Bill Amendment: WV HB4562 | 2022 | Regular Session
Bill Title: Relating generally to the suspension and dismissal of school personnel by board and the appeals process
Status: 2022-04-19 - Chapter 264, Acts, Regular Session, 2022 [HB4562 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2022-HB4562-HB4562_S_ED_AMT_1_3-3.html
HB4562 S ED AMT #1 3-3
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The Committee on Education moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:
Eng. Com. Sub. For House Bill 4562 -- A Bill to amend and reenact §18A-2-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating generally to the suspension and dismissal of school personnel by board and the appeals process; requiring upon commencement of any fact-finding investigation involving conduct alleged to jeopardize the health, safety, or welfare of students or the learning environment of other students, the affected employee to be suspended, placed on administrative leave, or reassigned to duties which do not involve direct interaction with pupils; requiring an employee charged with the commission of a felony, a misdemeanor with a rational nexus between the conduct and performance of the employee's job, or child abuse to be suspended, placed on administrative leave, or reassigned to duties which do not involve direct interaction with pupils pending final disposition; and making it the duty of any school principal to report any employee conduct alleged to jeopardize the health, safety, or welfare of students or the learning environment of other students, to the county superintendent within 24 hours.
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