West Virginia Senate Bill 530 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 7 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-07 - To Education
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to replace regional education service agencies with education service centers. The bill provides for transfer of property, equipment and records. The bill changes the meaning of the remaining code references to the agencies. The bill sets forth legislative intent. The bill sets forth services to be offered by the centers. The bill designates the two most important responsibilities of the centers. The bill designates initial school district membership for each center. The bill provides certain school districts with flexibility to not be a member of a center. The bill allows districts to apply to be a member of a different center. The bill requires random selection system be used to determine center membership if a district is required to be a member of a center but is not. The bill allows centers to merge. The bill allows three or more counties from different centers to form a new center. The bill establishes annual deadlines and effective date for any change in status of a district’s membership. The bill limiting change in membership status to once every four years. The bill allows districts to purchase services from any center that agrees to sell the services. The bill abolishes a center and its regional council whenever it ceases to have fewer than three member districts. The bill provides for a regional council to govern each center. The bill allows each regional council to hire an executive director, other officers and other staff. The bill requires each regional council to select one of its member county school districts to act as fiscal agent. The bill allows a regional council to form a nonprofit corporation. The bill requires each regional council to establish standards for service delivery. The bill requires each center to conform to the standards and requirements prescribed by the State Auditor. The bill allows centers to acquire and hold real property. The bill requires each center to continually explore possibilities for the delivery of services on a regional basis. The bill requires centers to develop an effective model for the regional delivery of instruction in certain subjects. The bill requires each center to submit a report and evaluation of the technical assistance and other services provided and utilized. The bill allows a school to submit evaluation of the services provide. The bill allows a center to receive and disburse funds from the state and federal governments, from member counties or from gifts and grants. The bill sets forth the rate for center employees to be reimbursed for travel, meals and lodging. The bill prohibiting county school board member from being employed by a center. The bill excluding center employees from being eligible for or participating in Public Employee Insurance Agency insurance plans, the state Teachers Retirement System and the Teachers’ Defined Contribution Retirement System. The bill requires at least half of regional council regular meetings be held during hours other than those of a regular school day. The bill requires the executive director to attend at least one meeting of each of the member of county boards of education. The bill provides for compensation and reimbursement for travel of county board members serving on regional councils. The bill removes reference to the agencies in required study of the feasibility of establishing common regional configurations for all purposes the Joint Commission on Economic Development considers feasible. The bill removes the agencies from participation in the public employees grievance procedure. The bill replaces the agencies with the centers as one of the entities the State Board of Education may delegate Medicaid provider status and subsequent reimbursement. The bill replaces the agencies with the centers as it pertains to the purpose of the school health services advisory committee. The bill replaces the two agency representatives on the school health services advisory committee with two center representatives. The bill modifies the law pertaining to the structure to enhance collaboration between professional development providers to be consistent with replaces the agencies with the centers. The bill modifies the law on the required regional meetings on shared services and functions to be consistent with replacing the agencies with the centers. The bill modifies the provisions pertaining to instructional resource sample items to be consistent with replacing the agencies with the centers. The bill modifies the provisions pertaining to allows the establishment of an instructional resources selection team to be consistent with replacing the agencies with the centers. The bill modifies the provisions pertaining to the adoption of indicators of efficiency by the state board to be consistent with replacing the agencies with the centers. The bill replaces the agencies with the centers as an entity the state board may seek resources from in establishing early detection and intervention programs for underachieving schools and school systems. The bill replaces the agencies with the centers as an entity for which the office of education performance audits may receive assistance. The bill replaces agencies with the centers as the entity the office of education performance audits is to make staff development need recommendations to. The bill replaces the agencies with the centers as an entity the state board may request special staff development programs from when it determines a school or school system has insufficient capacity to correct deficiency. The bill replaces the agencies with the centers as a source of training and development activities including the goals and action plans required of a county board under state board intervention must include. The bill replaces the agencies with the centers as the entities to which the state board must submit its master plan for professional development. The bill replaces the agencies with the centers as to the entity for which its state board-approved plan must be included in the master plan for professional development. The bill modifies the basis on which county school nurses are to meet on for the purposes of preparing recommendations. The bill proves for electing a representative to serve on the council of school nurses to be consistent with replacing the agencies with the centers. The bill modifies the selection of schools of excellence. The bill modifies the sharing of services requirement for use of instructional improvement funds for personnel costs to be consistent with replacing the agencies with the centers. The bill modifies the definition of “region” pertaining to the School Building Authority to be consistent with replacing the agencies with the centers. The bill replaces agency with center as one of the entities the School Building Authority may contract for services for. The bill replaces agency with center as one of the entities that may employ heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning technicians at the discretion of the state board. The bill replaces the agencies with the centers as one of the entities that have the option of contracting for heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning services from prequalified vendors if more cost effective than certain other options. The bill replaces agency with center as one of the entities a school or school district may partner with to offer a rigorous alternative program for teacher certification. The bill modifies the preference for designating a person as a 21st Century Learner Fellow to be consistent with replacing the agencies with the centers. The bill replaces the agency executive director with a center representative on the Center for Professional Development Board. The bill modifies the Commission on the Arts membership limitation to be consistent with replacing the agencies with the centers. The bill modifies exclusions from the terms “practice of psychology” and “practice of school psychology” and modifies the definition of “school board” pertaining to psychologists and school psychologists to be consistent with replacing the agencies with the centers. The bill modifies exemptions from requirements pertaining to licensed professional counselors to be consistent with replacing the agencies with centers.

Replacing regional education service agencies

Sen. Robert Karnes [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-07	Senate	To Education
2017-03-07	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2017-03-07	Senate	To Education then Finance
2017-03-07	Senate	Filed for introduction

SB181 (Similar To) 2017-02-08 - To Education

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	4C	6c	Amended Code	Citation Text
18	2	24	Amended Code	Citation Text
18	2	26	Repealed Code	Citation Text
18	2	26a	Amended Code	Citation Text
18	2	5b	Amended Code	Citation Text
18	2A	3	Amended Code	Citation Text
18	2A	5	Amended Code	Citation Text
18	2E	5	Amended Code	Citation Text
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18	5	22	Amended Code	Citation Text
18	5A	4	Amended Code	Citation Text
18	5F	1	New Code	See Bill Text
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18	5F	3	New Code	See Bill Text
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18	5F	5	New Code	See Bill Text
18	5F	6	New Code	See Bill Text
18	5F	7	New Code	See Bill Text
18	5F	8	New Code	See Bill Text
18	5F	9	New Code	See Bill Text
18	9A	10	Amended Code	Citation Text
18	9A	8a	Repealed Code	Citation Text
18	9D	2	Amended Code	Citation Text
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18A	3	11	Amended Code	Citation Text
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Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=530&year=2017&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb530%20intr.htm&yr=2017&sesstype=RS&i=530