Each county board may by policy establish an exceptional needs fund from surpluses for students who are likely to perform better outside of the public school setting. The policy may include:
(1) Allowing the county board to use excess funds or donated funds for expenditures related to services and materials necessary for that students educational success that are not met within the public education school district;
(2) The amount of funds that is to be deposited into the fund each year which may vary based on availability of surpluses;
(3) The qualifying expenses that funds in the fund may be used for;
(4) Measures for protecting against improper use of the funds which may include auditing all expenditures related to an individual student for services outside of the public education district;
(5) The conditions under which payments from the Exceptional Needs Success Fund are to cease;
(6) Eligibility requirements for education service providers that can accept payments from the fund;
(7) A requirement that any overpayments recaptured from refunded expenditures revert to the Exceptional Student Success Fund; and
(8) Any other provision the county board determines appropriate.
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