18-2-1 Creation; composition; appointment, qualifications, terms and removal of members; offices
18-2-3 Meetings; compensation and expenses of members
18-2-4 Organization; appointment, compensation and duties of secretary
18-2-5 Powers and duties generally; specific powers and duties for alternatives that improve student learning
18-2-5a Board rules to be filed with Legislature
18-2-5b Medicaid-eligible children; school health services advisory committee
18-2-5c Birth certificate required upon admission to public school; required notice to local law-enforcement agency of missing children
18-2-5d Duty of board to report guidelines for productive and safe schools
18-2-5e Higher education participation in development and use of public education assessments
18-2-5f Use of student social security numbers
18-2-5h Student Data Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act
18-2-6 Classification and standardization of schools; standards for degrees and diplomas; certificates of proficiency; establishment of alternative education programs
18-2-6a Sale of healthy beverages and soft drinks in schools
18-2-6b General Educational Development (GED) diploma; legislative findings and intent; examination costs; testing materials and procedures; report required
18-2-7 Courses of study; language of instruction
18-2-7a Legislative findings; required physical education; program in physical fitness
18-2-7b Programs in drug prevention and violence reduction
18-2-7c Program in personal finance
18-2-8 Course of study in fire prevention
18-2-8a Hunter safety orientation program
18-2-9 Required courses of instruction
18-2-10 Certificates and awards
18-2-11 Sabbatical leaves for teachers and certain aides
18-2-12 Computer science courses of instruction; learning standards; state board plan development
18-2-13 Character education integration
18-2-13a Control of property and business affairs of state educational institutions
18-2-13b Additional authority of state Board of Education concerning revenue bonds for dormitories, homes or refectories
18-2-13c Payroll deductions for employees’ participation in group insurance plans
18-2-13d Marshall University
18-2-13e Transfer of property for the use of Marshall University
18-2-13f Responsibility for administration and provision of educational services in state correctional institutions
18-2-13g Procedure for contracting with insurers; licensing of insurer; exemption of certain insurers from premium and annuity taxes
18-2-13h Provision of educational services for school-age juveniles placed in residential facilities for custody and treatment
18-2-14 Reports by state Board of Education, state commissioner of public institutions, and chief officers of state educational institutions to Auditor
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
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
18-2-16b State camp and conference center; property transferred; powers and duties of Commissioner of Agriculture
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
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 board; incorpor
18-2-25a Management of concussions and head injuries in athletics at West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission member high school or middle school
18-2-25b Emergency action plans for athletics
18-2-26 Abolishment and transition of regional education service agencies
18-2-27 Authority to contract for programs, services and facilities
18-2-29 Competitive grant program for selected schools and school districts
18-2-32 Posthumous high school diplomas
18-2-33 Rules for antihazing
18-2-34 High school diplomas for surviving veterans of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam Conflict
18-2-35 Dress codes requiring school uniforms for students
18-2-36 Framework for initiating comprehensive transformation of school leadership
18-2-39 College and career readiness initiative
18-2-40 Suicide prevention awareness training; dissemination of information
18-2-41 Education and Prevention of the Sexual Abuse of Children
18-2-7d Program in workforce preparedness
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
18-2-43 Addressing disciplinary action in West Virginia schools
18-2-25c Defibrillator required at certain events
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
18-2-7f Alternative educational opportunities for elective course credit
18-2-8b West Virginia Remembers Program; rulemaking
18-2-9a Elective courses of instruction on the Bible
18-2-25d Clarifying participation for sports events to be based on biological sex of the athlete at birth
18-2-40a Education on and prevention of self-harm behavior and eating disorders
18-2-40b Dissemination of information on suicide prevention
18-2-25e Athletic eligibility of transfer students

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Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 18 > Article 2 - State Board of Education

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • board: means a county board of education. See West Virginia Code 18-1-1
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Credit Score: A number, roughly between 300 and 800, that measures an individual's credit worthiness. The most well-known type of credit score is the FICO score. This score represents the answer from a mathematical formula that assigns numerical values to various pieces of information in your credit report. Source: OCC
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, or figures, whether by printing, engraving, writing, or otherwise. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • Judgment: includes decrees and orders for the payment of money, or the conveyance or delivery of land or personal property, or some interest therein, or any undertaking, bond or recognizance which has the legal effect of a judgment. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • School: means the students and teachers assembled in one or more buildings, organized as a unit. See West Virginia Code 18-1-1
  • School-age juvenile: means any individual who is entitled to attend or who, if not placed in a residential facility, would be entitled to attend public schools in accordance with: (1) Section five, article two of this chapter. 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 board: means the West Virginia Board of Education. See West Virginia Code 18-1-1
  • 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
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.