The board shall purchase by condemnation or otherwise, the land necessary for school buildings, playgrounds, athletic fields, experiments in agriculture, warehouses, bus garages, and other educational purposes, and may make necessary expenditures for the improvement of the land.
The board may petition the circuit court to condemn such lands, or easements in such lands, necessary or convenient for educational purposes for school buildings, playgrounds, athletic fields, experiments in agriculture, warehouses, bus garages, or extensions, improvements, or additions thereto. The rights, powers, and privileges of eminent domain in a board shall be coextensive with the rights, powers, and privileges of the state.
Condemnation proceedings shall be in the name of the board and according to the provisions of chapter fifty-four of the code.
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