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H. B. 2259
(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss, and Delegate Trump)
[By Request of the Executive]
[Introduced January 15, 1999; referred to the
Committee on Education.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section one, article six, chapter
eighteen-b of the code of West Virginia, one thousand
nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to boards
of advisors of state higher education institutions and
providing for the appointment of nonresidents to such
boards and requiring that such nonresident members be
alumni of the involved institution.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section one, article six, chapter eighteen-b of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6. ADVISORY COUNCILS OF FACULTY.
§18B-6-1. Institutional boards of advisors.
(a) There shall be established at each state institution
of higher education, hereinafter referred to as the "institution," excluding centers and branches thereof, an
institutional board of advisors. The board of advisors shall
consist of eleven members, including an administrative officer of
the institution appointed by the president of the institution; a
full-time member of the faculty with the rank of instructor or
above duly elected by the faculty; a member of the student body
in good academic standing, enrolled for college credit work and
duly elected by the student body; a member of the institutional
classified staff duly elected by the classified staff; and,
appointed by the appropriate governing board, seven lay citizens
members, not less than four of whom are residents of the state,
who have demonstrated a sincere interest in and concern for the
welfare of that institution and who are representative of its
population and fields of study, including at least two alumni of
the institution. Any nonresident lay member appointed to the
board of advisors of an institution must be an alumnus of that
institution. Of the seven lay citizen members, no more than four
may be of the same political party.
The administrative officer and student member shall serve
for a term of one year; the faculty member and the classified
staff member shall serve for a term of two years and the seven
lay citizen members shall serve terms of four years each. All
members, except the administrative officer, shall be eligible to
succeed themselves for no more than one additional term. A vacancy in an unexpired term of a member shall be filled within
sixty days of the occurrence thereof in the same manner as the
original appointment or election. Except in the case of a
vacancy, all elections shall be held and all appointments shall
be made no later than the thirtieth day of April preceding the
commencement of the term.
Each board of advisors shall hold a regular meeting at
least quarterly, commencing in July of each year. Additional
meetings may be held upon the call of the chairman, president of
the institution or upon the written request of at least four
members. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for
conducting the business of the board of advisors.
(b) One of the seven lay citizen members shall be elected
as chairman by the board of advisors in July of each year:
Provided, That no member shall serve as chairman for more than
two consecutive years at a time.
The president of the institution shall make available
resources of the institution for conducting the business of the
board of advisors. The members of the board of advisors shall be
reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses actually
incurred in the performance of their official duties under this
section upon presentation of an itemized sworn statement thereof.
All expenses incurred by the board of advisors and the
institution under this section shall be paid from funds allocated to the institution for such purpose.
(c) The board of advisors shall review, prior to the
submission by the president to its governing board, all proposals
of the institution in the areas of mission, academic programs,
budget, capital facilities and such other matters as requested by
the president of the institution or its governing board or
otherwise assigned to it by law. The board of advisors shall
comment on each such proposal in writing, with such
recommendations for concurrence therein or revision or rejection
thereof as it deems considers proper. Such The written comments
and recommendations shall accompany the proposal to the governing
board and the governing board shall include such comments and
recommendations in its consideration of and action on the
proposal. The governing board shall promptly acknowledge receipt
of the comments and recommendations and shall notify the board of
advisors in writing of any action taken thereon.
(d) The board of advisors shall review, prior to their
implementation by the president, all proposals regarding
institution-wide personnel policies. The board of advisors may
comment on such the proposals in writing.
(e) The board of advisors shall provide advice and
assistance to the president in establishing closer connections
between higher education and business, labor, government,
community and economic development organizations to give students greater opportunities to experience the world of work, such as
business and community service internships, apprenticeships and
cooperative programs; to communicate better and serve the current
work force and work force development needs of their service
area, including the needs of nontraditional students for
college-level skills upgrading and retraining and the needs of
employers for specific programs of limited duration; and to
assess the performance of the institution's graduates and assist
in job placement. The administrative officer of the institution
serving on the advisory council may be assigned the
responsibility for coordinating the institution's activities
related to economic development.
(f) Upon the occurrence of a vacancy in the office of
president of the institution, the board of advisors shall serve
as a search and screening committee for candidates to fill the
vacancy under guidelines established by its governing board.
When serving as a search and screening committee, the board of
advisors and its governing board are each authorized to appoint
up to three additional persons to serve on the committee as long
as the search and screening process is in effect. The three
additional appointees of the board of advisors shall be faculty
members of the institution. Only for the purposes of the search
and screening process, such the additional members shall possess
the same powers and rights as the regular members of the board of advisors, including reimbursement for all reasonable and
necessary expenses actually incurred. Following the search and
screening process, the committee shall submit the names of at
least three candidates to the governing board for consideration
and appointment. If the governing board rejects all candidates
so submitted, the committee shall submit the names of at least
three additional candidates, and this process shall be repeated
until the governing board appoints one of the candidates so
submitted. The governing board shall provide all necessary staff
assistance to the board of advisors in its role as a search and
screening committee.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow the governing
boards of the University and College systems to appoint up to
three nonresident members to the boards of advisors of state
institutions of higher education. The bill also provides that
nonresident members of boards of advisors must be alumni of the
involved institution.
Strike throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.