(a) No teacher may be required by a principal or any other person to change a students grade on either an individual assignment or a report card unless there is clear and convincing evidence that there was a mathematical error in calculating the students grade.
(b) The teachers recommendation relating to whether a student should be promoted to the next grade level shall be a primary consideration when making such a determination.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 5. County Board of Education
§18-5-1a. Eligibility of Members; Training Requirements
§18-5-1b. Election; Terms of Office
§18-5-1c. Organization of Board; Evaluation
§18-5-6. Validation of Titles to Land in Possession of Board
§18-5-7a. Disposition of School Property in Flood Control Projects
§18-5-7b. Charitable or Community Use of Unneeded Buildings
§18-5-8. Condemnation of Land Necessary for Educational Purposes
§18-5-9a. Energy-Savings Contracts
§18-5-9b. Implementation of the Integrated Pest Management Program
§18-5-10. Approval by State Board of Plans and Specifications for Buildings
§18-5-11. Joint Establishment of Schools
§18-5-11a. Joint Governing Partnership Board Pilot Initiative
§18-5-13. Authority of Boards Generally
§18-5-13a. School Closing or Consolidation
§18-5-13b. County Superintendents’ Advisory Council, Purpose, Reports
§18-5-13d. Use of School Facilities for Funeral and Memorial Services
§18-5-14. Policies to Promote School Board Effectiveness
§18-5-15. Ages of Persons to Whom Schools Are Open; Enrollment of Suspended or Expelled Student
§18-5-15a. Study of Multicultural Education for School Personnel
§18-5-15b. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
§18-5-15f. Affirmation Regarding the Suspension or Expulsion of a Pupil From School
§18-5-15g. Vocational Education Classes for Homeschooled and Private Schooled Students
§18-5-16. Student Transfers; Definitions; Appeals; Calculating Net Enrollment; Fees for Transfer
§18-5-18. Kindergarten Programs
§18-5-18a. Maximum Teacher-Pupil Ratio
§18-5-18b. School Counselors in Public Schools
§18-5-19c. Division of Technical and Adult Education Services
§18-5-20. School Libraries; Librarian
§18-5-21a. Textbooks to Be Furnished Pupils Whose Parents Are Unable to Provide Same
§18-5-21c. Distribution of Free Textbook Funds; Determination of Amount County Shall Receive
§18-5-22a. Policy for the Administration of Medications
§18-5-23. Dental Clinics and Treatment
§18-5-24. Purchase and Display of United States Flag; Penalty for Failure to Display
§18-5-25. Duties of Superintendent as Secretary of Board
§18-5-26. School Buildings as Child Care Facilities
§18-5-33. Board May Fix Special Salary Schedules
§18-5-34. Other Authority and Duties of District Boards
§18-5-36. Payment for Fire Services on Public School Property
§18-5-36a. Authority to Offer Rewards
§18-5-39. Establishment of Summer School Programs; Tuition
§18-5-41. Content Based Censorship of American History Prohibited
§18-5-42. County-Wide Council on Productive and Safe Schools
§18-5-44. Early Childhood Education Programs
§18-5-46. Requiring Teacher to Change Grade Prohibited; Teacher Recommendation Relating to Promotion
§18-5-47. County Board Flood Insurance Requirements
§18-5-48. Safety and Security Measures for School Facilities; Safe Schools Fund Created
§18-5-49. County Board Exceptional Needs Expenditures From Surplus Funds