SB 127 Text

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 127
(By Senators Tomblin, Mr. President, and Sprouse,
By Request of the Executive)
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[Originating in the Committee on Education;
reported February 15, 2006.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §18-2-15a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact §18-9A-8a of said code, all relating to regional education service agencies; study by the State Superintendent of Schools; and foundation allowance for regional education service agencies.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18-2-15a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted; and that §18-9A-8a of said code be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:

ARTICLE 2. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION .

§18-2-15a. Comprehensive study of regional education service agencies.

(a) The state superintendent shall conduct a comprehensive study of the programs, governance and administration of the regional education service agencies established pursuant to section twenty-six of this article.
(b) The study includes, but is not limited to, the following:
(1) Powers and duties of state board and state superintendent relating to regional education service agencies;
(2) Qualifications and procedures for selection of agency executive directors;
(3) Selection and supervision of agency staff;
(4) Development of agency budget;
(5) Oversight of agency purchasing and auditing procedures;
(6) Development of programs and delivery of services; and
(7) Procedures to ensure fiscal and programmatic accountability.
(c) The state superintendent shall report findings generated by the study , together with recommendations and any legislation necessary to effectuate the recommendations , to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability by the first day of December, two thousand six.
ARTICLE 9A. PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPORT.
§18-9A-8a. Foundation allowance for regional education service agencies.

For the fiscal year beginning on the first day of July, ~~one thousand nine hundred ninety-one~~ two thousand seven, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the foundation allowance for regional education service agencies shall be ~~equal to sixty-three one-hundredths percent of the allocation for professional educators as determined in section four of this article~~ in an amount appropriated by the Legislature. ~~Provided~~, That for the fiscal year beginning on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four only, the foundation allowance for regional educational service agencies shall be at least equal to fifty-five one-hundredths percent of the allocation for professional educators as determined in section four of this article The allowance shall be distributed to the regional education service agencies in accordance with rules adopted by the state board. The allowance for regional education service agencies shall be excluded from the computation of total basic state aid as provided ~~for~~ in section twelve of this article.
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FINANCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT

On page two, section fifteen-a, line seventeen, after the word "six." by adding the following: "If after completing the study, the state superintendent makes a recommendation of termination of the regional education service agencies, the superintendent is to include within the study the recommendations on how the programs currently administered by the regional education service agencies are to be redistributed between the state and county boards of education.".

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