CHAPTER 18. EDUCATION.

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§18-5-1. Supervision and control of county school districts; number, nomination and election of members.
§18-5-1a. Eligibility of members; training requirements.
§18-5-1b. Election; terms of office.
§18-5-1c. Organization of board; evaluation.
§18-5-2. Filling vacancies.
§18-5-3. Oath of members.
§18-5-4. Meetings; employment and assignment of teachers; budget hearing; compensation of members; affiliation with state and national associations.
§18-5-5. Corporate character and general powers of board; exemption of school property from legal process and taxes.
§18-5-6. Validation of titles to land in possession of board.
§18-5-7. Sale of school property at public auction; rights of grantor of lands in rural communities; oil and gas leases; disposition of proceeds; lease of school property.
§18-5-7a. Disposition of school property in flood control projects.
§18-5-7b. Charitable or community use of unneeded buildings.
§18-5-8. Condemnation of land necessary for educational purposes.
§18-5-9. Schoolhouses, buildings and equipment; health of pupils; repairs; medical and dental clinics.
§18-5-9a. Energy-savings contracts.
§18-5-9b. Implementation of the Integrated Pest Management Program.
§18-5-10. Approval by state board of plans and specifications for buildings.
§18-5-11. Joint establishment of schools.
§18-5-11a. Joint governing partnership board pilot initiative.
§18-5-12. Bond of contractors.
§18-5-12a. Repealed. Acts, 1983 Reg. Sess., Ch. 35.
§18-5-13. Authority of boards generally.
§18-5-13a. School closing or consolidation.
§18-5-13b. County Superintendents’ Advisory Council, purpose, reports.
§18-5-13c. Educational services cooperatives; purpose; establishment; governance; authorized functions and services.
§18-5-13d. Use of school facilities for funeral and memorial services.
§18-5-14. Policies to promote school board effectiveness.
§18-5-15. Ages of persons to whom schools are open; enrollment of suspended or expelled student.
§18-5-15a. Study of multicultural education for school personnel.
§18-5-15b. Pledge of allegiance to the flag.
§18-5-15c. County boards of education; training in prevention of child abuse and neglect and child assault; regulations; funding.
§18-5-15d. In-service training programs in the prevention, transmission, spread and treatment of acquired immune deficiency syndrome; parent attendance.
§18-5-15e. Repealed. Acts, 2014 Reg. Sess., Ch. 47.
§18-5-15f. Affirmation regarding the suspension or expulsion of a pupil from school.
§18-5-15g. Vocational education classes for homeschooled and private schooled students.
§18-5-16. Student transfers; definitions; appeals; calculating net enrollment; fees for transfer.
§18-5-16a. Authorization to transfer pupils from one district to another; mandatory transfer; payment of tuition; net enrollment.
§18-5-16b. Expired
§18-5-17. Compulsory preenrollment hearing, vision and speech and language testing; developmental screening for children under compulsory school age.
§18-5-18. Kindergarten programs.
§18-5-18a. Maximum teacher-pupil ratio.
§18-5-18b. School counselors in public schools.
§18-5-18c. Early childhood programs; eligibility and standards for placement; guidelines and criteria.
§18-5-18d. Repealed. Acts, 2007 Reg. Sess., Ch. 9.
§18-5-18e. Study of limits on the number of pupils per teacher in a classroom in elementary and middle schools.
§18-5-19. Night schools and other school extension activities; use of school property for public meetings, etc.
§18-5-19a. Special classes for war veterans; authority of county boards to contract therefor and to receive assistance.
§18-5-19b. Adult education classes and programs; tuition and student assistance loans; authority of county boards to contract with federal agencies.
§18-5-19c. Division of Technical and Adult Education Services.
§18-5-19d. Conditional immunity from liability for community activities; liability insurance; authority of State Board of Risk and Insurance Management.
§18-5-19e. Adult education taskforce.
§18-5-19f. Adult education taskforce.
§18-5-20. School libraries; librarian.
§18-5-21. Free textbooks.
§18-5-21a. Textbooks to be furnished pupils whose parents are unable to provide same.
§18-5-21b. Textbooks may be furnished to pupils in private schools whose parents are unable to provide same.
§18-5-21c. Distribution of free textbook funds; determination of amount county shall receive.
§18-5-21d. "Free textbook account"; use of surplus; order of preference in providing free textbooks; purchase of library books, supplementary materials, and used textbooks.
§18-5-21e. Rules and regulations for care, distribution and use of free textbooks; reports by county boards; funds may be withheld from county for violation of rules.
§18-5-22. Medical and dental inspection; school nurses; specialized health procedures; establishment of council of school nurses.
§18-5-22a. Policy for the administration of medications.
§18-5-22b. Providing for self-administration of asthma medication; definitions; conditions; indemnity from liability; rules.
§18-5-22c. Providing for the maintenance and use of epinephrine auto-injectors; administration of injections; notice; indemnity from liability; rules.
§18-5-22d. Providing for the maintenance and use of opioid antagonist; administration; notice; indemnity from liability; rules.
§18-5-22e. Cardiac response plans.
§18-5-23. Dental clinics and treatment.
§18-5-24. Purchase and display of United States flag; penalty for failure to display.
§18-5-25. Duties of superintendent as secretary of board.
§18-5-26. School buildings as child care facilities.
§18-5-27. Requirement to publish curriculum online; parental right to inspect instructional materials; listing books on syllabus; right to file complaint.
§18-5-28. Meetings among county boards of education to explore and discuss the feasibility of consolidating school districts or sharing certain services.
§18-5-29. Repealed. Acts, 1933 Ex. Sess., Ch. 8.
§18-5-30. Repealed. Acts, 1933 Ex. Sess., Ch. 8.
§18-5-31. Repealed. Acts, 1983 Reg. Sess., Ch. 70.
§18-5-32. Assistant superintendents; directors and supervisors of instruction and other educational activities.
§18-5-33. Board may fix special salary schedules.
§18-5-34. Other authority and duties of district boards.
§18-5-35. Group insurance.
§18-5-36. Payment for fire services on public school property.
§18-5-36a. Authority to offer rewards.
§18-5-37. Repealed. Acts, 2013 Reg. Sess., Ch. 83.
§18-5-38. Repealed. Acts, 2014 Reg. Sess., Ch. 47.
§18-5-39. Establishment of summer school programs; tuition.
§18-5-40. Repealed. Acts, 2013 Reg. Sess., Ch. 56.
§18-5-41. Content based censorship of American history prohibited.
§18-5-41a. Allowing discussion of certain scientific theories.
§18-5-42. County-wide council on productive and safe schools.
§18-5-43. Duty of the county board of education to report the county-wide productive and safe school plans to the West Virginia Board of Education.
§18-5-44. Early childhood education programs.
§18-5-45. School calendar.
§18-5-45a. Legislative findings; time lost due to work stoppage or strike; effect on pay and extracurricular activities; closure of schools due to work stoppage or strike prohibited.
§18-5-46. Requiring teacher to change grade prohibited; teacher recommendation relating to promotion.
§18-5-47. County board flood insurance requirements.
§18-5-48. Safety and security measures for school facilities; Safe Schools Fund created.
§18-5-49. County board exceptional needs expenditures from surplus funds.
§18-5-50. West Virginia Tutoring Program.
§18-5-51. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Instruction Fund.
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