SB727 SFAT GRADY #1 2-20

Hager  7871

Senator Grady moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for Senate Bill 727—A Bill to amend and reenact §18-5A-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact §18A-4-8b of said code, all relating to revising the process for county boards of education to hire aides and early childhood classroom assistant teachers; requiring that any process that may be established by a faculty senate to obtain information regarding applicants for aide and early childhood classroom assistant teacher vacancies that will enable the faculty senate to submit recommendations regarding employment include the participation and input of one service person; establishing parameters for the service person selected; addressing training of service personnel who may participate in interviews and  compensation of a service person who directly participates in the training for periods beyond his or her individual contract; providing for a committee of faculty senate members responsible for making a recommendation to include one service person when information regarding applicants for aide or early childhood classroom assistant teacher vacancies is being obtained; allowing the principal or certain other person designated in West Virginia Board of Education rule to be given opportunity to interview all qualified applicants and make recommendations regarding their employment; allowing faculty senate including the required participating service person to interview or otherwise obtain information regarding applicants; adding to criterion that decisions affecting promotions and filling of the aide and early childhood classroom assistant teacher positions are to be based on; specifying weight to be given to each criterion; requiring all qualified applicants to be considered together in one group; requiring appointment of applicant if the principal and faculty senate with the participation and input of the required service person recommend the same applicant and the county superintendent concurs; requiring state board rule to implement and interpret certain provisions; allowing rule to include compensation for those directly participating in making recommendations during periods of participation beyond their individual contract; and establishing effective date.

Adopted

Rejected