COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 274
(By Senator Humphreys)
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[Originating in the Committee on Education;
reported March 3, 1994.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section one, article five, chapter
eighteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to county boards of
education; elections for board members; and requiring
districting of counties for purposes of electing board
members.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section one, article five, chapter eighteen of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-5-1. Supervision and control of county school districts;
number, nomination and election of members.
Each county school district shall be under the supervision
and control of a county board of education, which shall be
composed of five members, nominated and elected by the voters ofthe respective county without reference to political party
affiliation. No more than two members shall be elected from the
same district. The county commission of each county having a
population of two hundred thousand or greater, shall, prior to
the primary election to be held in the year one thousand nine
hundred ninety-six, create five districts by dividing the county
into five areas as nearly equal as may be in population, from
each of which a member of the school board shall be elected.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require five
districts with equal population for each county with a population
of over two hundred thousand, from which county board of
education members are to be elected.)
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