CHAPTER 1. THE STATE AND ITS SUBDIVISIONS. CHAPTER 2. COMMON LAW, STATUTES, LEGAL HOLIDAYS, DEFINITIONS AND LEGAL CAPACITY. CHAPTER 3. ELECTIONS. CHAPTER 4. THE LEGISLATURE. CHAPTER 5. GENERAL POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNOR, SECRETARY OF STATE AND ATTORNEY GENERAL; BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS; MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES, COMMISSIONS, OFFICES, PROGRAMS, ETC. CHAPTER 5A. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION. CHAPTER 5B. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1985. CHAPTER 5C. BASIC ASSISTANCE FOR INDUSTRY AND TRADE. CHAPTER 5D. PUBLIC ENERGY AUTHORITY ACT. CHAPTER 5E. VENTURE CAPITAL COMPANY. CHAPTER 5F. REORGANIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF STATE GOVERNMENT. CHAPTER 5G. PROCUREMENT OF ARCHITECT-ENGINEER SERVICES BY STATE AND ITS SUBDIVISIONS. CHAPTER 5H. SURVIVOR BENEFITS. CHAPTER 6. GENERAL PROVISIONS RESPECTING OFFICERS. CHAPTER 6A. EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL SUCCESSION. CHAPTER 6B. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; ETHICS; CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE. CHAPTER 6C. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. CHAPTER 6D. PUBLIC CONTRACTS. CHAPTER 7. COUNTY COMMISSIONS AND OFFICERS. CHAPTER 7A. CONSOLIDATED LOCAL GOVERNMENT. CHAPTER 8. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. CHAPTER 8A. LAND USE PLANNING. CHAPTER 9. HUMAN SERVICES. CHAPTER 9A. VETERANS' AFFAIRS. CHAPTER 10. PUBLIC LIBRARIES; PUBLIC RECREATION; ATHLETIC ESTABLISHMENTS; MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS; ROSTER OF SERVICEMEN; EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING AUTHORITY. CHAPTER 11. TAXATION. CHAPTER 11A. COLLECTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF PROPERTY TAXES. CHAPTER 11B. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. CHAPTER 12. PUBLIC MONEYS AND SECURITIES. CHAPTER 13. PUBLIC BONDED INDEBTEDNESS. CHAPTER 14. CLAIMS DUE AND AGAINST THE STATE. CHAPTER 15. PUBLIC SAFETY. CHAPTER 15A. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. CHAPTER 16. PUBLIC HEALTH. CHAPTER 16A. MEDICAL CANNABIS ACT. CHAPTER 16B. INSPECTOR GENERAL. CHAPTER 17. ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. CHAPTER 17A. MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION, REGISTRATION, CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, AND ANTITHEFT PROVISIONS. CHAPTER 17B. MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER'S LICENSES. CHAPTER 17C. TRAFFIC REGULATIONS AND LAWS OF THE ROAD. CHAPTER 17D. MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY LAW. CHAPTER 17E. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT. CHAPTER 17F. ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES. CHAPTER 17G. RACIAL PROFILING DATA COLLECTION ACT. CHAPTER 17H. FULLY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ACT. CHAPTER 18. EDUCATION. CHAPTER 18A. SCHOOL PERSONNEL. CHAPTER 18B. HIGHER EDUCATION. CHAPTER 18C. STUDENT LOANS; SCHOLARSHIPS AND STATE AID. CHAPTER 19. AGRICULTURE. CHAPTER 20. NATURAL RESOURCES. CHAPTER 20A. WATER RESOURCES (REPEALED). CHAPTER 21. LABOR CHAPTER 21A. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION. CHAPTER 22. ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES. CHAPTER 22A. MINERS' HEALTH, SAFETY AND TRAINING. CHAPTER 22B. ENVIRONMENTAL BOARDS. CHAPTER 22C. ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES; BOARDS, AUTHORITIES, COMMISSIONS AND COMPACTS. CHAPTER 23. WORKERS' COMPENSATION. CHAPTER 24. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. CHAPTER 24A. COMMERCIAL MOTOR CARRIERS. CHAPTER 24B. GAS PIPELINE SAFETY. CHAPTER 24C. UNDERGROUND FACILITIES DAMAGE PREVENTION. CHAPTER 24D. CABLE TELEVISION. CHAPTER 24E. STATEWIDE ADDRESSING AND MAPPING. CHAPTER 24F. VETERANS' GRAVE MARKERS. CHAPTER 25. DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS. CHAPTER 26. STATE HEALTH FACILITIES. CHAPTER 27. MENTALLY ILL PERSONS. CHAPTER 28. STATE CORRECTIONAL AND PENAL INSTITUTIONS. CHAPTER 29. MISCELLANEOUS BOARDS AND OFFICERS. CHAPTER 29A. STATE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ACT. CHAPTER 29B. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION. CHAPTER 29C. UNIFORM NOTARY ACT. CHAPTER 30. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS. CHAPTER 31. CORPORATIONS. CHAPTER 31A. BANKS AND BANKING. CHAPTER 31B. UNIFORM LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ACT. CHAPTER 31C. CREDIT UNIONS. CHAPTER 31D. WEST VIRGINIA BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT. CHAPTER 31E. WEST VIRGINIA NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT. CHAPTER 31F. WEST VIRGINIA BENEFIT CORPORATION ACT. CHAPTER 31G. BROADBAND ENHANCEMENT AND EXPANSION POLICIES. CHAPTER 31H. SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES DEPLOYMENT ACT. CHAPTER 31I. TRUST COMPANIES. CHAPTER 32. UNIFORM SECURITIES ACT. CHAPTER 32A. LAND SALES; FALSE ADVERTISING; ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CHECKS, DRAFTS, MONEY ORDERS, ETC. CHAPTER 32B. THE WEST VIRGINIA COMMODITIES ACT. CHAPTER 33. INSURANCE. CHAPTER 34. ESTRAYS, DRIFT AND DERELICT PROPERTY. CHAPTER 35. PROPERTY OF RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. CHAPTER 35A. NAMES, EMBLEMS, ETC., OF ASSOCIATIONS, LODGES, ETC. CHAPTER 36. ESTATES AND PROPERTY. CHAPTER 36A. CONDOMINIUMS AND UNIT PROPERTY. CHAPTER 36B. UNIFORM COMMON INTEREST OWNERSHIP ACT. CHAPTER 37. REAL PROPERTY. CHAPTER 37A. ZONING. CHAPTER 37B. MINERAL DEVELOPMENT. CHAPTER 37C. MINERAL DEVELOPMENT. CHAPTER 38. LIENS. CHAPTER 39. RECORDS AND PAPERS. CHAPTER 39A. ELECTRONIC COMMERCE. CHAPTER 39B. UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT. CHAPTER 40. ACTS VOID AS TO CREDITORS AND PURCHASERS. CHAPTER 41. WILLS. CHAPTER 42. DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION. CHAPTER 43. DOWER AND VALUATION OF LIFE ESTATES. CHAPTER 44. ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES AND TRUSTS. CHAPTER 44A. WEST VIRGINIA GUARDIANSHIP AND CONSERVATORSHIP ACT. CHAPTER 44B. UNIFORM PRINCIPAL AND INCOME ACT. CHAPTER 44C. UNIFORM ADULT GUARDIANSHIP AND PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS JURISDICTION ACT. CHAPTER 44D. UNIFORM TRUST CODE. CHAPTER 45. SURETYSHIP AND GUARANTY. CHAPTER 46. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE. CHAPTER 46A. WEST VIRGINIA CONSUMER CREDIT AND PROTECTION ACT. CHAPTER 46B. REGULATION OF THE RENTAL OF CONSUMER GOODS UNDER RENT-TO-OWN AGREEMENTS. CHAPTER 47. REGULATION OF TRADE. CHAPTER 47A. WEST VIRGINIA LENDING AND CREDIT RATE BOARD. CHAPTER 47B. UNIFORM PARTNERSHIP ACT. CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC RELATIONS. CHAPTER 49. CHILD WELFARE. CHAPTER 50. MAGISTRATE COURTS. CHAPTER 51. COURTS AND THEIR OFFICERS. CHAPTER 52. JURIES. CHAPTER 53. EXTRAORDINARY REMEDIES. CHAPTER 54. EMINENT DOMAIN. CHAPTER 55. ACTIONS, SUITS AND ARBITRATION; JUDICIAL SALE. CHAPTER 56. PLEADING AND PRACTICE. CHAPTER 57. EVIDENCE AND WITNESSES. CHAPTER 58. APPEAL AND ERROR. CHAPTER 59. FEES, ALLOWANCES AND COSTS; NEWSPAPERS; LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. CHAPTER 60. STATE CONTROL OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS. CHAPTER 60A. UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT. CHAPTER 60B. DONATED DRUG REPOSITORY PROGRAM. CHAPTER 61. CRIMES AND THEIR PUNISHMENT. CHAPTER 62. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. CHAPTER 63. REPEAL OF STATUTES. CHAPTER 64. LEGISLATIVE RULES. CHAPTER 18. EDUCATION. Article 4All ArticlesArticle 5AARTICLE 5. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.§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.Display all Article 5 Sections Loading Articles 0.1759660243988