West Virginia Code 18A-4-18 – Department of education certified staff salaries
(a) Personnel employed by the state Department of Education who are required to hold a teaching certificate shall receive a salary that is at least equal to the salary paid to comparable professional personnel employed by the county board in the county in which their office is located, minus the $600 authorized pursuant to section two of this article for classroom teachers with twenty years of experience.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 18A-4-18
- Principal: means a professional educator who functions as an agent of the county board and has responsibility for the supervision, management and control of a school or schools within the guidelines established by the county board. See West Virginia Code 18A-1-1
- professional personnel: means those persons or employees who meet the certification requirements of the state, licensing requirements of the state, or both, and includes a professional educator and other professional employee. See West Virginia Code 18A-1-1
- State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
(b) Effective July 1, 2002, service personnel employed by the Department of Education shall receive a salary that is at least equal to the salary paid to comparable personnel employed by the county board in the county in which their principal place of employment is located. The Department of Education shall establish a salary schedule that phases in the necessary salary increases before July 1, 2002.