SB890 HFAT Statler 3-10

Kidd 4753

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

A BILL to amend and reenact §18-5-45 and §18-28-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the school calendar and noninstructional days within the school calendar; defining employment term and instructional term; prohibiting a teacher from being required to use school preparation days for any other purpose besides the preparation for the opening of school or for school closing; requiring noninstructional days to include three Educator Focus days to be used as determined by classroom teachers for activities that will improve instruction; requiring faculty senate meetings to occur on Educator Focus Days; requiring a schedule for these days to be used during the instructional term; reducing the number of days to be used as designated by the county board; changing minimum public school 180-instructional day requirement to a minimum 954-instructional hour requirement; changing the minimum public school employment term from 200 days to 1,600 hours; converting other public school calendar provisions from days or months to hours; increasing the time to be designated by the county board to be used by the employees for preparation for opening school; allowing state board rule to clarify certain school calendar requirements and address any unforeseen issues that might arise from changing from an employment and instructional day requirement to an employment and instructional hour requirement; allowing nonpublic schools to deliver instruction through alternative methods that count toward up to 25 hours of instructional time when schools are closed due to inclement weather or other unforeseen circumstance; and providing that nothing in this section as amended during the 2026 regular session of the Legislature is intended to adversely modify any existing employment contracts or retirement benefits for county personnel.

Adopted

Rejected