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§18-2-1. Creation; Composition; Appointment, Qualifications, Terms and Removal of Members; Offices - There is a State Board of Education, to be known...
§18-2-3. Meetings; Compensation and Expenses of Members - The state board shall hold at least six meetings in...
§18-2-4. Organization; Appointment, Compensation and Duties of Secretary - At its first regular meeting in every year the state...
§18-2-5. Powers and Duties Generally; Specific Powers and Duties for Alternatives That Improve Student Learning - (a) Subject to and in conformity with the Constitution and...
§18-2-5a. Board Rules to Be Filed With Legislature - The State Board of Education shall file a copy of...
§18-2-5b. Medicaid-Eligible Children; School Health Services Advisory Committee - (a) The state board shall become a Medicaid provider and...
§18-2-5c. Birth Certificate Required Upon Admission to Public School; Required Notice to Local Law-Enforcement Agency of Missing Children - (a) No pupil shall be admitted for the first time...
§18-2-5d. Duty of Board to Report Guidelines for Productive and Safe Schools - [Repealed.]
§18-2-5e. Higher Education Participation in Development and Use of Public Education Assessments - (a) It is the duty of the state board to...
§18-2-5f. Use of Student Social Security Numbers - (a) Restrictions on use of student social security numbers. --...
§18-2-5h. Student Data Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act - (a) Title. -- This section shall be known and may...
§18-2-6. Classification and Standardization of Schools; Standards for Degrees and Diplomas; Certificates of Proficiency; Establishment of Alternative Education Programs - (a) The state board shall promulgate rules for the accreditation,...
§18-2-6a. Sale of Healthy Beverages and Soft Drinks in Schools - (a) In order to generate funding for necessary programs and...
§18-2-6b. General Educational Development (Ged) Diploma; Legislative Findings and Intent; Examination Costs; Testing Materials and Procedures; Report Required - (a) The Legislature makes the following findings related to the...
§18-2-7. Courses of Study; Language of Instruction - The state Board of Education shall prescribe minimum standards in...
§18-2-7a. Legislative Findings; Required Physical Education; Program in Physical Fitness - (a) The Legislature hereby finds that obesity is a problem...
§18-2-7b. Programs in Drug Prevention and Violence Reduction - (a) In order for the schools to become healthy learning...
§18-2-7c. Program in Personal Finance - (a) The Legislature finds and declares that persons with an...
§18-2-7d. Program in Workforce Preparedness - (a) The Legislature finds that, in addition to specialized skills...
§18-2-7e. Business and Community Partnerships for Improving Student Engagement and Preparation; Roles of School District Leadership and Local School Improvement Councils; Future-Ready Graduate Profile - (a) The purpose of this section is to complement the...
§18-2-7f. Alternative Educational Opportunities for Elective Course Credit - (a) The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) Programs outside...
§18-2-8. Course of Study in Fire Prevention - The state Board of Education shall, with the advice of...
§18-2-8a. Hunter Safety Orientation Program - (a) The Legislature finds that: (1) Firearms and hunting are...
§18-2-8b. West Virginia Remembers Program; Rulemaking - (a) There is hereby created the "West Virginia Remembers Program"...
§18-2-9. Required Courses of Instruction - (a) (1) In all public, private, parochial, and denominational schools...
§18-2-9a. Elective Courses of Instruction on the Bible - (a) County boards of education may offer to students in...
§18-2-10. Certificates and Awards - The State Board shall promulgate rules and shall determine the...
§18-2-11. Sabbatical Leaves for Teachers and Certain Aides - (a) The state board shall by December 1, 1988, establish...
§18-2-12. Computer Science Courses of Instruction; Learning Standards; State Board Plan Development - (a) Legislative findings: (1) Computer technology increasingly is pervasive in...
§18-2-13. Character Education Integration - (a) The state board shall establish a comprehensive approach to...
§18-2-13a. Control of Property and Business Affairs of State Educational Institutions - The control of the financial, business and all other affairs...
§18-2-13b. Additional Authority of State Board of Education Concerning Revenue Bonds for Dormitories, Homes or Refectories - [Repealed.]
§18-2-13c. Payroll Deductions for Employees' Participation in Group Insurance Plans - Whenever any employees of the West Virginia Board of Education...
§18-2-13d. Marshall University - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state educational institution...
§18-2-13e. Transfer of Property for the Use of Marshall University - On and after July 1, 1961, supervision and control of...
§18-2-13f. Responsibility for Administration and Provision of Educational Services in State Correctional Institutions - The state board is responsible for the administration of programs...
§18-2-13g. Procedure for Contracting With Insurers; Licensing of Insurer; Exemption of Certain Insurers From Premium and Annuity Taxes - In contracting for the group insurance provided for in section...
§18-2-13h. Provision of Educational Services for School-Age Juveniles Placed in Residential Facilities for Custody and Treatment - (a) The state Board of Education and the Department of...
§18-2-14. Reports by State Board of Education, State Commissioner of Public Institutions, and Chief Officers of State Educational Institutions to Auditor - The state Board of Education and the state commissioner of...
§18-2-16. Establishment and Operation of State Camp and Conference Center; Rental Thereof; Expenditures; Gifts and Donations; County Court May Erect and Equip Buildings - For the purpose of developing competent leadership, developing character, training...
§18-2-16a. Construction of Buildings and Recreational Facilities at State Camp and Conference Center; Charges for Use; Financing by Revenue Bonds or Notes Permissible; Trustee for Holders of Bonds or Notes; Contents of Trust Agreement - The West Virginia Board of Education is hereby authorized to...
§18-2-16b. State Camp and Conference Center; Property Transferred; Powers and Duties of Commissioner of Agriculture - (a) Effective July 1, 2016, the state camp and conference...
§18-2-24. Collaboration of State Institutions of Higher Education Having a Teacher Preparation Program With the Center for Professional Development, State Board and the Regional Education Service Agencies - [Repealed]
§18-2-25. Authority of County Boards to Regulate Athletic and Other Extracurricular Activities of Secondary Schools; Delegation of Authority to West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission; Authority of Commission; Approval of Rules by State... - The county boards of education shall exercise the control, supervision...
§18-2-25a. Management of Concussions and Head Injuries in Athletics at West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission Member High School or Middle School - (a) The Legislature makes the following findings: (1) Concussions are...
§18-2-25b. Emergency Action Plans for Athletics - (a) No later than August 1, 2017, the West Virginia...
§18-2-25c. Defibrillator Required at Certain Events - (a) In memory of Alex Miller, a Roane County football...
§18-2-25d. Clarifying Participation for Sports Events to Be Based on Biological Sex of the Athlete at Birth - (a) The Legislature hereby finds: (1) There are inherent differences...
§18-2-26. Abolishment and Transition of Regional Education Service Agencies - (a) The regional education service agencies previously established by this...
§18-2-27. Authority to Contract for Programs, Services and Facilities - The state Board of Education is authorized and empowered to...
§18-2-29. Competitive Grant Program for Selected Schools and School Districts - [Repealed.]
§18-2-32. Posthumous High School Diplomas - (a) This section shall be known as "Todd's Law". (b)...
§18-2-33. Rules for Antihazing - (a) The Legislature hereby finds that hazing has become a...
§18-2-34. High School Diplomas for Surviving Veterans of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam Conflict - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary,...
§18-2-35. Dress Codes Requiring School Uniforms for Students - [Repealed.]
§18-2-36. Framework for Initiating Comprehensive Transformation of School Leadership - (a) Legislative findings.-- (1) The report and recommendations of Imagine...
§18-2-39. College and Career Readiness Initiative - (a) The Legislature finds that: (1) According to ACT, only...
§18-2-40. Suicide Prevention Awareness Training; Dissemination of Information - (a)(1) Legislative findings. — The Legislature recognizes that the state...
§18-2-40a. Education on and Prevention of Self-Harm Behavior and Eating Disorders - (a) This section shall be known and cited as "Meghans...
§18-2-41. Education and Prevention of the Sexual Abuse of Children - (a) Education of children in grades K-12 — Beginning July...
§18-2-42. Providing Career and Technical Education Program Information to Students and Parents; Transcript of Post-Secondary Credit; Career Technical Education Student Participation in Graduation Ceremony - (a) The State Board of Education, the Council for Community...
§18-2-43. Addressing Disciplinary Action in West Virginia Schools - (a) The Department of Education shall analyze statewide data collected...