HB4378 S ED AMT #1 2-26

Hager  7871

The Committee on Education moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill 4378—A Bill to amend and reenact §18A-2-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend §18A-3-6 of said code, all relating to school personnel; requiring a county board of education to complete an investigation of an employee that involves evidence that the employee may have engaged in certain conduct despite the employee’s resignation; limiting time period for a county superintendent to report any employee suspended, dismissed, or who resigned during the course of an investigation of the employee’s alleged misconduct; authorizing suspension of teaching certificate in certain instances and for certain causes; authorizing additional sanction options by the state superintendent with respect to violations; authorizing superintendent to issue subpoenas to aid investigation of allegations against persons subject to licensure; adding to reasons for which a teacher’s certificate or license is automatically revoked; requiring professional relationship with students; providing minimum revocation period for offenses and specifying offenses; defining grooming a student or minor; adding a public school principal and public charter school administrator to the requirement to report certain acts of any teacher to the State Superintendent; requiring the State Superintendent to maintain a public database of individuals who have had adverse action taken against their teaching certificate; providing that individuals whose certificate has been revoked are not eligible to be employed by a county board until their certificate is reinstated; clarifying that all of certain teacher certificate provisions apply to all public school teachers whether employed by a county board or a public charter school governing board; requiring State Superintendent to periodically ensure that county boards are in compliance with certain teacher certificate provisions; and allowing the state board to propose legislative rules that are necessary to implement certain provisions pertaining to action against a teacher certificate.

Adopted

Rejected