WEST virginia legislature

2019 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 2639

By Delegate Jeffries, J., Jeffries, D., Worrell, Pack, Steele, Foster, Waxman, Kump, McGeehan, Wilson and Maynard

[Introduced January 24, 2019; Referred
to the Committee on Education then Finance.]

A BILL to amend and reenact §18-4-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to placing a limit on the salary of a county superintendent of schools.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 4. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.

§18-4-4. Compensation.

On or before June 1 of the year in which the superintendent is appointed, the board shall fix the annual salary of the superintendent for the period of appointment for the term beginning on the following July 1. The board shall pay the salary from the general current expense fund of the district. The salary of any superintendent may not exceed $130,000.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to cap the salary of a county superintendent of schools at $130,000.

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