18-5B-1 Title
18-5B-2 Legislative findings and purpose
18-5B-3 School innovation zones; application for designation; state board rule
18-5B-4 Innovation zones; required plans; plan approval; state board rule
18-5B-5 Approval of innovation zone plans; waiver of statutes, policies, rules or interpretations
18-5B-6 Employee approval of innovation plan application and plan; transfer of employees
18-5B-7 Progress reviews and annual reports
18-5B-8 Teacher vacancies in an innovation zone; job postings exceeding certain qualifications and requirements; approval of postings
18-5B-9 Establishment of new innovation zone schools by state institutions of higher education
18-5B-10 Exceptions to statutes granted to innovation zones; limitations
18-5B-11 Local Solution Dropout Prevention and Recovery Innovation Zone Act
18-5B-12 School system collaborative innovation zone; requirements to qualify; application for designation; required plans for innovation zones; plan approval; waiver of statutes, policies, rules or interpretations; progress reviews and annual reports; teacher vac
18-5B-13 Innovation school district Act; legislative findings, intent and purpose; eligibility; application; innovation plan and plan approval; designation; waiver of statutes, policies, rules or interpretations; exceptions; progress reviews and annual reports; st
18-5B-14 Termination of funding for School Innovation Zones and Local Solution Dropout Prevention and Recovery Innovation Zones
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Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 18 > Article 5B - School Innovation Zones Act

  • 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.
  • board: means a county board of education. See West Virginia Code 18-1-1
  • 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.
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  • 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
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  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • 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 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
  • Town: includes a city, village or town, and the word "council" any body or board, whether composed of one or more branches, which is authorized to make ordinances for the government of a city, town, or village. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10