Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 18 > Article 10E - Interstate Compact On Qualifications of Educational Personnel

• board: means a county board of education. See West Virginia Code 18-1-1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, or figures, whether by printing, engraving, writing, or otherwise. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• School: means the students and teachers assembled in one or more buildings, organized as a unit. See West Virginia Code 18-1-1
• 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
• State superintendent: means the state superintendent of free Schools. See West Virginia Code 18-1-1
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• superintendent: means a county superintendent of schools. See West Virginia Code 18-1-1
• Teacher: means a teacher, supervisor, principal, superintendent, public school librarian or any other person regularly employed for instructional purposes in a public school in this state. See West Virginia Code 18-1-1