute teacher work limit.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.